NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10634, 19 April 1900, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Spurious silver coin is in circulation la Wellington.

There was a large influx of visitors afc. Hamner for the holidays, by coach, and bicycle.

The Wellington Woollen Comnany declare a dividend of 34 per cent, for the halfyear.

Two Thames residents, Messrs C. Roberts and E. Quick, drew the winning horee in the Rosehill Cup in Tattersall's sweep, with a net result of £3330.

Mrs John Harper, North) road, Kaiapoi, on breaking a duck's egg, on Saturday» found that it contained three fuU-ssed yolks.

As a result of the recent rains in Nor A Canterbury, feed everywhere will be abundant for the coming winter, the mild" temperature promoting a strong steady growttu

It is expect** , (hat ilr E. Bean will be the new stationmaster appointed to Kaiapoi.

The B« v « George Barclay has been reelected (Chairman of the Waimate Hig"h Sciool Board.

Mr T. S. Wcston was yesterday elected chairman of the 'North Canterbury Education Board for the next twelve months.

At the sitting of the Pension Court yesterday three new pension* for the full amount were granted; twelve renewals for the full amount of £18 were also granted.

In response to the request of the Viceroy of India, in connection with the famine there, hi* Worship the Mayor will be glad to receive at the City Council Office any contributions which may bo forwarded.

The proprietor of the Jollies Pass Hotel, Huntner Springs, had a narrow escape on Good Friday, owing to his having taken §ome embrocation _ instead of Irish Mo*s. Remedies were applied, and after sgme time be was out of danger.

According to a Wellington telegram, the Otaki licensing election has been declared, on petition, null and void, owing to a certain portion of the electorate being disfcenchiwd through some ballot boxes having ajacarried*

Yesterday morning it was discovered on board the Te Anau that a steerage pasutugtT, named E. S. Wardle. who hud come on tv the steamer at Wellington was miasing. Hβ had been .seen about midnight, when lie was on deck.

At the (Sydenham Borough Council meeting last night it was stated in one of the reports that the Council was unable to get any tw for constructing asphalt crossings. Cr. Taylor gave as a probable reason that the City Council were using all the tar for the purpose of dipping rata up to the neck and then letting them go.

"You said something about the side schools not being properly treated," remarked the Chairman to a deputation yesterday. "Let mc say that such ix an incorrect view to take. Tho Hoard is only allowed £3 15s per child by the Government, yet the Beard provides the side schools with US per child."

Mr T. .£. Western has been appointed to act «« the North Canterbury Board's representative with the Auckland and Canterbury Swimming Associations, vt the distribution of for the encouragement of swimming. The Missionary Garden Party, postponed from February Bth on account of the SumWγ Patriotic Pete, will be held by kind permission of Mr H. Wynn-Williams in his grounds. Latimer square, on next Thursday, April 26th. Complete arrangements have been mado for the miccess of the gathering. The epeakera will be the Bishop of- Christchurch, Canon Harper, and the Rev. J. Dβ B ; Galway, the organising secretary of the New Zealand Missionary Association. There will bo stalls for refreshments, and the Wooleton Band will be in attendance. The Education Board yesterday bad before it a letter from the School Committees' Association, which jmt now is endeavouring to remwcitate iteelf. The Association asked the Board to allow members' subscriptions, amounting to la each member of the committee represented, to be paid out of the incidental fund. Hie questions of legality and regularity cropped up, and the application was deferred for consideration at the next meeting. i! £*,*, mult °* the unf °unded report pubHshed in neveral papers that Trooper 0. C Roberta, son of Mr P. Roberts, of Tinwald, had died of enteric fever in South, Africa, Mr and Mrs Roberts and fainiltr have re<eiml letters and telegrams an"d fcmoi.ul expressions of condolence from various sources While thoroughly appreciating Hie kindly feelings which prompted these expressions of sympathy, Mr and Mrs Roberts wish it to be known that no news whatever has been received of any mishap to their son.

