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Poverty Bay Herald, 17 April 1906, Page 4

The Wangauui Girls' College authorities have wpent £6CO on baths, the funds having been obtained by entertainments organised by the lady principal. . It is reported ■ that the New Zealand Harvester Trust has acquired tho property at present used by the Canterbury I Bowling Club as a bowling green in Cashel street, Christchurch, and the erection of the necessary buildings will be commenced shortly. Acting on the suggestion of Chief Inspector Braik, tho Wanganui Education Board propose to amalgamate two of their infant departments, and establish in place thereof a central kindergarten, at a cost of about £2000. The new building will accommodate about 250 children at the start. • Speaking at the opening of the Farnel'l i post oirice, the acting Postmaster General said that from 1900 to 1905 the revenue of the Post and Telegraph Department had grown from £500,000 to £672,000, an increase of over 34 per cent. In the same time letters had increased from 40, j 000,000 to 70,000,000, an t increase of 76 per cent. I Mr J. Craig MeKerrow, of Welling- ' ton, lias purchased the Tiraumea estate in the Ekebahuna. district. The estate comprises 10,100 acres, and the price paid including the stock is reported to Ue £51,000. The • property Jias been under offer to the Government, and it is understood that ire purchase for close settlement was recommended by the Laud Purchase Board. The local newspaper asks why th© Government have allowed t lie, property to pass to a private individual. The -New South Wales Government have obtained an expert report which states that the deposits of variegated marbles in that State are amongst the tinest in the world, and if properly worked and developed should give the means of livelihood to thousands of workers in quarrying, carting, working the material, etc., -not only for local consumption, but for exportation, as is now being done with American marbles, which are keenly competing throughout the Commonwealth with the Italian. In the Molong district there are to bo found marbles equal to some of the ancient marbles found only in the excavations of Borne. The Premier was in a particularly genial mood at Hangiora last week, affability exuded from his portly presence. After being officially welcomed at the raihyay station he promptly held a levee, shaking hands at an astonishingly rapid rate. At first one of the local dignitaries went through the formal function of introducing the aspirants for distinction. But once or twice he hesitated over an unfamiliar face; then the Premier cut in with characteristic brusqueness : "Oh, never mind the names ; let 'em come forward and shake hands, and never mind the introductions." After that the handshaking went on gaily, tho Premier's arm working like a particularly industrious pump handle^ "The Light of the World," a picture which is now being exhibited, in New Zealand, depicts Christ standing with a lighted lantern in his hand in a garden, knocking at a closed door. The door is much overgrown with weeds, conveying cue idea that it has not been opened for a very long time. Here is Holman Hunt's own interpretation of the picture:— "The closed door i6 the obstinately shut mind, the weeds the cumber of daily neglect, the accumulated hindrances of sloth ; tho orchard the garden of delectable fruit for the dainty feast of the eouL The music of the still, small voice in the summons to the sluggard to awaken and become a zealous labourer under the •; Divine Master ; the bat flitting, about i only in darkness is a natural symbol of ignorance; the kingly and priestly dress of Christ, the sign of His reign over the 1 body and the soul,' to them who could give their allegiance to Him, and acknowledges God's over-rule. In making it a, night scene, lit mainly by the lantern carried by Christ, 1 followed the metaphorical explanation in the Psalms, 'Thy word is a lamp unto my path,' with also j tho accordant, allusions by St. Paul to th c sleeping soul, The night* is far spent, the day is at haud.'" "The case of Scotland v. New Zealand" forms the subject of some very straight talk by a candid critic in "C. B. Fry's Magazine" for March. He declares that the treatniont of the New Zealand footballers in Scotland is "for ever a blot •■ upon the fair fame of Scottish hospitality." That his treatment is no imagination may, he says, be clearly shown by narrating the series of tilings which hap- . pened which should not have happened : (1) Refusal to give dates. (2) Refusal to award caps to the Scottish team, which at*once brought the game dowu to the •level of a mere exhibition, a decision that was in itself a slur '-.on the New Zealand ers. (3) Non-protection of the ground , from frost or snow. (4) Colonials . given no option in choice of ball. (5) Chilling reception by the crowd of a great victory won in tho last four '.minutes by a feat of scoring on such a pitch that was probably quit© beyond the powers of any other team t'<hat has ever played ! (6) Wrongful accusations, of rough aud fold play by writers to the press. In this matter no blame can be attached to tho placers or officials. (7) Ignoring of their guests ,by the Scottish players. In th«^ same, issue the' much-debated, question "Did New Zealand Score Against Wales?" is also reviewed by tho candid critic, whose verdict is -that tbe wei^at of evidence is all in favor of an affirmative reply. "Never," he concludes, "was try moie truly scored." V •■■.'.- ..■■■■■■• . - ■... ;-/•■,.■•:. ■■.^ZklUi .-'i