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Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1933, Page 4

The opinion that there was not a country in the world with such opportunities for research as New Zealand was expressed by Mr. Justice Blair in an address to the pupils of the Palmerston North Technical School at the annual prize-giving ceremony last week. There had been a great neglect in this respect in the flax industry, he remarked. It was clamouring for attention. No improvements of note had been made for 15 years in the methods of dressing hemp, he said, and there were limitless possibilities in this field.

The present charges for patients at the Wellington hospital are: Under 12 years, 6s a day; over 12 years, 12s a day. The chairman of the fees committee (Mr. A. J. McCurdy) brought up a report at a meeting of the board last week recommending that the charges for in-patient treatment be revised as follows: Under 14 years of age, 6s per day; over 14 and under 18 years, 9s; over 18 years, 12s. The chairman (Mr. F. Castle) pointed out that the recommendation of the committee raised a question of policy, and on his suggestion the change proposed by the fees committee was referred to the general purposes committee for consideration and report.

Definite advice has been tendered by the Waganui Woolbrol :rs* Association that the catalogue for the first Wanganui wool sale, which is to take place on January 19, has been filled. All catalogues have been closed. A limit of 30,000 bales has been fixed by the New Zealand Wool Committee, and is not a matter that comes within local jurisdiction. The recent dry weather has resulted in a great deal of shear’ng being completed. In fact, the indications point to the season being a good month ahead of last in that respect. Prices for wool in better shape this year and a particularly fine December have resulted in a .widespread demand from growers to be included in the January catalogue. Brokers have been pestered from all quarters, but cannot alter the position as it stands now. When Bishop West-Watson entered the gymnasium of the Cathedral Grammar School at Christchurch to take part in the annual prize-giving ceremony, and hand the awards to the successful boys, he was accorded a welcome in Latin by the captain of the school. The bishop, not to be outdone, replied with ease in the same language, and both speakers were heartily applauded. Later in the evening the chairman. Dean Julius, remarked that there was one prize missing from the list. It should be, he said, for the parent who could translate the bishop’s reply on the spot! (Laughter). "There has been far too pronounced a tendency in past years to consider matriculation the ultimate aim instead of merely the stepping stone to further mental effort and achievement,” said Mr. J. Allen, 8.A., headmaster of the Wanganui Collegiate School, at the breaking-up ceremony. "Much of the specialised work which has been introduced involves reading under modified cupervision, and, therefore, serves the extremely valuable purpose of discovering how to learn, how to retain what one reads and, generally, to practice the art of self-help instead of spoon feeding.” The Railway Department is to run a special train in addition to the usual one from Auckland on Thursday evening to meet the heavy Christmas bookings. Booking obtains as usual. Transfer of the lease of the Okato Hotel from Mr. C. E. Brooke to Mr. R. D. Dunn has been approved.

Webster Bros, advertise a big sale of 800 boxes of all varieties of fruit and produce for to-morrow, commencing at L3Q o’plpgM* ‘