NEW ZEALAND

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2250, 14 May 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND

[pee pbhss association.] i AUCKLAND, May 13 j Stabbing for Love- c Thomas Simms has been committed on the t charge of the attempted murder of Annie \ Oarline, at Hiverhead. t Building "Accident- t At the inquest on James Henly, carpenter, who fell from a ladder while working at the s Edinburgh Castle Hotel, a verdict of acci- 1 dental death was returned. ’ Educational- t A conference has been held between the i Board of Education and a deputation from a ] late meeting of the school committees of the I province, respecting an alteration in the re ] gulations, to prevent discord between the ( Board and the committees for the future. s Perambulators- | The increase of population in Waikato, c Baglan, and Kawhai, since the previous census, is 26 per cent. RobberyAnother cash-box robbery took place to- 1 night at the “ Observer ’’ office almost identical with that at the City Council offices. The i proprietor, Mr Bathbone, looked up the week’s 1 takings, £69, of which £25 were in cheques, < at 530 p.m., intending to bank it in the 1 morning. On coming back to the office after ( tea at 630 the front and back door were found 1 open. The cash-box had been taken out and i prised open with a chisel belonging to the f premises. The cheques were left, but £44 in i cash was stolen. Apparently it was done by I someone who knew the run of the office and 1 the habits and movements of the proprietor. f Population. | Further census returns give the population ] of the province of Auckland at 101,000. ] Innocents Abroad. | At a meeting held of the subscribers to the home for neglected and destitute children, the Mayor presiding, resolutions were passed in ( favor of the boarding out system; for the , establishment of a juvenile reformatory, as the commitment by the Government from the Police Court to the institution had corrupted the morals of the innocent and simply destitute children; also that Government be reI quested to remove the children to a distance I from town, where discipline would be mainI tained and evil disposed companions and I relatives could be prevented from communicating with the children. The committee 1 suggested a site, part of 1260 acres belonging Ito the Government at Whau, so that the I children might receive some training in I gardening and agriculture. NAPIBE, May 13. S-S. CollisionI The enquiry into the collision between the I Boojum and Sir Donald closed this evening, 1 after occupying two days. The evidence has I been taken with great minuteness. Those on 1 board the Boojum declare that they were 1 unable to see the Sir Donald until they had oast off from the wharf, and that they had no I idea that another steamer was in the channel, 1 but on the other hand two witnesses swore I that they warned one of the Boojum’s crew I before she oast off, and that he replied, “ All right; there is no danger.” The amount of 1 I money involved in the question which will I probably be raised, is about £4OOO, of which I over £3OOO [represent s cargo and the rest I damage to the Sir Donald. WELLINGTON, May 13, I Ready Money Land. I The “ Gazette " contains a proclamation I withdrawing a large number of sections of I land in Waihemo, High Book and Pillar, I Bridle, Ohatton, Waikaka, Outara, Glenkin- | I nick, and Kurow districts in Otago from I operation of the deferred payment system. I I These are all allotments sold on deferred pay--1 I ments and partly improved, but the tenants 1 I are unable to keep up their payments. 1 I Another notice advertises the same sections for r I cash sale on certain dates next month, a fixed I valuation to bo paid for improvements in each 9 I case. b Same Mother-in-T.aw Again--3 I Her Majesty’s assent to the Deceased Wife*s 0 I Sister Bill will bo proclaimed immediately. [ I School for Scandalt I Nino cases are set down for hearing before Q the Supreme Court in divorce and matri--1 I monial causes on Monday next. 3 HOKITIKA, May 13. o I _ , , J- Scholasticif J The annual report of the Westland Edncai- I tion Board was circulated yesterday, furnishle I ing the following information : —At the end js I of the year 1880 there were 34 schools, emit I ploying 86 teachers. The salaries paid to ir I teachers average £BS per annum, or about 32s in I per week. The highest is £165, the lowest le I £37 10s per annum. The receipts of the id I Board during the past year are shown to have m | been £17,216; expenditure, £18,329; assets, £1590.

Coat ' h Delayed. The Christchurch , ™“ oh l4Bt arrived last night, been etliok up through the flooded VdHAM, May 13.

Tararna Fam Offers. Six bodies were recovered! > .. ,* ? John Barry was recognised By ’ containing a bank draft for «80- ° tro n ee r« having on the remains of bJae et-, *? s . and vest, with buttons of the TKe®>. °, d . , Shipping Company, an open-face go. , and a gold locket with two hands claapv .., j underneath the words “ Your* for stsi * “ i supposed to be lhat of the chief engii le0 ? I Munto; The bodies of W. B. Wilson' 3k 1 Roderick Walsh were identified by papifiv found upon them. No papers were on either of the other two bodies, nor anything which could lead to their identification. The Dunedin police left the beach early this morning, and it is understood that both Inspector Buckley and Detective Tuohey follow them tomorrow. Dp to the present time sixty-four bodies have recovered. Should the body of Mr Ramsay be recovered, it will be removed by his friends. The roads here are cutting up very rapidly, making the journey to and j from the beach in the same day a matter of J great difficulty.