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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1626, 29 April 1903, Page 18

In the “ Mutual Provident. Messenger ” for April, just to hand, it is annoiuiced ths-t Sir Joseph Abbott has retired from the A.M.P. Board on account of ill-healtli. The directors have appointed to the vacancy Mr James Burns, of Messrs Burns, Philp and Cou The South Kensington science and art examinations and the City and Guilds’ Technological examinations are to be held in New Zealand in May and June. .Applications to sit must reach the office of the Minister of Education, Wellington, by the 30th inst. Forms of application may be obtained at dhe Education Board’s office. The following is the first' instance of intercolonial identification by means of finger impressions^ —The finger impressions of a ship’s stowaway, taken by Warder C. B. Knight, and tested by Principal Warder J. Coyle, of the Terrace Gaol. Wellington, were forwarded to the New South Wales Bureau for search on the 11th inst. On the lbtia inst the prisons authorities, Sydney, cabled:—“ . .. Finger impressions recognised. Served three months, breaking and entering.” President Roosevelt has refused to comply with a request made by labour tiniona asking him not to travel by the Union. Pacific Railway, which the unions are boycotting.