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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 4733, 15 August 1902, Page 5

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XU’.ESS ASSOCIATION'. AUCKLAND, August 14. An old colonist, Air Thomas Kennedy, dropped dead in Karangahapo road tonight. GISBORN hi, August 14. Advices from .South Africa slate that Hr Edward Rocs has been admitted to the bar at Pretoria. - STRATFORD, August 14. The Tara;.aid Provincial Conicrence of the Fanners’ Union commenced this morning. Mr Leech (Inglewood) in the chair. .'.bout thirty delegates were pre-cut. dir R. B. iiamerton (liafinto In; and .Mr Leech were re-elected president and vice-president respectively. The following executive was elected: Messrs O. V. I’earce (Rates), Forsyth (Rihama), W. Butler and J. 80-ddio (Eltbam), G. Pott (Leppeiton), Aalam (Oa_ Uura), Milno (Manata) and Thomas (.Vgairo Wares). A lengthy order paper of political, financial and general topics was disposed of. Tne conference is expected to close td-night. MASTER-TON, August _ 14. At tlie inquest on the body of the man JtLoonoy (wito disapjJoared from the hospital anil was found drowned), a verdict of suicide while in a state of temporary insanity was returned, with a rider that there was lack of attention on the part of some cf the hospital staff. DANNEVIRKE, August 14. At Ormondvilfo yesterday Adela Olsen, who was last week arrested on a charge of the murder of her newly-born child, was brought up before the Stipendiary Magistrate. Evidence similar to that at the inquest was given, and accused was committed for trial. CHRISTCHURCH, August 14. At the sitting of the Arbitration Court this morning Mr W. Newton, a menioer of the Conciliation Beard, appeared for the Furnitnre-makors’ Union. Objection was taken to bis appearing, on the ground of bis being a member of the Board. The Court considered that it had no power to exclude him, but thought it would be good ttastc_ on his part to withdraw. After discussion, Mi Newton did so. . , , TIMARU, August 14. Mr W. B. Howell was again rc-olect-ed chairman of the Education Board. On resuming tho chair, ho referred, inter alia, to the shortage of teachers of ’■,i-r>. Flo suggested that some had,moved to tho North island, whore the population was increasing, and others had gone into business in place of men who had gone to South Africa. The inattoi is to be brought beforoHho conference of Board representatives at Wellington and discussed, and tho Rev G. Barclay, she Board’s delegate, will bo informed of the Board’s views on cadi item, increased grants for administration are unproved, and Mr Barclay suggested the transfer of 2s Cd from scale 2 to tho Boards. Regarding secondary education. the offer of tho Timaru High School Board was endorsed, with some dissent. The Board objects to tho anomaly that while children in tho smaller towns of Wa-imate, Temuka and Geraldine get secondary education tree, thoso in Timaru cannot, except tnrojugn a scholarship. Th.p proposal to place inspectors under tho Central Department was obicctcd to, but it was suggested that they might examino a tow schools in other districts to test whether the results are-uniform. OAMARU, August 14. Tho Mavor made the announcement at the Council' meeting this evening that Mr John Buckley—on behalf of Ids lately-deceased uncle, Mr John McLean, of Rcdcastle —had made the_ offer of £250, the full amount required to be paid by tho Council as its share, of.tho cost of tho post ofhco clock. Tho tower is being erected by tho Government. Mrs Shields was found m an unconscious state in a railway carriage today, and on arrival of tho train at Oamaru Station she had to .bo removed to tho hospital, where sho now lies in a very critical state. , , , . DUNEDIN, August 14. Tho Flour-millers’ Association has' raised tho price of pollard from £5 10s to £6, at which price it is selling freely for shipment, bran is nominally £u os, but none is obtainable, and probably £o to £6 would bo procurable. Tihoro was a held 'hr for bakers in tho Police Court to-day. Joseph Campbell and David Aukl were fined 40s and 17s 6d costs for making for sale a twopound loaf which was 11 ox short weight. In the case against A. F. Miller, tho defence was that two two-pound loaves joined together were over 41h, but when pulled apart one was giver and the other under two pounds. A fine of 40s and costs was imposed. W. K. Latham was fined 20s and costs for not having a loaf legibly stamped, and James Anderson was fined a similar amount for haying Roman numerals instead of Arabic figures on tho loaf. Tho bread in each of these cases was full weight. William Wright, Daniel Georgeson and James Samuel were each fined 20s and costa for not having proper weights and measures in their carts. Tho bread in each caso was correct weight. James Howton was fined 5s for having an unstamped weight. Special to the “Times.” WANGANUI, August 14.

Tho Baptist Union of New Zealand is taking steps to perpetuate the memory of tho lato Rev Harold Peters, late pastor of tho Wanganui Baptist Ohurch. Tho suggestion is to raise at least £SO, and that the amount he placed at the disposal of tho Students’ Committee of tho Baptist Union with a view to a grant of boons being made to students on their settlement. . NAPIER, August 14. The Rev Dean Grogan, of St. Patrick’s, Napier, writing from Philadelphia, in the course of a private letter, gives it as his opinion that life in the United States is carried on at such high jirossure that it deprives whole masses of tho people of all pleasures. Dean Grogan finds no new developments in regard to tho relationship between capital and labour in the United States, but says that journalistic authorities anticipate something of tho kind shortly, and base their conclusions upon the unrest shown by the people.