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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13102, 16 June 1913, Page 8

Auckland City'Cduncil has decided to i put the polioe on the trail of someone , who has Deen firing a pea-rifle or some similar weapon at the electric hrnip over the Town Hajl. i The set of silver plate, which was ' presented to H.M:S.' New Zealand by the j Auckland Harbor Board during tlie vvar- \ ship's visit to Auckland has been enclosed by tho board m a handsome case ; composed of a selection of New Zealand | woods. The gift will be placed on, board j the warship on her approaching visit to Auckland. j The headmistress off the Auckland Dio- , cesan School for Girls, stated at the • prize-giving ceremony that she considI er-ed the most serious drawback iv her nine years work at the school wa? tlie floating character of its population. She had looked through the school register of entries the other day, and she estimated that of 450 girls already entered, only about 50 had been at the school long enough to givo the teachers a chance of educating them. ' The. .irest (over 200, exclusive of those still at school) were, temporary inmates only. "I suppose," said Miss Pulling, a girl should spend at least her last live years without interruption at the same school, if she is not to waste the most valuably part of what it offers." One of the important Bills to be placed before the Victorian Parliament when it opens m July will, deal with tramway fares, and if it passes it will make tram travelling m and around Melbourne a food deal cheaper than it is at present, n the measure, which the Government promises to introduce, it is provided : "That the through fare for any single journey on lines up to two miles m length shall be Id cash. That the through fare for any single journey over two miles m length shall be 2d cash ; that all transfers given at present In connection with 3d cash or ticket fares be given under 2d cash fare; that the workmen's fare be Id for each journey ; that the time which workmen's . trams are specified to run. m the morning will be extendied to 7.45; that the present city sections for which tickets axe Fold at eight for la be reduced to Id cash."