Southland Teachers Discuss Education Act Amendment Bill
A deputation from the Southland Teachers Institute met MP Mr Hanan to discuss the Education Act Amendment Bill. They supported the motive but offered suggestions on salary anomalies, rank for the first woman assistant, and the handling of salary reductions with a two year unreduced pay clause to allow transfers.
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Invercargill
Southland Teachers’ Institute
Hanan
M.P
Southland
Wellington
Canterbury
Auckland
Otago
New Zealand
Dreams of science reshape daily life and travel
A writer surveys bold future tech from wireless photo transmission to medical electrification and electric sleep. He cites Paris and Danish inventors, wireless type setting, artificial respiration, and a vision of Atlantic liners powered by Niagara Falls electricity. The piece frames progress as a continuum from dreams to fulfilled reality.
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Paris
London
New York
Australia
America
Iron and Steel Institute
Tim
Niapare Falls
Atlantic
Woods' Great Peppermint Cure Advertisement Refrains Folklore Claims
An ad style verse promotes Woods' Great Peppermint Cure as a remedy that supposedly cures colds and coughs. It rejects cures for feath er, freckles, warts and claims ineffectiveness in foods, hair wash, or jams while insisting on its cold and cough curative power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashburton
England
Reversible turbine prospect praised by Wellington test crowd
Wellington resident Mr F N Warburton formerly of Christchurch tested a reversible turbine at the Power-house in Wellington. The rough model spun to 5000 rpm before reversing and reaching top speed after a brief delay. Warburton, who plans a patent, reports prior private tests with favorable results and claims a new departure from existing ideas.
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Wellington
Dominion
F. N. Warburton
Christchurch
Warburton
Water races in Central Otago spurring irrigation growth
A Wellington Post report quotes Mr Roderick Murray, manager of Central Otago government water races, on a 140 mile network linking the Alexandra and Mount Ida systems. Early experiments proved irrigation profitable, boosting sheep per acre from four to one. Last summer’s charge was £2 per government head weekly, with plans to expand capacity to allow more settlers to irrigation. One dam already holds six times Karori reservoir’s capacity.
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Wellington Post
Roderick Murray
Central Otago
Murray
Alexandra
Greenland
Mount Ida
Hawkdon Ranges
Ida Valley
Wellington City
Karori
London Board forms local committee for Talisman mine
Wellington report states the London Board has decided to appoint Mr T. Shailer Weston and Dr Knight to serve on a local committee. The group will receive and disseminate official information concerning the company’s business.
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Wellington
Talisman
London Board
T. Shailer Weston
Knight
Winter Railway Between Cronstadt and Oranienbaum
The ice railway between Cronstadt and Oranienbaum operates only in winter. Its success has spurred plans for a similar line linking Kre mentchug and Hkaterizeslay, two major commercial centers.
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Cronstadt
Oranienbaum
Krementchug
Hkaterizeslay
Church Work for All Classes Calls for Open Priesthood
The Bishop of Birmingham urged disassociation of clergy from wealth, urging liberal education for all classes. He cited Church Times noting many poorer lads seek Holy Orders, and praised Kelham and Mirfield experiments as successful alternatives to university training. The Pan Anglican Conference discussed subsidies and broader training, with jokes about a bishop’s job highlighting the need to recruit from laity to fill priestly ranks.
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Birmingham
Dr Gore
Church of England
Church Times
Paul Bull
Community of the Resurrection
Kelly
England
College of the Resurrection
Mirfield
Kelham
Pennsylvania
London
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