NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 317, 21 December 1906, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Tbe conductors of the Wellington city trams take as many 43,000 penny fares in one day. . -;- A number of "white metal" shillings are in circulation at Greymouth at present. The other day the National Bank detected three of these coinago frauds. Tho Bega fire-walkers were delighted with Wellington, which was to them a great and imposing city. They had never been out of their own country before, and one innocent genious in the' party suggested that heaven must be like Wellington. | In December, 1890, the average attendance at the Havelock School was 122, there being 64 girls and 58 boys. Now, says the "Pelorus Guardian," it is about 74. "The expression 'second childhood 1 as applied to the senile, is an insult to children," said Dr Truby King, in giving evidence at the Dunedin Supreme Court last week. Mr Alex. Wilson, rector of the Dunedin Boys' High School, at the break-up ceremony, strongly condemned the. "age limftvior free places" system, which, he 'said, often shut out promising boys from scholarships. The largest amount spent by any candidate on electioneering expenses at the last election was £197 15s, which it cost Mr Petrie to contest the Groy seat. The Hon. J: A. Millar conies a, good second with £197 6s Zd. Sir John Gorst, the British Government's representative at the opening of the Christchurch Exhibition, before leaving the colony sent a letter to the Premier thanking the Now Zealand Govornment for the qourtosies it had extended to him during his visit to the colony, and also asking Sir Joseph Wara to thank the people of New Zealand for their kindness to him. Sir Joseph Ward, says the "Post."' intends spending the Christmas season! with his family, in Christchurch. Dur-i ing the New Year week ho will visitg Invercargill and the Bluff, and will be."' present at the Southland regatta on the' 2nd prox. The time for the nomination of a candidate for a Rhodes scholarship for, this year is near at hand. Applica-'---tions of candidates, with copies of testimonials, should be in the hands of . the chairman of the Professorial Board j of tho Auckland University College on , or before January 7, as the nomina- ! tion will be made on January 8. The '■ scholarship is tenable for three years, ! and is of the value of £300 a year. I What is 'the record in the way of school attendance?, asks the Lyttelton "Times." Many claims are) put in for the honour, and it would be interesting to know if anyone can beat the follow- | ing : — Nine years' punctual attendance at ono school for every day that the school has_ been open without the break of a single half-day. Such is the re- j cord of George Miller, a pupil in the j 7th Standard cla?3 of the South School, | Invorcargill. ! I Dunedin's charity contrasted with that of Christehureh. On Saturday J the "Lyttelton Times" editorially observed : "Last week a band of enter- . prising and persuasive young ladies ! took possession of the streets of Dun- ( edin, and collected a sum of £850 for ' charitable purposes To-day a small army of ladies will practice the same kind of highway robbery in Christ- , church on behalf of the St. John Ambulance Association.^We do not propose to set a limjt for the collectors to aim at, but we shall be disappointed if the citizens of Christchurch do not prove ! at least as generous as those of Dun- ' cdin.' The day's contributions after the appeal resulted in a collection of £274 Is B£d. It is a little comical (says the Wairarapa "Daily Times") that the whole colony, through the press, should be discussing a Land Bill which does not exist. As far as, we can Rather, the Cabinet has not/derided what form the Land Bill of 1907 shall take. We all enow it won't be the Land Bill of 1906, but what it will be is an impenetrable - mystery Mr McNab. would probably tell us all about it — if he knew himself ■ i what it was going to ,be' Till the ', . Cabinet has licensed a specific Land Bill there is virtually none in existence, and all the arguments we hear in its favour or against it are purely supposititious.

'-The Bev. sjir-.l^attiiews, Secretary r£ the British and Foreign Sailors' Society, who is retnniingyio-^aWpaisayA ow v o'fthe thingitKa^ sirnS .-Sim very- for- f ably was the 'hlg^f quritty!^f """"- ■ -vmarinpj'-JanM -there: .not th* ; slightest doubt;. in -jSpis iftind that $<?■? Zealand is deStinSifc'to ibecope a grsti> rtaritirae country. ''. Britishere,. he sai-; , . would be astonished when on his return hfe iffould tell 'tfetod-that-tberff: were 9:i ■ Mr cent, of .British? bailors serving under the Britisfr flag'in tfeNew Zealand mercantile marine* ..jf-- - - 'A quiet weaiiinKl&ook jplace at Um residence jof Jlr'Q^rles; Jones, in th-i Rai Valley, On •.Saturday afternoon last ' (says the "Eelorusaguatdian. ). Th« contractiuß ..partiesStere M*..*. a Y™ ond t . Wejls, third::soflto)cMr Eh 'Wells, of Blackball; and^Miss Maud Wells, daughter of Sir. Baiad Wells> of Haves lock The Rev. conduetbd- - tl^e- marriage ce?:emoloy. ; . • ' . Durina'tbe ppliee Visit to the Gypsy camp nwr"-Gisft«®)q«£lßst week a bftrbthal' accordmg'T^- Rqmany fashion was witsessed. It appears^ that .