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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 14, 18 January 1910, Page 7

f All matches under the control of the Wednesday Cricket Association have Wen declared off this week, owing to the holiday on Saturday. A civic reception is to be given to Lord Kitchener when he arrives in Wellington next February. A banquet will be given him in the evening by the Government. A branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers was opened at Napier on Saturday. Mr. W. Evans, president of the Wellington district committee, was in the chair. The society ' has now 707 branches, with a membership of 108,120, and a' balance of £324,472 3s lo£d in the general fund, added to which is the superannuation reserve fund of £348.728 14s. The Gisborne Oil Company's bore has reached a depth of 1265 feet. Another 650 feet of casing has been ordered. The representative of an English syndisate has asked whether the company would sell any of its oil-borjng rights, and it has been decided to inform him that at present the directors cannot see their way to do anything in that direction, but a little later business may ensue. A meeting of the Teachers' Superannuation Board was held this morning. Allowances were granted to fifteen contributors, aggregating £1565. Allowances were also granted to widows of three deceased contributors at £18 a year. One widow was, at her own elec- j tion, granted a refund of the contributions of her husband instead of a pen- j sion of £18 a year. In the case of another widow, her child was granted an allowance of 5s a week until it reaches the age of fourteen years. The branch of the Bank of New South "Wales that has been established at Tokomaru Bay is to be in charge of Mr. W. J. Leversedge, who fourteen or fifteen years ago was on the staff of the Gisborne bianch of the bank, and for several years recently has been attached to the 'inspector's department at Wellington. Mr. Lesversedge is accompanied by Mr. C. M. Sargisson, as assistant, who has been teller at Gisborne for some years. Mi>. Sargisson's position in . the Gisborne office has b een taken by Mr. A. E. Williams, from the Wellington office, as teller. During the past twelve months there has been a remarkable frequency of fires in unoccupied premises in Christchiirch, A six-roomed house in Sydenham that had been untenanted for about three weeks, was badly damaged by fire on Saturday evening. Superintendent Erck informed a reporter of the Lyttelton Times thqft it was the sixth building in which an" outbreak bad occurred while it was untenanted within the past year. Daring the nineteen years that he was connected with fire-fighting in Melbourne lie had not experienced as many fires of the kind. Referring to .the provision mad© by the Ijarbour Board for Morse signalling at the Becan Hill Station and at the Signal lower Queen's Wharf, the Harbour master, Captain Johnston, 'remarks in his annual report:— "l may say that shipmasters appreciate the board's action in bringing the system into use at this port, and since its inauguration the constant use of the signals is ample evidence of its convenience and usefulness tx> the shipping, and^people in connection with the shipping. Great credit; is due to the signalmen at both these stations for the manner m which they have applied themselves in acquiring an accurate knowledge of this particular system in the short time of three months without any outside tuition." " It is reported (states the Lyttelton Times) that aiflaw has been discovered in the Slaughtering afad Inspection Act. Under one clause of the Act a farmer is allowed to kill on his farm and dress as many as five pigs in one week, for his own consumption or for sale, without being subject to inspection. A few days ago one of these "farmers' pigs," as they are called, was delivered in Christchurch, and, it is stated, on being examined by an officer of the veterinary division of the Agricultural Department, was found to be affected with tuberculosis. If the animal had been killed at any of the recognised slaughtering establishments it would not have passed the examination, and there would have been no risk of its going into consumption. It is suggested that the law should be altered so that, while farmers' privileges in this respect are not interfered with, further safeguards might be provided for the public. > Speaking on the subject of the new railway time-table and the objections that have been raised to it, the Minister for Railways (Hon. J. A. Millar) said lie was going into the whole matter very carefully. "It is no good Chambers of Commerce carrying resolutions," he said, in reply to a question put to him, "because this time-table was compiled to euit the requirements of the various districts on the representations of the Chambers of Commerce. But it was no sooner in force than the people whom the Chambers of Commerce said they represented, were the first to cry out against it." The people on the East Coast, he added, desired to get through communication from Napier . to Auckland, Taranaki, and Wellington in one day. They got what they asked," but they were told at the time that it would require an early train. "Now," he remarked, "they have changed their minds, both in Taranaki and Hawkes Bay, and they are prepared to forego the throug i connection in one day." There was no complaint from the Wairarapa, except from Masterton. and Eketahuna. The rest of the Wairarapa was well satisfied, according to the he had received, and the rest of the district was against any further alteration. At any rate, said Mr. Millar, in conclusion, -the time-tables must stand until the Ist of February, but the department was making enquiries with a view to discovering what would be the most suitable arrangements. Mr. J. Thornton, principal of the Te 'Aute College, Hawkes Bay, speaking to a -Lyttelton Times reporter, said that at present about seventy students are in attendance. Many of them have ?raduated through the Government schools, come gaining Government scholarships, which enable them to attend the college. Tbei;e are not many geniuses amongst them, but most of them display talent in several directions, notably in regard to drawing, music, English, and torao brandies of mathematics; and also, and above all, perhaps, in regard to football and tennis. The annual football match between, Te Aute and the Wanganui Collegiate School, indeed, is one cf the great school matches of the Dominion at preseat. Te Anrte proudly holds - the leading place. The. Cadet Corps at the college has a large number of enthusiastic members. In the technical echool the young Maoris show marked aptitude for carpentering and other handicrafts. Some of the students study methods of farming, others display an inclination to enter the professional walks of life and try to qualify as doc tore and lawyers. Some of them, however, seem to be unable to stand the lengthy training that is required for those callings. On the whole, however, Mr. Thornton says, the Maori is quite capable of being educated up to the same standard as is reached by the European, and he gives as an illustration of ttiis. the useful careers of the Hon. A. QS T gara, Dr. Buck, and Dr. Pomare, all wk««.n passed through his hands when liey t'+eTe young men. The rabbits are increasing in numbers ). the Wairoa and Galatea districts.