GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 192, 12 February 1914, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

CHEMISTS' EXAMINATIONS. By Telegraph—Press Association. j Wellington, Yesterday. 1 The New Zealand Pharmacy Hoard do- I eidcd to divide the professional examiu- I ation into two sections. The effect will ' be to compel candidates to submit to ' two exams., instead of one as at present, in the subjects prescribed by the Act. A PERSISTENT BURGLAR. Wellington, February 11. Arthur Douglas, who pleaded guilty in Auckand to a number of burglary charges, appeared in court in 'Wellington to answer to 25 charges, mostly of breaking, entering, and theft. The total value of the articles stolen was £'l4o. He was remanded till Friday. 'LORD INNES KERR." Wellington, Yesterday. Evelyn Kitson, who when arrested on a charge of false pretences was found taking poison, was ordered to come up for sentence when called on on the charge of attempted suicide, and re-1 mantled to appear at Hamilton on the charge of false pretences. Accused masqueraded as Lord Innes Kerr at 'ft'isco. POLICE AND THE SABBATH. Dunedin, Tuesday. At to-day's meeting of the Dunedin Presbytery, the. Rev. A. Whyte, on be■half of the Committee on Sabbath Observance, reported with regard to the question of Sunday employment of I policemen that the Inspector of Police had stated that the present leave, which I allowed policemen one Sunday in four [off duty, was the maximum which the } strength of tha force would permit. The Presbytery decided to memorialhe the Minister for Justice requesting that fuller facilities be given *io policemen for enjoying the freedom of the Sabbath Day.