HIGH-CLASS DRESSMAKING, MANTLE-MAKING^ AND TAILORI#G^

Otago Witness, Issue 2722, 16 May 1906, Page 17

should be. Your' committee .'thinks that among the many names of ifs trusty supporters in New Zealand, one name stands out' conspicuously — that of Mr Jobnstone. The example thus set has proved so powerful that the branch' li^s been supplemented by a very influential laiJies' branch, and in all probability the sustained interest in the league is further due to this fact. The Otago branch has also been in communication-- with- the educational authorities, and has carried ,out an active programme with conspicuous success.",

', Dr Ogston, • District Health Officer, returned from DunbackVon Thursday, after investigating t what was at first" thought to be an epidemic of pneumonia. The outbreak is really -^onei_of . infltenza in a severe form. About six householders have been att«cted with it.'-

'.There is no lack of candidates for eeats on- 'the ' Ote#3" "Edtfeation Board 'at the ensuing elections. For the Northern distrifet four candidates, all members of the present' board — Messrs D. Borrie, J. Mitchell, A. M'Kerrpw, and W. Nicohon — will, itf^'is known, oj(Fer*tliejmseiWs>_ and for- -the Southern , district, .six candidates, including three sittinjpnnembers, are already in the Bejd, these' being Messrs W. Snow, J. Sim, T~ Mackenzie, ' M.831., A. S. Malcolm, M.H.R., R. P«attie,' and the Rev. P. B. Fraser, while Mr W. D. Mason is also expetted to stand. - The invitation addreised by the executive of_. the Dunadin and Suburban School Committees' Association to school committees to submit the names of suitable candidates, from whom a choice of three may be made at the annual meeting of the association, has produced & shoal of nominations for the Central Ward. Four members of the executive of the association — Messrs J. H. Wilkinson, W. Scott, F. G. Cray, and T. Smith— will submit their names to the ballot, and the- other nominations by committees include the Hon. T. Fergus, Dr Church, Mr T. K. Sidey, M.H.R., Mr G. C. Israel, and Mr R. C. Jones, each of whom is understood to be willing to stand, and Messrs Cohen, Pryor, and Hutchison, who have, for various reasons, declined to offer themselves.

Dr Truby King' 3 lecture on Thursday night closed with a bitter condemnation of the feverish complexity of our ed jcational system. Some facts adduced in this connection were extremely shocking and sad. As for instance that the dux of' a leading boys' high school and the dux of a leading girls' high «chool (the came year) are both in Seacliff, hopelessly and permanently insane.

In his lecture to the Froobel Club en Thursday, Dr Truby King had something tolsay regarding the new syllabus. "It is," he sa.id, '"absolutely impossible to carry out the requirements of a syllabus like that conscientiously. The requirements of tho syllabus are not carried out at all, a.nd it would be a most unfoitunate thing for the children if they were." This very direct statement was cordially applauded.

The Alexandra Herald states that in consequence, of the formation works on the Otago Central line nearing completion, over 40 men were discharged at the beginning of the week, and these have been transferred to other public works throughout the colony. As soon as pile-«lriving is finished on Galloway Flat a start will be made with the driving of piles for the •viaduct across Muttontown Gully, between Alexandra and Clyde. Some of the ironwork for the Manuherikia bridge (third crossing) is expected to arrive shortly, when the erection of same will at once be put in iiand, and this structure should be completed by the time the rails arc laid to the bridge.

Wo have received £1 Is from "Sympathiser" for the fund in aid of the Beadle family.

The fate of " the man behind the gun " 'does not always come home to the patriotic public, but there is in Waimate at proBent a private of the Yorkshire Ea^t Riding xajiment -whose right leg -was blown off at Spion Kop by a shell, and he was literally riddled with bullets in the battle of Colenso. Although a good clerk, no one has ne«d of his services, and the Imperial pension of 10s per week has to keep (him and his wife and child. Private Daweon is lecturing on his experiences with a ,-wiew to earning the living which doing his duty as a reservist deprived him o£