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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 105, 4 May 1900, Page 5

! The monthly meeting' of the One--1 hunga School Committee was held in the schoolroom last night. There were present: Canon Hnselclen (in the chair), Messrs.Kelsa.il, Hull, McLeod, Vausc, D. Brown, Barr. and J. Rowe. Mr Vause tendered his resignation as caretaker of the school which was ! accepted. .It was agreed (o advertise I for applicants willing to undertake i the duties at a salary of £40 per annum. It was also agreed that in consequence' of the secretary nnd treasurer's books not having been received from the auditor in time for the annual meeting,,that the statement of accounts be printed and circulated among' the householders. Several minor matters Wei" dealt with, after ; which the meeting- adjourned. ,

Recojrr>i-":"•■"■.•• the evil results likely to follow '.' "-lication of a, groundless report !ingp the existence o'C plague ! eklsiud, the Chamber of. Commercv !i;ik convened a meeting1 qf merchants and shipowners, to be held in the Harbour Board Rooms at 8 p.m. next Tuesday. The special business advertised is "To consider the injurious effects done to the port by the action of the Sanitary Commissioners.'' Captain Edwin advises for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day: "Indications ot very cold night, glass further riso, tides decrease. An inquest was held by • Dr. McArthur, Coroner, this morningl, touching the death of Mrs. Ka*heriue Walker, wife of ex-Detective Walker, who died suddenly yesterday at her residence at M<t. Albert. The medical evidence showed that the cause of death was heart disease, and a verdict to that effect was returned by the jury. It. is said thai the deceased lady had for some days past had a presentiment that she was about to die.