GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 151, 22 July 1909, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

SALE OF ENDOWMENT LAND. By Telegraph.—Press Assoeiation. Christchurch, Last Night. Iho Charitable Aid Hoard to-day discussed at considerable length thc 'questioni m the disposal by sale of a small portion of the Twigger estate, rc-mrd-i«« which there has been protests bv public meeting „ n ,i i, y various organisa*Uoiis. The chairman of the Board stated that the lwigger estate was not a pub he reserve, ami was „ot bequeathed to the people of Ohristchurch, but was lert m trust as an endowment to three diaritaldc institutions named in the will. The Board was appointed trustees or the residue ot the estate, and as Tali'V vns , ""leered to sell the land. Th Board had never contemplated the, sale of the Twigger estate, notwithstanding that it had full power to do s»- What the Board proposed to "'"n,;n t ,.e t r" ,I , t " , ;, w,; ° l< ' psu^^t .11.11 ree angular block resulting from 11 e formation, of a now road ami 11,. adjacent sections alnittiag on'th,' IK !; v load. After discussion, and after hearing a deputation which supported the It!-ml ,1,.; l !i!"r'!" ,n ,," f U "' " st ' ll °. tl»' foaid decided to adhere to its previous 'l'-eision to K ell, one member alone dissenting. m l " s

-MINISTEUI'AL MOVEMENTS Tl, n „ „ IJal "'' lt "-'. I-ant Night. . ifhe Hon (!. LWlds, Minister f<„ r K.lueal.on, arrived by the mail train /vas met by the Mayor and school ei, "iiUce. At 2.30 he formally opened the new district high school. Speeches were give,, ,, -V tll „ K e V ' 5,* Sneer, ehaii-inan of the school commit-' hoau\ After declaring the school open the Minister and others planted trees H« attended a school social to-nhdit and "■turns to Wellington to-morrow

IMTRY ASSOCIATION'S RECORD YEAR.

Th v r, -A."«-k-|«ii€l, Last Xight. he »eiv Zealand Dairy Association li.ue just concluded a record year, the unioverfor the twchMi months ending ..line 3(1 1. having been nearly „ quarter of a million, whilst the output of butler in the same period was nearly 2(1(1(1 tons both totals showing an increase of about ■>() per cent. Un the previous year's results. J

FREE SCHOOL BOOKS. Auckland, Wednesday. Ihe Board of Education has decided to accept the grant for free school books. It was .stated that the Board had heen too conssientious in declining to make the required declaration' knowing that the ?rant was insufficient' llr. fliwnslmlc, M.l\, said the Wellington Board had lost CfiO over the transaction and the Auckland Board would lose about ,Cl5O.