INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13677, 20 August 1908, Page 6

INTERPROVINCIAL.

F«r Preas Association. WHANGABEI, August 19. Ho/hepo and his wife- Emma have btcn committed for trial on a, charge of murdering their infant e>on, Makarini, who wis-thrown on a fire by his parents, and died - through the injurtco he received. The evidence showed that all concerned appeared to have gone partially insane. GISRQBNE, August 13. The police arrested a young man named Joseph Dahfe last, night; on a ■ charge of botglary and' laying- entered "a' boardinghouse and stolen clothes, and money from a "room. In searching his effects the police.:, found articles that had been stolen from ;-another boarding-house a few w«;ks back. Accused was brought before the Court and remanded. •■":"' FEILDING, August. 19. The Eeilding Fruitgrowers' Association last night decided to import a number of little owls to keep down the email birds' nuisance. - WANGANUI, August 19. Mrs Letitia Broad, a Dunedin resident, ■was arrested by tho police to-night on a charge of putting a child in a coal-box on Monday evening. It- is alleged that Mrs' Broad left. Dunedin on Saturday with her adopted child, and came straight to Wanganui, depositing the infant where it.was found. She will appear before d». Court in the morning. NAPIER, August 19. The Working Men's Club last night carried a proposal to call ; competitive designs for plans for a new building at a cost not to exceed £IO,OOO. A premium of £IOO is offered for the best-plan. The "tenders" for the construction of municipal baths largely exceeded the amount authorised by loan (£6000), and tho Council will modify the plans, and call for fresh tenders.

WELLINGTON, August- 19. At the meeting of- the shareholders, of the Wellington Gas Company to-day it was decided to increase the capital of the comr.. pany to £400,000 by the creation of ad^ "-'"■ ditional capital to the amount of £200,000 divided into 20,000 shares of £lO each, such, shares to be issued as ordinary shares. The company is carrying out new works.

NELSON, August 19. A* the MigiferaieV Court, Aubrey Harold Smithy "a'Stoksr on the waiehip Pioneer, who wa* arrested at. Morneka on a charge of desertion, was remanded to Wellington to await the arrival of the next warship. Welcome rain Las been falling for two days after a dry spell.

CHRISTCHURCH, August 19. A city property containing 162 perches and having 26 feet 8 inches frontage to Colombo street, near Cashcl street, producing £376 per annum rental was sold by auction ytsterdsy. It "was started at £250 per foot, and was ultimately knocked down to Mr T. Kincain for £4lB per foot, the total purchase money being £9333 6s Bd. Other properties in the same block were withdrawn, uwnere reserves not haying been reached. ._ The report of the directors of the Kaiapoi Woolkn Manufacturing Company, lA&., for "the year ended July 31st, 1908, Mates that notwithstanding tho serious dislocation of trade caused by the late fire the directors anticipated t±3t the.report and! balance sheet would be considered satfefactory. The plant had been kept ' at' the usual high standard of cfiickni-y bv the expenditure of £3667 on new machinery and £lßl9 on necessary repairs. After paying the interim dividend of 3 per cent, absorbing £3OOO, the profit and kss account showed an .available balance of £7492 So 2d, to be allocated ;\ii follows:—A dividend of 4 per cent, for the half vear making 7 per cent for the year on' ordinary charts and on prcftience thares a. dividend at the rate of 6' z per cent, per annum from allotment; £ISOO to reserve, the balance cf £1432 to be carried forward. OAMABU, August 19. What appears to have been an impudent attempt at burglary was perpetrated during the night. The premises of H. Grenfell, outfitter, Thames Street, wcra entered by a back window, and although nothing so far is missing, the office contents were considerably ransacked. Some money lying in a. box was apparently overlooked. Further up the street the back window of Mollison's boot warehouse was broken and. the workshop entered. Here again nothing appears to J have been taken. The police believe it I to be the work of juveniles. .- . \

i\ DUXEDIN, August 19. ; * The ' Otago Education Board endorsed ■ the Wellington Board's resolution with reference to amending the Act in the dir'ec- '. iton of making, attendance daily coinpuji eory, and also the ■ Xorth Canterbury! i Board's suggestion lq amend the syllabus Sin" the direction of securing fuller attention ,to English grammar and geography. The Hon. T. Fergus was elected chairman. ; t At a public meeting at Roxburgh, it was t decided to form the Teviot Alining Association to assist the Government in prospecting. A resolution was passed asking the Government to send Dr Bell, the Government Geologist, to report on the district. Application will be made_ to the

Mines Deijartment for the use of a suitable plant- to test likely gullies. Mary Cress well, a middle aged woman, ■was brought before the Police Court this morning on a charge of using an instrument for an illegal purpose on a girl sentenced at the Supreme Court on Monday to six months" imprisonment for permitting; the instrument to be used. Accused was remanded for eight days.