LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 28, 3 February 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

All the schools in the Wellington Education Board District Were reopened lo> day, The new syllabus, which comes into force with the reopening of the schools^ puts the "sign manual" of the Education Department on what has been the practice for gome years in the Wellington Education Board District, such as the grouping, wherever practioable, of classes into three divisions. ln» creased importance is attached to commercial geography, and definite lessons will be required on these subjects. The new regulations leave a good deal more to the discretion of the teacher than even the syllabus which has been repealed, but that is in accordance with the views of the Teachers' famtiUUe and leading educationalists throughout the world. ° The mails which left Wellington on the 26th December per s.s. Maungahui and connected with the Brindisi, despatch per R.M.S. Maiwa, arrived in London on the 30th January. Mr. D. M'Laren notified the Welling, ton Main Brahch of the United (Labour Party last night that he would accept the party's nomination.^ a candidate for the Mayoralty. The Bristol Chamber of Commerce has written to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce stating that its commercial superintendent (Mr, Lewis) and Mr. H. L. Riseley will shortly visit New Zealand to place before the commercial commitnity here the advantages of Bristol for dealing with oversea produce. Attention having been drawn to the restrictions oh the taking of declarations by clause 281 of the Customs Act, word has been received < from the Department 'that provision will be made enabling Customhouse agents and postmasters also to take declarations, thus conforming to the practice of the past (telegraphs our Dunedin correspondent). Mr, J, H. Estill, who represents the Port of London authority, lias written to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce asking permission to address members on the advantages to be derived by the shipping of frozen meat, etc., to London. He also desires the Chamber to arrange for a public meeting at which he can show his lantern slides, which give views of the handling of New Zealand produce in London. The Council of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday decided to leave the matter in the hands o£ the chairman and secretary to arrange. Wellington should follow in the foot* steps of Australia in tile direction ot' ! holding all public holidays on the nearest i Mondays, urged Mr. A. Leigh Hunt at last night's meeting of the Central Chamber of Commerce. The speaker urged that the "Mondayising' 1 of holidays was conducive to good health, in that it allowed people to get a.\vay for the weekend and enjoy a good holiday in the country ' or at the Beaside. The Chair* man > (Mr. C. M, Luke) favoured the -idea, stating that endeavours had been made to legislate on the matter. There were difficulties, bub it was a I matter that should be kept in view. Personally he believed that Mr. Leigh j Hunt's proposal would be preferable to | the present arrangement. The Chamber i delegated a committee comprising Mr. J. F. Atkins (as representing the athletic bodies) and Mr. T. Bush (as representing the retail traders) to go into the matter and bring down a report. An organiser for the Wellington Rural Workers Union will be appointed at a. j meeting of the union at Masterton on Saturday evening, Six nominations for the position have been received. Another union has been formed at Blenheim, and Mr. M. Laracy will leave here on Satur- I day to attend a meeting. Kirkcaldie's Great Winter Sale. A manufacturer's sample range of Down Quilts, al very low prices. A splendid range of colours and qualities, each and every one a bargain. Usually 32s 6d. 37s 6d, 43s 6d, to 110s each. Now 25s 6d, 2?s 6d, 32s 6d, to 81s 6d each.— Adyt. Customs entries made and passed by oxnert men. Goods forwarded or sorted. Shipping and forwarding agents to all parts of the world. The Colonial Carrying Company, Ltd., 107*109* Custom*

The Canterbury Trades and Labour Council held an open meeting on Saturday night to consider its attitude in connection with the conference of arbitration unions proposed by the Qhinetnuri Mines and Battery Worker* 1 Union, Tho press was excluded, and. after discussion, the meeting adjourned for a month without apparently arriving at a decision. One of the farmers with whom a Sedg« wick boy was placed three years ago has written to the Labour Department ex> pressing great appeciation of the lad's exemplary conduct ' throughout the period. His steady. and thrifty habits, his employer stated, would form an ex* ample that many New Zealand boyß would find difficulty in following. After three years the young man was ohe of the most useful hands on the (arm, and could turn to any work, "tt the Depart" rnent had some more like him. 1 ' tho writer concluded, "they would suit me." A letter has been received by tha Wellington Chamber of Commerce from nine woolgrowers of Waimarino asking for assistance in obtaining the completion, of the Waimariiio-Tokaftnu road. It was stated that at present the Wool had to be sent to Auckland, via TokaAM. Lako Taupo, and Rotorua. If the road deferred to were completed, the settlers would be enabled to send tho wool to Wellington at a cheaper rate. The council of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday agreed, to reply stating that the chamber would be pleased to support any proposal towards completing the road, The seventy-second half-yearly meet* ing of the Wellington Working Men's Club wae held last night. Mr, J, M'Nee, the president, occupying the chair, About 100 members were