\t is their custom" to ,Wed^or rather betroth. tKe future' young? man- and maiden to-.-ing childh^d.^d : John the^eet » > little daushtiw ..<*?>: fo.r&ally engaged to the equally small/son of; a- cQ" 81 ";^ 1^ little pair- were^proprwtely .- * for: the •"ocdasibiivoJflie; l)oy , trousers and oilier mderiy equrpmeot, ■ aiS th^irVin^^ir^^ccora^. ' wUI adopt : ;her fatujb d^W*^"^ : until suct^imo,M;.*art»««rare of *g«n aee to uriSeirtaKe-ithe. <i« lies of . „ • The ceremony of b^i-othnl was foHow- . ed by dating asdjfsjnging, and other lighthearted reveKjg-,- : • ' The "Post," insfn explanatory f«ptnote, in reference;'®;: one of King im'.ward's yearlings vising: kicked and . killed a jockey. wh^Avas, exercismgth^ animal a.6 Newraajr^t, . says : The , King's first jockey is Herbert , JyfIn 190Q ne^#s.a':sjtable,boy atteachne to Diamond JiibUef.[ who was a b«Jtemper^ horse,: .^it* *to* m £2 ' could do. »nything.v*ut Jopos- I™ l Marcus /Beresford.-who' manages #e -. Kings horses, therefore decided £ put Jones no on -Dtamqnd J»bilee^ ., 'the Two* Tfiousjna -.Guineas, he wonf follo^inV;;up his victory .by ■ , fejrryink off tfie Derby and St.<Leg*r. $S£k e n .he has -ridden «*>£%»* • %r the' King, , aitd .has been_ l?° k £M>* . Is one pf thl leading English jockey* "We want a Tiifenei ideal of n»n- ( fa, splech recently a^ ,Christchui*h. liat a i?e?ting m.,connect.o n _w,m ■'nVix-siraf culture, ''took at the JSijianf. ! & 1 ? doubt Z inaivj^J white m«a lean win- over th* individual brown has dorie Pebpli sHould be encouraged, S «nf Ahese *™f™g? lastingly beautif i# as the glow #t- fc j; health.". • W-Z '■'. : „ I- The JnVellington-PosV' steUs th^fc ttJ^linte^^eposi^n b» - «L «p^n tn 8 «tu fireviously rul- ' 7ne inasmuch at the .Maximum ammraft. f has'beeh^aised f romifiOTO to rSM,^ rr^n^^ii^^g The interest rates *» and_ 3 per c«p.. , are the ?«me as thflKwhich have bjen " 6 force%nce .M^|# $% fe rates were rajsed fflgii 3 and cent which percertfege had been ruling 'since 1897. P«rceiWeHhat .may M-pa»d by the gavines Bank is limited,, by statute to a per cent., but that^te has nev*r been paid.- .The npresj&Spproacl. to it ■ g*a made frpm July, 1&>, ifi 7 , 1893» when 4J- was -tho ruling rate. r •■ . . t ■ '?t.Ss : ■ The Mines Department has; obtained through Hhe High .^Commissioner the loan of • Hfe-sayrng apparatus for , ras ® a work in -mines. Tne^apparatus is idSg . to arrive by the. New Zealand ohip-i ping Co'mpany'ji steimer Ruapehu, and., is intended forithe 'M.ines court in tM' ' Exhibition, where ijUican be inspected by mine-owners andy-ttios.e interested in i-minimis^ag the! dSnget to life in coal, ■ and other mines. '.; •'The iexhibrt shoul.-t prove of special .'interest .to _ Ota?o which possesses a'^arge :soal mine tt Kaitangate, where/lsyo deaths .occnrre'J lately. It is considered probable say« a contemporary, thait had these appliances bean .available; the lives of t4ig. men might have bbim saved. Shbu!a 1 the nc\\y apparatus? })& approved, of hj the Government raiding experts, it is likely tp;'.bo bi'ought.'into 'use-in 'the. o<h vornment' mines, and 1 private owners will also! be enabled; £o gain the fullest information as ty its^ working, cost, etc. ' For h,pw longj can the Edncatira Board legally grani^'a t«icher leave of absence? This.. qujsstign was raised at the Wellington "Education Board's meet ing recentlyi-"='Vflie^^ic;E. W. BeagUv holo appjied fot, : jffiree:-y6ars' leave of : absencey ; ;hiskobie6febejng,. as. explained by the cfiairniawi-to-eiiabve him to visit a Gorma§. tjniv6mfer>-. and also Fra">j and America^ to/qu^ify himself for t.AJ ; highest" .'degrees, 'in .ih^ cause of education. Mr Hogg-opposed the application which, I '"^s was ■^generally, known, *4«. ; made so that.ifrgr.an^e.d,' tho applies*) i would n<it io?e ;his ;inteVesJi-.-nr back pi«y . in cofflection'Wijß^eTeacKers' Superannuation scheftf&.isA^To. -longer lea-'o. -than 12 inonthstshpiild-be' granted. -It' J was "hotriair/ to-\^hs.- teachers who stutlt jto their ■;'classes. r rV.jrn4er the "old age i pension scheme t«T9 -years' absence front ti tha-coloiiy : iii .25. yi&ti disqualified an .applicant.' ..'The, chairman thought Mr "Beaglehole's ideSrojte !to -lie encouraged.' (After the valuaftfo/Jxjier'ience he would ! gain . ati^realrA«^^^lr?; expense, h> i would .btf a' VaiOabifc-i'asset -to the co> j-ony. *; UltimateryVttio. matter was ce|j ferred, and enqmrJK b& made as to lithe Boards legttfdfe'WJsiiiitfia mattt^. fi ■• Lieut.- l Gplpn%l ;^®'jiavd' Chaytor, of It Blenheim, ' h^s}o!pg.. for England, the |lchoice of the Gibifiel having, fallen oft ihim to bf Be^;c«3he .St4ff pollege at ;"Cambgrley, nefti'i^p'd.etthojfc, . forf. txro ' •{years . traijning |ts.wiU include lectures |py the most'.'*jnip|^ aSthprities on tacii.tics and 'jitraiuv^pdTaU that it co* ijcerns a good, .alj-pj^iil r ofiscer to know; jessay? oij^ militoiy^Jopics, reports a-^d ;criticism4..oi : aotpal i|eld work, visits in (vacation io' J^ui-^pean baUlefields, ' and, IcriticismsJ on' tfiffilpiit "of" what occurrsd" there. ,'' : ' ■>i^fj,'. 1' [„,M