GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 199, 1 December 1910, Page 6

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

EVASION OF DU'i Y. By Telegraph.—rress Association. Welington, W v]ne&daf. At the Magistrate's Oomt ti)lr» af:wkocii. before Mr. W. (j. Ridde'l, S.M., Charles John Hobden, c'li?f sir /-ri 01 the Armi, was charge! •.vi'ri i v liari)OoiiiiL* certain uneustoined goods cn the 28th inst, najiely, si'vevpirte valued at £5, valued at £4, an-.l drapery valued'at £!, of the total value of £lO. C. S. Nixxi, CVl*"<vr of Customs, ,vlio siit' tov £3O penalty, three timss the goods. Defendant had dielai-ed having «nly one parcel, ;>nd the mentioned had not bean dt3 1 ?.i <u' He pleaded guilty, but ixplii'iifd irat it was only ttirous'ti in ovcrjjj.Jit lliut the goods were not included in Jib life'.. He was very busily engaged tea lifer m - to the Arawa from the J'aimii, ai. l wUm he signed the list he was awa; f 'OH. ins room. This was defendant's firs: l>i'a.\U of the Customs' law. As the [uk, .-jutor did not press for a liea/y nu -.itv, the Magistrate imposed a line of A .!!) \ ith court costs 7s.

IRRITATION r: EDUCATION. 'Vedviegdav. At a meeting f Wellingitii Eui'cation Board tliis ilie fchcwing letter from Inspector G-'rersl of was .ecM od"With reference to certain changes in '"e stall of the Wellington T »mi. g indicated in your • '>il."/i(T.ts of f/ji stments, I have to point out that the consent of „he Minister o s Education has not been obta>n :.l for iLesu changes. The organisation of !he Soj-nal School and the salaries oi' t'le & u(!' are subject to the Ministjr'.i ajfrovni, and his consent must there fire lie ohU'r i d before the Board is i'i ibert;; t< make alterations of even ? teiniM-rtuy cVrneter." Members <>;eu.!...; ly wr-rj si::-| ?ised at the information, ant! v '' tionf.l the department's reading 'ho regui It was decided to sci-.v 'he v-»?t to other boards of the . ■:> mnion. si I sequently, after lookiag j;i • Ik l styM:te, Mr. Buchanan questioned the department's interpretations of I.li° n guidons. Organisations, in i.is opinion, .lid not mean that the ivrs Ki-.iel }f the stall' should be submitted lo ill? at all.

A WAIRAKAPA WHIRLWIND. Masterton, Wednesday. An unusual phenomenon occurred in the northern portion of the town yesterday afternoon, when a whirlwind from the north swept along the bank of the Waipoua River, encountering a number of men and horses working on the main road. Articles of clothing, horses' nosebags, small stones and branches of trees were whirled high in the air, while the water was churned up to a height of several feet. The ground this morning was strewn with debris.