DAILY NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8120, 20 September 1904, Page 2

DAILY NOTES.

! The fact that Ciiina ao. the Tibetan proves of the Anglo-Tibetan-tbeaty. treaty, though of less importajice than it would be if Ohina'a suzerainty over Tibet were more real than imaginaty, j s natis. factory as* far as it goes. At least it removes any ii»D_jedi*ate danger of complications from the eastward. Under the treaty Tibet is called upon to pay an indemnity of half a million, a sum which should go a long way towards liquidating the cost- of the British expedition. As a guarantee of good faith British, troops aro to occupy the Chumbi Valley for 'three years, or until the indemnity is paid. In addition, the treaty provides that without Britain's consent no Tibetan territory is to be sold or leased to a foreign Power, nor is a foreign Power to be allowed to inter* fere with Tibet's affairs, or construct roads, railways and telegraphs, or open mines. As long as these conditions . are respected it should be difficult for Russia to seoure a foothold on " the roof of the world/ Mr T. M'Kenzie's'* com-^ " begOT-ab plaint regarding the iBBEGULi-jaiTY." "regular irregularity of the San Francisco mail referred more particularly to the delivery at the Home end. For once the Oceanic Steamship Company wa3 not wholly implicated. True, the 'Postmaster-Genw&V -in I his explanation alluded to " the late arrival

1 of steamers at San Francisco " as being ] sometimes responsible for the delays, bufc in most instances lie attributed them to* ■Hindrances in transit across Anv?rica and* the Atlantic Tho chief cause seems to have been the failure of the mails to connect with the Atlantic steamers. The mail bags have been known to. be kept in 'New York for three or four days simply because they arrived in that city a few hours after the departure of the mail boat. The Post-master-General has made arrangements whioh he believes will prevent a repetition of these delays. It is to be hoped that his belief is justified. The failure of the the penalty North Canterbury Educaof sweating, tion Board to attract a single applicant for the female teacherships now vacant in the country schools under its jurisdiction is further proof of the need that exists for improve-' ment in the conditions governing tbe wages I and living of this class of Jeaeher. The lot of the country school teacher is never an enviable one, and in the case of the unmarried woman teaoh-er it is a particularly hard one. Eithef she is called upon to endnre an existence of extreme solitude, or i she has to find a home amid perhaps uncon- ; genial surroundings. In either case her pay is barely sufficient for sustenance. Tliat educated, very often highly educated, women should have to submit to conditions of this kind is surely a travesty on the' colony's boasted education system. It is certainly a good and sufficient reason for the dearth of female teachers. Paderewski, who, for a, an couple of hours last night, enchanter, made as many thousand people . forget the . pettiness of a sordid world is a colossal testimony to the triumph of soul ove* skill. While most eminent pianists -excite admiration ora account of the facility with which they use their fingers, in other words nheir executant ability, Padorewski appeals to his audiencs on far higher grounds. Ho is a master of music first, a pianist afterwards. That, ihe is the greatest living pianist is incidentally proof of his superlative qualities as a musician. To those who wero privileged to hear him last nigbfc lie will endure not so much by reason of his unquestioned greatness aid an executant as because of his subtle power of enchantment. Melodies, which* under commonplace fingers are merely beautiful, under the dfoaran- of his genius assume an extremely novel grace. W.mmmmmmmmm^mm^im^mm^mmmmm.mm\ ■ I i n mmmmmmmm^^^^.m