North and South.

Manawatu Herald, 30 May 1895, Page 2

North and South.

Detective Chrystal arrested John .Campbell, mate of the s.s. Richmond i at Auckland on a charge of smuggling tobacco. For some time past he has suspected that extensive smuggling of tobacco has been going on, and on Saturday he secured a warrant to search Campbell's house, where about 501b of tobacco was discovered. Campbell was charged with the offence at the Police Court, and fined £100 and costs. The fine has been' paid. Seventy students have now been enrolled for the Auckland Technical School classes, including femalo students tor domestic economy and dressmaking. It is expected the school will open with one hundred students. -•'■-•■ I . The Hawera Star publishes a*^ rumour that, owing to a hitch, Mr McEwan's appointment as Chief Dairy Expert is suspended, and tha,s he returns to Canada almost inv • H»diftt&ly<

A few days ago the express train had a narrow escape from being derailed- within the town of Napier through a large stone having been placed on the line. A3 it wag, the cowcatcher threw the stone on one side, and the only damage was the smashing of the engine's brake gear. As the result of enquiry Detective Kit-by arrested Adam Crowe, a lad of l10: who confessed 1 to tlaVitlg put a stone on the line. The boy was charged at the Magistrate's Court, but when he saw the stone in Court he at once said it was not the one he put on the line, but a very much larger one. He was acquitted,

A Jekter has been received from the secretary of the New South Wales.Sheepbreeders* Association by the agricultural editor of the Canterbury Times, conveying a pressing, intitation to New Zealand smeepbrecdersto exhibit at the Association's inaugural show in Sydney, Opening on June 29th.

M» J; Bird, for many years yerger to thd'Wasleyan Church at, Tiraaru, had *. fit on hU way to open the cbur«bforaetvioeon SundayQYening and died soon after.