NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 22, 21 October 1907, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

'■ ■■' :'..";'■'.' ' V : ' „ -.-'■ V,- . ;■' . : . MASTERTON SENSATION. .', • : . : WELL-KNOWN RESIDENT "ARRESTED. . (fhom oub own correspondent.) ■' ' ! ..■'.■' Masterton, October &.■■■■:. On Saturday evening William Douglas .. \ Ayson, fish merchant, of .Masterton, 'was arrested on a charge of : having stolon, on or about June '4, at Masterton, the sum of , : £17 Bs. 2d., the property of the Stonehenge Lodge, U.A.O.D. Ayson was treasurer to tho lodge, and the information was laid by two of the trustees of the institution.". . : Ayson was formally charged with the of- \ fence on Saturday, evening before"?a justice, ' and remanded to appear at the Magistrate's" i Court on Monday morning. . '■'.'. ' ..'. Bail, which was forthcoming,, was allowed . on the accused's own recognisanco' for £100, and two'sureties of £50' each. JEI'IDEMICS Ax\J) SCHOOL ATTENDANCE '■ [di telegraph.—press association.] . - . \ Christchurch, October 19,' i It is stated that in consequenco of the epidemics which have been raging during the present whooping cough, and measles —that no fewer than two hundred ■ school teachers' services in tho .North Can-; \ terbury district would have to; bo dispensed with if the provisions in connection with the average attondanco are adhered to. In 0116 . of tlio city schools (East Christchurch) it would dismissal of six teachers, At a meeting, this morning of the Commit' - tee of the North Canterbury district branch'.■ . of tho Now. Zealand Educational;lnstitute, it was decided to communicate with tbo Department through the ■ North Canterbury . : Education Board, and. urge the Minister foi • Education! to substitute tho average of last year for that of the present year, which latter, it was stated, should be disregarded' altogether. ' ' ■■-.-..•■. A COLLISION. '■' Christchurch, October 1!». .-. The 1.15 tram to Sumner to-day, which consisted of an electric car and three , .' trailers, was run into by a'traction engin« at Woolston, considerable dainage result- ; . . ing. None;of the passengers were .'. injure'd, however. " /'' ' : . ,