NEWS OF THE DAT

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 23, 27 July 1927, Page 10

NEWS OF THE DAT

Additions to Muritai School,

Intimation has been received by Mr T. M. Wilford, member for Hutt, from the Minister of Education (the Hon E. A. Wright) that in order to meet the increasing attendance at the Muri\tai School, a grant has been approved for the addition of two rooms. , ' Should Women be Admitted? The -question- whether the members of the women's division of the-Far-mers' Union should be allowed to send delegates to the conference with the same powers as the other delegates agitated the minds of the union's conference for a short time yesterday evening. "We men shall have to look to our laurels if we admit the women," declared one member when referring to the activity of the women in his district. "The era has passed when women were considered as inferiors of men: in this country we are en-, lightened enough to look upon them as at least our equals," said the president of the conference, Mr. W. X. Polson. Another member declared that the admission of women delegates would be the thin edge of the wedge and the time might come when women would out-vote the men, a remark which other speakers. characterised as absurd as it was a question only of admitting two women delegates. It was finally decided to admit two women delegates to the conference now sitting, the whole question of the admission of women delegates to be gone into later. Kites and Power Lines. The' folly of children interfering with electric power "mains in any way was stressed by members of the Napier Borough Council the other evening, when it was decided to get in to'nch with the schoolmasters of Napier and ask them to bring the position before the notice of the children (states the "Hawkes Bay Herald"). "If the children fly kites with a wet string and i' it comes in contact with the wires that will be the stone end of them," remarked Councillor J. C. Bryant. Neatly Done. A neat piece of financing was brought to the notice of a "Taranaki Herald" representative recently. A farmer who I had interest payments to meet* in two places in the course of the next few days was in the position of not being ablo to meet his obligations without recourse to an overdraft at his bank, to obtain which there would apparently have been no difficulty, as the amount was quite small and tho time [ for which tho accommodation '■' would i have been required was short. To avoid paying interest on a small amount for six days ho offered the solicitors concerned in one case, in paymont of an amount of £.5, a post-dated cheque for £8, and collected the £3 change. In effect he raised a loan of that amount for six days from tho solicitors, without interest, instead of by overdraft from tho bank. More Care Required.. An unfortunate accident happened the other evening to a young couple who went house-hunting (states tho Nelson ''Mail"). They were inspecting a "desirable modern residence"—that was the agent's description of it—when tho husband leaned against tho sittingroom wall and foil through into the kitchen, whoro he was discovered by his wife as she fell through between the floor-boards of one of tho bedrooms. The accident to the husband shows the incredible folly of houso agents in allowing' new houses to bo inspected bofore tho walls have been papered. Railways in China. In a recent address Mr. T. E. Johnson, ex-Chief Railway Commissioner for New South Wales, dealt with affairs in China, with special reference to railway matters. "The railways over tkerbjM he said, ?'are mainly Gov-ernment-owned. They do not need roads, because they do not understand much about vehicular traffic. I remember passing by railway through the'Nankoo Pass, and actually seoing the very samo system of transport in force which was in existence 2000 years ago. That is going on at the preesnt moment." At tho samo time, said Mr. Johnson, he had a great admiration for the Chinese as a poople, and he could only hope that China'would be ablo to realise the great destiny, ho fpit certain was in store for it. Resident for Doughboy Bay. ■ According to a report from Southland there is now. a permanent resident in: Doughboy Bay, one of the most inaccessible bays of Stewart Island. Last month Mr. Adam Adamson, of ambergris fame, was landed there with equipment and stores'to last six months. A cargo of building timber was to follow, but so far the weather has .not been suitable to risk visiting this' exposed quar,tc>v In tho meantime Mr. Adamson has made a temporary home in a flue'sheltered cavo which he discovered well, back from the beach. This cave had evidently been used in the early days by sealers and whalers, as numerous, initwls and indistinct names are cut into the stone walls. In bygone days the Maoris made a yearly expedition to Doughboy Bay to collect lampreys, which are numerous there in their season. . ' .'■'■. Beware of Experts. . When discussing "the formation of an agricultural bank at yesterday's meeting of .the' Farmers' Union Conference, Mr. W. J. Poison said that such a bank should .be a bank of issue with-a special watertight compartment for long term "credits. It should Jje run by farmers for farmers, and they should leWn the lesson from Denmark. There an agricultural .bank started "off with a great flourish 1 of trumpets, and was well managed by farmors in their own interests. Then the idea got abroad that farmers could not possibly know anything about finance, so two banking exports were .appointed to take charge. This they did, but launching out into all-sort? of schemes, they very quickly brought about the fall.of the bank.

On the recommendation of the College Committee, the Board of Governors of Canterbury College, lias decided to ask Dr. Charles Chilton to continue to hold the office of rector until 31st January 1928. ' ~