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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 20, 25 January 1911, Page 6

His Excellency the Governor will bal present at the dinner ot Auckland in connection with the Mining Engineers' 1 Conference, and also accompany tha party to the Thames, where the business meetings of the conference will bal beld. The State schools in the Wellington! Educational district — which have beeuf closed for the midsummer holidays (six weeks) — will be reopened next Monday 5 30th January. Mr. J. E. Fitzgerald referred to thai question of tenders at tho Hospital Board meeting yesterday. He said thati. tenders had been called for provisions for the Hospital, and the replies were} to bo addressed to the house steward... This was, in his opinion, altogether} wrong. They should be addressed to the secretary as executive officer. The matter is to be looked into. A number of farmers in the country} districts who have sufficient horse* powor, have been reaping their cereal) crops at night by the aid of lamp light, reports the Ashburton Guardian? Thiscourse has been adopted in view of tha heavy north-west winds that have blown with much frequency of late. Speaking at yesterday's meeting o£ the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board* Air. W. Tompsilt stated that eisht or nine acres of a property 25 acres in area, in connection with the Otaki Sanatorium needed clearing of manuka and, grassing. H© proposed to move that tenders be called for the work. It wasu' decided that the Hospital Committed should view the ground and investigate. All the concrete work of the Solomon*., ivnob dam at Wainui-o-mata is now complete, and the City Engineer expects tor, commence tho filling of the reservoir this week. The area to be submerged isbeing cleared of vegetation, but the dan* will be filled gradually, in order not to put the face wall to excessive sudden)'' stress. An oflicer of the engineer's de-^ partment will be on the ground during the period of filling. ' By the Moeraki, which arrived from" Sydney to-day, returned the party of New Zealand teachers who recently tour-, ed New South Wales, playing crickefc and tennis matches. Ten cricket matches were played, four being won X four lost, and two drawn. Contests took; place at Sydney, Newcastle, Maitland, fcowra, and Wollongong. The tourists were treated with great hospitality, everywhere by everyone, and altogether; had a very enjoyable time. Mementoes ot the tour were presented to members) of the reception committee, and to Messrs. Hempleman and J. Fanning, managers. Mr. A. H. Hindmarsh asked a ques« tion at yesterday afternoon's meeting of? the Wellington Hospital Board concern-, ing the dental department at the hos« FF r ta] - Mr. R. C. Kirk explained thati Mr. Didsbury was the honorary dental' surgeon. Mr. Hindmarsh ascertained' that, needy adults and children could be> treated as out-patients, but to extend! the- system many more dentists would' be required. The system was working satisfactorily so far as one man could! do it. Mr. Hindmarsh gave notice of' motion for next meeting that Dr. Hardwick Smith, medical superintendent, prepare a report and make suggestions? on the question. Complaint has been made by the Wellington Branch of the Navy League at! the postage charge of a penny and up-, wards on the monthly publication Thai Navy, which is patriotic in character,, and therefore, the members think, entitled to a concession. In his reply, th«> Postmaster-General (Sir Joseph Ward) k saye : "The Navy is not printed in New) Zealand, and is not registered as si newspaper -ekewhere and co cannot be accepted as a newspaper. But the new rate of postage for magazines, recently, introduced by me, was designed to meet* such a case as this. The publication, weighs under Boz., and may be registered as a magazine. It would then be*, passed at the £d rate for inland transmission." Sir Joseph is to be thanked' by the League and application will ber' made for registration as a magazine. The following remit from Canterbury was received by the Wellington Hos*pital Board yesterday : — "That, in view} •of the increasing burden upon this board of maintaining degenerates and their; offspring, and in view of the danger > to the community both from a physiological and moral point of view, tins board urges upon the Government the necessity for the foundingj of a State school for defective girls, similar to that for boys at Oamaru, and a State home fop women of feeble mind, with power of detention in each case j and that thia resolution be treated as a remit to the forthcoming conference, and forwarded to other boards at once for considers* tion." Both the Onslow and the Karori Borough Councils are contemplating ths introduction of gas into districts hitherto unpierced by the main. The agreement with the Gas Company, so far as Onslow is concerned, was practically settled 1 at the last meeting of the Borough Council. The Karori Borough Council had before_ it last evening a letter from the managing director of the Gas Coni' pauy (Mr. W. Ferguson), on the subject of a gas supply to the borough.. Mr. Ferguson referred to the refusal of the council to bind itself to take an immediate supply of N gas for public purposes, and declared that the foundation of the agreement rested on such a supply. He asked for an interpretation of the term "immediate," and stated that tho company was prepared to consider the reticulation of the borough on the" understanding that the council would take the supply for public purposes within a reasonable time of the installation of the pipes. No other proposal of an indefinite nature, such as might be implied by tho word "immediate, would be considered. On the Mayor's proposal, the council agreed to leave the matter in his hands, in order that he may confer with tho act-ing-Mayor of Onslow before the nexft meeting of the council. The machinery and installations a» the various institutions under the control of the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Boa.-d, stated Mr. R. C. Kirk at the meeting of the board yesterday afternoon, demanded the services of a man with special engineering qualifications, and money would be saved if the board had a consulting engineer who was in practice in the city. This official could look over the institutions from time to time, and point out now far the machinery and appliances were in order. Ho did not think that the time hud arrived when they should employ an engineer permanently, but ho thought that, for about £50 a year Uu\v could got ax-, pert advice. Mr. Kirk "gave notice o$ motion in this direction. Why fetter yourself with bngi;age when wo^ check it free to your destination ? 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