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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 847, 26 October 1923, Page 4

The directors of the Dunedin ExhlbitioH hiive decided to recommend to the shareholders that the site lot the exhibition be Lake Logan. The Avonside Tettnis Club, Christchurch, by 69 votes to 35, decided last night ili favour of the ccmrts being Open for play Oil Sundays. A motion in favour of preferential Voting it Parliamentary elections' wa£ carried at a meeting of the Dominion executive of the Farmers* Union in Wellington last flight. At the meeting this webk 'of the Dominion executive of the Farmers’ Union a committee was appointed to submit a report concerning economies and improved efficiency in the public sei'vice. The opinion that brick school buildings Were proving too costly to erect, aujl that belter valtle would be obtained by erecting buildings of woo'd, was expressed by the Hon. y. J. Parr, Minister of Education, ill replying to a deputation frortl a school committee in Canterbury. Business in the soft goods trade and in trade generally, other thftn building, has b.een a bit slack, lately in Dunedin and elsewhere, but sevend. circumstances, notably the activity ill dairying, are conspiring to bring trade back to normal proportions, and the. time is distinctly hopeful m mercantile circles (says a correspondent). Mr J. Caughley, Difeotor of Education, at a meeting With Canterbury teachers yesterday, strongly criticised what he termed the apathy of the modern schoolboy ill undertaking clean, wholesome 6polt, Ho deplored the money wasted oh frivolous pursuits,, considering that noh6 61* HttlfS ‘Wa§ forthcoming fjorn the children themselves to pay for their own games. The.. Chinese steamer Ling Nam arrived Al Wellirigtfffl yesterday ffioiffiiiig froffi Hong Kong, vie Sydney, en route to Gonab with, 1201 .Chinese iimpigrants. In Cook Strait 6n Wednesday night the vessel eiitourilefed a heavy galft; With fierce hail storms and lightning. The steering gear broke down, but Captain Waterson refused assistance from the Kaituna. and 1 eventually ‘reached part safely, IK {he course of d iheetihg with tedchofS yesterday tit CHfiStchdrch. Mr.J; Caughley, Director of Education, stated that three groups of inspectors had informed him that in their ffiidiKg of tffitoilifs they aitvays consulted, the report of the physical inspector. Tw Idclilidii,: hdddffiastera, were questioned as to the respective efforts of teachers in the promotion of school gomes. (jlbrioiis frocks just drfjved dt Collinson diid ex “Taimii" are of Slllt Initbeiiitle. Oho iff dark kWh is of Iffiig siiiigfit Shipe, cross-over .style, for llgijß, Another, is beige shade of silk Ijiarocaino is a triumph of the dressmaker’s ftft, for 13gns. Nut brown silk marocaine; draped to one - side very cleverly) hid gebrgotlo sloeWUSj prkittf logfag, These arid others tall foil injpddUdh df .all interested Ih the now and boiutiliih^Advt, Ayres tennis for season 1923 have just arrived ex “Tainui”—“Championship” arid “Hflrd Court” brands, ilso Wisden’s ‘ New Standard, ** ail priced - 6s pair. Tennis ndls 22s 6d and 39s 6d. Solid brass net winders, 19s 6d. Net adjusters, %6d Racquets by Slazongors, DavH, Ayres- and Thames Valley; Sports Company, . Gut reviver, racquet presses) rubber grips., and all tennis players' requisites selling at Collinson and Son’*.—Advfc

A gale on Tuesday night was responsible at Wellington. ■ \/r ß „c 0 y School 20 miles Rom Ashbur* ton ft mS building ert»ted _4O ye 4» So. was destroyed mining between fdnf anti five o clock. At a meetingol thojdy Oiatiott it Dunedin, * or scouts representing Dunlin bMMt.to the jft&boree lit England, wis lost by a large majority. The Christchurch bahdeofttest temmlttea has accepted the appointment by the Sou h Island Brass Band Association of Dr. J. C. Bradshaw, of Cbristohifch, and Mr F. W. G McLeod, of New Plymouth, aa judges for the forthcoming contest. . In ft Napier telegram published on August 82 it Was stated that a man accused of arson admitted he had set-fire to the house ill consequence of differences with the manager of the estate. This should actually have been a married couple, and not the manager, and this correction is made in justice to the latter (states a Press Association message). At a meeting in Wellington of the Dominion executive of the Farmers Union a committee was set up toi act, with representatives of the Dairy Farmers' Union respecting the pig and bacori industry, it was decided to suggest to the Pig Breeders Association that it should co-opera:* in a movement for control of the bacon industry on lines that had been adopted for dairy produce and froroh moat. The annual meeting of the executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union discussed at length the proposed purchase by VeSteys of tfleftt ‘Works at Gisborne. A resolution was carried expressing the opinion that, should Vestey Bros, be allowed to acquire the works of the Poverty Bay Meat Company, this would be a departure irom the pobey laid down by the union, A meeting of Indies was held yesterday, when a proposal to hold a bazaar to raise funds for the Municipal Band was placed before them. Mr J. A. Nash, M.P., president of the bund, presided and explained matters in connection with the proposal. The meeting; which was Well attended, decided to probeed with the, project, and ft further meeting will be called at an early date tt> make the preliminary arrangements, ’ The Minister for Education has -written as follows to the Dominion executive of the Farmers' Union: “Thequestion of title consolidation of small schools for the purpose of providing more efficient instruction for children in remote districts is receiving attention. I may say that ht present I am considering proposals in this connection m the North Island, and propose, after the session, to inquire bn the spot into similar proposals in the South Island. ’ 1 The proposal to establish ft radium department in connection with the Christchurch Hospital was advanced a Stage at the meeting of the North Canterbury Hospital Board on Wednesday, when-the Rev. J. K. Archer moved that the board should consider a proposal