SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 65, 17 March 1910, Page 2

SOUTHERN NEWS.

i - l _ i -,: . ■ EDUCAIKHSAIi BKCKi"*HC3"IMENT. f '■- - ;.:'-• ' -IH3HEDIS, this day. ' On lie. 'subject of 'the wiindrawal of the 9d grant -to 'school committees, tfte Education Board resolved, 7 mi "Mi."Mit- ' motion, That this Board cannot refrain from expressing regret that the Minister should perpetuate the injustice of giving general application to a particular isolated instance, and assure fie Minister ,fiat' the' Board, * rather: than curtail allowances to conrrnittees, have given full effect to the desire of the Department, and relieved tbem of pre- . vious financial responsibilitiea.- -■■-■— SUPPOSED DROWNING. i. :'—. _pr. .• " -...Zj'.. ? • • • 'fWELIdIirGTOS, Wednesday. -A* complete set _ of men!s clothes was Sound this morning on" the beach at Happy Valley, near Island Bay,"' four miles from the city, giving the appearance that someone had gone into,,the sea to bathe, and lost his life. "' ' ' - Among" the documents' found' in ' a leather bag lying near were papers relating to the Shearers' tjrdon, and hearing the name "P. 3". Darcy-."" .'-_" - -. • s - -:■ The p6Ece,~maafi ' a search this "afterbut found no -traces of a body.'' -;-.; - j- 17 CBXIKCK SOBBEKiES. .';,-# - - "f. ■'-. CHBISTCHOBCH, Wednesday.: A man named' Charles McPhex joa. - was" fl chared "at 7 "the" Magistrate"! Coort to-day , witii having -broken ,": aii< entered" Ornxdi of Christ, on the -71" last-, and ■, having,: stolen i 15/ - "front \th joUectioh-bas; • ;•. and . also with. - having jjri the ; 9th fitst, broken. and 1 -entered tb _ JBpiritaalists* Church, anid^stolen. 1 angbrc] -paai and fountain. pen. : Accused, : "wl ypHgrved -his-defence~ 7 nßi< T :wm-"mitted:£ -faial. :L-~ZS—^zli~77Lx77jlj-— -■--•■ K:~ •-- ---"" ~'"'"z7' : " '--.'- ---■ ...'..■ ■.:-.'. --'-:■ ..::■,.'.■-■-,..■.,■:..■-,..;/.,-.'■.'■--„ — -""'" 77k:: : -77- "-::■-:,: h- :^ V; ; : :lllSllii!