LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Star, Issue 18160, 28 December 1922, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Wellington 'Post’ reports that in tho course of a few days tho Alliance of Labor will take a ballot, for which papers hare been printed l , but aro not yet distributed. The paper asks: Do you favor this affiliation of organisations ceasing

work as a protest against a reduction in wages? Tho papers .ro returnable to tho local secretaries of unions on January 15. iln Opotiki message .reports that after a two days’ search, in which, Maoris-'assisted tho police, Tamati’ Tnhaereroa was arrested, and l charged with, attempted criminal assault on a thirteen-year-old white girl whom ho is alleged’ to have knocked oil a bicycle as she was riding homeward. It -is • alleged that he cleared out when a passer-by interfered l . Apart from gold mines and- flats at Manly (says a Sydney writer), the dreams of avarice could scarcely picture .anything more desirable than land at a surfing resort. A sale at Coogce of land “close to tho heaoh.” not waterfront, has brought up to £32 10s per foot—which is not to ho marvelled at when it is learned that last Saturday 3,800 people used tho Coogee bathing shed’s, though Bondi had 5,480. On Now Year’s Day there will bo at least ono more lot of high-flying prices-, when some Crown lands at Maroubra arc offered at auction. A recent sale at this resort realised 1 over £4O per foot. A monster carnival opened at Caroline Bay, Timaru, yesterday on the lines of a Mardi Gras. Thousands of people from all parts of South Canterbury attended during the afternoon and tho evening. The attractions embrace a pantomime, pierrot entertainments, a masked ball, sand-building competition's, and 1 an endless variety of side shows. The whole effort was organised to provide funds for the improvement and beautification of the bay. The carnival will continue to-day and on Wednesday and Thursday of next week, and will conclude on two days during the week of! the swimming championships, which will bo held in Timaru at the end of next month.

Ideas change with tho limes (says the Melbourne ‘Age’). Once upon a time—in Presbyterian .Scotland particularly—the claim that a son of tho family had entered tho Church was sufficient to establish the respectability of the entire family. Now all that would seem to bo changed'. It was mentioned, in- respect of an insolvent who applied- to Judge Dothridge in the County Court for a certificate of discharge, that his son was a clergyman. The court smiled. Counsel suggested that at any rate such a connection, might bo taken as evidence of the general respectability of the insolvent’s family. The court laughed heartily —that sort of laugh that suggested that tho cause of It was perfectly absurd. The insolvent’s application for discharge was refused, tho judge not being satisfied that he could not pay his creditors 7s in the £ if he wished.

Tho conference of the Church of England Men’s Society at. Christchurch yesterday elected l the following officers:—Vicepresident, the Rev. H. G. Blackburn (Palmerston North); dominion treasurer, .Mr J. W. Henderson (Wellington) j dominion auditor, Mr R. M. Sunlay (Wellington): Dominion Council —.Archdeacon Russell (Oaraaru), Canon Wilford (Christchurch), Rev. W. Bullock (Wellington), Messrs R. G. Hoaso, W. J. Lees, J, Snell, W. Nash (Wellington), and A. E. Harrison (Auckland). The next conference was fixed for Palmerston North in Easter Week, 1924. As the result of the recent poll not supporting the Joan proposals ot the Dargavillo Council, six councillors resigned their seats. The nominations closed yesterday for a fresh election, and as only six candidates offered themselves they were declared elected. They are: Messrs 0. L. BagnaU, A. S. M'Naughton, A. C. Paul, T. 0. Webb, R. C. Bowman, and D. G. Galloway. Tho first four were members of the old council

In an address at tho opening- of the conference of the Church of England Men’s Society in Christchurch yesterday, Archbishop Julius said: “ Tho object of our society is to form a body which shall go forth tlirough the country penetrating every institution, influencing every kind of work, and bringing in the principles of which I have spoken. I have no sympathy with the man who says ‘I am a Christian, and therefore have nothing to do with social affairs.’ Our motto is ‘ For■Svard,’ It is God’s work, not tho Devil’s. Tho society’s work is quiet penetration, influencing the Labor movement, influencing the Reform Government, and influencing every laud of social movement in the world. The whole question of membership theg arises. Wo waui quality above everything else. Wo must pray, pray for every kind of work—in the municipal councils and everywhere else. It is all God’s wish, and you must fray for it.” There arc more female than male teachers in tho Victorian State public schools, according to recent education statistics'. These show that women teachers in primary schools now number 4,063, compared' with 3.178 men. Ton years ago tho figures wore reversed, for then there were 2,451 women and 3,067 men. Tho bearing of this upon the school system generally (says the ‘Ago’) raises a question in pedagogy, the answering of wliich may bo left te those who specialise in such things. What suggests itself to tho layman is that the time approaches when tho public schools will be almost wholly staffed by women. The check supposed to bo exerted upon such a development by marriage is evidently not operative here, for tho number ot- women teachers lias not varied noticeably' during the past three years. There is at least one consolation in the prospect, which is that as women teachers are paid one-fifth ices Ilian men, all-female schools will bo comparatively cheap. It is reported in connection with the earthquake that the damage to Lady Campbell’s residence near Cheviot amounts to £2,000. Many valuable ornaments have beeen smashed and the state room damaged by falling bricks. About two dray loads of debris have been removed from the house. 'This house was severely damaged in the 1901 quake. Mendip Hills, which was the centre of the 1901 ’quake, came of! comparatively well this time, as also did Parnassus, where no chimneys have fallen, though one or two are cracked.