INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 234, 2 October 1880, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, Saturday.; The City . School Committee . last.ev.ening resolved to enforce the cothpnlsory clauses . of the Education Act. A report: w«8 presented showing that there is accommodation for 400 additional children in the ... City schools, and that shortly there will be room for 1200 more. Superintendent Thomson offers to place an intelligent pVl ice officer at the disposal, of the Committee as a default officer, aud, if necessary, to make a house to house canvass in . plain clothes; Printed notices will be. sentUd all parents whose children within the school ages do hot attend school. The Star rejporta that its reporter was excluded from the Theatre by the Lingards for giving an unfavorable notice of H;M\ ; S. Pinafore. The Star ']&st night narrated the circumstance, and ridicules the' proceedings, and says: — "It places this office under the dreadful necessity of paying two brthree'shiltines whenever we deem tbo proceedings at the theatre worth' reporting for" the information of our • readers, and relieves <our , reporter from ,tha .boredom, of [.listening .night _a.f t«r night, in order to .oblige the company, to any wretched representation which Mr Lingard may choose to present." It adds:—" If Mr Lingard puts before.the:public performances that will not stand the.lighjbpf day,'Or;whic.h provoke unfavorable, comparison, the^consequences must be on. his own .head,. aucLnoton that, of the critic. who refuses .to distort fapts for the purpose of misleading the public. This is unhappily the case with H.M.S. Pinafore on Mr Lingard's own admission. More than one member of the company jought neverto have been permitted to appear in a comic opera, and the public verdict would probably say the same-of the entire combination." - Mr Luscombe Searle.MrLnigard'a agent; 1 replies in x tV-day's Herald ' iff an ungrammatical tirade that it waa not because, of the notice, of Pinafore the, 'reporter was excluded, tiiifc because i.e. compared Mrs Lingard unfayorably.to.oneof the tginor.parties. r v ■ . ; ; 1 New rPi.TMoUTH,SiSaturday. ' The Natives' look upon the _". sentence of imprisonment passed,- upon the 50 priaoners as very harsh, and have commenced Yd show a spirit of discontent towards. ; Te WJi.Uijand Tohu for permitting such treatmentpr their followers. In order to" counteract this spirit of .dißsatisf action Tohu has . given put . that hefhas performed several miraculous; cures, lie claims to hare restored sight to a blind man and to have performed other mar vela. Napikb, Saturday ~ A man named Jackson, who was but pig hunting near .Makatoa about three weeks since, met with what he considered to he indications of a quanz reef. 'He 'returned and prospected, the, neighborhood, andr has brought to Makatoa several pieces of quartz which he states he obtained from.* reef about nine mile's from the railway line. The stone, on being rudely crushed, gave- a good percentage of gold; A p&rty'has left^for the reef under the guidance of Jackson." r : : Ddnedin, Saturday.: i A boy, ten years of age, son of Mr Renton, a farmer of Otakaio, was drowned while sculling a boat" in the Taieri River last : night; "V . ,'^, '-■"-. ' "' ~ ?-■ J . :•; J At Palmerston to-day two ChinAhTen °werjß fined £25 or three months imprUonmebt leach for tailing trout out of the Shag River : with sluice forks. .It was stated that some ' miles of the river were completely stripped in I this way by the "Chinese^", v % V .'.'''.. V . " The land revenue jfof Dunedin for .the September quarjterwas £12^234:,' "The sheep assessment js jbxcl usive ; : and 1 # 1 2,8j50.,the ' an r ' nual rentals of ruffs.' ~ "'"'"'' **' * *' 7i . "V^ ",'" ; The Herald states, that . . Mr., Conyers "lias" demanded an apology': ifom'lh'e ' Cromwell Argiis for an- alleged ,libel T on, the Railway Department appearihg in mat^paper. The Industrial Committee have wiitten to the" Colonial Sedile<;aryJuFging>;th^tu ; c Govbrnmentfshdhld discduragethe CJhnsitchurcn-proposal-to •haveJan-interboiqniar-'ExliißrtiqiS;^ This committee think^i'Bß2*^wil l l^bjB r t([\ffl& soqn/en^ughqtq^consider the mattery jvhenf ! the claims or D^Qedja will be urged.

It', CT ' „■'■ CHRigTCHDROH, Saturday. !At | meeting, of | the Christchurch Hunt Club Yesterday,; over 50 members were elected. j -v ' I A heavy rain fell all night and the weather is riowclearirig; In consequence of the heavy rains the opening of the cricket season is postponed. iMvimcuitGiLL, Saturday. The Lady Principal of tho Girls' High School has resigned. In her letter she says:-— "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the Chairman's reply to a remark in the | ■report relative to the dismissal of the Mistress of Languages, in which he informs me that the interview he had with me prior to the Board's meeting he regarded as semi-official. I dislike so much the position that a semiofficial, interview places me in, that I wish not to be placed in such a position again. I have therefore tendered the Secretary- my resignation." The Waimea, the third ship from the Bluff laden with, oats, is expected to be despatched shqH'ly; • : r~ ,/■'— "■ >■ ■•■ -••--,--••-_•/— ; .f i i t \ Gi^bok^b, Saturday. , The charge of forcible, eiitry against Eees, and others ha. been dismissed. \ Tttr-Native Lands Court, after ten month. ' sitting in this district has terminated. A considerable number of blocks were dealt with in the' subdivision. Several appeals are being made to the Supreme Court against the decisions given. : : ■ ■" * „ Well/ING*on, Saturday. c A young roan named John Andrews 'who was locked up-last night on a charge- of drunkenness was heard walking about in the cell later on,, but. this, morning, was found with a fractured skull and removed to the 1 hospital whei ; e hV ; died this , after'nqori from ' the injuries sustained. It is not yet known ho.w,-he was injured. ■ im^r^r^i3'capag*"TTrywirgjinri i»htfmni-n-inm-»f»lHi«»'iii"'"ii'''-i.- - ... i — : — ■ r ■■ " . Tr