LEGAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16739, 22 May 1922, Page 6

LEGAL AND GENERAL.

NEWS FBOM NEAR AND FAR

The City Fire Brigade recoived two 0311:: last night). The first, received at 6.45, was :1. false alarm given from the corner of \Vordsworth and Colombo Streets. At 10.10 pJIL the brigade again turned out to :1 small fire in a. riglxt—nf—Way In Cashel Street. A few packing—cases had caught fire and were destroyed, but no other damage was done.

A sacred concert was given in the Liberty Theatre last night in aid of the Lewisham Hospital “Building ,Fund. The Savage Club Orchestra, conducted by 311' H. G. Gln‘yshor. gave several selections. The soloists were Dlisses Lottie Holden, Olga \Vacked, Kathleen O’Brien, Edna Speding, Elm T“. O’Brien, Blessrs R. Clark, D. )I’Glll, H. Halt/lay and Signor Blartinenqo. The accompanists were Mesdnmos Bl’Glashan and )liddleton and Misses Hopping nnd Woods.

In the course of an address at Puke—kohe, Dir Massey congratulated Hie dis—trint on its excellent appeurnnvv. and remarked that the country had been fortunate in experiencing two good SOH< sons. I)uring the last month or so he had seen a good deal of the z-ountry from Canterbury in tho south and a-s far north as the North Auckland district. and it had been the same everywherei ‘Vhon he returned from England some months ago some people were under the impression that. “tho bottom had fallen out Of New Zealand.” He had said then that, ng’F‘ll a chance, the Dominion would recover. The country was making a very suti9~ factory recovery. The Prime Minister added that he did not often indulge in saying “ I told You so,” but perhaps he would be forgiven if he said so on this occasion. (Laughter.) A farmer from the north who is at present visiting Ant-kland 5:155 that he predicts a big boom in the matri—monial market as soon as over the slump depression passes (remarks the

“Star") He has had 1.0 put off his own wedding because he cannot raise enough money to furnish a house decently and fit for a wife to live in. He. went, the length the other day of offering 10 gin‘ the hank the title deeds of his property, worth a thousand or two, to see if they would advance him £2OO to enable him to get nnrried. but Ihe manager said he could not advance him u penny. He believed there were spores of young farmers waiting for the blond»: to roll away so that they might be :ll)lC‘ to take on matrimonial liliSS.

“ I am pleased to note that you don’t want, any money, because T have no money,' 1 remarked the Minister of Education (the Hon C. J. Parr) to a deputation from boards of managers of technical schools which waited upon him on Friday, states the Wellington “ Post.” “ However, I am hoping that very soon educational finance will improve with general finance. Mr Massey is carrying a pretty good burden when »ie has to pay out three millions and a half for education, and you will admit that I cannot do more in these times. I welcome the admission. Some people seem to think that more money should be spent on education. At the present moment it would be difficult to know where the money would come from if we were to decide to increase the expenditure. 99 Many rather amusing incidents arise out of the allocation of rents to Maoris on their native lands. In some blocks of land there are many shareholders, and the land is divided into a number of shares each Maori receiving a certain portion. One Maori dies, and divides his share amongst his relations; one of his relations dies, and his share is again divided, and so on, with the result that a Coromandel Native interested in a block of 770 shares (of which he owned one-tenth of a share) applied to the Receiver of Gold Revenue at Waihi for his revenue from the block. He was informed, says the “ Waihi Telegraph,” that in the last five years 2s 9d had accumulated to him, and was asked whether Jjfe wished to draw it out or let it remain until the sum was worth while. With a keen sense of humour he replied : “ One bird in the hand worth two in the bush. Please send the 2s 9d.” A meeting of the executive of the committee of the Campaign lor the Blind was held on Saturday, Mrs Thacker, the Mayoress, presiding. The offer of the Council of Christian Congregations to assist by taking retiring collections was accepted, and Sunday. June 4. was ‘elected as the special day. Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.P., was appointed to interview the Prime Minister and the Hon W. Downie Stewart, requesting the Government to validate payments of grants to th? fund by the City Council and otherlocal bodies. It' was decided to hold a sacred concert on Sunday, June 11, the programme to be supplied by the Edgeware Road Methodist Church choirs, the winners of the senior and junior contests in the recent competitions. Arrangements were also made to hold meetings in Kaiapoi, Rangiora, and other districts. The secretary reported that over £IBOO, 'inclusive ot the grants of £IOOO by tlie City Council and £250 from the Drainage Board, had been collected. Access to the Franz Josef glacier was a subject brought before members of the Progress League’s delegation on Friday when they were taken to South Westland as far as the Little Wanganui for the purpose of inspecting the bridges in course ot erection. Mr P. R Climie stated yesterday that the visitors were not impressed .with the approaches to the Waitaha Bridge. A greater effort should be made on the approaches, as at the present rate it would be six months before they were completed. Despite a set-back owing to floods, good progress had been made with the bridge over the Little Wanganui, and which should put an end for all time to the difficulties of fording one of the most treacherous rivers on the way to the glacier. For bridging the remaining river a sum had been placed on the Estimates, but a contract had not been signed, and until the bridge wag erected motor traffic to the glacier would be subject to interruption. The main south road to Wailio had deteriorated largely owing to heavy lorry traffic to the railhead Ross, and while this continued the road was not likely to improve. A photograph to send each of your friends is the best way to solve the gift problem. Let StefFano Webb take it. Petersen’s Buildings, High Street. Telephone 1989. 1512 “ Big Ben ” and his family reduced. Messrs Hastie, Bull and Pickering announce reduced prices on Alarm Clocks. “Big Ben” now 22s 6d, “Rig Ben” Luminous 30s, “Jack o’ Lantern Luminous 20s. “ Sleep Meter” 13s 6d, “ Good Morning ” 10s, Pocket Ben 9s 6d. _ 6 There's no period of life in which tho changes are so rapid, the stages so interesting, or the memory so well worth keeping as the period of childhood. Keep the record in a photograph. Begin with a portrait to-dav. Wrigglesworth and Binns, 73S Colombo Street. 'Phono

