INTERPROVINCIAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 113, 15 May 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL

Wellington, Monday. The following are the different insurances effected on the Caselberg store and stock burned at Masterton yesterday: — Liverpool London and Globe, £1500; Northern, £1000; New Zealand, £1000; South British, £1000; Standard, £1000; Batavia, £500; Norwich Union, £500; Victoria, £1000; National, £1500; a third of which has been reinsured. The store was considered to be the finest in any town in the Colony. The origin of the fire is still unknown. Tuesday. The ship Ben Ledi, from London, ran in without a pilot during a heavy gale last night. She encountered very heavy weather in running down the English Channel, and lost four men off the jibboom, and had to put back for repairs. She brings a number of cabin passengers. Auckland, Monday. The Star authoritatively denies the rumor of Sir George Grey's intended retirement. A meteor, like a globe of fire, passed over the city this morning. The Kaiuma, from Wellington to Kaipara, put into Raglan dismasted, having had a very narrow escape. Christchurch, Monday. The Timet says:— " We understand that Messrs Beatty, Bayley, and Hoskins, proprietors of the Theatre Royal, have commenced an action for libel against the Licensed Victualler Gazette, in consequence of a paragraph which appeared in its last issue, that journal reflecting very severely on the nature of the theatre, building, and management." The conference on educational matters, called by the Teachers Association, was largely attended by school Teachers, members of the school committees, and ministers. Members of the Board of Education sent apologies. After a lengthy discussion the following resolutions were carried: — " That education be free, compulsory, and religious, but uusectarian, and supported by a conscience clause." "That no certificate be issued to teachers on examination higher than second-class and first-claas, etc., firstclass to be obtained by success in teaching and length of service only." "That Inspectors be appointed by a central authority, and one shall be appoiuted chief inspector, so as to render the system of education uniform throughout the colouy." " That it is desirable that the inspectors appointed should bo chosen from those who have had experience in tuition." " That it is desirable to take steps to form a national union of te.chers." "That no system of education would be complete without the establishment of secondary middle class schools where children from public schools can proceed thence to the University." Bluff, Monday. The barque William Gilford is on shore one mile from Toi Toi. All hands saved. Dunedin, Tuesday. An inqnest was held at the Lunatic Asylum yesterday concerning the death of John Bowers who died in that institution on Saturday morning. The deceased was received into the Duuedin Hospital a few days previously, and after having undergone treatment there for four days was on certificate of Drs Burns aud Coughtrie, sent to the asylum as beiug insane. The day on which he was removed was a cold one, and the conveyance used was an open express. According to the evidence of Professor Macgregor when the deceased arrived at the Asylum he was in a dying state from typhoid fever, and he lingered on for a couple of days and died on the date above mentioned. Considerable interest was taken in the case by medical men of the city, and exclusive of the coroner there were seven present at the inquest, and six gave evidence. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from typhoid fever, and at first intimated their intention of adding a rider condemning the carelessness shown in removing the deceased in an open express on a cold day. An inquest was held yesterday on the body of Clarke, and a verdict of accidental death was returned, but the jury added a rider blaming the Government for supplying unsafe and unsuitable erigines and trucks to contractors. The half-yearly meeitug of the National Insurance Company was held yesterdayaf fcernoon. There was a large attendance of shareholders. The report and balance sheet were unanimously adopted, and the three retiring .directors re-elected, but not without rather an animated discussion.