INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13899, 10 May 1909, Page 6

IN TERPROVINCIAL.

Per Press Association. ifw AUCKLAND, May 8. |Sw Annie Nicholson, charged at the police court on four counts of perjury yp| arising from statements mad© by her H|? at the recent bankruptcy proceedings, pleaded not guilty, and was committed for trial. Bail in one surety of £lO was allowed. ' - ■ : : ps WELLINGTON, May 8. James Hemingway, who was comniitted for trial in connection with tho General Post Office robbery, was to-day charged with stealing stamps of a total value of £856 from the Government Printing Office, and also with stealing >.•£* fountain pens of a value of £l4O front V '■} Whitcombe and Tombs'. The prosecutions are the result; of a research -of V-ZT; fingerprints. Accused, who was defended by Mr Wilford, admitted his P* guilt , and was committed to the »Sn'.f premo Court for trial. : f DUNEDIN, May 8. .i "Work is to be resumed in a fortnight afc the West port Coal Company's Millers.ton mine, in which a fire occurred last l&J? February. The management will give' /; preference of employment to those who were in tho company's service at the Kg time of the stoppage should such men £T®v be applicants before May 20th. _ • ''£\ A meeting of the local police last week agreed to ask permission of the Commissioner to have a conference in Wellington to consider the proposed amendments to the Provident Fund. ~#Li In April, 1908, there were 65 f-of scarlet f ever in Otago nnd SouthTn April this year the number jpg&was 111.

DUNEDIN, May 8. Hugh Clark, an ex-teacher at Macan-drew-road school, was arrested to-day on a charge of sending a threatening letter to the Macandrcw road. School Committee.