GENERAL CABLES

Southland Times, Issue 19173, 18 February 1924, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

SCHOLARS ON STRIKE. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright). (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) 1 LONDON, February 17.\ The elder scholars at the Maidmoreton School, alleging that a temporary woman teacher used a cane too frequently, went on strike. As the teacher left the village, they followed her booing and hooting. PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD. LONDON, February 15. The House of Clergy of the Church Assembly, by a majority decided that prayers for the dead should be included in the revised prayer book. BOYS FOR NEW ZEALAND. LONDON, February 15. Sir James Allen is visiting many orphanages throughout Britain to find the first fifty boy migrants under the New Zealand sheepowners’ scheme for assisting orphans of wartime seamen, and is enlisting the help of orphanages and education authorities in selecting the boys. WELCOME RAIN. SYDNEY, February .16. Good falls of rain are reported throughout the State, except near the southern border. EXPLOSION IN” A MINE. SYDNEY, February 16. A terrific explosion in Aberdane Colliery, caused by a naked light coming into contact with a pocket of gas, alarmed the district and caused a rush to the mine. No damage was done, however, the only casualty being a miner slightly burned.