present. Ths report and balance-Bneet having been read and adopted, the committee wav congratulated on the satisfactory state of the finances. Ml. M. Eller was elected a life member of the club. It was decided to hold the annual picnic at an early date, all arrangements being left in the hands of the committee. To«mer« row a ballot will be taken for the elec« tion of office-bearers of the club. The suggestion ot the Prime Minister (the Right Hon. W. F. Massey) that a central committee be appointed in Wei* lington, with advisory committees in other centres, to assist in making &i'» rangements for a display of New Zealand primary products and mttiutfactuves at the Panama Exhibition, to be held in San Francisco early next year, was con« sidered by tho council of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Tha chairman (Mi 1 . C. W. Jones) said he thought the Prime Minister should be consulted to ascertain what was required. It was agreed to leave the matter u> the hands of the chairman and secretary, t Commissioner Richards, of the Salva» tion Army, seen oh the subject by a press representative, expressed the opinion that the coming territorial congress to be held in Wellington from 27th March to 2nd April would mark a most im> portant epoch in the work of the army in the Dominion. "There is considerable expectation among the bands," observed the Commissioner. "Last year we were much helped by the comrades from Christchurch, This year, t understand, there are seven bands desiring to put in an appearance," The Territorial ComI mandant concluded with a reference to the work among the young people, and «aid that several sessions would be devoted to it. According to a paragraph published in the 4*4 * Otago Daily Times and having the authority of the secretary of the Dunedin Seamen's Union (Mr. Win, Belcher) there is likely to be trouble in regard to the agreement arrived at on 19th December between representatives of the shipowners and the Seamen's Union. It is stated i that some Auckland shipowners have broken away from that agreement, and brought into existence a separate and second Arbitration Union which they were compelling all men desiring employment by them to join. Enquiries locally do not support the seriousness of the statement that there is likely to be furthev industrial trouble. Shipowners are extremely reticent in regard to the position ( but the idea of any repudiation of the agreement is scouted. In an interesting letter received in Gisborne from Scoutmaster Ellery, who is at present representing the Boy Scouts of that district at the big Scout gathering in Melbourne, he states that the sixteen boys and two qpoutmuters from New Zealand are being given ,a right royal time in Melbourne. They are being afforded every opportunity to ccc the city thoroughly. Kepresenta- ! tive Scouts from every part of Australia are present, and the gathering is a. very large one. The New Zealand boys at the Scout sports succeeded in obtaining second place in the night-alarm work, being only one point behind the win* ners, They eaeily beat all opposition in the ambulance work, the judge (a St. John Ambulance man) remarking that the showing of the New Zealand boys was the best he had ever seen, a-nd that they won by over 30 marks. At the inquest held at Napier into the death ot Mr. David Wynd, chief engineer of the Mamari, it was stated by the second engineer that deceased was a married man with two children. .Deceased's \Vife and family resided at Cap-lington-road, Dundee. Scotland, About 7.30 a.m. oh Friday last the captain enquired for the deceased, but he was missing. A search revealed Wynd in. an unconscious condition in one of the ship's bunkers, whither he had gone to see what coal supply the ship possessed. Deceased was slightly huddled up, and it was apparent he was injured. He was breathing heavily and was unconscious. Deceased must have fallen about 18ft through a trimming hatch. Dr. W. W. Moore was summoned, and he ordered the deceased's removal to the hospital, where he was found to be suffering from a fracture of the base of the skull, and there were also sigus of laceration of the brain and hemorrhage. He never regained consciousness, and died during the % &fternoon, _ The sum of £3 15s was collected in aid of tho Hospital funds during the concert given by the Central Mission Band in the grounds of the institution on Sunday, Six journeys to the Wellington HospN tftl were made by the Petone ambulance van during last month. Of these, four cases were from Petone, while Lower Hutt and Taita contributed one each. During the recent heavy rain, the gauge at the Hutt bridge registered a. rise in the river of about four ieet above summer level. The Hull and Barnsley Railway Com« pany has forwarded to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce a. number of booklets containing information as to the poiii charges and railway rates on Australasian produce at Hull. We check your baggage, free you from bother, and collect, cheek on, deliver at once. The N.Z. Express Co., Ltd., 87-91, Customhouse-quay.— Advt. Describing tho Auckland Exhibition crowds, a visitor who \vn« there during the Swas holiday rush, write* tho following:—"! speiit 11 whole afternoon nt tho Exhibition during tho record uttotidnnca da.y, *tul although the crowd was somewhat enormous during the fireworks di«pl»y ; I did not witne*s anywhere in tho Exhibition crowds to • eqilfcl those I ea,w al C. Smith's great summer Bale to-day. There were hundreds, chiefly women, eagerly looking ovev »rid securing tho many tempting unrgkine, which I w»« told on making enquiries were the greatest i>*lo bargains the firm had ovor made, *ud that w&s the reason of the enormouß l crowds.' VAdv*