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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4082, 21 June 1900, Page 7

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• PEESS ASSOCIATION. XA I’ll Oil. June 20. . The Hatuma Compensation, Court sits for i lie fourth time to-morrow. • OfIRISTOHUKCH, June 20. : ■ Tlio Board of education to-day passed a motion drawing the attention r.f .tiro Gover'nmcna to a resolution passed by the Board last year that it is dpi sirable all private schools should be subject to annual inspection and'examination by the State as a guarantee that every child in the education district is receiving a sound education as required by the Act. ' I'n6 ’ committee of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral . Association has decided to hold a three days’ show in November- also to bring before the A. and P. Conference the, enormous in-t----cream in the practice of Sunday shooting. which it wes stated was a great annpyanco . to, stack-owners. Parliament is to be, asked to legislate with a view to abolish the. practice. AUCKLAND, June 20. A large ’meeting of residents of North cote and Birkcidicad was held to-night to consider the best means of procuring the erection of a bridge across the Waitemata, connecting Auckland with the northern side of f the harbour. Mr Bollard, M.HJX., urged the erection of a biidge as a necessity, for the prosperity of the settlers on the northern side of the , harbour.- 'Eventually, a committee was apnomte- to forward the project. Thq, cost of a bridge will be between £150,000 and, £200,000. Two convictions for s)y grog-selling in-t?!© King Country were recorded at the Te Awamutu Magistrate's Court; today. ■’ A. Ormsby was fined £2O and costs £9 Bs.--.3d, *nd Marao Edwards, ’ a native, £2O and costs £3 7s. Other cases are.pending.- . , ' . Mr F. J. Burgess, who has been promoted from tho position of clerk of the [Magistrate’s Court at Auckland to' be Stipendiary Magistrate at Clyde, was farewelled by the Court officials to-day. DUNEDIN. June. 20. .Tim question of the adoption of Imperial Renders in schools was discussed by the Education Board to-day, several committees having written objecting. Inspector, Goyen also wrote that he received a. small royalty on the readers sold outside Otago, but not •on those sold in the province.- A motion that it is not desirable inspectors should have a royalty von - readers Isold outside school districts was lost by five votes to two. It was resolved, “That the objectors be informed that the- newly authorised boohs have' been finally adopted by the Board.”