TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1738, 19 June 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) i Christchurch. Friday. The North Canterbury 6oard of Education to-day declined to allow tlid students of the Normal School to/nave a dance m the drill.htll of that institution at the close' of term. The use of th« hall was granted for an entertain men t, but the Board thought they would set an example to the School Couinittee by. not permitting, dancing m the| only, school over which they had direct control. ' . ".'. ; . .."'■'.• ' 'v.;-. .■■. ■:;- ': .hThe consideration of the report ot the * Special Oommittee on defects m tli.^. working of the Education system waV postponed till next meeting. ; Mr P. McD«vitt r a well-known licans-; ed victualler here, died aftera few diya'; illness last night. As b« was a sergeant: of the Irish . Rifles, a military funeral; will bo accorded to his roraiijjs on; Saturday. . ' .. ■'„.., ' Fifteen thonsand of the young salmon recßiyod from England m thl 'lonic,; have been placed m the large race m the Acclimatisation Gardenai v They are: doing well, being strong and healthy. > WELLiNcn^Ni Friday. ; At the adjourned . raj^hug of the Cook Licensing Coinmittp; renewals of licences for the Prince OK^Wales, Army and Navy, and Clyde <||ay Hotels were refused. The publicans' intend- to test the legality of refusal^ m the Supreme Court. ' .>>