WELLINGTON NEWS NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13269, 28 April 1905, Page 5

WELLINGTON NEWS NOTES.

(TltOU Our. OffK CORRESPONDENT.) WELLINGTON, April 27. One of (lie most significant results of tlio elections for the City Council-was tlio disastrous fato of tlie "Labour six." Only two of tlio six candidates wcro returned, and of (huso, two ono (Mr M'Laren) cume before tlio electors as a candidate who had already had ail experience in the council. Tlio fact that, four of I lie ticket worn rejected notwithstanding the organisation of tho Labour party and the fact that, it possessed the only recognised ticket ill llio election is' an important, commentary upon the value of file Labour vote in municipal politics. One feature of the election is the return of several business men to the council. Tim new members includc: Mr A. 8, Biss, of the well-known firm of Badham iind Biss, accountants; Mr A. U. Gibbcs, insurance manager; Mr Thomas Ballinger, liead of a leading firm of plumbers; Mr Morrah, auctioneer ami land agent; and Messrs .Tames Trevor and T. Carmichael, builders. Under the regulations for tho control of the maternity hospitals proposed to bo established'by the Government, the matron at. each hospital is to deliver lectures to the nurses and train the pupil nurses ill general hospital duties as well as those of a midwife. Not; more than 20 pupil nurses shall bo entered on the roll of the hospital at. tho one time, and of these not more than 10 may lie muses registered under tho act of 1901. The fees to bo charged (it tho hospitnls are gazetted this week It is provided that, any society or person making a donation of £50, or giving an annual subscription of £10, to a Stain maternity hospital shall have the right, annually to nominate a patient at such hospital free of charge. Two days after tho Shaw, Savill. and Albion Company's liner Gothic had left Hobart for Wellington a young" girl was found to have stowed away on tho vessel. Tho matter was reported to headquarters, and the passengers interested themselves,' with tlio result that; tho amount of tho girl's passage money was soon subscribed and handed over to the purser. The' announcement- of the Premier thata superannuation scheme for teachers is being prepared hns been well received iipre. The headmaster of a largo city echool, Mr jracmorra.il, speaking at the annual meeting of householders concerning the necessity for the schema, said i[ they took tlio whole education district of Wellington or o[ New , Zealand they would find many schools conducted by teachers who had passed' the oee of usefulness. The sufferers were the children supposed to be committed to their earn. X'liose men bad been quite unable to make adequate provision for days when their strength was not what it us«l to bo. Mr Gnuidy,. headmaster at Clyde Quay, quoted a strong case in favour of the scheme. This was that c.f a leacher well known to him who had been teaching ill this colony for tho past 25 years. This man was compelled' to leave off teaching when he was 80 years of ago. At present ■he was 84 ..years old, and is in a. homo for the aged needy. Tho men in question was a careful man, who wasted no money,'but i from circumstances over which lie bad no , control he was unable to mako provision for his old ago. At the Berhampore meeting of householders Mr Yauglian, a member of the outgoing committee, in moving that i the meeting again (support "tho proposal of i the institute, said tho pity was that the . nail could not bo'harder hit this, year than last, seeing that- Parliament took no 1 notice of the previous appeal. The question 1 was ono which should not bo relegated to ; an official pigeon bole. Many less important matters had been dealt with bv Parliament , during, last, .session. The leaehers' 6clicmo should commend itself to tho Government as well ns to tho people generally, as under it the State'. wa,s not asked to contribute ' financial aid. Education, received less nt-ten- . t,ion. from' Parliament than was duo to.so , important a subject, which-wa? crushed and squeezed -out by less vital things. > The following are the names of the 5 highest scorers in each education district in > the Public School Cadets class firing oom- . ' petition. The silver medals given by the j Eduo-ition Department have been, forwarded 5 i to the lieatlmasters for presentation: — • j Lance-corporal H." Carlton. . Dannevirko, t' | Hawko's Hay, 82; Sergeant H. Wood, a | Levin. Wellington, 81; Sorgeant A. Whjtfc, j. I Oamarn, Otago, 80; Private It. Harris, . ! Wanganui. 79; Lieutenant J. Parry. One- ' ; hunga. Auckland. 77; Private A. Kingsr land. Invcrcsrgill. Southland,-74; Private e' E. Beker, ■ Southbrook. Canterbury, 72; s Colour-sergeant. .T. Templer. GeraUWnc. Canterbury. 72; Private li. M'Tasirart. Tay- ' lorville. Grey, 69: Private W. Logan, 3 ■ Blenheim. Marlborouch, 63; Sergeant E. I Ingram, Richmond, Nel»u, M, ...