GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 358, 8 April 1910, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

OPIUM-SMOKING

By Telegrapn.—L J rus» Ausucuumv Wellington, Last JNight.

At the Magistrates Court to-day Chin Ah Leong was lined £lO for having opium suitable for smoking in his possession, and £1 for smoking opium.

WELLINGTON MAYORALTY. Wellington, Last Night. Mr. T. M. Wilford, M.P., who is a candidate for the Wellington Mayoralty, •Addressing the electors to-night, stutea that if elected 'he would resign his position as Chairman of Committees in the House of Representatives, in order mar he might have a greater amount of time to devote to the affairs of the city than he otherwise would have.

THE COBAR-DUCHESS COLLISION.

Wellington, April 7. The harbour steamer Cobar, which was injured in a collision with the Duchess last week, was aot so much damaged as feared. An examination on the slip shows' that a new stein ia required and the damaged ends of the bow .planking have to be replaced.

A SUCCESSFUL CLAIM.

Blenheim, April 7.

In the Supreme Court, Catherine Andrews claimed £IOOO for injuries sustained in a railway collision at Blenheim station on -June 14. The jury awarded her £550.

EDUCATION ON BROAD LINES.

Gisborne, April 7.

The Hon. Geo. Fowlds, Minister of Education, opening the new High School building, approved of the decision of the governors to establish the school on broad modern lines. About threefifths of the work will be common to all courses, and the remainder more or less specialised. It was an aattempt to provide a reasonable efficient secondary education for all sections of the community.

WORK OF THE MAORIS.

Gisborne, April 7,

Bishop Averill, who has' been on a* tour of the East Coast, expressed Him- 1 self highly delighted by the visit and| the interest shown in church work by the Maoris. He was particularly impressed with the work of Native school teachers, whom he had Seen under dif-j ferent sets of circumstances. He had' stayed with them and visited their | schools, and was quite confident they 1 were doing splendid work educationally,! socially, morally and religiously. Theyj were exercising great influence both in j and out of school, and their work was! one of the best elements he had encoun-' tered and one of the most striking' things he had witnessed on the coast.