GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 308, 21 May 1913, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

A BURNS STATUE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Timaru, Last Night. Considerable interest is being taken in tlic ceremony of unveiling the statue of Bums in the Park on Thursday. A special train has been arranged from Dimedin, and excursion fares from Christchurch and Oamaru. The statue is of marble, the bust being life size, set in a Coromandel granite block. It is the gift of Mr. J. Craigie, M.P., to the town, and ~ , is placed near the entrance of the Park. ' Sir Robert Stout is to be the principal speaker at the ceremony. NAPIER'S HARBOR SCHEME. .. ■ Napier, Last Night. The Xapier Harbor Board to-day decided to instruct its solicitors to prepare a Bill for introduction to Parliament, authorising it to take a poll of the ratepayers on the question, of raising, a loan for the construction of the inner harbor at Port Ahuriri, Capable of accommodating large vessels. THE BIBLE IN SCHOOLS. Timaru, Last Night. Dr. Cleary, Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, addressed a meeting of about 4(H) last night against the Bible in Schools League. A resolution against the League's proposals was moved and seconded by two Unitarians, and carried unanimously. BREAKING AND ENTERING. Greymouth, Last Night. J At the Magistrate's Court to-day Lawson Webster, alias Wm. Smith, on a charge of attempting to break and enter- ' the dwelling <)f Isabella Kernish, a .- widow residing at Blackball, was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. •'*** ' TEACHERS' SUPERANNUATION. ' Wellington, Last Night. At the quarterly meeting of the Teachers' Superannuation Board twenty al- • lowances, musing from £ll 13s 4d per ' annum to £l5O per annum, and totalling £1985 18s 2d per annum, were authorised. Allowances to five widows am! ' children, totalling £165 per annum, were granted, as were also refunds totalling £1561 9s 7d to persons who have left ! the education service.

AN EXPENSIVE PETITION. ■ Dunedin, Last Night. A recount of the votes recorded at the recent municipal election at Port Chalmers, which was decided upon as a result of a petition by Mr. Lunn and others, was completed to-day. The result was four votes behind the lowest successful candidate, instead of one as declared previously. Mr. Lunn was ordered to pay the costs of the recount £2 2s, court costs 4s, and the balance of deposit of -£lO to be forfeited. The recount showed that votes for only two candidates out of 15 had been correctly counted in the first instance, though the discrepancy in each case was small.