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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 7, 9 January 1915, Page 6

The Postal authorities advise that the s.s. Atua from Sydney to Auckland carries Australian mails only, the Wellington portion of which is due per Mam Trunk express on Tuesday next. A further sum of £5000 was forwarded to Sydney from Auckland this week by the acting Consul for Belgium, Mr. Robert Burns. A total of £40,000 has been despatched from the Auckland Province. The total of the northern fund now stands at £40,901 6s 7d. Spurious half-crowns are apparently in circulation in Auckland at present, says the Herald. One of the bad coins was found amongst the takings in a local picture theatre. This particular samplo is described by an expert ag an excellent imitation, down to the minutest detail. It looked as though ifc had just been minted, was slightly heavier than the genuine half-crown, and had a slight yellowish tinge, which, could be detected on close examination. The composition of the coin was evidently largely aluminium, and ifc rang like lead. Strict precautions against drunkenness and the introduction of liquor into camp are being taken by the authors ties at Trentham. Tho men have been I notified that unless their conduct is j satisfactory in this respect the hotels in the vicinity of the camp will be proclaimed out of bounds and extra pickets posted. Officers, non-commissioned officers, and men are forbidden to bring liquor into camp or to be in possession of liquor in camp, medical comforts in charge of a medical officer alone being excepted. Any breach of these regulations, it has been ordered, will be Beverely dealt with. The Masonic fraternity all over tha United States has made numerous big contributions to the relief of the Belgian distress, but hitherto the assistance afforded the starving victims of the war has been the outcome of individual effort only. To place the relief measures on an organised footing, a meeting of prominent members of the craft from all over America was held at-Cincinnatti, Ohio, and launched a nation-wide movement to procure funds to aid war sufferers in Europe. Forty-six of the ' forty-nine grand commanders of the country approved of the plan. It is hoped to obtain a dollar from each of the 1,580,000 Freemasons in tho United States- The relief will not be confined to Masons or their families. In the courae of his address of welcome to the Federal Prime Minister last evening the Mayor (Mr. J. P Luke) expressed regret that Mrs. Fisher had been I unable to accompany her husband on his visit. During his reply Mr. Fisher referred jocularly to tho Mayor's remark. " I could not bring Mrs. Fisher, or drive j her," said Mr. Fisher, amid laughter, j " She will come when it suits her, not when it suits me. There are six young Fishers — (applause) — who must have attention at home." Mr. Fisher also made facetious reference to a remark by the Prime Minister (Right Hon. W F. Massey) that the party had in Auckland seen the old year out and the new year in. "Don't believe what lias been suggested by the Prime Minister," he remarked. "We behaved in a most exemplary fashion, as men should do who are in a strange country without their wives." (Laughter,) Much dissatisfaction is being expressed by the residents of Rotorua, according to j the local Chronicle, at their inability to obtain trout, either fresh or smoked, . fiom the Tourist Department fish depot. | In reply to enquiries as to why such a I state of affairs exists, the paper says it has been i informed that for some time East from 6 cwfc to 8 cwt of fresh trout aye been forwarded weekly to the military camp at Auckland, thus creating a scarcity, in Rotoiua. The writer adds: — "While we agree that the boys who have enlisted to do service afc the front should be well catered for, we consider that other food than fish might be supplied to them. They are not likely to get either fresh or smoked trout when they go into active service, and it would ba just as well to wean them gradually from a fish diet, and at the same time enable visitors and residents to now and again enjoy trout for breakfast." The Minister for Education in New South Wales made a statement; recently showing tho efforts made by his Department to reach children living away irom school centres, by moans of travelling schools- Teachers in caravans make regular rounds, visiting these remote homes regularly, and good work in thia direction is being accomplished. Mr. Carmichael stated that a few weeks ago he received a report upon the travelling school at Ivanhoe. He has now received a similar report of the fchird travelling school, which was recently established afc Inverell. This school on wheels has made five circuits since it was started, the total distance travelled being 1279 miles, and 47 children have received instruction from this perambulating school, the pupila ranging in age from five to sixteen years. The teacher in charge, Mr. S. M. Bisley, reports that he had a very strenuous time, owing to the bad weather and the state of the roads. Many of the children did not even know the letters of the alphabet when the teacher took charge, bufc are now reading from the ordinary school readers. The teacher notes that during the intermission between visits much more attention is paid to English than to aritlunetic. Generally speaking, he says, tho children are bright, diligent in their studies, and making satisfactory progress. He gives one instance where two {mis have to go out in the paddocks and do men's work. They carry their mid day meal with them, said the teacher, and during the mid-day rest they learned to spell words previously copied down on scraps of paper. The attitude of the parents towards the work is very pleasing. Reading matter is naturally scarce in these outlying districts, and no doubt story books or magazines would be appreciated. A magiclantern, with educational slideß, has proved highly popular and instructive. Spiritual things find a very small space in the lives of man^ of the people, say the teacher, though morally they are beyond reproach. In a number of cases, however, the language of some of the young women is careless, not from carelessness alone, but rather from ignorance. The teacher has endeavoured to break down this and other bad habits with noticeable improvement. The Auckland Waterside Workers' Union has received from tho Government j an offer to subsidise the union's ambuj lance fund up to a total of £360. Kirkcaldie and Steins, Ltd., intimate that Monday, the 11th instant, is the last discount day for monthly accounts. -Advt. A special offer of smart and stylish men's soft felt hats at Wallace and Gibson's. These originally sold at 10s 6d and lls 6d, and are now at 4s 9d.— Advt. For the new year's work. Strong tweed Working Trousers, at 7s 6d. This is a special and limited line. Your advantage to buy early. Geo. Fowlds, Ltd., Manners-street. — Advt. More leisure, moro enjoyment, if you check your baggage through us. We collect, check on by rail, sea, deliver immediately arrival. N.Z. Express Co., Ltd., 87-91, Customhouse-quay. — Advt. Visitors to .Wellington during tho holij day season will do well by paying a visit to that magnificent new building In Cubastreet occupied by Me«u«. C. Smith, Ltd., tho popular drapers, who have been prominent before the public during the past thirty-eix years, in which time they have built up one of the larg««t bueitK««eß in (lie city by 6imply giving the very best service and values possible. Wo are told that their establishment, as an exclusive drapery »Jid clothing 1 one, .id undoubtedly.