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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 102, 31 March 1925, Page 4

A tender of £1486 for the construction in "brick of a storeroom was accepted at a special meeting of the Borough Council yesterday afternoon.

According to inquiries made in Wellington the fact that the Empire Exhibition at Wemblev is being continued this year so far has "had little or no eifect on the passenger bookings for Home. A requisition signed by _ more than the necessary number of petitioners, that a poll be taken on the ha If-holiday question, was presented at a special meeting of the Borough Council yesterday afternoon. The council formally decided to take the poll. The Tainui arrived yesterday at Auckland with 250 immigrants, including 19 English public schoolboys. The Suffolk is expected to arrivo to-day with another batch of 295 immigrants, including 43 domestics. One-third of the immigrants on both vessels are children. Gymnasium work at the Y.M.C.A. was commenced yesterday evening after the summer spell. The business men’s class was the first to indulge in exercise and it promises to be most successful this season. Later, tho young men’s senior class assembled and assisted a number of new members to make a commencement with gynmustio work. A series of exercises was performed and following that a course in the apparatus syllabus, the _ Readers concluding the evening by giving a basket ball exhibition. There was a record attendance of 55 on the gymnasium floor. Mr A. J. McLeavey presided over tho usual fortnightly meeting of the Palmerston North Law Cle'-ks’ Debating Society last night, when there was a fair attendance of members. For the evening’s debate the subject was “'That the Duke of Wcllingtion was a greater general than Napoleon.” Those upholding the affirmative side were Messrs J. Turnbull and R. J. Kells, and they were opposed by Messrs C. Goldfinch and G. A. Brown. At the conclusion of the debate a vote was taken, the decision going to the affirmative by a narrow margin. “Have all the bricks from tho old gasworks been sold?” asked Cr. Oram when at a special meeting of the Borough Council yesterday afternoon the erection of a new storeroom was being discussed. Cr. Graham said that they had been sold at a good price which had been referred to in an earlier report. Cr. Oram said that it appeared that they had not been sold to too good advantage and that they would have been of use in the new building. The Mayor ar.d Cr. Jackson said that to use the old bricks would be too expensive after their cleaning was taken into account. Anyhow, said the Mayor, the storeroom had not been suggested when the bricks were sold.. A gas cooking demonstration will be given at the Qpera. House (ground floor) to-moirow afternoon at 2.45 o’clock. Radium flouncings for evening wear are showing in great variety at Collinson and Ounninghame’s 34 inches wide in very smart designs is only 3s 6d and 3e lid yard, and comes in black, ivory, kingfisher, rose, golden, apricot, lilao, jade, pink, silver. Another very attractive radium flounoing in a novel design is in ivory, black, lemon, silver and pillarbox red, and is only 5s lid yard. Collinson and Cunninghaine’s unbeatable values.—Advt. Special attention is drawn to the good quality dinner sets which are being sold at greatly reduced prices by Collinson and Son, Broadway. This gives one a splendid opportunity to get “a good set at a cheaper price.” Among those offered are Wedgwood, Cauldon, Spode, Doulton, Pountney. To give some idea of the reduction on these lines the firm is selling sets thut were £l3 10s for £8 19s 6d. It will pay to inspect this beautiful range of dinner services.— Advt.

