NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Auckland Education Board has ad- • journed until January 21. ■ To-morrow is the 18th birthday of Prince Albert, the King's second son. The Parnell branch library will be officially opened this afternoon by the Mayor (Mr. C. J. Parr). Five bags of mail matter were removed . . from the Taumarunui post office yesterday and searched for .valuables. The final parade of the foot "specials" took place in the Drill Hall yesterday afternoon, when there was a muster of 1100. , The offices of the Auckland Education Board are to be closed for the Christmas holidays from Wednesday, December 24, ,to Tuesday, January 6, inclusive'. ■• ■' William Purland Hayward, painter, of ;.Auckland, late of Whangarei, has been adjudged a-bankrupt. The first • meeting . of creditors will-be held on Friday next,' '~' at 11 a.m. <*::■; During the progress, of the military, competitions at the show yesterday, ahorse ,' ridden by one of the competitors struck a ; 'hurdle/ throwing- his rider, who'sustained •'.-a sprained ankle. ' ' : : The flag taken from the Maoris on December 13, 1863, by Major Jackson and 2oahis company of Forest Rangers during an engagement at Paparata is to be- formally ( .presented, to the city this afternoon.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15482, 13 December 1913, Page 8
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