LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS.
(Per Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, this dayT Sharemarket sales: Talisman, 18s, 17s 9d ,• *Waihi, 35s ; Grand Junction, 21s 3d. WANGANUI, this day. Tho final deposits of £100 per man were put up to-day fdr the WebbHannan sculling race, to be lowed on Friday, the 24th inst., for £200 aside and the championship of. New Zealand. WELLINGTON, this day. The Trades and Labor Council, represented to the Minister of Education the need to watch the proposal for school children to collect seeds, and see that children were not exploited by farmers or their education interfered with. The Hon. J. A. Hanan replied that he waa watching the scheme. If children were employed to their detriment he will take steps to stop it.
DUNEDIN, this day. Numerous jewel robberict havo " occurred m and around Dunedwi m the last few months, as the result of which Frank Edward Martin Reid appeared at the Police Court on seven charges of theft from dwellings, or breaking and entering. Reid had mado a statement to the detective who arrested him, which led to the recovery of over '£200 worth of watches, rings, purses, otc." Reid pleaded guilty, saying he was prompted by want. He was committed for sentence.
lho Patriotic Executive met this morning to consider the report of a subcommittee on the proposed scheme .of tbe National Fund. The report stated that the snb-cominittee considered Mr Sker'ctt'a scheme impracticable, and the Otago Patriotic Association was definitely committed to the principle of local control and administration, and tlie committee saw n.o reasons for departing from this, being convinced, that the most effective and economical administration would be obtained by each association having complete autonomy. Ultimately the executive resolved that if the conference to be held iv Wellington is an open one, to send delegates, "but if committed to Mr Skerrett's "scheme it is inadvisable for the Otag,o Association to be represented.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13785, 10 September 1915, Page 6
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