EDUCATION BOARD APPOINTMENTS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 62, 11 September 1911, Page 8

EDUCATION BOARD APPOINTMENTS.

The following appointments are an» nounced by tho Board of Education:— Sole teacher. Mangapakeka, Mr. J. B. Foss ; sole teacher, Kaitokc, Miss Arihi- i tege; sole teacher. Putara, Miss 1. j Neilson;. sole. teacher, ftakanui, Mr. J. A. Gilmour; sole teacher, Wa-ngaehu, Miss w. Weitzel; head teacher, Kaitaua, Mr. B. Forsyth.

Paesengers oa board the Manuka, which is bound from Sydney to Wellington, number 200 for p.U ports. In view of the angry words passed between the Hon. E. M'Kbnzie, Minister for Public Works, and the Acting-Mayor of Wellington regarding the proposed new tramway regulations recently, the teply of the Minister to the Auckland City Council's recommendations on the subject possesses an added interest, says the Auckland Herald. The Minister's reply, which was read -At the meeting of the council last week, ahd was addressed to the Town Clerk, was worded as follotws:—"I have the honour to acknow* ledge receipt of your letter of 25th test., written by direction of your council^ in. forming me of the result of its consideration of the Tramways Amendment Bill, and note that the council is satisfied with the proposed legislation on theeub» jeet. I have to thank you for yeur ««mrteotts letter. The letter was te* ceivedi "Lame duck," in American political nomenclature, means a member of Congress who baa been defeated for t& election, but who is still serving in the Federal Legislature until the date is reached when his newly-elected successor 'is entitled to step into his shoes. This period is usually about four months. It has become the practice to "take cate" oi many of these crippled birds by giving appointive jobs, until there has grown up what is known in Washington as the "lame duck brigade." It has gTown to be almost a scandal (writes our San Francisco correepondenlrt, and to prevent any addition to thfe "brigade" Senator Borah has introduced a Bill providing that no Member of Congress shall be eligible to appointment to any position under the Federal Government within two years of the expiration of the tferfn for which he was elected. The National Monetary Commission, headed by ex-Senator Aldrich, and containing a number of other "lame ducks," is said tt> have expended nearly half a million dollars in salaries and travelling expenses wibhin two years. Publication of this fact has brought about the agitation against the policy of finding jobs f or rejected Congressmen. It is understood (says the Age) that several cheese factories in the Eketahuna district have received offere of 6^fl for their outputs. In one instance at least this offer was refused. Bee-keeping is becoming popular among farmers of the Wairarapa, and, according to a local paper, neve* al hew cokmies are to be established this eea* son. Mr. S. A. Young, Mayor of Hamilton, has announced his intention of content' ing the Waikato seat, as an Indepen* dent. Private advice received in Wellington to-day stated that the Ka-ikoura. whalers yesterday captured a right whale— their first of the season. As persistent rumours had been circulated in Grey Lynn that Mr. George Fowlds, m retiring from the Ministry, had also decided not to again eeek reelection, a member of his committee telegraphed enquiring the member's intention, and received the following* reply: "My retirement f.rom the Ministry will in no way affect my being a candidate for Grey Lynn at the coming election. You are at liberty to make this public." According to Mr. Georgesc-n, Inspector of Factories, there ha* hot been lnuch demand for unskilled labourers in the Masterton district during the past year, writes the Wairarapa Age. Tho principal general labouring was in connection with . the hew meat-freezing works, showgrounds, saleyards, etc. No Work of any magnitude was undertaken by the borough that required any additional number of unskilled labourers. A large number of men, however, Were employed during the winter and spring in scrub cutting operations, and lately in rabbiting. The road formation in this district js fairly well completed, so that there is little or Ho co-operative work going on. As notified in our advertising columns, Mr. i James Macintosh, for many years manager of Dalgety's, Wellington, has been joined in partnership by Mr. Edgar Lowder § Holmwood, late sheep-farmer in the Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay districts, and by Mr. Albert, Creagh O'Connor, late one of the auctioneers of lDalgety'e wool and stock department. The experience of these gentlemen embraces all branches of the pastoral industry. The new firm will be known ac James Macintosh and Company, and offices in the Royal Exchange Buildings, opposite the Batik of New Zealand, have been secured. The firm .will carry on the business of stock, station, and financial agents, auctioneers, valuators, land, commission, and shipping agents. Mr. Holmwood has had long experience as a sheep farmer, and Mr. Macintosh and Mr. 0 Connor are expert pastoral commercial men. In the matter of finance the company announces facilities for arrahg' ing loans on country lands, and for making advances against stock. Wool, and all kinds of -produce.