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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 104, 4 May 1915, Page 6

" A Visitor to the Victoria. Home " writes to The Post ; — ' ' I am an occasional visitor at the Victoria Home for Chronic Invalids. On my last visit, one of the inmates told me that they had received no booke or magazines lately, because all that could be procured were being sent to Trentham, where, I hear, the supply is already far greater than tho demand. Of course, Ido not wish that the soldiers should be kept short of reading matter during the coming winter, but I should like to suggest that the old charities should not be entirely deserted in favour of the new." "We can compare favourably with any one of the schools in the city." said Mr. D. Robertson at the Clyde-quay School last evening. The present number of scholars on the roll at this school is 741, the average attendance being 670. Although the staff was increased by one during the year, the average number of scholars in each class was still excessive, and it was quite impossible for the present staff to give proper tuition and oversight to the large classes which must necessarily be allotted to each teacher. The average per class was about fifty. Farmers wish " That pressure bo brought to bear on the Railway Department to induce it to remove the differential tariff on imported timber, more especially hardwood," also "That the attention of the railway authorities be drawn to the unnecessary delay in the delivery of goods less than one truck load, and, where possible, tlie Department be prevailed on to provide holding paddocks in vicinity of trucking yards, especially where it possesses unused spaces of ground." The proposals are to be considered at tho Pahiatua confer* ence of the Wellington Provincial Farmers' Union. " That, inasmuch as the education system is supposed to be free, 4his meeting of householders strongly protests against par,etit« or guardians having to provide their children with school books, etc., and hereby instructs the incoming committee to draw the attention of the Education Board to this matter, and failing the receiving of a satisfactory reply, the committee to arrange for a combined meeting of all school committees in the district, so that a deputation can wait upon th« Minister for Education." —-Motion passed at last night's, meeting of householders in the Brooklyn School district. , •According to views expressed at the meeting of the householders of Western Hutt last evening, the present BChool boundaries in the Hutt are anything but satisfactory. Mr. E. P. Rishworth instanced a case in which an old member of the committee, who had children attending the schoool, was now debarred from taking a seat on the_ committee because he was not living in the prescribed area. Tt was resolved to write to tlie Education Board, requesting that body to reopen the question of boun--daries. The suggestion wae made that the boundary should extend over the practical boundaries of the borough. The meeting of householders of the Mount Cook Schools District last night discussed the proposal of the Education Board to convert the boys' and girls' schools into a mixed school and to utilise the existing girls' school for technical education purposes, and strongly condemned it. On the motion of the Rev. Knpwles Smith, a resolution was passed emphatically protesting against any such intention. The ape&kere considered that it was highly inadvisable to mix the sexes where that could be avoided, and declared it to be diametrically opposed to the best interests of the children educationally and morally. It was stated at the meeting of Wadestown householders last night that the attendance at the local schools for the quarter ended March last averaged 178 out of a roll number of 187— practi- j calty 95 per cent., a fact which the Chairman regarded as very gratifying. Tlie headmaster (Mr. C. R. Joplin), \ while otnphasising the value of regular '■ attendance, thought too much anxiety ■ was shown to obtain attendance certificates. The first consideration of parents should be the health of their children, which was often imperilled by their being sent to school in bad weather. This was especially the case with the younger children who attended schools in bleak and exposed places. "A year ago, when feeling was running high at & committee election," fiald the Rev John Crewes at Newtown last night, "the chairman said, 'What can I do to eend the people to sleep, so that they won't quarrel ?'— and h« got me to talk about the Zoo. v> Mr. Crewes proceeded to deliver an entertaining ad dress upon the Zoo — and the Empire. The connection he managed to establish by means of a reference to the wonderful tooth-billed pigeon brought by the troops from Samoa, and quotations from a letter from a member of the New Zealand Force in Egypt. This trooper had written to the Zoological Society, saying that the Wellington Zoo was as good as that at Cairo. Some of the New Zealanders had endeavoured to buy some i animals from the Egyptian Government for the Wellington Zoo, but had not been successful Mr. Crewes's address wa« much appreciated, aaid he was heartily thanked at the close. Alleged "shipping .rings" once again formed the subject of a discussion at yesterday's meeting of the council of the Chamber of Commerce. The Auckland Chamber forwarded the following motion : — "That this chamber ask« for the co-operation of the other chamber* and farmers' unions in New Zealand to inaugurate a. movement, so that when the present war is over steps may be taken to prevent shippers bsing entirely at the mercy of shipping ringe." Mr. James M'Lellan said that he was in Auckland when the matter wa* being discussed, and he thought the whole trouble arose out of the difficulty experienced by consignees in having claims for damaged goods recognised. Shipping companies invariably contested all claims, and when they refused to pay it was cheaper to accept the_ position than go to law. The companies, he knew, had a guarantee fund to fight claims Mr. C. W, Jones assured Mr M'Lellan that the shipping companies paid a very big percentage of their freights in claims Claims imposed a heavy tax upon their resources. Mr. W. Bridson objected to such a matter being raised ju»t now. Instead, they should thank the chipping companies for the fact that goods were being delivered. It was hardly fair to harass the companies, who had willingly given up thp" bulk of their ships for transport work The question was allowed to drop at this stage "In the Ranks," George R. Sims's famous drama, will be shown in pictureform at Shortt's Theatre on Monday next.— Advt. , Caps for the winter season. Smart shapes 111 best materials for 4s 6d, 5s 6d, 6s 6d, 7s 6d, 10s 6d George Fowlds, Ltd., Manners-street.— Advt Goods delivered, bill paid. Save bother by sending your parcels through us on C.O.D. system. Delivery prompt, bad debts avoided. N.Z. Express Co., Ltd,, 87-91, Customhouse-quay —Advt. 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