INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 62, 25 November 1886, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

. [P^EJB UNITED PJRESS ASSOCIATION.] Auckland, November 23. A, man named .Robert Hoss was Icillo* by a fall of earth on jv»ad work at£awr. kawa. A.Maori boy named 'Pane was kiliet at Aratapu. Though warned, he oliml>e* a tree and fell. November 24. A conference took place to- day between the Board of Education and .th* City School Committee as to the be* I methods of working the compulsory clauses of the act. Two hundred child ren are waiting admission to the- public schools, but there is no accommodation. It was suggested to establish a truaut school fo- 300 in the city. The wife of Mr J. C. Me liroy, J.P., of Mercer, was found dead on the floor of her residence. New Plymouth, November 24. Mr Wade, who was tossed by a bull, is reported 'to be improving. He, how* ever, is not able to move his legs or arms. WoodvUiLß. November 24. The charge! against Bell for lndeently assaulting children in the Anglican Church vestry occupied the whole of yesterday. Ho was committed for trial. Dukkdin, This Day. Giffen, an Australian cricketer, is too ill to travel, and will have to remain here some few days. Wellington, November 25. This morning Mr T. K. McDonald, the well-known auctioneer, and Mr J. Banfort were fined £5, treble duty, and costs for neglecting to furnish returns under the Property Assessment Act Both pleaded the. belief that the returns had been forwarded, and only discovered the omission too late. Dr Fell »imi« larly mulcted, did not appear. The heaviet thunderstorm for 20 years parsed over Masterton yesterday. Some animals were killed by the lightning, aud several fire* balls were seen at iutervaU. This Day. The Artillery has resolved to take part in the Taraaaki Easter Encampment, instead of the local one. The moist weather is repairing damage done by the recent frost, and good though late crops are expected. 3,500 shares have been taken up in the Woolen Factory. Auckland. This Day. Dr McGregor is investigating the dispute between Dr Cremonini and the staff at the Whau Asylum. He states that he is determined to uphold the authority of the Medical Superintendent, and to enforce discipline. He disapproves entirely of male warders holding the keys of the female side, and officers of the institution disposing of the produce of the institution to other officers, as liable to grave abuse. It is believed the other members of the staff contemplate withdrawing their resignations. - . -"