HAWKE'S BAY ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 588, 17 August 1909, Page 8

HAWKE'S BAY ITEMS.

; . (By Telegraph.—Special OorreaDoniJent.) ...»•, ■'■.-,'.'■, ■ 'V /Napier, August 16. '.■ Sir Wm. Russell was re-elected chairmanof the Hawke's Bay Education Board at, a meeting ,, to-day.-.. JlrlC. SI. Whittington was; reappointed the representative of the board on. the , Wellington Training College' Go'thmittoe.'' '-\'.'-~;■■■■■ : ■■ ■ . , ■■■,[ . ■ ' The' following : appointments •,' of.:.- teachers, were made a'f:the: meeting of the Hawlce's Bay Education:rß.oard; to-^ay.:— Mt. ,T.- S. Atkinson, '■ second: assistant, HaetingsY Mi» \ L. Mbrgan,'sole, feacher, Puha; Miss L. Russell, assistant, . Woodlands; Mr.vH. Rbbson, headmaster, Rangitane.;. JMiss, M'Clur-e, assistait, Ti-Papakuku. -The following resignations were received:—Miss ■ S. ••: Murdoch,' sole teacher, Blackburn; Mr. 'H. • Robson, sole teacher, ■ Poiangahau; Mr._ T.'S.' Atkinson,, assistant, Mahora; Mrs. Wilson,, sole teacher,' Makaretu South'; Miss B. Maxwell,. : pupil teacher," Tikopiao.', ■■'.;'■•■ ' ; ;'/'.;;.' : ; • ~-; :.Mr.;Thomas' M'Carthy;. one of 'the Maori Wa.r veterans, died hero yesterday morning." Deceased'.'had reaohed the ririe age of 89 year's, and was a holder of'the N.Z.\waimedal: ",He arrived in ..Auckland with .the 2nd' Battalion of: the 14th' Regiment in 1850, and,, coming to Napier in 1861, acted -is regimental police'sergeant. .After receiving on';pension at Otahuhu, he was for. : \three: years warder'jn the; Napior Gaol,' and had,since,resided here. ' . / / -j : : ' : .■-; :;: "■''': Hastings, August 161 \ • A slight earthquake .-was recorded , here at 7i30-o'clock--; on Saturday, night.. .■• , • The ladies' championship hockey, tournament .opens' here':on : ;Friday next. On/Thursday over 100.of the;visiting girls will;arrive and will bo biHeted : 'with Hastings lady hockey players, and; their friends. ■ .' At.the Police. Court to-day, John Moore was charged .with, .the theft' of-a saddle, and, breastplate, valued at £3 10s.) also the theft of. a ridingsaddle, value £2, taken from .stables at Waipukurau.v : He pleaded guilty, and admitted selling. the articles to a second-hand, dealer. He was ordered to pay £2 ; -10s. to, the dealer, and fined . £2. or fourteen days, and allowed one month to. pay. James Hill was charged with ireating a, disturbance' whereby a breach of the. peace might hare been,occasioned. Accused said ho'; had received the news of his sister's '■■■ death,. .and this npset him.'. The police did not press the charge, .and he was fined 20s. or. seven days, ■ and was given a week to .'pay the-fine.. .- ~.''. . V ; The Native I/and.; Court left for Waipawa this morning. From there they-will proceed to.ltasterton, after which the, Court will return to Hastings.;,' : ~ -..;'..:..