to raise £IO,OOO oi: over for the formation of a radium department in connection with the institution. The matter has been before the board for some time, and full information is being obtained from Hotile concerning the benefits of radium. The board decided to give con sideration to Mr Archer’s proposal. The question of leave of absence fq» teachers to allow them to travel wsa discussed by the Auckland Grammar School Board of Governors. this week, when applications for leave of absence were received from two teachers at .the Howe Street Girls’ Grammar School. It was pointed out that the temporary substitution of possibly interior teachers did not tend to improve the standard of work in the schools, but at the same time it was realised that teachers received fl great deal ot benefit from travel, and their services Were made much more valuable by the experience they acquired. The applications were granted. An interesting ceremony took place at a meeting of lire trustees ot the Jubilee Institute for the Blind aWVueklahd on Wednesday. Mr Norman Williams, Dominion treasurer of the .Sir Arthur Pearson Memorial Fund, handed over to the trustees cash and securities to the total value of i. 29,913 m lid, being the capital contributions to the fund to date. He also handed over a chedtle fqr db967.19s Id, being interest received bn the contributions since the collection commenced. It was reported that the total cost to date in raising this large sum including printing, postage, travelling, atid clerical expehseSj were £661 15a 4ci. The donations promised, blit not Jet received totalled £6Cw of £tooo. A ehcrey note was struck by a commercial man. ‘‘Kight through, * he said, "the business in Dunedin has been sound, exceptionally sound, whether the volume was heavy or light, and there are many others as well as myself who are recognising more and more that fluctuations may do gbod in teaching us that business nowadays calls with increasing insistence for thought, and greater thought. The- time is . past when a man can safely idle away tlianiornj Hng in ft perfunctory <la.lt at the Office and go away - to go it or b4*wls m that aiterllobn. He must work, and he must organise for Work, to get on. The Way is a bit hard, but the man who takes U is siiM now ot success than at any previous time." It was hoped that recent iegislatioa under the heading of Workers’ Oolupensatiou, remarks the annual report of the Wellington Employers’ Association, Would be recognised as setting out the full extent, of ■cohipehsMibn to workers that could reasonably be expected, but it Wa’s found necessary to put. forward the strongest Opposition to a measure introduced iu Parliament by a private member that contained clauses that Would seriously increase the liability of employers, and Would necessitate the paJTnent of Very iUUeh higher rates of accident insurance premiums, and would bring casual Workers within the Scope of the dot,. Although the bill referred to did hot progress vefy far* it is believed it will be necessary and advisable for a strong stfthd to he made against the passage through, Parliament Of a similar measure in the future. “When I Was carrying out intelligence •tests among the Women in the prison* of New Ze&lftnd I obtained some remarkable results,” fetnarked Professor Shelley in the course of his lecture to North school teachers yesterday. “One prisoner I .tested,’’ he added, ‘‘was stated to be the worst woman in New Zealand. She”was extremely intelligent and on some of the tests displayed standards above the normal, but ill Ohe test rile failed completely. She had (ib conceptions of fire principles of behaviour, That ife one of the problems of our eaUeational system. What are wo going to do with such people? The woman to Whom I have referred had the capacity , for Saining hW dWh living and there is ribJfeftldU Why idle should be a charge on the State, but because she is deficient in one {drill of ififShgehce rfife is nfit bapable of taking her place lu moiety, and thus it was necessary that .she should, bp pU.t somewhere where she could not harm Society or horself.’’ LdtigUilfh _ rWttehli) Mi hotifild thuli public incathigl will .bet hoicLin the Longj burii Hall, commencing eti, Bunday at 7 pm. find continuing oh Tuesday at 7.-’>J p.iHi Messrs G. F, Vance and Fordo Carlisle Will Id tfiS Inhibits, SfiJ all Will be Welcomed at these public meetings, Isn't It true! More fun in spring’s first golfing—mere pleasure in' spring s first c-iothtei ««d lie#, dll. Wool epflfts; Suits, Slid aiid sturdily built, are showing ia sprlh£’fe feidkt attvastivo-iiyietf at the store (or value: Very moderately priced, too, at frem §7s 6d to 59s net caste See them to-day at life U t M. 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Mr A. Gardiner, the local secretary of the Y.M.0.A., explains that the statement that the average return from Y.M.C.A. membership fees .is only ills lOd is hardly correct, that being tjie average amount received from 200 young boys and girls who are members. The senior members who are able to do so, states Mr Gardiner, pay adequate fees. A than whose narai in the meantime was suppressed, aged 27, was charged at the Dunedin Police Court with forging a prescription in the name of a doctor and obtaining a certain drug. The. police stated that the accused had the drug habit and was at tho stage of taking very heavy quantities,. He was in such a condition that a doctor had ordered him to tho hospital for treatment. Accused was remanded for n week. Mrs _E. F. Thomas, schoolmistress at Raumai, has received from the Wanganqi Education Board tho school environment certificate of merit for 1922. Tho certificate is issued to schoolmasters and schoolmistresses who display especial interest in the environment of their schools. The Raumai institution is characterised by its splendidly laid-out garden, which has been brought to its high standard of horticultural beauty through tho energy and efficient supervision of Mrs Thomas, whose display is an object of favourable comment among all who behold it. In other respect?. Raumai School possesses many pleasing features, which have earned for Mrs 'ihomas the honour conferred by the board.