INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1692, 21 October 1887, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

♦ Wellington, October 20. ■Sfee robbery of a watch and ring from th¥ snail bags, which took place tome time •go on the railway between here and Longbarn, hai been traced to a lad wbo Is now m Burnham Industrial Sohool. On the youngster being taxed with the theft he admitted hit guilt. Oamiru, October 20. The prodooe store of F. H. Towasend took fire thit afternoon shortly after five o'clook. The Fire Brigade aabdaed the flames, bnt a good deal of damage was done. There (■ an insurance of £500 m the New Zealand office and of £2CO m the South British. Donbdik, Ootober 20' In connection with the appointment of a Committee of the Education Board to consider the qaestlen of retrenchment, il was pointed out that m bonus alone, when it was started m 1878 the amount wbj £1880, whereas it has risen now to £6700. The Harbor Board to-day adopted a comprehenalve «obeme of retrenchment, including dUpeming with the services ol collector of dues, master of tag, etc The Edncation Board has appointed a Committee to report on what retrenchment oan ba effected m the expenditure cf tbe Education vote In the Otago district, without Impairing the efficiency of tbe service. Mr Fraser, the mover, said It was possible to save £10,000 In the district by knocking <ff the bonus for •falsification of teaohers, and at least £•0 000 m the colony. At the Folio* Court to-day a pnblloan, whose wife kept a store olose to the hotel, was charged with selling beer at the store. The •videnea showed that a oastomer had bought f oodi at the store, and then atked lot- ft bottle of beer. Be was told tbat beet was not sold, bat if he would give the money it would be got from tbe hotel close by. This was done, and the beer given The Magistrate, m dismissing the oaie, laid it was not proved where the beer was got ; if the publican had got it at his own place a conviotlon would have followed.