LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12765, 16 June 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest addition to the Telephone Exchange is No.''<7s3, Mr. W. J. Carson's residen c, 55$ River Bank.

At a'Meeting--of the Otago A.- and P Society yesterday, it was • decided to open theVintor show on Tuesday, August 1. The show will remain open lor five days

Mr. ~F. M. B. Fisher, M.P., a contemporary states, has received invitations to'address political meetings in tlie Wairarapa, and at Hastings, Napier, Hunterville and Wanganui. The Italian. Consul-General at Molbourne reohed the Italian Government medals for distribution to tliose chiefly instrumental in collecting subscriptions for the relief of tho victims of the Sicilo-Calabrian earthquake m 1008, including a silver medal - for .Sir Joseph Ward.

Mr: Alex. Hall, the well-known horse-owner and trainer, had the misfortune to bo bitten by the poisonous spider katipo on the arm, in two places, about a week ago. He has had a, bad time since, the doctor's lance having been fj-eely used to get rid of the poisoned blood, but Mr. Hall is now well on the way to recovery.

The meet of the Egmont-Waneanm Hunt, fixed for Gordon Park on Saturday the 17th inst, will not take place, but instead, the hounds will hi taken to Wanaaehu to Mr. S. Woon s property, and ;;s the country is £»utu'le for a good run, an enjoyable alter lioon's sport may be looked for. The hounds will throw off at 2.30 o\lo k.

■The: ■successful -.construction of the theatre of tho Coronation Exhibition of the Wellington Industrial Association ims surprised all who have seen it. Tiv; t,ta2.o proscenium and accessories appear to havo been built as if to last for very many years, instead of during the period of the Exhibition, i.e., too weeks. Tlie seating arrangements aro admira'.lo and provide for 800 persons, both in the gallery and on the ground floor. The scheme of decoration is in excellent taste. The lessees are tho EnVlish Pierrots, a company which ha.s had a most successful season of six months in Melbourne.

A new typo of State school has; boon designed 'by the Victorian Public "Works Department, and tho first is to bo erected at Kew (near Melbourne), to meet the increase ot population. Tho building: will bo" of weatherboard, tho inside lined with asbestos sheets, abovo v iarrah dado. The roof will be of forrusiated iron. Along one side of a- . level floor will be the teaching plat- I form, with hylos-plate blackboartd above, and on the opposite side a con- ; tiijuous platform. Trunk vents in thn • walls are " to: .afford ventilation, and vitiated air is to be extracted by pipo vents from below tho coiling, throueli iho roof. Ramps arc to take the pla°o of doorsteps, for the sake of safety. With the ox eption of parts finished in white enamel, oilerl \yood will be used throu'.rhout. As the s-hool, which u-ill :i"rornmodate 120 scholars, will bo dif-

forent from any other in Victoria, ; vi«;itinjr. teachers will bo given the op-' portunitv of makmrr. observntions from the platform, both as to the design of iho structure and as to teaching »n<v thods.

.The poll"Jtakbn at Warigaiiui. Kast • yesterda-yrscai:.t-he. proposal .to borrow > :x&',6iXilfot ;vfche" :prm^dta^ of'a'^ier * • ■•upply and drainage system^or.p^rtibh-" : pi jiiiift^Wangainti'Bast.:. BorpughYj, was . : - caiTJed^bj^a*: I>ig\"-m^j6nl^";.'.tllerft^>res ■■■-. ;■■} iv^ioingi-for* 102; aganist 6. T ~ ?- -■" ■At, the mojathly.; meeting, of: fcho; Aramolio School: Committee; the Headmaster reported us follows-:—rAverage roll for four weeks 22G; average; attendance... for-four .weeks 214,2; percentage of?oll present.. 94:77. The attention or the eon<mittee was/drawn,,tp -the ye■ luarkjiblo,, rftne attenclap.co of the four . upper; Classes, whose mcnr. ..average-, for seventeen'weeks was 97.65 of the tnean roll. The ; Headniaster reported^ very ■'■ favourably on the efficiency; of the gas 'stovesais a.:tneans of heating the;sahoolroomsy but; advised -thi'A if possible, <all .' 'stoves should be ;of the same type as Unit in the. infant-room, which had proved not enly the most economical, but tlie most efficient; i Mr. T. E. Taylor, M.I 5., introduced a. } deputation from the W.C.TAU. and other societies to .the Hon. G. Fowlds at ; Christchurch yesterday morning, asking for the compulsory training of < girls in domestic work for 2£ hours «i week; Mr. Fowlds said that in tho ■ past ho had done his best to place continuation classes for, boys and .girls on n sound basis, but there had been so much opposition to the proposals from employers that ho had to modify his proposals. Still ho ;had; done something in that direction. He thought that j continuation classes should - be mau- ! pnrated, though, in his opinion, tlio deputation proposed too big- an order. I While inspecting a suburban school at Cliristchurv-h yesterday, the Hon. G. Fowlds was asked by the committee for a subsidy for a swimming bath. He replied that the Department had never 1 aid such subsidies, and there was no I'opo that it would chango its poJSfcy. He was also asked if the Department would subsidise funds raised by subscription for primary schools, and replied that, in his opinion, Education Boards ought to pay any subsidies or this kind,) as they had local knowledge to guido|ithem. Subsidies had been paid to, District High Schools under , legal advteo, ;but ho was himself of the I opinion iM$ such advice was bad!, and ho was taking'steps to have the matter { tested., ,; ,: In thti" course of a report on the operations carried out at the military ramp oi" instruction at Tauherenikau,\ Colonel Heard, who acted as commandant of tho camp, states- that it wob noticed that the native-born* New Zealandeus "picked up- field training and manoeuvre very quit kly indeed; —a ta.c\> , no doubt due to outdoor 1 ifo and habits of independence —drill and discipline did not rorae so easy to them." It is obvious, therefore, he continues, that a ; great deal of attention must bo paid to , tho. latter." At this school of instrnclion as soon as they had been taught Ito drill,.to skirmish, and to do as thej " were told, tho rest cimo easily. In England, on the other hand, the.soldier piles tn:- drill snd discipline quickly, but ,is slower in learning tho principles of modern field training. Iv a review of tliQ political/situation, M\. V. M. B Fisher, M.P./Bays.—" L would rathe'i" see v penuine Labour -» purtv, with' a platform based' on ,mn(iples, in powei" to-day than the prc-fec-nt Administration. New Zealand v nuts a, new Administration, and ~ wants it quicklr. Any party that till bicak tho back of the party in power will render a national service, if it onlj' remains in powor for six months. The nesent party is exhausted and effete. It Avants to be )>laced in opposition for it<« own jrood.-as well os tho country's. j The soonei:.-this i<<' recognised the botvtci." As the "Mnnanntu Standard" ■ foys, Air. Fisher is not alone in this opinion, as there is not only a growing; feeling throughout Now Zealand tliat a rbange in tho administration is ur?- - <-vtly needed., bnt • thnfc- a chonso will ialro plaro at the coming geuorai election.