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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 90, 21 August 1923, Page 8

The Otago Daily Times states that the High Schools Board has decided to approve of the proposal to give both parents a vote in the election of representatives of parents of pupils on the governing bodies of secondary schools. At present only one parent has a vote—the father if he is alive, if not, then the mother or if both father and mother are dead, then the actual guardian of the pupil.

An interesting aerial contest was witnessed in the Rangitane dstrict the other day. The combatants were a hawk and what appeared to be two magpies. Whatever had been the issue at stake, the contest was certainly worthy of it, for it was a strenuous one to the participants. Time after time the hawk would swoop on to one of the magpies, and almost immediately the otker magpie would dive in. Feathers' fluffed away almost at every renewed attack. The contest was carried on jintil the trio wont out. of sight over some trees. Un*U then, honours or points seemed a be about even in the unrefereed contest. The diving and soaring of the birds brought back vivid recollections of aerial fighting in Flanders.

All the Labour members of the House of Commons on June 25 wore adorned with red buttonholes in honour of the appearance of Mr Smillie, returned in the by-election at Morpeth. JVlr Jack Jones had a bunch of scarlet gladioli, and distributed the flowers to his colleagues as they entered. At the last moment one was handed to Mr Ramsay MacDonald, who, after some little hesitation and conversation with those around him, fell into line with the rest of his party. After those-pre-parations, the actual reception of Mr Smillie fell a little flat. The Labour members cheered, and a good many of them stood up as an additional demonstration . of their feelings, but there was no over-ex-uberance. A Ministerialist's remark, "Here at last, after seven attempts!" incensed Labour members. "Oh, you swine; you dirty dogs!" exclaimed Mr J. Maxton, and a colleague added: "Dirty pigs." The observations I were Ignored, »