DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 14346, 26 October 1910, Page 3

DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

MORAL LESSONS FOB SCHOOLS. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Get. 25. Mr. Coleman Phillips' offer to hang in all the Wellington schools, “sheets of moral lessons'’ met with a chilly reception from the chairman of the Education Board (Mr. R. Lee) this afternoon. If these were hung up in schools they would, he said, be regarded as having the imprimatur of the Board. One could not endorse all these moral lessons. Mr. Vile said he had perused the “lessons” on leisure Sundays, and found some of them most objectionable. The application was declined. WELLINGTON TRAINING COLLEGE WELLINGTON, Oet-, 25. The Wellington Education Board has purchased two acres of land at- Kelburnc lor £3600, on which it is intended to build a new teachers’ training college. The building at Thorndou now used as a training coflfego will revert back to the primary school. CONCILIATION COUNCIL. TIMARU, Oct. 25. ' The Conciliation Council has sat for two days dealing .with the builders and carpenters’ dispute, and as yet has failed to settle the qheStioft Of Wages, preference, and apprentices. The council will sit again to-morrow. The present award rate is Is 4d, and the union asks Is Cel. TIMARU SHOW. TIMARU; Oct. 25. Record entries have been received for the A. and P. Show to he held tomorrow and the next day. The Governor visits the show on the. seeflad dap. The weather promises fine. ANGLICAN MISSION, TIMARU, Oct. 25. The Anglican Mission under Canott Tupper-Caroy aiid Mr. J. Harris has made a good start. The toissioners are highly thought Of, and draw large congregations. Maori Entertainers. AUCKLAND, Ofet. 26. ■ A Maori troupe of entertainers thirtytwo strong, left by the Maheno last night, under the guidance Of Maggie Papukura. Their idea is to establish a Maori village in Sydney.-: From there they travel to, the other toWnfe Of Australia, and if circumstances warrant they will then proceed to London add back home via Russia and China. FREE SCHOOL BOOKS, TIMARU, Oct. 26. The Education Board to-day expressed its disapproval of the free school book system. Teachers state -that patents prefer to purchase for themselves, for fear of infectious complaint*. a schooner Ashore. KAIPARA HEADS, Oet. 26. The ton sail schooner Isabella do Frame ,which went ashore on the beaCh yesterday, .was towed off, find has sailed for Dunedih. GISBORNE SHOW. GISBORNE, Oct. 26. It is fine weather for people’s dtty ftt the Show, and there is a very large attendance, including a large number of outside visitors, The prize for Champion thoroughbred was gained by Cafeeley. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. PALMERSTON N., Oct. 26, j The third Dominion Sunday Schord Convention in connection with the Methodist Church is being held in Palmerston North. There are about a hundred delegates present, The opening address was delivered by the Rev. 0. H. Raws, president of the conference, ami addresses of welcome Were delivered by the ReV. G. W. Spence and G. Bottnott. The conference Will eSftefid Over the next two days. •