DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 January 1919, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS.

HEALTH COMMITTEE DEFRAUDED.

By Telegraph.—Press Associatiaa. Feilding, Jaa. d Au unusual case came Defore the Jiagistrate's Court this morning, when Eniil Charles Noffke, of Haleoinbe, was charged with obtaining food to the value of o% from the Feilding Health Committee by means of false preteaees. Noffko had gone to the committer dui'mg the influenza epidemie mi represented himself ad u married man with five chiliJre.i, all down with mflueaza, thereby getting food. Ii afterwards transpired that Nbffke U a eingie m:«i with i.o .capuasibilitits Be wju, fined iS or oko month's imprisonment-

OOKFESSNOE OF WOMStf TEACHES

Weffingiaur, iwa. fc. The aatraal confereiaca of the New Zealand Women Teachers' Association commenced to-day Miss Oliapliii, 8.A., Canterbury, presiding. The finances of the association j» fiousishing credit balance of £SO 15s fid.

A remit that each position should have a fixed salary was referred to the Taranaki district, and the executive authorised to take action on recoirt of information.

It v?us resolved tiiat in' the case of married teaehei'3, there should he »u allowance of £ls * year for ewh child under 10 yea? 3.

AN EDUOiTTONAI DEMAND. Dunedin, Jan- 8. A 'deputation representing the Univcr city. Council waited on the Minister of Education- They asked for a grant of £I6OO ior the completion of home science buildings and for a grant to enable the council to make a GubstactiaJ increase in the salaries of professors The Hoa. Mr. lianan, in' reply, said he approved of tile florae science grant. Regarding the other matter, u» Baid thut while- favorably disposed towards tiie request, he would tako time to lebil intothe whole mati«r oi salaries \>i university professors.

STRB AT KAIEOTIRA Wellington, ja«. ft Levin and Co. received word this morning that a big whan shed and its contents were destroyed bj fire at Kaikoura this morning.