At a social given by the Auckland Fire .Brigade, to Mr Arthur M. Meyers, the latter •poke strongly respecting the treatment of the Fire Brigade b> tins Municipal Corporation. They should, he said, have a firstclM» fire station, up-to-date fire-smmreesinir *pj>li*nce«, ftoreee to take the equipage to a fire, and a steam fire-engine. He had seen men do aote of daring at a fire, which in the wroy would earn a V.C. Mr Hall, a member of the Underwriters , Association, who was present, said that Auckland, in twentyfire year*, had doubted her population, and Uμ value of the property within her boundaries, whereas the fir* suppressing appliances were little better than those of that d»t*. It wan pitiable to nee men, like beasts of burden, dragging ladder carriages to a fire, breathless mt& done up.

iroro the statement* of councillors there appears to be sevetal disgracefully insanitary spots in Sydenham. In. Gibbon street there is an old uncovered pit, into which is regularly deposited nightspil, filth, rubbish, anything in fact. Sometimes the stuff ia covered over, sometimes not, and the stench at times ia said to be overpowering. Falsgrave street a!so appears to bo in a disgraceful state; some five or six chains of it being complete!/ strewn with old paper and other rubbish. There is another choice spot known as Jackson's creek, which from all accounts appears to be worse than any uncovered drain. Slope *>nd all kinds and dfflgusting refuse ore pitched into it i Aβ Cγ. Taylor said, if the medical men, appointed by the Government visited Sydenham and found three or four such filth spots ia the place, a terrible outcry would be raised by the public, and the members of the Council would be told that they each deserved 12 months' hard labour for letting the borough get in such a state. Cr. Jones blamed the Sanitary Committee for their inactivity and neglect, Cr. Taylor, chairmen of that committee, blamed the Inspector for not doing his duty.

A stack off wheat owned by Mr ivueglar, of Kapua, was burned *on Sunday morning. On the 15th inst. an nnthreshed stack of -wheat at Waihao Downs, belonging .to Mr A- McKenzie, was also destroyed by fire. .

The meteorological observations taken at the Lincoln School of Agriculture for the week ending yesterday, ahow thai the maximum record of temperature was 70.9deg., on Tuesday, and the minimum record 35.2 deg., <on Thursday, 12th. The ' iagfaeet barometric reading was 50.134, yesterday. The total rainf»U for the -week wae 1.075ia, The wind waa from the north-east on «ii days, and from the couth-west on one day.

At the Education Board meeting yesterday. Mr Perrman took occasion to contradict a statement made by a correspondent in a letter to "The Prese ,f about the delay of three weeks in' the erection of the flagpole at the Sefton school. Hβ »aid the Board was not responsible for the delay. The application came before the committee, who promptly dealt with and did not delay it.

Tho Cliairman of the Patriotic Fund has received a letter from thtv Lord Mayor of London, under date of February 12th, acknowledging the receipt of £1200 from Christcliurch for the War Funds. The Lord Mayor desired to convey to the Chairman the grateful thanks of tie committee.

According to the opinion of a deputation before the Education Board yesterday, some negligent parents profit by the fines "inflicted for the truancy of their children. It paid them, said a 'deputationist, to be fined once a month, while they sent the children out to earn much more money than the fine came to.

It was stated at the Board of Education yesterday, that if the colonial scale of staff and salaries. as

suggested by the late Mr Haben>:, was adopted, there would be a very marked difference in the salaries. The higher-paid teacliers would get more than tliey were now drawing, while the smaller teachers would get less than their present salaries. The Board have decided to draft a letter on the subject.

At the Auckland Polio; Court, yesterday, charges against Hone Heke of having stolen various sums of money from Shipera Kati Barlow were down for hearing. Mr Cooper stated it had been admitted that there was no criminality in any act or omission of the accused, and the matter was purely one of account. The prosecution was the outcome of a misunderstanding, which had arisen through the lengthy absence of Heke in. the south. Mr Baume asked that the charges migSt be withdrawn. The whole thing had been a mistake. The Bench granted the withdrawal of all the charges?.