WELLINGTON NEWS NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10509, 31 July 1897, Page 4

WELLINGTON NEWS NOTES.

(ST TELEGRAPH.OWN CORRMfeSDSKtjV-'. Wellington, Frid»jf.'lJ£ CIVIL SERVICE CO-OPERATE. ' :li | STORES. ' ~i| The circular sent yesterday to the TirioM departments of the Civil Service, leavffW. doubt as to what) would happen if theCi»U. Service persisted in their determination to establish a 20-operative store. It h*/-: follows:— secretaries, undeMeCf*v:.. ; tariei, and heads of departments,— •' k*. known to the members of the Civil Serviea , - that the Government think it molt'(l* j' desirable and impolitic that any stop* v: should be taken to form a Civil Service (#•' operative store.—(Signed) H. Pollw."* ft appears that the circular was taken back i*|o' mediately after circulation to the UoleeW't Secretary's office. In the evening the Pub' lo , . ServiceCommitteemetand passed the following resolution :-"That the time has noiyH-;; arrived for the formation of such an aM#!* Hon." "iK.'lj trades council and prison, . LABOUR. . . .v. /; The Minister of Justice in reply to the Trades Council, requesting .that) P"** labour should not be allowed in eettin&tH Drill-shed ready for the reception of Lord.; .; Ranfurly, says, "That the • prisoners w«» sent to assist in preparing .the Garrison Hail, but representations having »*V. made that their being so employed * ou 'j interfere with workmen who are now ou»«y< employment, he therefore gave orders mml/., the prisoners should be withdrawn. THE STORY OF EDUCATION., , : Sir Robert Stout lectured 011 this subW , last night in the Rev. Ogg'a church. n« f illustrated by statistics the rapid advao® _ of the question. He referred to the strutf'• between the denominationalists and,nc®" lariats. The denominationalisti bad, M. said, with the help of the present Conserve * tiv» party, won. He attributed this p»f|7 to the Catholic vote and the Church parff*: He said the industrial school system_ aloe# had decreased juvenile crime by 53 p*... cent. ' •