INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13844, 4 March 1909, Page 5

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Per Press Araodtition, AUCKLAND, March 3. As the money the erection .of 'sl.o college >at> 'Autiklam"Hs cousideVablyj^leßS Allan ■the < ammint of tile for the \voiifcy the Education Board iiteci§ed' ,to iisSt the •Griveminient i'dv.•a , v • grant: <of £12,000 to be' distcffitirtecl over two years, to enable to accept a tender for the eiieoiion ; of :a fireproof building of ferro cditoretei. " NEW Marcli 3. At tlio ;Court a, farmer named John charged by tlie Stock Departmerrt'with having neglected to 'give rtoiych tfcivt one of his cows was suffering WTofei, ! i'a malignant growth on one Pf The . information was word cancer. DefeMiant was fined £5 and costs £5 WELLINGTON, March 3.' Tlie exports frqniMellington for February show a increase >' in value, compared pf last year. 'Tho. total t iho, • shipments last month '&&}•■; 5£i588,817, aa against £544,409 i 'corresponding month last-year* V !*»t The Collector of 'Gustoms _' at Blenheim telegraphs that new red pine boards, portions [ot a vessel's deckhouse, with masirhple atiid cuddy holes in it, and pieces ; of iti trip's sail, have been picked up in ClonSy -Bay. CHRISTGHtJJWJH, March 3. The Hospital Bonrfl valid (representatives of tlie Children's .Committeee to-day decided on a «ite for \the children's ward at the hospital-.beyond the Marks' ward. The new .buildingi to be erected will be two-storied.; , - Tlie ground floor will be devoted to the women's surgical ward and:, upper floor to the children's ward. A''-committee has been appointed to niake 'siiggestions irecarding the plans and .is'to, report-on Monday. Tlie. Board intend to push"on with the work as expeditiously as possible. v Bishop Julius will openTe <Wai Pou- . namu College for Maori : girls, at lOhpka, . to-morrow, afternoon. The object of the college is to train Maori gii-ls se- . lected from different pahs 'of tlie- South' Island, mentally, physically, spiritually, ■ and in domestic rtff ;them "to return to the pahs, .and; give the benefit of their training to,rtlieir native-sis-ters. Mrs Miller, of 'Driitediri, has been • appointed .principal of : the college.-. The . building will accommodate twelve gitls ' at present. . GORE,: March 3. To-day the Hon. .Mr Millar opened the Gore-Waikakai railway, in the presence of a large numlier 1 . of people. Tho total cost. will bp-lUifout-£7Q;ooo,\of which £50,000 was , found .by v debentures. Tlie line 1 passes through good agricultural laiid, closely settled, with dredging all along the rohte,' wliilSt lignite is found and workedimore or lees' all over the district. Residents : of Waikaka entertained Mr • W l .' Ffaseir M3.V % for Wakatipii and iii" recognition of his strenuous advocacy of =tbe ■ project a presentation of a. purse of sovereigns i was made.

CHRISTCHURCH, March B.v Reference to the death' of Mir K C.' Williamson in the Penguin disaster was made by -Mr Hight at the, ; meeting of the Niortli" Canterbury Education Board to-day, and '•the Board tendered its sympathy to the relatives, of the late Mr Williamson,- ,fbrhterly' : scholar and teacher ■ under the Board, 'on the occasion of his lamentable death, and expressed its regret- at the early termination of a. life premising a'career ,'pf; •; unusual usefulness ;> and brilliancy. The Board also ; its sympathy with Mr Alfred Maxwell, headmaster of the Tai Tapir school, and his ; familyj at tlio loss of his sister in the: wreck. The building committee reported ■ tlisit the Heathcote Valley- Committee liad been informed that'the Board concurred with them in the opinion that the grant l for school books "would have been better spent On copy, drawing, and exercise books, fitc., . b\lt that the conditions -under which the grant had been promised would not admit: of that being done. Two constables on a; recent Saturday night'visited the hotel at Sefton while a social gathering wis-in progress, and / after the hour of closing (10 o'clock) took the names of nearly a score of the guests who were saying farewell to the licensee. These have been, summond to appear at tlie next Amberley Court, to answer a charge of having been illegally on licensed premises when the < hotel should have been closed.

It is stated that the enquiry into tlie allegations made regarding the manner in which work is done ■ at the Addiiagton railway workshops will open on the 10th inst. i

The correspondent of the " Evening News " at Amberley reports that a sailor's box, arid some-timber and planks have been washed up on the beach there. The bbx Wlien found was open, and on the lid were tlie initials CD. Possibly they belonged to .the Rio Loge.