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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 399, 17 May 1922, Page 4

Ten years ago there were 14 junior high schools in America, while now there are over 1000. Owners of private estates_in New South Wales capable of providing increased settlement are being asked to voluntarily submit proposals for sub-division ami closer settlement. The men employed at die freezing - works at Belfast, Canterbury, state that no reductions have yet been made in their wages, and as the season will last only another month, it is stated to be unlikely the reduction will he made this season. A great many settlers had, remarked Mr |l„gh Morrison at Wanganui yesterday, gone out of their farms penniless, having lost all their hard-earned savings which they put in as part purchase money 'on the farms. Others had been able to carry on, as they had made arrangements with the original owners. Reckless finance had now come to an end, and in the future financial institutions and vendors would look for a greater margin ol security. To him it seemed there was now a danger of going to (he other extreme. Many a struggling settler would bo able to pull through if lie was given reasonable credit at the present follow who had been saving with the idea time. There was also many a thrifty young of going on the land and ho needed terms and credit to make a start. ’Hus was the class of man who would make for the closer settlement of land in the futurelt would bo a national calamity for the financial institutions to shut him out when the price of land came back to normal. Iho point ho wished to emphasise was that there was a happy medium in all things. Coloured dress gabardines in save, fawn, navy, grey, thole, width 52in to 56in, will make really serviceable costume or frock, worth 15s 6cl, sale price 7s 6d per yard,— The C. M. Ross Co,, Ltd., assigned stock sale.—Advt. For bronchial coughs, take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, —Advt,

Tlio sum of £2.000.000 will be c l?or.r bv the Education Department on '■ year. “America is pending money like water r education, ” stated the Jbm. • Rl ■ Minister of Education,- during an atlclnat Wellington. The Minister of Public Works lias pro mised to make better housing provision tor the men engaged on the RinintaLi roa » works. Otago orcliardiats are now picking Ilie last of (1m late apples and a- start has been made with the pruning of the stohc-iniu trees. The Department- of Industries has informed (he Wellington Chamber of Commerce that it is not intended to appoint a Trade Commissioner to" the bar East at present. At the inquest on the child Norma Lily Breeden, of Napier, who was suffocated through a fall of bricks, it was stated that it took half an hour 10 remove the bricks from the body. Imports into New Zealand from Germany for the March quarter were valued at £5223. For the corresponding period in the previous year they were valued at £5996. During the last week or 10 days there has been a fairly severe outbreak of diphtheria in Hamilton, and (here are at present 21 patients in /he isolation ward of the Waikato Hospital, suffering from this infection (says the Waikato dimes). An indication of how the railway service is losing business was given at Gore the other clay, when a motor-lorry from Dunedin was used to carry furniture to that city, for transportation to W elhngton (says the Mataura. Ensign). The annual conference of delegates of,Abo Miners’ Federation will bo held in Wellington in July. It is reported that a proposal lor ih- reconstruction of the Federation will bo discussed by the conference. A serious effort to reach a solution of (ho main roads problem is planned by the Minister of Public Works (Mr Coates) in connection with (he forthcoming Highways (.(inference, which is to meet in Wellington on .) une 7, At (he Bnrdeti-Coutts sale of books and manuscripts in London, a copy of Dickens’ “Haunted Man,” with an autograph presentation inscription “to Miss BimlettContis,” was sold to an American named Jvoscnbath for £37,000. The Minister of Defence lias received from this High Commissioner particulars of the battle memorials to be erected at I.ouguevul and Le Quesnoy. Each will boar a suitable inscription and on each will appear Ihe phrase, “From the uttermost ends of the earlh.” Mr A. A. Ross, leader of the Country Party in Auckland, and a candidate for the Thames seat, said in the course of an address that iiie producing population had not had fair representation in Parliament, bur they wanted no town and country antagonism. The Law Property Bill, which lias been road the second time in ihe House of Commons, facilitates and cheapens dealings in land, simplifies conveyancing, assimilates real property to personal, and places women on the same footing as, men in regard to succession in case of intestacy. Au electric locomotive for the Otira tunnel was landed from the steamer Port Pino at Lyttelton the other day. The locomotive is double-ended, and is not unlike a German “tank” in appearance. The Port Pirie also took to Lyttelton a quantity of heavy electrical machinery for the Lake Coleridge plant. “The Mastorton Hospital is apparently a good place in which to spend a holiday,” said the clerk (Mr R, S. Hanna) at the Masterton County Council meeting. lie qualified his remark by stating “that, though the annual expenditure was in the vicinity of £30,000, the patients contributed only £4000.” Italian fishermen landed about 1000 whareou at Wellington on Monday morning. The fish were in the best of condition,averaging about 81b apiece. They were taken on Sunday in Cook Strait, nets having caught the shoal as it swarmed along the coast. Whareou are migratory. They usually appear in millions along the West Coast of the North Island about the beginning of May and travel southward, fairly close in, and pass through the strait eastward. Where they come from and go to is not clearly known, biit the assumption (says the Dominion) is that they follow ihe food, and pass southwards when in full maturity