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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5023, 9 June 1884, Page 3

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♦ Agnes Nott, a married woman, was ■ charged at Lyttelton, this morning, with the larceny of 15s in silver and a silk handkerchief, the property of Mrs Julia Sayers. There being no Justices of the Peace present, accused was remanded till "Wednesday. Mr A. W. Parsons, chemist of Lyttelton, had a very narrow escape from having his premises burned down last evening. His children were playing in the parlour adjoining the dispensary whan one of the boys capsized a lighted kerosene lamp. The burning oil was, however, quickly extinguished with the assistance of some neighbours, the only loss being a tablecloth and a carpet. Yesterday, at Springfield, Mr Cassidy's mare Lady Harris got kicked, while running in the paddock, by one of the coach horses. It is supposed that her lpg is broken. She is at present put in a sling until the extent of the injury can bo fully ascertained. An inquest on the body of Mrs Adelaide Cass, who committed suicide on Friday last, was held at her late residence, Kelly's road, at 11 a.m. to-day before Dr Coward and a coroner's jury. The witnesses examined wfci-e Mr B. Cass, Miss Cass, and Mrs Morrison, in whose house the deceased destroyed herself. After hearing the evidence, some of the jury were of opinion that a moio strict watch should have been kept over Mrs Casd than appeared to have been the case, Geeing that •she had attempted to kill herself a few . days prcvious'y, and was known to be of a suicidal tendency. As the jury were not unanimous, however, no recommendation was made on the subject, and a verdict of '*' Suicide while in a state of temporary insanity" was returned. Dr Micklc, who had attended Mrs Cass, was present, but "the Coroner did not deem it necessary to take his evidence. At the lust meeting of the East Christchurch School Committee a resolution was passed approving of the Bill for regulating the election of School Committees, introduced into the House of Representatives by Mr W. J. Steward, M.H.R., for Waimate. It was also decided to send a petition to the Legislative Council in favour of the measure. A letter from the headmaster stated that the attendance during thepastmonthhadbiensomewhatirregular, owing to tho prevalence of colds, but that only two notices of cases of diphtheria had been received for orer a month past. These notices, he considered, would be very useful if sent in time. In the two. cases referred to, the notices came too late. Li one of them the child reported had been •dead for several days ; and in the other, the children of the family mentioned had returned to Bchool at least a week before the notice came to hand. The Secretary was instructed to draw the attention of the Board to the necessity of promptness in reporting cases of infectious disease. Yesterday morning the first of a series of monthly sermons to young men, to be delivered under tho auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association, was preached in St Paul's Church by the Rev J. Elmalie. 'There was a large congregation.