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Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 131, 4 June 1889, Page 8

The warehouse of Messrs Arch. Clark and Sons will be closed bo-morrow afternoon. The lona and Douglas could not leave today, in consequence of the continued bad weather. Their departure is postponed till 5 p.m. to-morrow (Wednesday). Rabbits were originally introduced to Australia by N the late Thomas Austin, a Victorian squatter, in order to make sport for the Duke of Edinburgh. The Duke potted over a hundred in half an hour in a small enclosure, and ever since at the Colac factory not far from the spot, three score boys have been regularly potting rabbits in tins for the British public. The hearing of the charges against W. L. Coad. for breaches of the Beer Duty Act concluded at New Plymouth yesterday, when Coad, who is a brewer at Waitara, was convicted in two cases—one of neglecting to enter hop 3 and beer in the proper books required by law, and the other for removing the statutory books from the brewery. In the former case he was fined £20, and in the latter ss. Two other charges of fraudulent neglect were dismissed. In accordance with instructions from the Board of Education, a meeting of the Point Chevalier householders was held last evening in the public school for the purpose of electing a Committee, the former election having been declared irregular. There was a large attendance, and the following gentlemen were sleeted by ballot, viz. : — Messrs Mcßedrnond, Garrett, Caughey, Crawford, Garlick, Thwaites, and James. " After considerable discussion the following resolution on the motion of Mr Mcßedrnond was carried, viz., ;< Thab bhe householders of bhis district beg to record bheir protest against Dr. E/iohardson's work in the public schools." At the close of the public meeting the new Committee met, when Mr Thwaites was elected Chairman and Mr Caughey Hon. Secretary and Treasurer. At the sitting of the Supreme Court, in Chambers, this morning, His Honor Mr Justice Gillies admitted Mr S. Major, on the motion of Mr W. Coleman, as a solicitor, to practise as such at the New Zealand bar, Mr Major has served his articles with Mr Coleman, and recently passed all the necessary examinations. His success will be heard of with pleasure by his many friends,