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TELEGRAMS.

[per press association.] A Refusal. Auckland, To-day. , The Newton School Committee have refused to accept the prize boohs for pupils from the Scripture Gift Association, on the. ground that some of the volumes contained sectarian teaching.)

A Dilemma. Gisborne, To-day. ' The Ormond Road Board is in a curious fix. After the election of the Board the returning officer sealed up the ballot* paper, (to be deposited for a year with the clerk of the R. M. Court for safe custody), and by mistake also included the rate rolls. The Clerk cannot break the seals under a penalty of L6O, and under the circumstances the Highway Board can neither collect nor levy rates. The fact has caused much commotion. A Maori Cavalcade. Opcnakk, Today. About 150 natives, four abreast, on horseback marched through here this ' morning on their way, to Pirihaka.’ Amongst them were Titokowaru and some of people, but most of the cavalcade came from Wanganui and Waitotara. Supposed Suicide. ■ Mastbrton, To-day. A Scandinavian named Madson was discovered in a whare at, the head of the Waingawa, close under the ranges. . His throat was cut, and. a knife anda scythe stone were beside him. He-was last seer| on Sunday. He was unmarried, Isoberf - and aged twenty-four. The cause, is surmised to be suicide as the deceased waS in ill health, and had been suffering from depression of spirits. ■ , ! j The Waihenga Pire.'' Welunotojt, To-day % l A coroner’s enquiry, held~ at the, ,in». stance of the police, took place At Wal"henga yesterday, into the circumstances,,, connected with the destruction ofthe" Waihenga Hotel two months ago. The jury found that there was no evidence to show how the fire originated. They considered that the chimneys were defective in construction ; and, further, they'believed they were foul through not having 1 ) been swept. The Ryan Case., • . f V-' J ' ' .TmjjaiiyT o/$W- s h,'i<i ; Patrick Ryan, the fraudulent bankrupt, found guilty at the March session of the District Court, and whose sentence w«>- , deferred consequent on the appeal to. ' Supreme Court, surrendered to his bail at the District Court to-day. Judge Ward. commented severely on the wholesale. frauds of which the prisoner had been * guilty, and sentenced him to eight months’ imprisonment with hard labor from March last, which is equal to six months from the present time. ; ; as/ ’ > Alleged Embezzlement. , Dunedin, To-day. ■ Louth, latterly stationmaster al TapaPui, has been arrested for embezzlement. His defalcations amount to over L2OO. The Contagious Diseases Act. “' i The City Council last night discussed the advisability of bringing the Contagious Diseases Act into operation, but no decision was arrived at. J ' k-’ The Tramway Dispute, j ; The dispute re the tramways has been. settled amicably. ■ r i The Dnmmyism Question. , ... . The Land Board to-day declined 'to issue licenses of. pastoral deferred payment sections at Strath-Taiori to D. B. Fisher and Joseph McOaw. A. 0. Kimball, for himself and qtber unsuccessful bidders at the February sale, wrote suggesting the appointment of a Royal Com-' mission, and that the Board Should fcecomraend amendments to the Land Act; i Henry Lamb, Warden of Clarence, Tasmania, writes to the Board, giving an 1 assurance that the Youngs are not dum- ■ ‘ mies.

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 944, 16 May 1883, Page 2

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Tapeke kupu
529

TELEGRAMS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 944, 16 May 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 944, 16 May 1883, Page 2

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