INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12588, 19 October 1911, Page 5

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Per Press Association)

AUCKLAND, this day. A five-roomed house m Remuera, owned and occupied by Henry Carter/] was burned yesterday afternoon. The house and furniture were insured, but Mr Carter lost £150 m cash and his nephew £40 m notes. "-'*!"*

At the Police Court Jolin William Mercer, driver of a taxi cab, ;w-as committed for trial on a charge "of manslaughter m connection witji'the ! death of Charles Goldsmith^SvJio.di,«l ''after being knocked -aV^fcmlyen by the defendant; X" 7*7 ;X??'*r. ' ' -','>■ * NE vry^MoX(THV^la6tnight. In the /v native land case, of- JC^ftunia Marangatk .v. judgment was reserved. % ; '"';

'NEW; PLYMOUTH, this day. At a meeting .of the High School Governors last evening, the resignation, was receiyed of Mr W. Pridhanv principal since the ; establishment of the school m 1881. The resignation takes effect at the end of the year. Applications for a new principal will be invited iri Australia and New Zealand.

An auction sale, was held last night; pf a number <)f town and suburban properties offered by the Railway Department, these lands ' being disused lands, from the old railway line running through the /centre pf the town, and others purchased to .enable a< deviation <of tl}o line to be ,riiade. _. Many of the properties changed hands, and one of 47£ ft* frontage to Devon street, half of it being the bed of a running stream, was sold for £90 per <fbot. EEILDING, this day. A large store arid dwelling at Cheltenham, occupied by Redstone and Kerslake, was completely destroyed by fire at 6.30 this morning. The place was also used as a post office and telephone- exchange. The mails 4 were, .destroyed. The amount of insurance^ is not available. ."> There have been good, sOaking rains m the district, which - will, be of immense benefit. '|; YMASTERTON, this day. , 'The North Wairarapa rifle meeting >?as postponed to-day /on account' of rain, and will be held to-morrow. ' 77 -• WELLINGTON, last .night. . ;, The Hon. D. Buddo was interviewed last night by a deputation' from the Pharmacy Board, ' w~hieh ' asked for r.:: amendment of the; Pharmacy Act as follows: First, that the a£e at which candidates were permitted to enter the preliminary examination for .pharmacies be lowered from 18 to 16.; secondly, that the Board be given power to expend stale of its furids m promoting technical education. It *was stated that hi T)unediri the chemists were paying at their own cost fpr the technical instruction of apprentices. <The Minister, m reply, said tlie nrst request of the deputation seemed reasonable, and ,the seoorid was very commendable, but he would prefer to deal.)vith the matter m the early part of .'the n^w session. .He would lay the representations "before the Government, but could hold pujb no great hope that anything would be done this session. WELLINGTON, last night.;,

;-.The Appeal Court, on the n\ptjipp. oft the. Ne-yv Plymouth Law Society *, jjnade| absolute a rule to strike Walter Wilkes;: a solicitor, off , the roll, with .- jfiftfpti.. guinea's costs.. ' ' *' .*>"'" WELLINGTON, this' dayv For the riexty meeting of ' tlie New Zea 1 land Pharmacy J^oai;d,,the president, Mr F. Castle, lias given notice to move that, an enquiry be made .into tbe.ea&e of the chemist at Wa,ihi reported .fts^being convicted of illegally selling liquor with a view to considering whether the Board shall make application to the Governor-in-Coyne.il to have tlie name of ,t^p. chemist removed frdni tlie Registrar "pf }?harmaceutical chemist.^ as provided tinder section 24 of the Pharmacy Act. CHRISTCHURCH, this day. Following on threp days of cold nor'westers, with snow on the high country, which is very unusual frpm that, quarter, the wind changed to the south-west last night, bringing heavy showers of rain and hail. The weather to-day is very wintry. Tlie growth is being checked, and pastoralists are far from happy. DUNEDIN, this day-

The weather m ; Central Otago has been very boisterous for the l^st week, snow, hail, sleet, and rain havjng been experienced. ..Show wajs .falling heavily at Naseby late yesterday afternoon, with the prospects of continuing all night. The 'Otago Rowing Association has decided to hold a championship regatta on Lake Waihola on the first Wednesday m February. _____