CONDENSED NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17033, 5 May 1923, Page 1

CONDENSED NEWS.

OVERNIGHT SUMMARY. The Domains Board has decided to adhere to the site chosen for a band rotunda between the Acclimatisation Society’s ground and the Riccarton Hoad. The annual conference of technical college boards, to be held in Wellington, has been fixed for May 16, 17 and 18, to allow those who wish to do so to attend the Canterbury College jubilee celebrations. It was reported at yesterday’s meeting of the Domains Board that the proposal to light the track in North Hagley Park from Armagh Street to Fendalton Road and the branch track to Riccarton Road (opposite the Riccarton Hotel) at an estimated cost of £4OO had been shelved for the present. The Canterbury Committee of the New Zealand Forestry League have decided to ask the head office to go into the matter of the valuation of plantations on Government leaseholds, the committee considering that full compensation should be paid to the leaseholder at the end of the term oa whatever timber is on the land. Several despicable raids by sneak thieves have occurred at Greymouth recently. The latest instance occurred on'Thursday evening at the waterside workers’ shelter-shed on the wharf, the first-aid* equipment being stolen. This ambulance equipment was purchased by members of the union, and has proved its worth many a time when accidents have taken place. At last night’s meeting of the Technical College Board of Governors the chairman (Mr C. H. Opie) stated thac • legislation, in which the college was deeply interested, was being introduced into Parliament this year in the Apprentice and Vocational Training Bill. It had been recognised for some years past that the apprentice system in vogue needed a thorough revision. The director of the Technical College (Dr D- E. Hansen) stated that the number of candidates from the college for the examinations at the end of the year will oe considerable. The marks to hand in the last matriculation examination show that for the third year in succession one of the college pupils had gained highest marks for the South Island in freehand and geometrical drawing. Speaking with regard to the proposed Dairy Control Board Mr L. RClarke. secretary of the Ashburton Dairy Factory Company, said that he as confident control would come in some form or other before next session. The reason why the markets were up one month and down the next was unprofitable .distribution. If they wanted to get the prices and at the same time avoid a slump they must create profitable distribution. With a view to encouraging children to take an interest in forestry matters the Canterbury Committee of the New Zealand Forestry League have decided to send a circular letter to school committees in North Canterbury stating which are the most suitable trees for planting and giving general instructions. It is also hoped to present a number of trees to various schools with land available for planting. Mr Wallace, chairman of the Otago Education Board, dealing with Dr Marshall MacDonald’s remarks about unhygienic schools, raid that schools were being remodelled as money and opportunity offered. The critics hardly gave the board credit for what it had already accomplished Children spent nineteen hours daily away from school, and if the same attention as the teachers gave to hygiene were given in the homes tfae tasks of schoolmasters would be lightened. At yesterday’s meeting of the Domains Board a ’etter was received from Mr Robert E. Moyna stating that on returning to Christchurch after an absence of some years he bad found that a big general change had taken place in the Domain. ‘ All round the pets that we used to feed in the cages are extinct,” the letter stated. “It docs not nowadays look to me the same Domain.” It was decided to point out that the matter referred to had been under the jurisdiction of the Acclimatisation Society.