NEW ZEALAND.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 7267, 20 July 1893, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

(By Telegraph.)

C atholic Schools-

AUCKLAND, JULY 20.

The Board of Education declined Bishop Luck’s request to authorise the Inspector to inspect Catholic schools. There are only 1385 children attending the Catholic Schools, whilst at the Board’s schools there are 22,0 CD. Burglaries. Mr Justice Conolly’s residence was entered this afternoon, i> ?, d money, jewellery and plate taken, hue the thieves having apparenlty been disturbed, the goods were found in a fence in the garden in a sack. Griffon and Young were committed tor trial for a safe robbery at Prosser s, bootmaker.

Financing Profits-

WELLINGTON. JrLt 20.

The Wellington Building and Investment Company report a net profit for the year of £2702, in addition to an interim dividend of 4 per cent. The report now proposes 5 per cent more, to carry £750 to the Reserve fund, and to carry forward £219. Art Exhibition, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin and Kelson are represented the Art Exhibition, opening to-day. There is a large number of pictures, the walls are covered. Mining in Marlborough BLENHEIM, July 20. Operations will be resumed at the Waka* marina Gorge almost immediately. The company’s expert, Captain White of the Thames, who lately inspected the claim, has reported so favourably on its prospects that the contributing shareholders are now prepared to find the necessary funds to thoroughly work the ground. This, combined with the fart that the Deep Creek Sluicing Company will also soon be at work, should make things livelv, not only for the Wakamorina but airo for the district generally. Inquest-

At the inquest on Mrs Simcox, at Carterton, a verdict was returned that deceased difd from heart disease, accelerated by a dose of belladonnia administered through a a isteke in labelling the bottles. A rider was added that in the opinion of the jury all poisons should bear a distinctive label. Divorce-

In the Divorce Court a decree nisi was granted in the case Ward v Ward, the wife’s petition for a divorce from her husband William Neville Ward, a solicitor and barrister of Otaki, on the ground of desertion and adultery. A Bad Character. A burglar was caught in a room of the National Hotel, Lambton Quay, last night, next to a room in which the landlord kept hL valuables. He made a bolt, but was caught and recognised as a man who had served a sentence in Ljttelton Goal. Latbe, The young man, Hurry McDonald, who was caught red-handed in the act of committing a burglary at the National Hotel, has been committed for trial. Another charge has been preferred against him, of theft of a cashbox from the Ngahauranga Hotel. The Measles.

DUNEDIN, July 20.

The outbreak of measles has resulted in a reduction of £IOOS in the capitation received by the Education Board, while the decrease in teacher’s salaries was only £l5O. The Board will apply to the Minister to grant payment on the attendance in the previous quarter. All Through Drink. A woman named Sarah Aon Smith, a widow, died suddenly at Port Chalmers. She had been drinking all yesterday morning with another woman, and it is believed that she fell down and was suffocated. Oral ExaminationsThe Education Board’s inspectors reported aversely against entirely oral examinations in standards. False Pretences. INVERCARGILL, July 80. At the Police Court Richard Cochrane, a horse dealer, was remanded to Christchurch on a charge of obtaining £7O by false pretences in September last. £IOO PrizeThe Bluff regatta committee give a prize of £IOO for an eight-oared race, open to the whole colony at Now Year. The Weather. The weather, which has been wet and boisterous for a week, has now cleared.

Pelo de se-

At an inquest on Nelson Thompson, contractor, of Arrowtown (found in the harbour) it was stated that deceased was despondent because medical men gave him no hope that a proposed operation tor throat disease was likely to be successful, therefore he thought ho might os weU die without undergoing it. Hia wife and family live at Arrowtown. A verdict was found of temporary insanity. The Half-Holiday. At the City Court, Robert Brown, charged with breach of the Factories Act In employing boys after 1 p.m. on Saturday, was fined 10s and costs.