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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 155, 9 June 1883, Page 3

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NTERPROVIMCIAL.

; ' (tl-XTBD. PBESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, June 7, .";•. V The University Council has paßsed a resolution requesting the Government to appoint V Professor of Anatomy, and that District Judge Smith be appointed Law Lecturer. It was stated that the Choral Society will contribute _ towards the establishment of a Professorship of Music. A committee wag V appointed to meet the Choral Society. .■ ; %At th« Waste Lands Board , the Chairman stated the receipts of the land ' sales. »t Gisborne and Taurang ato be . £1475 and £l 3so ßespectively. Twenty thousand acreß had been added to the . provincial estate, of which 11,000 was , m Kaipira and 8000 m Poverty Bay. i [r, . Thomas Lloyd, jammed by Some logs Uat Kaipara Bosh, has died of his .injuries at the Hospital. ' ,- j Sir George Grey probably goes to Waikato to-morrow. Wahanui wishes to consult him about land. , . : fiirGeorge Grey goes to Wellington on Tuesday next. -:■:■■ : Chibstchtjrch, June 7 . - ! 'Prices aTe. the . same as last week, •' • txcept m milling oats, v> inch have fallen to r 2s Id per bushel. io r The Barigiora 1 Licensing Committee refused to grant any licenses for a later hour than 10 p.m., and the Chairman said he hoped shortly to see that hour adopted throughout the colony. A series.of special temperance ser<<Vices have jußt been concluded at the Catholic-Church, with the result that orer 1000 children;" and several hundred adults have heen induced to sign |he pledge. ■■ : ;The Agricultural and Pastoral Association are promised as private prizes a tweDty-guinea cup for the best pen of .crossbred sheep suitable for the. frozen meat trade ; a five-guinea cup for the highest prize taken "m cheese, and a vfive-gninea cup for the best clothesline and twine from New Zealand flax. At Chrietchurch South-west Licens- ; ing Conrt, ail the renewals were granted for 11 o'clock. Mr George Booth, one of the Committee, recorded bis protest against any later hour than 10. : \. The Industrial Association Committee contemplate holding an exhibition -of N ew Zealand manufactures annually. The question is to he discussed at m xfc meeting of the Com« mitiee.

Timaru, June 7. At a meeting of the Geraldine County Council to-day a resolution was sacwed *' That instead of adding to the present overburdened and overgoverned system of local' government, it be considered more advisable for the Council l 1» abdicate' m favor of Road Boards." Aiter a long discussion the motion was lott. There is a strong feeling m the iniiids of some members, and not a few ratepayers of the Council, that County 'GoVernment should be abolished m Geraldine as being unnecessary. r - At the- Souths Canterbury .Board of Education "'meeting to-day the annual report was read, showing the number of children attending school at the end of the year to be 3853, It regretted that the compulsory clauses were not more generally enforced. The receipts for the year- were £12,306 11s 2d, and the" expenditure £10,703' 15s lid. At the close of the year 89 teachers and 11 sewing mistresses were employed by the Board, ,v . i Dtjnbdin, June 7. The Land Board to-day commenced taking evidence re dummyism. None of the principal witnesses summoned appeared, and the Board, on the motion of Mr Stout, carried a resolution ems powetjng the 'Chairman to take legal proceedings for the recovery of penalties ander the tJbmmiseioners^Powers Act. Mr BradßhaW was examiced, and stated the persons for whom ' he acted assured himihey^were^bona fide purctiasere. The Dunedin Leith Licensing Committee have granted 12 o'clock licenses m all cases except one, even m out of the way localities. : ' : * ; -" J .comment is occasioned by the action of the four Licensing Committees tor the city m regard to the hoars of licensing. In the Central district/ some' ot the houses m tbe main thoroughfaro were restricted to 11 o'clock, while m the Leith district, houses at the complete outskirts of town were granted till 12 o'clock. Two members of the committee — Messrs Elliott and Street — write to the Star to-night m regard to their action m a particular case, and add: — In our opinion the provision ot the Licensing Act "with regard to elective Committees is a great mistake, and the ■ sooner the old system of nominated benches is re-Bte?«4j-.-,tfe?--;.bett? r it will . be for the public and the publicans." Th© dwelling house of Mr A; King, miller, at Shag Valley, was burned down 'yesterday. He was entirely uninsured, aud estimates his loss as £jL6pO» . f . , , 'On'iKe , 13ith instant, - r Mr Justice 'William's will here tile application of one of thd -Strath-Taieri purchasers for » mandamus compelling , the Land BoaTd to issue his license. • ....,._ ... The Laid County Council have been considering the kea nuisance. The kea is a bird which settles on the back of the sheep and picks through ■ 'the skin , causing their death. No less than 900 were killed.by one runholder at Wacaka ! m a year, and they are stated to be increasing rapidly. The: Government is 'to be asked to provide. a sum for their extermination. Kbw Plymouth, June 3^ -Mr iW.yiH. Taylor, a 'Commercial traveller fot:the firm- of Bfitter worth Bros., Dunedin, died at noon to-day at Cotter's Criterion J Hotel, from corigeStion of the lungs. It appears he got wet m «oßsjnj* Manawatu a fortnight ago, and caught cold. Doctors O'Carrol and Leathern attended him, and he had an experienced nurse since taking ill ; but he L was seized with con« vulsivo vfits ; thifj morning,:; and died; about hoonV^Hitf wife is I ml^ellingtpß, Mid he has one child, , f ,; ; „.' j.,' 1 Opunikb, June 7. Tbe Con»(»bulary guard has again

been placed on the bridge south of the township, having been withdrawn for gome time past. It is stated that all the Maoris going to Parihaka south of Opnnake will have to carry permits before they are allowed to go through. The natives complain very bitterly, Tb/y say the pakoh&s treat them like dogs, and might as well shoot them right off. ! There are many complaints of discontent m consequence of not being permitted to remain at Parihaka. Gisborne, June 7. The Licensing Commissioners to«day granted renewels to all the licensed houses m the Borough up to 12 o'clock. B.IVERXON, June 7. Harrington and his backers here are much concerned at the Wellington telegram to the effect that he had backed out of the match with Hearn. The fact is, that Harrington agreed to accept Beam's challenge to row m Riverton, and Hearn now refuses to come to Riverton. Harrington is now ready to row Hearn upon the terms stipulated m Hearn's letter, of date a fortnight ago, and it is considered that I Hearn will be guilty of a breach of a faith if he refuses to go on with the match, i Nelson, June 7. The Licensing Committee have made 11 o'clock licenses m the city, where hitherto, the principal houses have been open till midnight. At the Education Board meeting a resolution was passed, placing on record the loss the Board had sustained m the death of Mr Matthew Campbell, who has been a member of the Board for twenty-Beven years, and condoling witl the widow- and famiiy. Geeymouth. June 7. The following gold is to be shipped tonight per Mahinapua, for Dunedin, for transhipment at that port : — 28510z 15dwt.