LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS
(P«r Press Association.) PALMERSTOX N., last night. The Manawatu tennis tournament commenced to-day. ITiere was a largc^ attendance. 'Fislier, Prouse', and : Stow ■were the three most prominent players engaged m the semi-final m the men's championship singles. , Prouse beat Fisher (9 — 4), the result being a surprise. Fisher is still m the men's handicap singles. In the men's champion doubles, first round, Fisher and Prouse beat Johnston and Paharazyn 9 — o. Stow and Collins beat Wither and Waldegra ye, 9-2. WELLINGTON, last night. This morning a complete set of men's cldthes was found on the beach at Happy Valley, four miles from the city, giving the appearance that someone h-(d gdn e into the sea to bathe, and lcvst his life. Atniong the documents found m a leather : bag . lying near were papers relating to the Shearers' Union, and bearing the name "T, F. Darcy." -The police searched this afternoon, but fouJia no traoe «f the body. • CHRISTCHURCH, last night. The final for the Saville ' Cup (polo) resulted m Hawke's Bay winning by 14 goals to the Christchurch team's one goal. Oharles Ronald McPherson was charged at the Magistrate's Court to-day with having broken and entered the Church of Christ on the 7fch inst., and with stealing. 15s from the collection box, and alao with having, pn the 9th inst., broken and' entered tha Spiritualists' Church and stolen an overcoat and fountain pen. He reserved his defence, and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial, i , •
At a meeting of the North Canterbury Board of Education to-day, "a. letter was received from the Department ; stating that the request from the Board to the Minister of -Education to convene a conference of Education Boards at an early date to discuss matters of administration m connection Avith the primary schools system had been laid before the -Minister an desired] but the Minister regrel ted that, owing to the appropriation being already exhausted, he was unable at present, to make arrAngemeuts to meet the Board's wishes m the matter. The letter was received. Speaking on the subject of the withdrawal by the ■Government of the capitation allowances previously granted to school committees, Mr Jamiespn pointed out that it would be 'better to abandon the free school books system "and restore the capitation. The free book system, he continued, fyud been a failure, 'and tlie amount expended on that system exceeded by £267 10s 5d the total capitation payable for incidentals. Free books, he added, were not asked for, all that" was wanted being uniformity of school books .for. children moving from place to place. INVERCARdILL, last night.
,At the Irish Athletic Society's annual .sports to-day, the Sheffield Handicap, m which competitors from as far noith a« Hastings took patt, was won by Strang, of Invercargill, with Chalmers, DunedLn, «econd.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12099, 17 March 1910, Page 3
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