INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10059, 29 January 1909, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

(Pbb Pbbss Association.)

WELLINGTON. January 29. Anions the officers who -will be affected by the enforcement of the retiring age at 65 are Mr Humphries (Surveyor-General), Mr Barron (Chairman of the Lands lur_ chase Department), Mr Hurstlimise (Chiet Engineer of Roads), Colonel Hume (Inspector of Prisons), Mr C. A. Hictaoji Commissioner of Stamps), Mr J. -u. B-atham (Registrar-General of Lands and Deeds), Mr W. T. Glasgow (Secretary of Customs), and Captain Wray (S.M., Timaru). . , ~ Instructions have been given to the heads of departments not to authorise advertisements or to obtain legal opinions from the Crown Law Department without the sanction of the Minister controlling the Department. The benefits of the Teachers Superannuation Fund are to be extended to contributors who have secured a certain length of time of not less than twenty to thirty years who become sick or mciltally disabled so as to bo unfit for duty. Similar reasons not specified in detail will also be n-iven favorable consideration. A medical officer must certify to the state ol health in all cases.

DUNEDIN. January 2a.

Alexander Sinclair Giilanders manager of Freeman's colliery at Abbotsford, was prosecuted this morning for not maintaining 150 cubic feet of air per minute for evevv person and 600 cubic feet per minute for every animal employed underground. For the "defence it was admitted that the ventilation in the working parts was defected, but it was urged that all that was required was that an adequate supply of air should be constantly maintained in the mine. Mr Fraser, for the Crown, said that, whatever construction Mv Widdowson put on the Act the decision was bound to be appealed against. He maintained that the Act meant ventilation in the mine and every working part of it. The Magistrate reserved judgment,- The case is the first of the kind brought in the Dominion. The following prisoners were sentenced at the Supreme Court this morning :—Oscar Kossub, for breaking and entering at Glenavv, two years'; Robert Walter Silberman, twelve months'; Thomas Patrick Flynn, two charges of bigamy, five years . CHRISTCHURCH. January 29. Harvest, operations have received another set-back. Heavy rain fell all night and it is still raining. A large area ot wheat is ."till standing, and a much larger area is in stook. There will be heavy yields all round, but barley is much discolored' and wilt be fit only for feed. The Tongariro sailed from Capetown on January 28 for AVellington. The Glentm sailed! 'from Monte Video for London on January 25. GISBORNE. January 29. The High School Board appointed Mr ]?. J. Wilkes, M.A., of .Marlon, first assistant master. ROTORUA. January 29. 0. F. Waden's general stove was completely destroyed by lire at liali' i>:iat two this morning, nothing being .-aved. -Mr Wadcn will be a heavy loser. The insurance is £9OO. INVKRCARGILL. January 29. Richard Whittingham, a brewer, was fined £SO for making false entries in his 'books. The case had been previously dismissed by the Magistrate, on the ground that the errors in the books were due simply to negligence, but the Customs authorities appealed to the Supreme Court, which held that there should have been a conviction. Representations will be made to the Minister to have the fine remitted. Ko costs were allowed. GORE. January 29. J. Crawford's motor-car collided with a. circus van last night, left- on the road, and seriously damaged', with painful injuries to the' occupants. It is alleged that the van was not lighted, and an action for damages: will follow.