LOCAL AND GENERAL

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4813, 21 July 1939, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

In April there were still 20 veterans of the Maori War receiving pensions from the Government. Veterans of those days received a total of £l2O among them for the month. Soldiers who fought in the Boer War, numbeing 54, received £147, while 24,077 pensioners of the Great War drew £120,436. The latter figure does not include payments made in England through the High Commissioner, which are estimated at £55,000 sterling annually.

The question of a greater number of European refugees being admitted into New Zealand was the subject of a notice of motion placed before the Wellington Anglican Diocesan Synod by Archdeacon J. R. Young. The text of the motion, which is to be considered later, was as follows:—"That this Synod, while appreciating what is being done by the Government in the matter of admitting selected refugees from Europe, is hopeful that very soon the number of such approved immigrants may be increased; and urges Church people to give their serious consideration to this difficult problem with a view to helping those in need."

"There is an indication that something must be done amongst the schools to publicise the Public Service as a career," said Mr. S. T. Barnett, of the Public Service Commissioner's Office, during a public lecture at Victoria College, Wellington, on Tuesday night, when commenting on the lack of qualified boys suitable for first appointment to the service. "We have advertised and circularised each matriculated boy in the country," he continued, "but it appears that we must point the way to the Public Service by much more effective methods."

For the purpose of ascertaining the relative scholastic progress made by the five-year-old and the six-year-old entrants, the New Zealand Council for Educational Research is conducting a series of investigations designed to discover the effects of late entry to school. This investigation has the approval of the Education Department, and the Wellington Education Board was requested at its last meeting to grant facilities for furthering the inquiry. Several speakers stressed the value of the work, and the meeting decided to grant the facilities asked for.