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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 48, 26 February 1913, Page 6

"They have always bean out of i>ockef> in the papt," commented tho chairman of the Education Board (Mr. R. Leo) yesterday, when moving approval of tho recommendation of the Finance And Works Committee that the travelling atpenses of instructors in agriculture— • amounting in this case to £)l9 16s 4d— bo refunded^ The recommendation was < agreed to without discussion. "Ah exceptionally well-arranged publication," is tho verdict of in© wellknown London, shipping paper, The Syren, on the New Zealand Nautical AU manac and Tide Tablo for 1913. Th* paper continues :— "Practically avery* thing that «, navigator in that- part of I tho world needs to know ie bo be fo«rtd in tho volume, a useful feature of which is a coloured chart indicating the coa*l> light* and principal harbour light* of tho Dominion, and their upeciftl character* IStICS." Shortly after 11 o'clock last evening a tire occurred in th« dwelling houie <# Mr. William Simm, HiJUtrect. Mr. Simm left the house at about 8.30 p.m., and on his return «t 11.15 found the kitchen a mass of flame. The Fire Brigade was immediately summoned!, and it succeeded in extinguishing tho bW,6, but not before the back portion uf tha building had been badly damaged. Th© building, which is owned by Mr. A. Hall, iB insured in the Commercial Union for £950. and the contents (including a valuable library) in tho National offico for £750. At yesterday's niceting of the Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animal«, the inspector read a conwlamt of, several decrepit horses being turned out afc Wtrnd Bay. He reported that lio had paid a visit there, but failed to find them. An officer of the Island Jkv Municipal Electors' Association informed a Post reporter that a lew month* ago Island Bay was over-Tun with old and decrepit horses. However, thanks to the atepfl the local association had taken hi regnrd to the matter, the corporation , employees were now empowered to impound any such Mimula they found wandering. Thia evidently has had the t»esired effect, the nuisance having, to a large extent, abated. An appeal for greater attention to the teeth is made by a correspondent, "A Lover of Good Teeth," who consideres thatf New Zealand is a long way behind /other countries in this matter. He eon" tinues:—- "Although in numerous cases the mothers of the children are to blame 1 would suggest that the State should provide for this urgent need. 1 would further suggest that dental surgeons should visit the schools at least once a month and that school teachers should be instructed to tutor their pupils on the importance of proper > care and treatment of teeth." The correspondent points out that many people who have some of their teeth attended to oftch neglect their back teeth and he emphasises that all our teeth are worth having. He call* the attention of the Government "to the urgent necessity of thorough dental inspection in the schools and that children Bhould be taught to masticate properly and grow up to realise what a valuable asset their teeth are to them. 1 ' "A Lover of Good Teeth" also condemns the eating of chocolates ( by children and advocates the provision of plenty of fruit in preference. An act of kindness which brought it* own reward wa» related at yeeterday'a meeting of the S.P.C.A. On Wednesday night last & young man, while out eeling near Wilton's Bush, discovered a horse which had slipped down a bank, ameng«t some rocke, which formed a kind "of cave, imprisoning the animal, and mak* ing it impossible for it to escape. At much personal inconvenience, the young man came into town and informed In« epect<>r Seed, who searched all next ntorning, but. failed to locate the place. 1 The young man then accompanied him that evening, and showed him tie horee. It did not appear to be eeriously hurt, but it Was ravenous for food. They noticed that it had been eating bark from the treee. and aleo fetn, this be« ing the only food it had subsisted on for thr^e weeks. The inepector had the animal fed, and succeeded in finding the owner, Mr. Carswell. of Newtown. who went on Saturday and identified tho horee— a valuable one.. He presented the animal to the young fellow wlio found' it, providing that he could rescue it without injury. This was successfully accompli/shed. That the place te a dangerous spot is evidenced by the muto testimony of a skeleton of a cow, which lies there. Steps are being taken to have the locality fenced. It ie easy enough to find people who like New Zealand—there are many suck in Australia— but there are not many to whom its charme appeal «o irresistibly as they do to Mr. T. H. Nesbitt. Town Clerk of Sydney (writes The Post's Syd- * ney correspondent). Mr. Nesbitt will shortly be taking hi« annual holiday, nnd he is going to spend it in New Zealand. He will leave Sydney by the Moldavia on 10th March. It will be the tenth year in succession that he hos made the trip to New Zealand. This is surely something of a record. Moreover, he is a great man for advertising the Dominion. He has fonnd that it has benefited him in health, and he recommonde others to try it. "New Zealand grows on one," he cays. "It has such a variety of charm. ' There ie ho place like it. 1 go to ccc something fresh every time I visit the Dominion, and each time I come away delighlea and renewed in strength. This time 1 purpose spending my holiday in Ihe Coromandel district, and to put in a, Week on the Great Barrier." It is not merely that tho eea trip does him good "though that in iteclf is a splendid tonic : it is tho fascination of tho place, tho beautiful scenery, tho Native life, the charm that those who know New inland feel, yet cannot half cxproee. .Sydney's Town Clerk knows New Zealand, ftt any ralo, better than ho knowo Australia. - As a result of the various Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal 1 ) being circularised by the local secretary (Mr. J. D. A very) ue to whether \\ would bo advisable to hold a confetoice in Wei* lington, a majority have answered in the affirmative, it liao bren an-auged to hoM the conference about the end of April, probably opening oil Wednesday, Mio 30th of thai, month. Secretaries of flm various societies are to be requested to send Mr. A very notices of motion ov suggestion« for the conf(?renco not later than '20th March. With our motor vehicle wo con ro« move furniture long dwtanw*, oilhnr into or oft of Wellington. Savon lot handling, ako lime, money. The N.Z. Express Co., Ltd., 87-91 CUbtoinhottsuquay.— Advt. Tho proceedings of tho City Council meeting lost \yoelc were brought to a rathoi sudden ' conclusion N^lioii lUtte moio i.httn half the business, whedulfrl for tho meeting had bren dealt with. The full stop was brought by o inotioh made by n foMiioilJor that tho council should adjourn. Thf ticttoft of that councillor hnd il* motive in the Mayor ruling out of order a proposnl to amend ti einuir* in tlif 1 - rnport ot ihe He#erv«;ft Committee, which recommpitded that a f.tnit bp made in beautifying: ttm oily. A Cuba-etrcot ilrm have already *t*rted beautifying thrir part of tho city with i.h(> now BoriMuti's goods to hand, ■ Tho shop is looking hotter overy day. Wo refer to C. SnuthV, Ltd., Cuba-street, who aro showing llio choiceßt goods provided for many yoars. This wnck they tiro making » i»|>?cial p!io\" of ladie.V knitted Norfolk roate, in iho leading colours, at 12s dd each. This line m worthy of ii«pectipii by »U w)k> - ttudjr, tht i r personal nppearftuoe,— Adft,