TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13604, 9 February 1915, Page 6

TOWN EDITION.

Mr Cowell, who provided afternoon tea for the bandsmen on Sunday, is not (as was stalcdj the custodian of the. beach, which position is held by Mr Han lon. A gale in the south caused an interruption to the telegraph lines between Wharerata and Nuhaka. and also at Mohaka- Yesterday there was a delay of two hours in the telegraphic work, and the lines were also working badly first thing this morning, but subsequently the defect was remedied . and communication restored to normal conditions. Mr W. I). Lysnar of Gisborne, who lectured in Pallia tua, has' done very well through consigning his shipments of frozen meat through the Bristol and Dominions Producers' Association, Ltd. Mr Lysnar states that he drew full advaneas from the Association upon every shipment, which gave him more than he could sell for locally at the time of shipment, and he had a surplus of £1900 on his total shipment of 83CO sheep and lambs and 400 cattle. — Pahiatua Herald. Mr Harry Plimmer, a native of Wellington, cables from Melbourne that in association with Mr Winter Hall, formerly of Christ church, he is arranging to make a loin 1 of New Zealand, commenriu'g probably in Wellington next month. A notable feature of the tour, and one that should make a wide appeal, to the public, is the fact that the whole profits will be handed to the New Zealand Patriotic Fund. With that object in view an official treasurer is to he appointed to handle all the moneys, paying all expenses and salaries (on a low scale) weekly and banking the balance until the «nd of the tour. The idea emanated from Mr Plimmer, who as a New Zealander is keenly desirous of doing something tangible to assist his native .country. He and Mr Winter .Hall, who is very well-known in Christ - church, cliatted the matter over, and decided to organise a first-class company, which will, besides other pieces, produce "Lady Windermere's Fan" and "Peter's Mother." The proposal has been submitted to the Prime Minister, who has expressed his cordial thanks on behalf of New Zealand to the two New Zealand actors .concerned. < Mr A. MacFarlane, who "has recently I returned from a visit to England, was I welcomed to the Wellington Harbor Board on Wednesday evening. In reply- ! ing, Mr MacFarlane said what he had • seen in connection with the war at I Home had made him proud of his British birth. It was splendid to see the willingness and cheerfulness of the young men undertaking military duty. There were other instances of self-sacri-fice of which we heard nothing. Almost every 'mercantile house had half its staff of men at the front. He knew "one mail who had •two. sons at the front, and was himself acting as a special constable from midnight to 4 o'clock, and yet attended to his work. Old gentlemen of 60 years were going into the London slums and doing police duty through <t,he cold hours of the night. He had seen the arrival of Belgian refugees and English wounded. The difficulties connected with the wounded were very, great, but they were surmounted. All people were doing %\'Uat they could to help. Tho spirit of the times was illustrated by Lord Islington when ho ,yisitcd the New Zealand camp at Salisbury Plain. He told the men he was sorry he was not younger that he might go to "the front with them, but as he could not do that he was doing what he could, and had enrolled as a special constable. Tho Feilding Star points out that some peculiar things are happening in education circles just now, and if the authorities aae not acting upon, prescience, ,then our contemporary can only i conclude that some things are cut and dried which Parliament concluded are to be subject to its decision. For instance, the reason given for appointing the secretaries of the Southland and South Canterbury Education Boards to inspectorial positions are. that these bodies are to be abolished as tho result of the decisions of a Royal Commission yet to be appointed ; and the Star presumes the extraordinarily high position on the list of the YVes'tland Inspector I must be included 'in the same category. At the last meeting of the South Canterbury Education Board, a letter was received from the Fxlinca-tion Department, stating that it was in communication with Mr Valentine in regard to the dual position, of inspector and. sec- x retary held by him, and the position which ho would hold in terms of the I Act of last year. Mr Valentine was being advised thai, though he had not yet resigned the office of secretary to j the Board, the was pre- ; pared, under th« provisional classification! given by the Public Service Commission, to recognise him as an inspector of the second division as from January Ist, and to pay his salary accordingly. It Avould not be. possible to receive any payment from the Education Board for the same period. In respect to tho dual position, he should at once resign, his position under the Board, but might continue to act until the end of the month. The members of the Board were puzzled' at the affair, one remarking that the ' resignation of the secretary would be a "big knock", for the Board. Surely, the Soard had a right to he consulted before tlrs surprise was sprung upon its, members.