Nearly 19,000 cases of Island were brought to Auckland last .week by the 1 steamer Tofua. • Kn elderly retired farmer, Alexander Caldwell, died suddenly at Timnruics terday. It is presumed ho had a paia lytic stroke. . . A number of immigrants who drived Auckland by the Tuonui on Jonday weie passengers to Wellington, by the Trunk express this morning. Good progress is being made in the construction of New Plymouth’s Opera Ho which, designed to sent about 1200.peopl , , will have the third largest stage in New Zealand. The opening date can be s§t down for some time in Ootober (states a Taranaki exchange). The advisability of taking action against a company which bad built the body of one of tho municipal buses which allegedly had later developed defects, was discussed at a special meeting of the Borough Council yesterday afternoon. It was finally decided to refer fhe matter to arbitration. Two escapees from the Weraroa Training Farm, who appeared lrefore Mr J. L. »Stout, S. at a sitting of the Juvenile Court this morning on charges of stealing tho sum of 17s 6d and property to the value of 9s from the house of William Leslie Adams, of Tokomaru, were convicted and ordered to be returned to the farm. Thursday last was the anniversary of the founding of Marlborough College. On March 26, 1900, the first principal welcomed tho first scholar, eighteen pupils answered the school's first roll call, the school s first lesson in Latin grammar was delivered, and jsecondary education was established in Marlborough. U The annual meeting *of the South African War Veterans’ Association was held ntst night, when the election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows: President, Cuptuin Braddell; vice-president, Mr A. T. Bcndall; secretary, Mr W. Wilson; hon. legal adviser, Major Merton; hon. nucutor, Mr P. Sim. It was decided to attend the Anzao Day parade. On Saturday evening Mr G. M. Townsend, of Hawei'a, using a six-inch telescope, picked up the larger of the two comets reported from Copenhagen, and on Sunday night saw both, as did also Air F. G a with, of the same town, who usee, a twelve-inch reflector. On Sunday evening there was a faint suggestion of a tail to the comet of the eleventh magnitude. At the inquest on Arthur Robert Godfrey Matterson, aged 15, who was accidentally shot in the head on Sunday, a verdict was returned to that effect (states a Christchurch Press Association message). The bov who was handling the gun when it exploded said ho had just inserted his last cartridge and was closing the breach when the weapon went off. To-day marks the sounding of tho deathknell of toll gates in Taranaki. The passing of the toll-gates, while it removes an institution that bus always been surrounded with an atmosphere of unpopularity in tho eyes of the users of the road, yet carries awuy associations of early times that to many are of more than ordinary interest (says the Taranaki Daily News). All arrangements were in hand to fittingly welcome the New Zealand team oi oarsmen who lately oompoted so successfully in New South Wales and who are expected to arrive at Wellington by the Ulimaroa from Sydney to-morrow morning, but these have been cancelled in deference to their expressed wishes, consequent on the death of Airs W. Bayly, wife of one of the members, at Wanganui. Some 150 black New Zealand swans are being taken by Mr R. White (Auckland), tho well-known dealer in birds and animals, by the R.AI.S. Tahiti this week to San Francisco, for distribution to various zoos throughout the United States. Tho birds, many of which were captured by Air White himself, come from Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury, and have been in resident© for about a fori night in the Wellington Zoo, awaiting shipment. A moment of absent-mindedness prompted a borough councillor at tho special meeting yesterday afternoon to ask a question which caused a deal of laughter. Some figures regarding the electrical scheme were under discussion and anent a figure fronted by a decimal point tha councillor • asked “should there not be another nought after it" ? Amidst laughter the Alayor commented: “It does not. matter how many noughts you put after it." A substantial business is reported at present in blackberries in the Greymouth district. The children who are precluded from attending school owing to the epidemic precautions have turned their attention to blackberry gathering, and consignments of the berries are being sent to Canterbury, yielding the juvenile coffers a net return of 10s per tin (states the Star). Consignments are being made daily, and appear to command a ready sale in Christchurch.

“Why was this meeting- called for 4 p.m.?” asked Cr. Oram at a special meeting of tho Borough Council yesterday ufternoon. The Mayor said that it was because there was so much to do. “You. us chairman of the library and transit committees call meetings for 1.30 p.m. —an impossible hour— without consulting my convenience,” he said to Cr. Oram. Cr. Oram remarked that 7.30 p.m. would have been a more suitable hour for a special meeting, and after a little more discussion the question was allowed to lapse. A meeting at. Levin last evening expressed indignation at the treatment the town had received in the matter of the new railway time-table, and resoived tiiac an emphatic protest be recorded against the retrogressive railway time-table as applied to tho llorowheriua-Manawatu countryside, considering that the importance of Levin as tho largest centre between Wellington and Palmerston North and as the terminal for Foxton, fully warrants continued direct contact with Napier and New Plymouth by express trains.” A further motion was put forward severely censuring the Minister of Railways, but it was deemed advisable to hold it over pending further representations to the Railway Board and the Minister. The raising of the school age to 16 years is recommended by the majority of those who attended the conference with Mr Frank Tate, Victorian Director of Education, held in Christchurch this month, and presided over by Sir James Parr. The full recommendation is as follows: —“This conference was opened by Sir Jas. Parr for the purpose of discussing poet primary education in all its aspects, and after consideration and discussion we desire to express our firm opinion that it. would be in the best interests of this Dominion if the school leaving age for all children were raised to sixteen years, thus ensuring secondary education for all, with a higher standard of education intelligence.” A rearrangement of salaries in secondary schools is announced by the Government. With regard to male teachers, no alteration is made in the salaries of principals or those of Grade A. The salaries of Grade B and C have been raised by £5 per annum. The minimum salary of Grade D lias been raised to £2OO per annum,, but no other increase has been given in this grade. Tho minimum salary of female teachers in Grade A has been increased from £350 to £360, and tho maximum from £390 to £4OB. The rates of increase in the minimum and maximum in the other grades are: B, £ll, £9; C, £7, £ls; D, £B, nil. Female principals benefit, in that there has been an increase granted in the minimum rata of £ls, and in the maximum rate of £2,5 per annum. A detailed study of the books of tho Bible is tho aim of the Bible School commencing to-night at the Baptist Church. The books studied in outline and detail during past winters have been Amos, Hosea, John, John’s Epistles, Romans, Galatians, Epistles of Peter, and Revelation. A start will be made to-night on the Epistle to tho Hebrews and the public are cordially invited to participate. The blackboard is used and questions are welcome. The third of this year’s W.E.A. university extension lectures, which are being delivered weekly in Rawlins’ tea rooms, is entitled “Alexander the Great.” Students may enroll at a nominal fee, and visitors are" invited to be present. Lots of lovely new slippers ready to give comfort to tho whole family at tho C. jVI. Ross Co., Ltd., Women’s old rose suede court slippers, black silk binding and pom pom, pump sole and low heel; game in inauve, 10a 9d pair net cash. Women's grey doth tab oourt slippers, strong leather sole knd heel, 7s lid pair net cash. Same in rod velvet, 7s 6d pair net cash.— Advt-