NEWS ITEMS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 168, 3 July 1911, Page 11

NEWS ITEMS.

A creditor expressed an opinion ■at a meeting recently that a man who earned £2 10 - a week. and who kept his wife and four children. was in fairly good circumstances. and should not get into debt. "Talk about poverty. 7 ’ he said. “I fail to see it.” What with four children going to school and J - a week to pay in rent'.” the debtor exclaimed. "It leaves me £1 15 - a week to feed and clothe six persons. I can assure you that it takes a pretty smart man to do it. especially if his wife is sick and is ordered to a private hospital to He operated upon. Acting-Judge Neighbour at Melbourne last Saturday decided that that the verdict for one farthing obtained last week by William Arnold Minster against the proprietors of the “Ballarat Star’’ for alleged libel should not carry costs. A great proportion of the Federal Land Tax payable on Wednesday last has been received by the Federal Land Tax Commissioner. The assessment, it is estiniati d. will amount to about Kl. iou.ooo. and of this £1.325.468 has been received. The amounts from the various States have been as follows .--Central office, including Victoria. ,£‘553- :>>(>; New South Wah >. £530,26-: ; Queensland. £61.196 ; South Australia. £116.660; Western Australia £30,689 ; Tasmania. £29.373 ; total. £1.325,468. At the Wellington Education Board’s meeting Air. W. C. Buchanan. M.P., sounded a note of alarm on the subject of Mormonism The Mormons, he said, had been very active in the Pirinoa district of late, and several of the children attending the district State school had been led away, being taught by the Mormons. He was afraid that the kind of instruction being given was not satisfactory, and he felt that the board should instruct one of its inspectors to pay a visit to the Parinoa district, and see for himself what was being done. It was pointed out that care would have to be taken to see that there was no intrusion upon the authority of the Education Department. On that understanding. Air. Buchanan's suggestion was adopted. Mme. Curie has applied for admission for her eldest daughter. 16 years old, to a lycee for boys. She thinks- the more serious and scientific education given to boys is betted fitted to benefit her daughter than the kind of instruction usually furnished in girls’ schools in France. The faculty of the Lycee has refused with horror. One of its professors, who has taught also in girls’ schools, declares that it is a terrible ordeal ; that the girls watch the teacher with lynx eyes and criticise every detail of his costume : and that it is easier to teach 100 boys than one girl. Mme, Curie is pressing her point persistently. An English paper says that society cannot affort to refuse the fullest educational chance to a daughter of Mme. Curie, as it might mean hampering the development of an educational genius.

In connection with the Puhipuhi tragedy the sum of £lO was subscribed as a memorial for the murdered man Freeman by those who inaugurated the agitation in favour of the commutation of the sentence of death passed upon Tahi Kaka. The Rev. Cruichshank. of Whangarei. who carried out the burial service at the interment of Freeman. has been written to and asked to recommend the best purpose to which this sum can be devoted.

Mr. H. Friedlander, chairman of ! the Lyttelton Harbour Board, late- ■ ly ocmpleted a tour of inspection ■ of the harbour, going all over the, : wharves, the dock and other do- i partments. He stated subsequently I ly that during his inspection he! saw ironbark piles which had been ’ in the water for twenty-seven years without having been sheathed, and which showed no signs of decay. ■ The appearance of these piles afforded him an opportunity to make • a contrast with piles he saw in ! Auckland harbour. where on i wharves erected only eight years ago some piles were “ absolutely! hanging. It is stated that chemical constituents in the mud in, Lyttelton harbour destroy the teredo insect, which attacks timber in the water.

At the annual conference of the N.S.W. Liberal and Reform Association. Air. Wade declared that the Liberals were thoroughly organised and ready for a new Parliamentary campaign. There was no room for a third party in the State. Those that were not with the Liberals were against them. Thomas Riley was committed for trial for the wilful murder of his brother Bernard at Kurrikurri. N.S.W. The evidence showed that Bernard had started the trouble and severely assaulted Thomas. Four men were overtaken by a train on a bridge at Geelong. Two of them jumped into the river. One was drowned and the others escaped.