INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1673, 15 December 1887, Page 1

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Sir Robert Stout advises the Otago Education Board that the Governor in Council lias no power to make alterations in the Act without Legislative authority. He submits that it is the obvious intention of the Act that all children between Sand 15 years of age shall be admitted fre •. He is of opinion tiiat a regulation for a definition of principle (or calculating the average daily attendance cannot declare that children of school age are not to be deemed enrolled. The regulation is therefore ultra vires. If the Act be not altered, and the proposals are attempted to be carried out, they will bo given effect to without the sanction of law. He baldly thinks that such a step will be taken by the Education Department, Two young children, son and daughter of a constable at Martinborongh, Wellington, were poisoned ou Monday morning and now lie dangerously ill. It is supposed the children were poisoned from eating wild flowers on the roadside. Arsenic was recently placed on the streets to kill weeds.

A writ claiming £IOOO damages was carved on Monday on the proprietors of the Evening Foot at the suit of John Martin, late landlord of the City Hotel, Wellington, The aik-ged hbsl U r.ined in comments by the Peat on evidence adduced at the inquest ou the late Mrs Martin.

H.M.S. Rapid arrived on Tuesday at Russell from Coohtown, Queensland. She leaves for Auckland on Thursday. On Tuesday morning a stable and store at the bttoi of Mr MoKechnies’a premises at Dunganville were completely destroyed by fire, involving a loss of at least £3OO. The property was not insured. . The origin of the fire is a mystery. Only a feiv months ago Mr McKechnie’s store, stock, and residence, were also mysteriously burnt down, whereby he was almost ruined. John Arnold met with a serious accident at Upper Motupito, Nelson, on Mond&r. Ha snd his brother wore shearing, when, whilst the latter was sharpening his shears, John was knocked down by a sheep, and he fell on the shears which his brother was holding. The blade entered his back below the ribs, penetrating four inches.