LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1930, Page 5

LATE LOCALS.

Mr J. R, Simpson, who is relinquishing his taxi business after twelve years, inserts a notice of thanks in this issue for the public support accorded him. Mr L. Eager will be his successor, who also asks for ft share of the public patronage, so freely .given in the past.

Crossings ot Cook Strait on Friday by a.ir constituted a record for a Jay, no fewer. than six Marlborough -aeroplanes being busy (states the Wellington “Post”). In one case the tinie •saqetl in making the crossing was brought home in a novel way. 4(1 aeroplane left Blenheim at 8 p.ni. and landed at Rongotai, just, as the Tamahin.o, which sailed from Wellington also, at 3 p.ni. for Picton, was off Lyall Bay. ■ • >

At a recent meeting of the Taranaki Education Board, Mr A. Lees stated that out of 654 boys who left primary schools last year, 218, or 88 per cent, went direct on to farms (says a Taranaki paper).’ He, therefore considered it important that agriculture should ' m-civ,,' more consideration for the proficiency certificate than it did at present. The board passed a resolution urging that the proficiency certificate should .include vocational training up to a, definite standard. It was stated that students coming from training colleges were very inadequately prepared for the teaching of vocational subjects.