GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2082, 17 May 1907, Page 3

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Press Association. AUCKLAND, yesterday. In the Police Court William Henry Crosswell was charged that, on May 7th, lie stole 20 tins of herrings, valued at £l, belonging to the HuddartPnrker Company. John Henry Humphries, a tally clerk, said that on the morning of the 7tli lie was oil duty in the shed, where a lot of cargo had been discharged from the Zcalandia. Witness noticed one box of herrings which was battered about, but when he examined it nothing was missing. The accused drove down close to the stack of boxes, and when witness returned ho 1 found the case with the lid opened and a number of ims missing. The accused and some others were loading some largo packages of woodwork on to his dray. Witness acquainted the storeman of the slicd of liis suspicions, and returning to the dray he felt in the nose-bag and found a number of tins in it. Cresswell was allowed to drive down the wharf about midday, and when he reached the office another clerk named Pell stopped him and asked how many tins of fish lie had in his nosehag. The accused said lie did not know, and added that he did not put them all in, but would not say who else was concerned. Cressiyell then took a dozen tins out of the hag. It was alleged that it was a common practice to make use of nose-hags for the purpose of thefts on the wharves. Tho case was adjourned.

DUNEDIN, yesterday. A petition was considered by the Otago Education Board in which the oliicioney of the Palmorston school was complained of. It was forwarded by the Palmorston School Committee, and was signed by seventy-six residents of the town. It asked the Board to take stops to put the school on a proper footing to givo sound and useful education to the young

and rising generation of tlio district, such as had not, in their opinion, been given for years hack. Consideration of this was taken by the Board in committee, and the following motion was carried: “That the memorialists he informed that, the Board will hold an investigation into the matters complained of if tho memorialists will forward a more specific statement of their complaints, with a view to giving proper liotico to tho head-teacher of the allegations lie will have to meet.” The Trades and Labor Council do-

1 cidcd to set up a Tariff Committee in connection with the proposed revision 1 of the tariff next session. Tho Couni oil desires more protection to colonial industries. The Rev. A. Don received a cablegram from tho director of the China Inland Mission, .Shanghai, in tho following terms: “Famine still severe. Harvest expected June 10.” Mr. Don explains that this means tho problem of feeding the starving people will he in the way of being solved early next month, hut considerable assistance will he required for tho provision of seed for next year’s crops, and for rebuilding houses that have been destroyed by floods. Mr. Don also received a telegram from the Rev. IV. Grant-, of Gisborne, intimating that I ho had posted a cheque for Cl-IS in I aid of the famine relief fund. This, I together with £llO received during I the Inst two days, brings the Outlook I famine relief fund up to £1440. WELLINGTON, yesterday. In February last cortain telegrams were published relating to the death I and exhumation of the body of the late Miss Howell. Those telegrams I contained passages which were com-1 plained of by Miss Hall as seriously I reflecting upon her, and she has late- I !y commenced actions against Some of I the newspapers ’ which published the telegrams under various headings for I damages for libel. IV e need hardly I hardly say that when the telegrams I were published wc had no intention I of making any charges against Miss I Hall, and the serious side of tho I matter of which Miss Hall complains I did not presont itself to us, or tho paragraphs would not lmvo been pub- I '!ished. The actions commencod by I Miss Hall against certain of the pa- I pers concerned have now been settled amicably, and we desire to take this I opportunity of unreservedly with- I drawing any charges which were an- I wittingly made against Miss Hall, and to say that those statements which wero contained in the para- I graphs and which reflected upon Miss Hall have been clearly shown to be without foundation, anil we sin- I corely regret their publication.