YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2079, 3 January 1908, Page 1

YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Press Association. 3 WAIROA. At the .Police Court to-duy G. L. •Mackay, charged with false protonby tlio issue of *i ViVluoless ciic* - quo. was lined £4 Bs,Jncluding costs, or olio months hard labor. On ji similar charge ol obtaining £3 from Broad and Tristram, Napier, b.v a valueless cheque, ho was remanded „..,U Ja.Miar,* 10. K4wm During 1907 18 bankruptcies were filed throughout Hawke’s Bay, as against 21 last year. The realised assets .fell short by £3019 of the liabilities, whereas in 1900 the deficiency was..nearly £7OOO. The rainfall last year totalled 37.b0 inches, the average for. the past 20 years being 30.39 inches. The vital statistics for 1907 were: Births 379, deaths 179,, i©e triages 137, the corresponding figures for the previous year being 308, 149, 118. A six-roomed dwelling in 'Hyderabad road, owned by Williams and lvettlc, and occupied b.v Georgo Lovegrove, ivas gutted by fire this morning. The children sleeping upstairs wero rescued with some difficulty. The furniture was insured for £IOO in the Northern, and the building was also covered, but the amount was not available. AUCKLAND. Miss Garvey, a visitor from AVailii, got off an electric car while it was in motion, and she was dashed heavily on the roadwiv. She wrs injured on the head, and there is bleeding internally. Though her condition is serious there is hope of her recovery,. .... The twenty-fifth conference of the New Zealand Educational Institute opened this morning. Mr. James Aitken, 8.A., presided. The visiting mourners wore warmly welcomed ■by the Mayor, who expressed the opinion that the attitude of the' State towards teachers in New Zealand Kft something to he desired, and the emoluments of the teaching profession had not been commensurate with the importance of its work, lie mentioned that the Auckland City Council had given practical proof of its interest in education h : granting a site for a technical college, which with the Normal School should do much to further the'cause of education in Auckland. At the meeting of the Educational -Institute, Mr. James! Aitken, in the course of an interesting address, said dual management was responsible for the difficulty now experienced in obtaining a sensible and proper scheme of promotion and appointment such as exists in every other branch of the public service. ,He did not for a moment believe that dual management was necessary. School committees’ control was infinitely preferable to that of a body elected as the Education Boards are. There was a constant and large variation in the personnel of the committee, and the result was that no Board and no Board member can with anything like effectiveness be called to account for the expenditure of public moneys. It was immaterial whether committees or Boards had to go)_ as the surviving ono wo did be so vitally altered that it would bo entirely different. He thought tlie roll number would bo a fairer basis of grading schools -and paying teachers than the average atuendanee.

HAMILTON. . Peterson's aged gelding Bromide fell during tlio hurdle race at Whatawhata yesterday and broke his neck. Owing to no lead being available a number of sacks were put miller the saddle to make the weight, and Anderson, the rider, was unhurt. PALMERSTON. At about 2.30 yesterday, while the sports wero proceeding, the Ranfurly hoarding-house, in tlio main street, Eoxton, was observed to be on fire. Mrs. Smith, keeper of the boardinghouse, locked the place up and left it a few minutes before. The house was a two-storey and 12-roomed building, insured for £4OO, and the furniture for £3OO. As Eoxton lias neither a firo brigade nor water supply, the house was totally destroyed. ' " NEW PLYMOUTH. Tlio Customs receipts for 1907 were £41,052, an increase of £7900 over 1900. The imports were valued at £118,778, and the exports from New Plymouth at £020,400 and from Waitara at £289,301. WELLINGTON. The s.s. Atlienic, which arrived from London yesterday, brought 701 passengers to New Zealand. This is easily the greatest number that has ever come to these shores in one ship. Among them are nearly 000 assisted and nominated immigrants, including a large proportion, of agricultural laborers, many artisans, and 25 domestic servants. The latter all had friends to go to, and refused service for the time being. The 'Hon. R. McXab, who risked the Atlienic. considers the new arrivals a very desiralio class of people. * Jack Tairoa, aged 49, a member of the first New Zealand Rugby team to visit Sydney, was drowned at Maori Kaik lit midnight on iDecember 31st, while/ getting out of a boat on to the wharf. The Otago Rifle Association’s annual prize meeting at Pelieliet Bay lias 121 competitors* Private Anderson, of Kaitangata, wins tile Hallenstein match with 05 points, and Sergeant McDonald, .of Dunedin, tho President’s m itch/.with 64 points.

INVERCARGILL. * One hundred'.and twenty permits were issued during the year for new buildings, aggregating £44,000 in value, ~ . The revenue from Customs during tho year was £92,730, as compared with £89,097 for 1900. The total net receipts at the Customs officeamounted to £10(5,197, as compared with £100.182 for 1906.

There were 14 bankruptcies in 190" in Invercargill, as against 24 :n 1906. The vital statistics for 190/ are: ■Births 042, deaths 249, marriages 209, as against 033, 223, and 202 respectively in the previous year.