TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume XLIII, Issue 61, 12 March 1892, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

| UNITED PRJEBB ASSOCIATION. | Auckland. 11th March. The footballer T. Ryan leaves for Sydney j on Tuesday, en route to Italy to pursue his | studies in art. | For the three vacant seats on the Board of Education two of the retiring members, Meßsrs. Buckhurst and Luke, were reelected, and a new membor, Mr. J. L. Kelly, was returned. The other candidates were Miss JGdger, M.A., Sir G. K. O'Rorke, and Messrs. Bell and Crispe. There is a movement to purchase by public subscription for the Auckland Art Gallery 1 a large oil painting by Messrs. F. and W. Wright, the well-known local artists, entitled " Spring time on the Waikato," now in the Society of Arts Exhibition. It is valued at .£IOO, tho amount for which it is insured. Invbrcarqill, 11th March. Bishop Moran, in the course of an address in St. Mary's Church here, referred to Collier's British History as the book used in Queenstown State school, and said he objected to it on the ground that it contained untrue statements with reference to the Roman Catholic religion. It now appears that Collier's History never has been used in the Queenstown Bcbool. The authority for this is the headmaster, who has been there since 1879. After a spell of fine breezy harvest ¦weather, heavy rain fell this afternoon, but has now ceased, and the glass is rising. Ohristchuech, Uth March. The final polo match for Captain Saville's cup took place to-day, when the Christchurch first team, the winners of the enp last year, beat North Canterbury easily by 16 goals to nil. This Day. At a meeting of the Cyclists' Alliance, it was decided to offer a prize, value .£SO. to the first cyclist who completes 50 mileß on the road in 3 hours 15 minutes.