to their breeding grounds. A little homily on a wife’s obligations to her husband was delivered by Mr l'\ K. Hunt, S.M., at the Wellington Magistrate’s Court (luring the hearing of an application by an elderly woman for a maintenance order against her husband, who (says the Dominion) was over 60 years of age. “I refuse to make an order,” said His Worship, addressing the complainant. “You married this man, and then kicked him out. He has been contributing- towards your maintenance ever since. You are lucky io have such a husband. ‘A wife has obligations as well as a husband. Your duty is to cook his chop and (lain his socks. Instead of that, you turn him out and then come and ask me to make an order for maintenance. The order is refused.” At the women teachers’ conference in Wellington rids week, Mr Caughley, Director of Education, gave an address on tho subject of junior high schools. He said the idea was to take children after the fourth -tandard and draft them to a junior high school, which would be tho connecting link between tho primary school and the high school proper. By this means a child entering a school would take new subjects more gradually. As to the differentiation of work between boy o and girls, work would to started earlier. About three-fifths of the time would bo devoted to the usual primary school curriculum; and the other two-fifths to special subjects, such as, in the case- of girls, domestic science and other similar subjects. Half the staff would be composed of men and half of women of equal status. The women would be teaching the girls in the higher standards as well as in the lower. “We hoar a lot of protest against tho Government valuation on land,” remarked a prominent speaker at yesterday's conference of farmers at Wanganui. "Land thus was valued at boom prices in some instances is not now worth the Government valuation in tho open market. There is no doubt that Government valuation of lands is not equitable taking the Dominion as a whole. Counties that were valued in tho boom period are on a higher basis than those valued many years ago, therefore they have every right to ask for a re-valu-ation on present-day values. It is true that tho owner lias the right to appeal to the Assessment Court, but if one man appeals and gets a reduction and his neighbour does not it is not conducive to equitable valuation. A good method to my mind would be for the whole county to have the right to appeal to the Assessment Court on a petition of the majority of the ratepayers.” An advertisement of special interest to farmers appears on page 8 of this issue. An enterprising firm offer to relievo farmers in tho district of the worry of chaffcutting, threshing and pressing hay or straw on the shortest notice and at very reasonable terms. An up-to-date contractor's plant is used for the purpose, and ensures tho prompt and expert execution of tho work. Another announcement on page 1 tolls of a wood-sawing plant that is worked similarly. Both propositions must moan a good deal less worry to those who have not their own appliances for these classes of work. —Advt. Coupon number 2, page 2, to-niglii. entitles you to 10s off a cosy tent in fawn and' henna block snipe tweed. Collin -on and Cimninghame’s are testing local newspapers’ advertising values and will gladly pay you for this information. Dft any coat. The one we describe has the fashionably largo armhole, straigln cult, panel effect, forming pockets. Swing back, /due jind grey stripe, grey and lielio stripe, iawn and lielio stripe 95~. —Advt. Golf enthusiasts are welcoming Collinson and Son’s generous offer ot Dunlop golf bulls at 27s 6d the dozen nett cash. All arcs new and fresh, in sealed individual wrappers—unique values for players. Excellent stocks of golf chibs, approved British makes, also full supplies or requisites for hoc-key, football, boxing, shooting, etc,—Advt-

A cobfovenco of iho whole leaching profession will be hold at Wellington to-morrow evening. A little over £SOOO Jins been raised in Mastortou by means of a campaign for funds for a soldiers’ memorial. During the March quarter "660 tourists came to Now Zealand, of whom 1904 were from Australia. A young man was struck on the head at Gonville on Sunday night and £ll taken from his pockets. The Minister of Education states that it has been reported that 40 per cent, of the pupils leave school without obtaining proficiency certificates. The Fire Brigade desires to acknowledge with thanks a cheque for £5 5s from the. manager of the Universal Supply Stores for services rendered at the recent Tiro. To-day’s south-hound Main Trunk express comprised sixteen cars and two large engines. One coach at the rear of the train, carrying an invalid for the Palmerston North Hospital, was taken off here. A conference on the question of post-pri-mary education has been convened at Wellington by the Minister of Education for Friday, when representatives of the various educational institutions will be- asked to •send representatives. Hie Labour candidate for the Manawaln .-e;u will be chosen at an earlv dale. Those mentioned are Mr F. I). Whibley, of FoXlon, who has been elected president of the Foxton branch of the Labour Party, and Air Moses Ayrton, national secretary of the party. The bonus reduction promises to ho fairly general in Christchurch. In the following cases the decision to reduce wages has been come to: Ironmasters, cartage contractors, sawmillers, clothing manufacturers, retail shops, coach and motor body builders, hairdressers, and bakers. The Tokofnam Bay Freezing Works of the Gisborne Bheepfarincis’ Company closed down to-day for the winter. The decision made was the result of the action of the employees in refusing to work at the reduced scale of pay authorised by the Arbitration Court;—Press Assn. Owing to a typographical error in Monday’s report of the Occidental Hotel licensing cases one of the names of the nine men charged read “James Marchant,” whereas it should have been spoiled James Marshall. Air Marchant had no connection whatever with any of the