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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 5 March 1912, Page 6

Teachers view with some alarm the es tablishment of Provincial Councils. n.Jierto, said Mr. C. Watson, at the meeting of the Wellington branch recently, says the "Post," teachers have been fortunate in the matter of inspectors. But it was feared that if the Provincial Council system was introduced, then the inspectors would presumably be appointed by the central authority instead oi the local Board of Education. No one would then know what inspectors the teachers would get. Mr. Watson regarded the proposed change as a serious step in the wrong direction, inasmuch as instead of there being eight or nine boards, there would be twenty-two. The proposal in the Governor's Speech to nationalise the iron industry of New Zealand hna not met with the approval of the Auckland branch of the Labour Party, which at its meeting this week emphasised the opinion that better use could be found for the money which the establishment of the monopoly would cost. It was unanimously resolved, LU UUKUII till HI » 1-.J*..£ cost of living (and a return of the comparative wages and costs, of living at present" 10 years and 20 years, ago), and that they urge upon whatever Administration may be in office the necessity of nationalising all good monopolies with the money which it is proposed to waste on an experiment with iron." It was decided to strongly oppose the proposed legislation regarding the Upper House as reactionary and a betrayal of democracy, and that, pending the abolition of the Upper House, it should be made elective op the population basis. Bather an amusing story was told by Mr F. A, Anson at the Akaroai Bortough Council meeting on Wednesday night (says the "Mail"), in connection with | the search in 1897 for the historical flagi pyle at Observation Point planted there .or. thereabouts by Captain Stanley, of H-M.S. Britoniart, in 1640, and upon which the flag was hoisted proclaiming the South Island a British possession. It appears that His Excellency the Governor, Lord Ranfurly, enme to Akarua some time before June, 1890, and lie and Mr McGregor, who was then Mayor of Akitroa, made » search for the stump of the flag pole, so that in view of the monument being erected, it might be placed on the exact spot where the old flag pole stood. After searching about in the grass for some time to find some trace of the old pole which had been planted there fifty yeai - s previously, Hi« Excellency discovered an old masl I, !HP 111 t))f YJc'ntyy of where the flag pole was thought to have hpen placed. His Excellency insisted that this was Ihe original pole, but the belief that it was, said Mr Anson, was never taken seriously. Only, of course, he mjf.j f )upd # }[ was impossible to contradict a spverno}.\ 4 s}.pry, hgweyer, went the rounds at the tirrie that his Worship the Mayor had the old mapuka stump placed there purposely. The tMlH'kfi C P"W PPt,' P°W bl .Y have b £ c f,!}iP wjjiH, Pifoi hppa«§g Papain Stanley hoisted the flag pu a spare spar, from the ship, and mapuka was, never, used for ship's spai's,.