DAILY NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7720, 1 June 1903, Page 2

DAILY NOTES.

As a result of ite incor-

a poration into Qreater Christstpbnsam church, Sydenham has been movement, left with its borough offices

on its hands. These offices were but recently built. They were begun about this time last year and; finished/ little more than sis months ago. What to do with the building is a. problem which will have to be facedl and settled boforp very long. In the meanwhile a. movement has been instituted. with the objject of getting the Chambers converted 1 into a readingroom and youiig men's club, The want of an institution of this kind has been keenly felt in Syd'enham for some years past, and the promoters of the movement are anxious to supply it. They have called a meeting for to-morrow evening- to d>cujs the matter.

For the benefit of parents x father's who are separated, it is perbesponsi- haps just as well that one BH.HT. of the provisions of the

School Attendance Act should have been mentioned in the Magistrate's Court last week. A father (pleaded as an excuse for the absence <)f hi» ohildren from school that they were in the custody of their mother, who was. separatetu from her husband. The Bench, however, ignored the explanation, and the defendant was fined 1 for having transgressed the law. Husband? who ere separated from theip wives will do well to bear in mind for the future that whether or not they have the care of their offspring, their responsibilities are the samo. They must see that th>ir children g<t to ucbool.

There is further evidwoe boxing. now 'that the revival in bdx-

ing which was promised; Jaet winter is likcjy to.be fulfilled. The oowmg tavpemra^ai- promoted! by the New Zealand Boxing Aswbifttiflft is orating a gpeat deal of interest, not only in, this city, whetre it isto-behtld, but also in other centres Qf t»he oolpnyi We »ro apt awry that, the spori gives promise, of again becoming popular. Property eondiuQtedl, ibojdng owtests contaifl. oothipg very objectionable, and ft great 4«f1.l that is quite the l-everse. And the past history of the New Zealand Boxdng Association, brief though it is, is a satisfactory guarantee that the ananagement of «^e approaching contest vriU bo all that can

Most of us are aware that

ibb to^y i« the "Glorious First " quwiqvb of June," but nome who are matt" a, little hwsy about their bis-

Tory do not know how tOday gQt its^aw For 'the: benefit -of tfhe Utter, it in worth while explaining that the day 1»»«»w-ifc)i^Utla4io-a.greab »ayial jictQrjj won

over tho Frenohi fleet by Lord Howe on June 1, 1794. The victory came at a time when it was badly needed. Nelson, though a post captain, had only just emerged from fivo long weary years spent on half pay, during which he more than once contemplated giving up the sea. Jervis had not won St Vincent, and the imperishable glories of The Nile, Copenhagen and; Trafalgar had yeti to make the British Navy that wonderful fighting instrument which it became under Nelson. Howe captured six snips when he beat the French, and, in breaking away from the absurd system then in vogue of fighting according to the instructions of the Admiralty, he, in company with Rodney and Hood, gave the world a glimpse of tactica which were afterwards perfected by Nelson himself.