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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 96, 23 April 1912, Page 6

The Petone Fire Board yesterday afternoon appointed Mr. W. C. CracrofL Wilson as secretary, ot a salary of £25 per year. The appointment was necessary in consequence of the retirement of Mr. A. Webster from the position. It was stated by several householders at last night's annual meeting of tho Terrace School that tho path leading from Kfllburno Park down to Talaveiaterrace was in a bad condition, a.n<l greatly inconvenienced the children at* tending tbo school. Tho following resolution was Ihorefore carried : — "That the attention of tho City Council be directed to the state of tho path loading from Kelburno Park down to Tala* vera-tcrrace, and that tho council bo a^ked to p.ut it in a better state of repair." A pleasing innovation was established last. December at ,the Clyde-quay School. Owmp to the rocky and storif* n&fcur* of the grounds, it was found impossilvo to plant trees or grow flowers, and so it wiuj decided to hold a competitiveliowci- show, tho Bowei-s to be tfrowu, by th« pupils at their own homes. As i ho. competition proved entirely succ«a»lui, it has been decided by the booming committee to repeat the flower show next December, when the young garden* ers will have another opportunity to show then* skill in ;<ie cuWre of the carnation, lily, rose,' or the homely cab', bage. Tho commitlse of the Lower Hntfc Main School bad something to say in its animal report regarding appointments. "In the tnatter of appointments," the report rt-ated, "tho comnuttee does nob feel that it is receiving fair consideration from tho Education Board. Tho committee was nominally supposed' to make recommendations u> the board, but how, it was asked, could such recommendations be made when only one name was submitted. Thui was a. form of procedure which should either be remedied or abolished. Tho committee had 1 protested to the board, but the protest was of no avail." " A great change has taken place in tho public school of to-day," declared] Mr. Griindy, lieadmaster of the Clydequay School, at the householders' meeting last evening. "There is a very different atmosphere to that of twenty years ago 5 to-day the school wore places to be happy in." He said the change, had been wrought 'chiefly through fcho passing of the individual examination, and to tho fact that the teachers— tha persons best qualified, to know of a child's progress— had tho power to pro inoto the children when they were fit to bo promoted. The new spirit of education had made the schools happier places than they were twenty years ago. v According to «om© of itlie West Coast papers, trouble is evidentlybrewing at the Blackwater mines, one of the Consolidated group, about twenty-four miles from. Reel'ton. At a meeting of the Waiuta branch of th« Inangahua Miners' Union, the following resolution was carried : -—"That this meeting of the Inangahua Miners' Union protest* against, the introduction ofi single-handed work by the Btackwater Mines, Ltd, and we, the members hero assembled, pledge ourselves not to work single-handed if called upon to do so. Further, we request the executive to assist us in our efforts to Desist the introduction of a system which we believe to be opposed to the health, the safety, and welfare of our members." The proposed regulations as to the shooting of opossums and paradi«e ducks next_ month are (saye the Dunedin Star) causing much talk among field sportsmen. It appears that it is the intention of the authorities to declare an open season for opossum shooting as from) Ist May to 31st July, under certain conditions, and also a very brief season of a fortnight for paradise ducks. The conditions in respect of both seasons are described as absurd and unreasonable, and some sharp criticism is being hurled at tho Acclimatisation Society for alleged inertness in tho matter of negotiating with the powers that be. it is said that opossums can only be shot by persons holding a license at a cost of three' guineas, and that the skins must not b& sold. As regards the shooting of paradise ducks, the number that may be shot by a person holding a license is reported to oe limited to twelve. Sport*men contend that no license is required for shooting paradise ducks, and blamo the society for laxity in -the mattor. They say that the officials should take steps to have these irksome conditions amended before the regulations are gazetted. Very soon after the original South Wellington School was built difficulty was experienced in acoommpdatrng all the children who applied for admission, and even after tho advent^ of the present building the school has been in a more or less overcrowded state. At last night's meeting of householders of the district, Mr. Flux, the headmaster, touched on the matter. Ho stated that the school's waiting list contained from 100 to 150 names at present. The committee had applied for more accommodation, but as the Department had an unwritten rulo that it would not build echoole to accommodate more than 600 pupila in avera-go attendance, it wa« understood v that a new school would be built ih the neighbourhood in order to relieve the pressure. The contention of the Department that no head teacher could effectively control more than 600 pupile was in theory defensible, remarked Mr. Flux, but when carried into •practice under the present regulations as regards sUffin^, etc., it wae not difficult to pick holca ro it. While it wa«s difficult to convince even those, who were considered experts 111 school organisation that this was so, he considered it was almost impossible, in an annuaJ report, to make it dear to a layman. At the men's meeting at tlie V.M.C.A. • Booms on Sunday afternoon Mr. Blackwood, o{ Dunedin, spoke to a large number. He gave a vivid account of th« Chapman • Alexander mission recently held in Dunedin. Tho speaker sUyted that lie had beeu connected with missions in tho Dominion- for about thirty years, and had never yet experienced one which was co successful m every cense as the one about which he \va« talking. He appealed 00 those present to make every preparation for Chapman's misfiton early ne*it year, as it would be found a source of great comfort and blessing, In the Magistrate's Court, before Mr. W. Q. Riddell, S.M., yesterday, Florence Thorn* proceeded against her husband, Frank Herbert Thorne, for maintenance. After a partial hearing, the case was ftdjourned until to-morrow. Mr. Hindmarsh appeared for complainant and Mr. J. J". M'Grath for defendant. Our expert knowledge and equipment are At the service of those contemplating moving. Wo provide skilled haude, and practically take all worry off your hands. Tho Now Zealand Express Company. —Ad vt. Tho result of tho Mayoral election i« going to considerably influeneo the futuro of Wpllington, and it is no light task that lies to tho hand of the- city's Chief Magistrate. If the citizens will give him tho needed support,, thero is no doubt tho tradition* of the office will bo worthily upheld by tho now Mayor. Tho support of tho people* is needed to make any public concern a success, us an instance tho offer now made by C. Smith, Ltd., is an oxainplii o{ their buying power. 750 pairs of real kid gloves in dark gteou only aro bomg clearer at 2% 6d per pair, and tho glove is sold in the city at 4s bd. Out-of-town customers should mnil their orders at one*. C. Smith, Ltd., Cuba-street.— Advt.