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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6033, 29 July 1881, Page 2

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yrKUM uuk OWN OOKBBBPONDHNT.) ;' I:ir At a quarter to twelve lastfhigfititwo-r shocks of earthquakes were felt here, laat* ing about one minute. -._■< The second Jonesi was;V_ery .severer The earthquake wave t was from w.est to east-ran utiusual evenfjf?* as a rule the oscillation is^froni^sduth.west® to north-east. : ' -" • ' - - '. " ? "Vf ?_. 1-. C£ (PEB TTNITEDPBEBS ASSOCIATION.) .L _./ ,'.'.--. /■ Attobxajto) tThawa'ay. The feud between the Education Board and the r Graf ton, Ebad Scfio6l|Oomm%§|e over the appointment ■of viMiss TV^yiiefii - assißta% teacher witKotfthe^co^^K»|*. consent has L entered a^new^fiase.V "'iTfiS^' committee, ignoring the^n6w ! teabHei;, f f6 1 80 tamed the opinion of Messr^Hpskeinani^. Eichmdnd, who replied;^at J^h'e:'-Bqa^'(j? action • was unlawful , because theTcom- ; mittee wefe : not consulted, -, and alsp^be- .. cause Miss Whyte being at the 'time.fa-p--upil teacher in the .schools , was i^nofr eligible for appointment as'tea^erfex^'" cept temporarily until .' a cerli6ctt^ed rt teacher could , be '. obtained, and the Board's letter did not indicate ajtemfjorary .appointment. " Mr E. Laishiep^io^* 1 • citor), the, chairman of the schoollcomC mittee, will prpbaply^now.^movejfprglffl!,! injunction to restrain- Bliss '^hyfe^jß^'iß^? teaching, in the^ school. . : . r * V>f J f ;ff S i| \Gaptain M'Liver, of the sohboner.Nbr-^ yal, which arrived tbrday from iNdiffoilfJ Island, reports picking up a FrenchmanO on an island to the westward of £sN"ews> Caledonia in a starved' condition. !fc£fe stated that he had been put ashore nine * months previously with food for -jiyfo 1 months, after which time 'he-haav'tfiib-; v sisted on birds' eggs. He was laii'ded l^" Captain M'Liver at Noumea. T - ;7 li ;';; * A petition is being signed for'presentation to the Council of the Auckland Institute, praying for the openingt'of '"fliej* museum, and institute on .. Sundaya,-^ Several clergymen have signed thepetition. ;•, „; „ - . y ,. y , d 4^ "; . New Plymouth:* Thursday. H The steamer Samson was sold iQ*day t -I The cabin furniture brought £'47t*nlhe hull, £43 ; sails and boats, £15 #&&&.} £105.' . . -■ . ■ '.-..'_ -i^HgignJ- ; A meeting of the Gas Goingafiy^yitßp held to-day. The profit for^ 1 the ye^ il was stated "to be £474, represen|in^slj;a share, which was passed to the capital stock of each shareholder. . J^-"^*sf-^V i ' /. N^soi^'Thra^iay^ •:" The Travellers' EestHoterat' Eeweka. was burned .to. the .ground; ?this morning^ -^ only one chimney being lef t Jtanding. The ; flames obtained a hols i^L§^y^ and the inmates experienced great >diffi?-y5 culty in effecting their escape.): The landi^ lord's children oould not have been got out had it not been, for the -I second..TstwrT>; ; case. It is believed the fire : originated-in r the taproom, but in what manneriis uti-^? known. ! The building and furniture were insured in the National for £400. I nr, ■ ; CharlesF. Watts, an old and~respeoted? settler, died to-day. __f->-Ar.iia.i":-.r ■ :^. f : . Dunedin; Thiffirsda-yTOi The weather took -a sudden change this afternoon, and now. a -bitter "southi^vs^it/r wind is blowing, and rain falling heayUy." • '. ' ***^~—~^^~~T" .■ :, i ~-,7--iji-. r'f