A decision to liberate black opossums as a. commercial investment at Taumarunui and the \Naitnkore ranges was arrived at by the Auckland Acrlimutisation Society, states an exchange. Authority was given for black apossums to be trapped by a ranger at Lake \Vaikaremoana, and it was decided to liberate the first lot on the watershed between the \Vniliato and \Vanganui rivers, tho remainder to be placed on the \Vnitukoros. The president. Mr If. H. O'stlm‘. Stated that a wore of the animals hail been libm'nt-ed some years ago on *le Coromnndcl l’oninqnln. and their fur should be valuable by now.

“lb appears to me that we should strive to uultivato our ‘p‘upils’ interest in international and current affairs, touch thom to read good newspapers intelligently as well as good books, and. lny medium of literary or debating sovietiysv make the leading questions of the day a living interest to their minds.» [u this way we can set up perennial mental internsts uf 51‘ very broadening Iypv." smkl 311' 1“. )lilncr, addressing; the Smrnndary Splinols' Association. “ ln llm light of the world’s great noml. all teachers Hllullld Ton/(l sm-ll UlltSpulif‘l] works as H. (l. \Vells’s "Salvaging: of (‘ivilisfltionW Norman Angcll's “’l‘lm Fruits of Victory.‘ and l’rnl‘cssm- Ramsay Muir’s “Nationalism and lntenmtimlalism." “ Now it is insisted in season and out of 5021501), that, our luxlter is as good as Danish,” ronnu'lcs the Now anlulul

“Duii'yimm.” " but Wll)‘ is it, never said that, our Clio-95:0, is as good as the I‘KJSL lall'nl—lnaldn English? If it is not: :is good why is it, not? That: is the question.” Suggestions ol' iniprove—mollt in manufacture and treatment am given. and the loss for Want of them is put flown at. £l,5(70.000. com—paring British (3ll(‘l‘M‘ prices with New Zenlzmd. Tlio “Dnim’mnn " fiirilim' I‘Dhlal’lis: “ New Zonlz’uul is 10-day the oliiol' provider of (-limldar cheese. to l‘lnglnml, therefore i'ofm'm should be instant and imlxu‘a‘tivn. There is no I‘OHHIII Why “no should not also he tlw ('hiuf providers as to quality. \Vo have all the skill. :ill the FPit‘llf‘C‘, all the equipment, excepting Elm cool ('ur—ing rooms nnd tle‘ sufficient number of presses. All we 12101: new is Hie realisation 011 the part of tho (lniry l'urinm's. \vlmso milk is sacrificed. that they only get, about half tlm mnnoy for their (‘IICIL‘SO that is paid to I.lm Engv‘ llxxll m- Scnttisli chmsomnker." l

il History as taught now has a bias to exaggerated nationalism and to the glorification of military activities,” said Mr W. T. Cress we 11, M.A., in his address to the Secondary Schools Conferenoe at Wellington. “ there is complete failure to teach a background or framework of world history so as to givo each people the right perspective of the mighty evolutionary drama of humanity through the ages, a drama in which all are participants, and to which all are contributors. In our own country we need such an interpretation ol English literature—that inexhaustible well of inspiration and idealism—and of social science (history, geography, civics, and economics) as will widen and liberalise the outlook, eradicate particularism, and givo sympathetic insight into national psychologies and ideals.” Commenting oil the prescription of the oath of allegiance to teachers, the annual report of the New Zealand Educational Institute states that the oath of allegiance was imposed as a means of checking an assumed disloyalty among teachers. It was a matter for gratification that the Minister was able to state that no member of the service had refused tG take the oath. The executive welcomed the additional and conclusive proof of what its members were well aware of antecedent to the administration of the oath, namely, that no more loyal body exists in the Dominion than the teachers. In connection with this matter, tlie executive submitted the views of teachers to the Education Committee of the House by letter, receiving in return from the Chairman of the Committee a highly satisfactory assurance of the committee’s appreciation of the loyalty of teachers. The imposition of the oath has not disclosed any evidence of the 11 spirit of Bolshevism” that the Minister said in tlie House was creeping into the service.