cases, and wo regret that the mistake occurred. At the technical teachers’ conference in Wellington the following officers were elected President, Air R. J. Thompson (Ashburton); vice-president, Air F. Martin (Wellington); secretary and treasurer, Miss AT Robertson (Wanganui); executive, Miss Wilson (Dunedin), Messrs McWilliams (Wellington), Bowring and Jones (Christchurch). My Jones (Auckland) was prevented by urgent business from accepting re-election. A high tribute to the "work of the New Zealand Telegraph Department is paid by Mr Donald Murray, inventor of the multiplex telegraph instrument, and head of the firm which supplies these machines, in a letter to the chief telegraph engineer (Mr A. E. Shrimptoii) he states that the New Zealand administration is the first in the world to establish the multiplex in successful operation in a few months, simply from books, and without personal instruction. At the Farmers’ Union conference at Wanganui yesterday a remit from Levin was tabled as follows This conference vigorously protests against the expenditure "f a larger sum of public money on the deviation of the railway line at Palmerston North. Ihe mover of the resolution supported it on the ground of the large outlay involved. Mr Halrymple supported it on the broad ground that proper investigation was necessary. The remit was rejected. At_ the Technical Schools conference at Wellington yesterday, Air F. D. Opie (Palmerston North) moved: “That in the case of girls holding junior free places in vocational courses and special classes in technical schools, home nursing and Plnnkcfc nursing, or some other approved domestic subject may (alee the place of arithmetic.” Theremit was carried, as also was one advocating “that girls holding senior free places and attending special evening classes, he allowed to take any two subjects (not: necessarily related, nor grouped), for four hours per week.” “Organisation is the essence of success,” remarked Air Hugh Morrison, president of the Wellington-Wairarapa provincial district of the New Zealand Fanners’ Union, in his address at Wanganui yesterday. “Whether we as individuals believe in unionism or not, the farmer of New Zealand to-day has no alternative hut to he a unionist, for the simple reason that every oilier section of the community, labour, commercial, and professional, are organising as they hav'e never done before lo look after their particular interests. It behoves every farmer to help himself by becoming a member of the Farmers’ Union, as it is only by being a united body that we can achieve the reforms necessary for the welfare of our industry.” At the Palmerston North Luncheon Club yesterday Air Byron Brown stated that, as the result of efforts made by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, a special New Zealand number of the American Trade Review would be issued in the United States dealing with this country’s prosperity and products, thus bringing to the notice of American merchants the very favourable opportunity that exists for the development of trade between the two countries. Air Brown further stated that the value of the exports of New Zealand was three times greater than the value of the exports of the United States per head of the population. Owing to fixtures previously arranged „ falling through, there was no sitting of ” the Supreme Court to-day. The Court accordingly adjourned till to-morrow morning. Late yesterday afternoon mention was made of the appeal case, Police v. Shands, in which the appellants sought to reverse the judgment of the Alagistrate at Feilding, dismissing informations laid against the defendant for alleged breaches of the Licensing Act. The appeal was dismissed on account of certain irregularities in connection with the filing of the papers in the case. Application was made for substituted service in the divorce case of Wall versus Wall. Air Ongley, who appeared for petitioner, said that the respondent was last heard of in Brisbane. His Honour made an order that a copy of the petition he inserted in a Sydney periodical and in a Wellington paper;_ also that a copy of the petition and citation for divorce be left with respondent’s mother, returnable fortyfive days thereafter. Touching the incidence of taxation in his address to yesterday’s big conference of farmers at Wanganui, Air Hugh Morrison, of Wairarapa, remarked: “In New Zealand we have always scorned a tax on bachelors as not worth while, hut I am of opinion that this is an equitable way of distributing taxation. We find that in Germany this is one means by which they are meeting their heavy liabilities; likewise in America they have enforced a bachelor tax since the war. In the United .States the bachelor is allowed an exemption of 1000 dollars, and is taxed on the balance on a graduated scale, beginning at 4 per cent. The family man on the other hand is given exemption up to 2500 dollars, in addition to which there is an exemption of 4CO dollars for each dependent child. It is true that there is an exemption for children in New Zealand, though it is in no way as substantial as in America. The bachelor tax at the present time might he looked upon as a joke, but when we compare his expenditure with that of a man with a family who pays not only direct, but also heavy indirect taxation, it seems to me a very fair method of equitable taxation.” the whole of our exclusive millinery now marked at sale prices; also balance of Afadame Villeval’s assigned millinery stock at clearance prices. Special line of smart ieady-to-wears, were 23s 6d to 37s sd, all one price 15s 6d. See window display. — The C, AI. Ross Co., Ltd.—Advt, The British General Electric Company have recently placed on the market a umuue a- -'ctrio lighting plant, which fits in me iiocaet Current is generated by merely nrvbsnm a lever, and a clear white beam i.„... obtained. With ordinary care Ul “ ” J —iliie” is everlasting, and at the ff-.v’c, ..us, | s a splendid investment. DemuiibU' vAU be gladly given at the b-enh.iu i.n c-tric Co., the Strand, Palmer-s-un Nona. —Advt-