NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 16 May 1901, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(per press association.)

Action for Damages. Wellington, May 16,

The Stipendiary Magistrate to-day gave judgment in favour of plaintiff in a case in which a claim for damages was made on account of injuries received through collision with a cart driven by a person in tho employ of defendant. The amount claimed was £l5O, tho amount awarded was £59 with £7 15s costs,

Surveyor's Institute.

Wellington, May 15.

Eepresentatives of the Surveyor's Institute waited on tho Minister of Lands to-day, and drew his attention te the desirability of giving facilities to private surveyors to undertake Government work and also suggested that steps be taken to have New Zealand certificats recognised in South Africa, where no doubt a considerable amount of survejing will havo shortly to be done. Arbitration Court. Dunedin, May 15.

The Arbitration Court commenced its sittings here to-day. In the butchers dispute the President suggested it might be well to wait till the "Wellington evidence was available. The Court must be consistent and unless it were shown that the conditions were different the wages of butchers' assistants should bo the same in each centre.

The millers' dispute was heard and the decision reserved till the mills are visited by members of the Court.

Suspicious Death.

Dunedin, May 15,

An inquest was opened to-day on a man named James Campbell, who died in the hospital under rather suspicious cimimstanccs, Ho was arrested for drunkenness and window breaking, but becoming ill was removed to the hospital where lie was found to be suffering from acute peritonitis. He never rallied and died this morning. He made a statement that he had a few drinks and had been knelt on, but did not say by whom. The inquest was adjonrned to enable the police to investigate.

Chair of Education. Wellington, May 15.

At a meeting ot the Victorian College Council to-night tho committee reported that they had considered the matter of the establishment of a Chair of Education and recommended that the qualifications of candidates should be that the applicant be a graduato of a university, acquainted with tho theqry and methods of educition, and must have made tho science and practice of education his special study; that the selected candidate be ready to commence his duties on April next year at a salary of £7OO. The consideration of the report, and also a suggestion to appoint a Professor of Modern Languages, was postponed to noxt meeting.