NEW ZEALAND.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 132, 5 June 1891, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

Wellington, June 4, A deapatoh from the Secretary of State for the Colonies is gazetted, stating that the Queen has been pleased to approve of Messrs Edwin Mitohelson, Thomas Fergus, George Frederiok < Richardson, and Thomas Hislop being entitled to retain the title of " Honourable " within the colony of New Zealand, The Premier gives an absolute denial to the statement that it is the intention of the Government to call any gentlemen to the Legislative Oounoil. Arrangements have been made by the Mokihinui Goal Company, which own«d the ill-fated steamer Lswrenoe, whereby the Grey Valley Company will supply the coal whioh the former Company had contracted to furnish to the New Zealand railways. If the Mokihinui Company purchase a vessel to replace the Lawrence, tho balnnoe of the coal will be supplied from Mokihinui, Ohmstohuroh, June i. The North Canterbury Education Bourd has undor consideration the report of the Committee appointed to consider the pupil teachers regulations— That for the effloient working of the system as far ua possible no one shall be appointed who doea not show some aptitude or promise and the services of any on trial who are found deficient of the necessary qualifications will be dis» ponsed with; That during apprenticeship they shall receive Bystematio iustruotion in tho subjects for examination, and the methods aud praotioe of teaohing, Teachers in the first year will be probationary, and towards the end of the year the head master to report on the probationer's performance, upoD whioh depends retention or dismissal. For successful probationers the course of praotioe is to extend from infants to at least Standard IV. No pupil teaoher to remain in charge of ono class or one division of sohool work moro than a year unions under exceptional oiroumstanoes, All the pupil toaohors should outer n Normal sohool at the cud of four years' apprenticeship, but ns the accommodation is inadequate they reooiuraond that where practicable other schools BlmU be utilised for training purposes. To-day Messrs Seddon and MoKenzie mot Messrs Wilson aud Sootfc, and the diilioulty oouoerning tho Lake Bruuner deviation was finally settlod, Mr Seddon agreeing to ro~ commend tho Govornor to assent to the deviation on the terms settled by the telegrams between tho parties. The Ministers said they intended making mining reserves of 25,000 aoros boforo purinitting tho Company to deal with tho small areas of their land grant, but thoso reserves would be made at onoo. The Ministers left for Wellington this ovoning, June 5, Mr J, Struthers Williams, Bolioitor, died somowhat suddouly this morning, the suppoßod cauHO being heart disease, Oamahu, Jun e 4. Tho Hon. S. B. Shrimski, M.L.0., presided at tho Police Court this morning. Before rising Mr Bhrimski said he must deoline in future to, sit on tho JJench, as the manner in whioh tho liosidenti Magiatjrato treated the Justiooß of the Peaoo in this distriot in not asking them to sit on the Benoh with him prevouted them learning anything of law or court prooedure. In no other diatriot in New Zealand were the Justioes of the Peaoa treated similarly, ». »c « WrouMaTON, June 6. Mr Mnguire, membor for Egmont, moves the address in reply, The fjnanoial statament will bo ready for delivery on Friday week if tho debate on tho address in renlv is finished. . * * The Petone railway workshops are to be enlarged and a quantity of new maohinery is ordered. Tho increase is necessitated by tho enlargement of the traflio botwoen here and Napier. The Wellington Kennel Club's annual Dog Show opened i/his morning, There is a fair attendance of the public.' Tho entries whjoh are from, all parts' of the colony' 1 number 207. *" Captain Moorhouse o( (ha Artillery baa not resigned in consequence of any speoial auuon of the Defenoa Department, but on the gsotrad thM it is impoiaiWa $q gjuiy O n tta

battery with the present capitation allow- I ance of £2. There was some tilk of the Battery resigning en manse, but they decided not to take suoh extreme steps. A report that Obetnis, the Ksiwarra murderer, had it t tempted suioide in Auckland gaol proves to be oorreot. He inQioted a wound on himself with an ordinary tin knife supplied for gnol use and lost a pint of blood but soon reoovered, Napier, June 5, Peter Bloom, a workman on the harbour works, was drowned to-day.' Several men were engaged in preparing blooks for a monolith on the level of the water when a wave washed Bloom oil. Mr Oatr, Engineer to the Harbour Board, dived after the man but fruitlessly.