INTERPROVICIAL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10104, 23 March 1909, Page 3

INTERPROVICIAL NEWS.

(Per Press Association.) . • like of Napier, and Captain r « Uutdin. will be the a-ssessors Forbes, ot ' Captain Naylor * apfcf 1 the suspension, of his cert!peal u.i,aiuo fr 8 ""'; Lxrr-im ha-* been received by the c A t^- S > the General Post Otfa'ce from jfeuetarj «>t_"£ Waimaru, Pelorus tlie , P Tfwow*:--Th« Post Office was .iltroyed by fire." There are »TJSA repressing tte W.C.T.U. . : »n the Minister of iducatton to""""tith a request that scientific temi should i«e made a computsory the public schools. The Minfc--5" J in rep v. pointed oat that the depa- *? Lcaientlv did not realise that the U '- 0 " f S"oVpolwrv. He quoted from SK3£ £ Standards 3 to 5 to show !£t moral instruction hud to be given m rralinstruction relating to body and ■ld and "temperance in eating and ",' • .-; r - " and "evit and unhealthy sub"?.*'••'""if the work was not being done • th> schools- the svllabus was not being '" ';l,|" ,',ut. The Minister had no more TZ to enforce a syllabus than the preIfj'ent of the W.C.T.U.. and Parliament wculd not give the i.ower. DUXEDIN. March 25. V <•;.«*? holiday is l>eing observed for the arvi-r-ary ot the province. The weather f wci-v Hue. The principal attractions wilt Yf. th- regatta at Waihola, the races at jiidiii. march, and the oU motor race to VVtiite Island ami back. Th.- University of Edinburgh has conf,rtt.l a doctoriship of civil laws upon i. t „4*ior i.iilrav. of Ota go University. it the Waihola regatta .Otago won the t Fours", beating Southland, £iu . pivent holders of the Kdmond Chal\et,l Shield, bv a length ami three-, imarters. tiie time being Tmin SSsec. CfIRISTCHURCH. March 23. Suspicions circumstances appear to have developed in connection with the death of j man aged 70. Andrew Douglas Ilardie, whose bodv was found lying outside a eotta'e- near Dudley Creek. Richmond, on Suiwlav morning. The body was removed. to the" morgue to await an inquest, which wa3 to be held yesterday. A post-mortem elimination, however, revealed the fact that the man's back and right ribs had fan. broken. The body was found with the head supported by a Tolled Maori kit, and had evidently been moved to the spot where it lay. At the inquest proceedings vesterdav the coroner stated that in such lues it "was not usual to proceed without j jury and adjourned the enquiry until this afternoon in order that a jury might fj« summoned and to allow the police to nuke further enquiries.

AUCKLAND. March 25. Mr .1. Watson, who came from Sydney t* inspect Master SSoult on behalf of a would-be purchaser, did not complete the M [e Dwiim. it is understood, to a difference about the price. PALMERSTON NORTH. March 23. The monev collected in Palmerston y.irth ; n aid" of the Bread Fund totalled £257 4- 2.1. <»f this, £144 10s 5d was collected publi'lv. whilst the- balance was vilantarilv to the Standard, which (.oened a "list. The public lists closed last n'rht. ami the money is being remitted t<Hi'ay to the Treasury for transmission to L/Hiion. HASTINGS. March 23. The rarehors.: Stylish while training this in-iming starred" and then crashed into a fence, breaking its neck: The cause of tie accident is unaccountable, but, the iuad [eg being broken, it is assumed that tie animal over-reached in its stride. The liiec v.-.is uninjured. GISBORNE. March 25. A Viiung Maori, who broke into a store j,- Tunaroa. was seen by two other farie. who ;ave chase. The burglar ran ito the sea up to his neck in endeavoring [iii avoid capture, but the polite were summoned and he was arrested. The picturesque township of Tuparoa. 3> miles of East Cape, presented a festive scene tiiis morning on the occasion c" the Governor's visit, "Maori and Pakeha to display patriotism. A great cheer arose as the Tutanekai steamed into tie bay shortly after 9 o'clock. His Ex«Uencv. on landin". was presented with m address of welcome by Mr K. S. Williams. Chairman of the Waiapu County (Vrancil. PALMERSTON NORTH. March 23. Telegrams, were sent to the Government to-ilav bv the member for the district and the president of the Chamber of Commerce protesting airainst the removal of Detective Quirke to" Wellington. A petition h also being circulated by the memI:er '.r the district.