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Otago Witness, Issue 2685, 30 August 1905, Page 30

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At the Wanganui Education Beard meeting on the 22nd, at the suggestion of Chief Inspector Gray, a committee was set up to go into the matter of appointing a competent expert in dairying and agriouiture, to give instructions in 'this'subject to teachers in the Wanganui education district, with a view- of tho same "being embraced in the ordinary school curriculum. The assistance of tha A. and P. Society and kindred organisations is to be enlisted. The salary suggested is £400 r.ei- annum*

At a meeting held at Palmcrston. a Coun- | try "Workers' Association was icuned. de hendquarter-5 of which for ihe Noith Island are to be :n: n Palmarstcm North. The main objects are the establishment of bureaus in different parts of the colony to afford information" regarding work obtainable, the promotion of legislation improving the livingaccommodation for country workers, and the improvement of the social standing of country workers. The association will keep clear of the wages question. Afc Wanganui on Friday mornHMr an offender was fined £10,, with the fuU penally, for procuring liquor 'for a prohibited person. The defendant pleaded for time in which to pay, but tlio magistrate refused the request. The Navy League is arranging with the banks throughout the colony +0 observe a. special holiday on October 20, which is to be observed as the oentermary of Trafalgar Day. The telegram from Nelson of August 8 on harbour matters was worded in such a manner as to convey a wrong impression. Mr Marohant's report did not condemn the dredge and plant designed by Mr Leslie Reynolds. The dredge is reported on as doing all the work for which is was designed —namely, removing Mid delivering within th° harbour the material within the proposed channel;- Mr Marchanfc merely expresses an opinion 'that it would have bean better--to have a sea-going dredge to deliver the ■ material outside the harbour. On this point -expert opinions, of course, differ, but the"'point is one in no tense relating to the insufficiency of the plant for its purpose.' "Mr Ma-rchant did not -ocommend " drastic' alterations" in Mr Reynold's scheme. On the , contrary, the effect of his report is to advise the board 1 to revert to Mr Beynolds's scheme from which the. board departed.