The Waipawa Mail. Published Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Tuesday, June 11, 1907. NEW REGULATIONS.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXVII, Issue 5119, 11 June 1907, Page 2

The Waipawa Mail. Published Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Tuesday, June 11, 1907. NEW REGULATIONS.

The Education Department has amended it regulation relative to the conveyance of children to the public schools. The following circular memorandum on tho subject has been issued to the various Education Boards: To assist Education Boards in making the arrangements for conveyance of children from outlying localities to central public schools, contemplated by section 47 of the Act, the Government will make an allowance to boards under the following conditions: —(l) No payment will be made for any child under t ;n years of age unless the distance from his home to the school is over three miles by the nearest road, nor for any child of ten years of age or upwards unless the distance from his home to the school is over four miles by the nearest road. (2) The system of conveyance may be organised or provided by the board, by School Committees, by the residents of the localities concerned, or by individual parents. (3) In any system of conveyance organised, or provided by the board, or by School Committees, special consideration shall be given to the care of the younger children. (4) Riding horses and bicycles are excluded from the means of conveyance on account of which the allowance will be made. (0) The Government will make the same allowance in every approved case, and the boards, it is hoped, will endeavour to arrange so that a possible excess in one case shall be met by a saving in another. (6) The allowance will be made at the rate of (id for each return trip, "return trip” meaning the conveyance of one child to and from school on one day. (7) The Minister will be prepared to consider on their own merits cases of ferrying and other special cases not covered or contemplated by these rales, and to make such allowances as the circumstances in each case may seem to require. (8) A similar allowance of 2s Od a week may, on the approval of the Minister, be granted in aid of the board of a child who, through impracticability of conveyance, has to live away from home in order to attend a public school. (9) Claims for payment of allowances are to be supported in each case by the head teacher’s certificate in the form annexed. (10) This circular is in substitution for the previous circular upon the same subject, which is accordingly cancelled.

Cables and Agricultural Affairs will bo found on tho first page. The reading matter cn tbo fourth page consists of fo-tball notes. There will be an entertainmert in St. Colombo's School, to-morrow evening. It is reported that Mr J. Connell, late editor of the Gisborne Times intends to proceed against the directors of that journal for breach of agreement and libel in publishing in the principal papers in the colony an apology in connection with an article over which they were threatened with a suit for libel. Westport became excited last week over a walking match, man versus horse. The competitors were Mr A. Sharpe and Messrs Lonnie and Robinson’s thoroughbred trotting horse Yellow Peril. The distance was five and a half miles, up the Buller-road, finishing at the Perry. The horse, tho Westport Times reports, walked the distance in one hour five minutes, and won the novel event, beating Mr Sharpe with a bit to spare.

General regret has been exprossed at the uufortuoate accident that happened to Mr John Moroney, on the football field, on Saturday. Moroney is a quiet, unassuming follow, who is onivsfrselfy liked, and his mish.p is likely to incapacitate him for some time. He was attended to by Dr Godfray, and removed to the Distrbt Hospital. The number of Chinese arriving at and leaving Wellington during the past month has been greatly in excess of the number for May last year. The arrivals totalled thirty-two including three females, and the departures totalled twenty-eight. In May last year there were twelve arrivals and seven departures. A tram fatality occurred in Auckland last night, the victim being Harry Elder, a man of about 40 years. Ha was a painter, and resided at Freeman’s Bay. It is believed he was a passenger by the tramcar which ran over him, and that he got off at the oorner of Victoria aud Nelson streets, where the accident happened. He waß knooked down and dragged 20 yards. When extricated, a work that took about 15 minutes, he was found to be dead. A pathetic feature of the affair was that a Bon of the victim, quite unocnscious that it was his father, assisted to extricate the body. A peculiar case was elucidated in the Carterton Court with regard to two prohibited persons. One of them had on an occasion managed to secure a bottle of beer, and in high glee offered to share it with his mate. In record time the bottle was empty, and, still feeling thirsty, the mate decided to obtain another bottle. He did so in some mysterious manner, and returned exultaut, bringing with him a youDg unprohibited person to share the drink. The two “pros.” had first pull and passed the bottle to the third party, who, much to hiii disgust discovered only about an inch of liquor left. He thereupon abused the now hilarious couple and stalked away swearing he would “blow the gaff” He did so; hence the Court case.

People, especially smokers, become, as a rule, somewhat careless in striking matches. Mr W. G. Marobant, of Northern Wairoa, told a reporter of an experience he had just had. He placed a cigarette in his mouth, and struck a wax match on the box. The lighted head of the match flew off, and part of it went into his eye and the other part fell on his clothes. The eye was severely burned, and the injury necessitates his wearing a covering over tho eye, as well as dark glasses. He has also to avoid the light. In fact, tho doctor who attended him said that he had had a narrow escape of his eyesight being affected. Part of Mr Marchant’s clothing was also burned. Three youDg men from Te Ore Ore (Wairarapa) who built a raft of kerosene tins, navigated tho Ruamahanga river from Weraite to Martinborough, a dis-

tance of thirty-five miles. Owing to the extreme buoyanoy of the craft, aud the fact that it was almost uonavigable, the explorers kept as much as possible to the bank of the river, but the stream was running rather fast, and at times the

raft was carried into eddies and swepi against snags. On three occasions the occupants wore upset. Once the boat

got clean away by itself, but was caught by branches of a tree after the youths had chased it for a mile along the bank. Martinborough bridge was reached shortly after 4 o’clock on Monday afternoon, and as the craft was then leaking badly it was abandoned. A witness in the Supreme Court at Christchurch, referring to the establish ment of a certain newspaper, which had a brief history, Baid that three members of Parliament, whom he named, had advocated its inoeption. “ Then I should say, don’t put your faith iu politicians where matters of business are concerned,” his Honour commented. The witness added that one of the three politicians had declared that the Liberal candidate for the district would have won a certain bye-eleotion had there been a Liberal paper to support his interests. This view was confirmed by the circumstance that when a Ministerial journal had been established, a Liberal candidate was returned. “ Then you may regard yourself as a martyr to the Liberal cause,” suggested opposing counsel. The witness stated that his son might claim that distinction.

It sounds amazing, but actually there will be no Btcnemasons, no carpenters, and no bricklayers employed in the buildißg of the vast block which is to form the General Post Office extension in London. Indeed, no skilled workmen, except the gangers and the foremen, will be necessary for the work. All the rest will be labourers. The explanation of.this apparently miraculous undertaking is that the great buildings are to bo erected on the Henrebique Ferro-Concrete system ; they will be all steel and concrete. Under this novel system, as described by the Westminster Gazette, the whole framework of the building may be said to bo steel—somewhat on the principle and yet greatly differing in detail from the American plan—en3aßed in concrete, which it naturally strengthens and supports, but which, when the building is finished, is quite invisible. A completed building has the appearance of being composed of Portland stone.