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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 113, 13 May 1921, Page 8

A new aspect of present-day education, was forthcoming, at last night's meeting of tho .Management Committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union-., The question before the meeting was the age of a "school boy," for the purpose1 of admission to a certain match at half-price. "Oh, 16 years is. a recognised school age,"- said one member. "What abou>, college boys?" asked' another. "Somo of them are old' enough to bo married'," was tho immediate reort. "At any rate, some ought to be out working for their living!" was the comment which closed the discussion. This support of the views expressed' in one quarter at the conference of secon-daiy school assistant teachers will no doubt come as rather a surprise to the teachers. An illustration of the value of plant-, ing trees for timber purposes was gdvon by Mr. Gregor 'M'Gregor at tho last meetingi of the Wanganui River Trust, says the Chronicle. Hel said that he hnd recently cut an acre of gums at Fordlell. The trees were planted 63 years ago, and -when cut into timber yielded 69,000 feet. There wore easily 100 strainers and 200 6ft. posts, as well as a. large quantity of firewood. The value of the timber was not less,than £2 per 100 feet. Mr. J. 11. Burnet: "The best crop the land ever grew." * Several prisoners who have been found guilty of offences by juries' during the icriminal sessions of the Supreme Court, or who have entered pleas of guilty in tho Lower Court, will be called before his Honour Mr. Justice Hosking for sentence to-morrow morni»»