GENERAL TELEGRAMS.
Per Press Association. Wellington-, June 30. The City Council to-night adopted the report of a committee recommending an amendment of the Municipal Corporations Act in the direction of widening the (pinliiicntiun of electors and amending the existing enrolment form. The Dunedin Education Hoard is stiil of opinion that the regulations in regard to the conveyance of children of the back blocks are far short of requirements, and the only adequate plan is to trust the matter entirely to the boards deal with each case on its merits. It is announced that the Norwich ( Union Mutual Life Society intends entcring into the life assurance business j in New Zcal-nnl. The head office will , be here, with a local board of directors, Mr A. E. Kemot will be manager and : attorney.
Mr Justice Dcnniston granted dc J crocs nisi in Ihe following cases:— i Albert 11 envy Berry, laborer, v. Mary Berry, desertion; and Robert Henry Davis v. Ethel Mauri Davis and Robert [ Davis, eo-resnontjent, for misconduct. Auckland, Jimo 20. Thirty-six hours' continuous rain resulted in heavy freshes in the rivers round Whnngaroi. At Ngunguru there is a heavy fresh, lmt no damage is reported. Flat lands around Hikurangi are all under water, presenting the appearance of an inland sea. Ohristchtirch, June 20.
J The Chrlstchurch Acclimatisation .Society recently wrote to the Colonial Secretary requesting that steps he taken to remove from the Waimakariri river the seals recently shown at the Exhibition anil liberated when the s"iow closed, as the seals were destroying trmil. At last, night's meeting or 'ihe Society, the Colonial Secretary's letter "'"*, VOilll stating that the matter will receive attention. One member said further consideration was unnecessary, 'is the seals had disappeared, and there was no fear of them re-appearing. Aliother member suggested that tiie seals bad been shot, but the query met with no response.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 21 June 1907, Page 2
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310GENERAL TELEGRAMS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 21 June 1907, Page 2
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