LINES INTERRUPTED

Grey River Argus, 29 February 1908, Page 3

LINES INTERRUPTED

(Reed. 29th, 12.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, I-eb. 28 The Java land lines are interrupted

The largest trout cauffhi for oho scr^s son was landed at Kanieri the orner evendng by Mr. Wright, weighing 10 lbs.

While "«arly every farmer «i Zealand is troubled about the loi\g spell o f dry weather and its pocotnpa.niment of fires, it may be consoling to state that this abnormal state of affairs has enabled record progress to roads, writes 'the Wellington correspondent of the "Lyttel-on Times ' Ihe Government .Department which expends the grunts for .improving communication "in the back-blocks has not suffered much loss through destruction of bridges by fire, in fact, as .already stated, ie 'has directly -benefited from the continuous fine weather. Week latter week since Christmas additional men have been engaged for road construction, until the total stand ut 2600. All these men are working to ma*c new roads or tracks, and there are 250 more engaged in maintaining old works.

The Otajro Education Board decided -tihe oilier dhy, after hearing the views of i'ihcir inspectors on the subject, "to offer strenuous opposition "to any idea to imibue the minds of "the children with one set of ideas, "from one end of itihe 'Dominion to the "other. It is not new ideas that the children are tp be imbued with ; it is wrlfch a sound education— to read and write correctly. One does not expect to find new 'ideas in Euclid nor tihe multiplication table, nor look for any \uriei:v in spelling or reading. 'It is not ideas— new or old — -that the childr.on .:shoul'd 'be -tau^Wt, Tout simple know ledge tiha't. as ' insusceptible *o change as the elements of mathematics These inspectors seem to need inspec- , -tkm.V . -.