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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 141, 16 May 1929, Page 6

At the meeting of the Wellington Education Board yesterday, a letter was received from the Director of Dental Hygiene stating that Shannon would be regarded as a sub-base to Levin and that the nurses would not be in a- position to treat the children at Shannon until all the children who would attend at Levin had been treated.

The Minister of Education( Hon. H. Atmore), replying to a request from the Technical School Teachers’ Association to “restore the cut,” in a letter stated: “The question of including teachers” salaries will have to be considered if at any time it is decided by the Government to restore the cuts to employees whose salaries are provided by the Government. The question involved is a general one, and you will understand that a concession could not very well bo granted to teachers that is not granted to others concerned.”

Influenza of a mild form is prev* alent in Auckland, and throughout the province.

Playing in the Rugby match between Old Boys and Greytown on Saturday A. E. Cook, the All Black, had a wrist broken.

A remit declaring that the present allowance to school committees was insufficient to keep the schools hygienically clean was passed by the annual conference yesterday of the New Zealand Educational Institute..

Lawrence Collins, aged about 10 yea/s, of Guildford Terrace, was knocked down by a motor car in Molesworth Street, Wellington, yesterday. He was removed to hospital suffering from a fracture of the base of the skull and concusssion.

A Wellington telegram states that the Educational Conference carried a remit regretting that the new text books in arithmetic and history are not in accord with educational ideals. One delegate said there was “not enough meat in them for children to chew at.” “You have to pass in mathematics to become a doctor. The only use you have for mathematics as a doctor is to make' up your accounts, and that you leave to somebody else,” said Professor Shelley (Canterbury) at the Technical Teachers’ Conference yesterday in Wellington.

Two iron manhole tops covering electric cables in Hobson Street, Auckland, were blown out with terrific force at 11.30 on Tuesday night. The explosion shook large buildings to their foundations and the report was so loud that it was heard distinctly two miles distant (states an Auckland message). A Chinese named Albert Hong Duk was sentenced at the Auckland Supreme Court yesterday to one year’s imprisonment for theft and false' pretences, having obtained £92 from a young Chinese. He represented that the money was required to secure an extension of a temporary residence permit.

Several parts of Otahuhu and Papatoetoe were thrown into darkness for an hour or two after five o’clock the other evening when a lorry crashed into a power pole on the Great South Road in trying to avoid a motor-car. A boy, Robert Grogan, who was a passenger in the lorry, sustained minor abrasions. The pole was moved several inches in its concrete foundations, but the power was soon restored by repair gangs.

Mr Young, S.M., gave his reserved judgment at Christchurch yesterday in a case against Dr. C. H. llpham, from whom tire Hospital Board claimed £3B as fees charged by the board for examination of swabs taken from defendant’s patients. The verdict was for the . defendant who, the Magistrate said, had repeatedly since 1919 disclaimed personal responsibility on the ground that he was merely acting as agent for' the patients. “We are allowed sixpence a mile ana my allowance amounts now to about four shillings. It‘s not enough to pay for meals while you’re in town.” So said a member of the Waitotara County Council regarding the allowance made to councillors for travelling. The clerk said that the maximum that could be allowed was 8d a mile. This prompted a motion to increase the present allowance in Waitotara by 2d, a member remarking that the time was opportune for 6uch an increase as nobody could say that the councilors were out to favour themselves. The motion was carried.

Whistling sounds and the noise of falling rocks caused considerable alarm to an Oamaru party which made the trip to Mount Cook and Copsiand Pass a few days ago. The climbers were walking at night, and the mysterious noises were heard close at hand. They were assured by the guide that there was no cause for alarm, as it was only chamois, which are very numerous about the valleys. Several of the animals were seen next day. Some years ago the Emperor of Austria presented five chamois to the New Zealand Government, and they hive become quite numerous. A remarkable example of the legal mind that can support with equal emphasis, conviction and, apparently, sincerity, either side of a debatable question, was mentioned in the Supreme Court yesterday. During the course of argument, counsel quoted the case of Christie v. Martin deciddd in 1907. “Yes,” said His Honour Mr Justice Ostler, “I remember that case and I also remember something about; it. Mr Morrison, of Wellington, was briefed and on arriving at Court found that he had misinterpreted Iris instructions. He thought he was to appear for appellant, whereas it was respondent for whom he had been briefed. He asked for a half hour’s adjournment, revised his argument and won the case. Mr W. L. Fitzherbert, of Palmerston North, was on the other side. The annual meeting of the New Zealand Primary Schools Headmasters Association was held in Wellington on Tuesday evening, when Mr W. A. Swinbourn, of College Street School, Palmerston North, presided over a representative gathering of over 40 delegates from all parts of the Dominion. The meeting expressed high appreciation of the work of the executive, and on the motion of Mr A. J. C. Hall it was decided that the headquarters of the association be again in Palmerston North. Mr W. A. Swinbourn was reelected president; Messrs E. Bary and G. T. Palmer were elected vice-presi-dents, and the Manawatu Headmasters’ Association was instructed to elect a secretary and three members of the executive. Messrs S. Walker and H. F. Penlington were elected additional members of the executive.

Speaking at a welcome to Bishop Bennett in Nelson, Mr C. H. Broad, principal of Nelson College, said that Bishop Bennett and he were contemporaries at Nelson College. Mr Broad remarked that there were now four Nelsonians who had become bishops and three of them were old boys of Nelson College. He had come to the conclusion that the influence of the old theological college at Bishopdale, ably presided over by Bishop outer and later bv Bishop Mules, had had a good effect. ‘fin Bishop Bennett we have a type we can be proud of,” he said. The Bishop of Nelson, touching on Mr Broad’s remarks, said that when he went to Nelson he kept the theological college going for some years, but it had to be closed during war time. He was very thankful to say now, however, that there was a strong likelihood of the early revival of that institution. Addressing the conference of the Secondary Schools’ Association, in Wellington yesterday, 'the Minister of Education (Hon. H. Atmore) unhesitatingly declared that the present system of'education was too academic. It w.as not sufficiently in tune with life as a boy or girl would have to meet it. The present system was not a reflection on the teachers. Gpvernments had to take full responsibility for the educational policy, and he would take full responsibility for his policy when he declared it. A system would have to be devised to meet New- Zealanders’ needs. He repeated liis previous attitude that agriculture would have more attention. The importance ■of getting the best trained teachers possible could not be emphasised too thoroughly, said Mr Atmore, when speaking of training colleges. Consolidation in country districts was also mentioned by Mr Atmore as part of his policy, also a reduction in the size of the classes.