N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10079, 29 August 1910, Page 5

N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Press Aaiociation BIG COMPENSATION CLAIM.

DUNEDIN, Last Night.

i In the compensation case, G;lmonr v. the Crown, a claim of £4OOO for land and water taken at Burnsid.?, in connection with the railway duplies tion, the Court yesterday awarded the pfanciif £1859, and costs £l4O.

OFWQR&S.

WANGANUI, Laat Night. ?

j The Hon. R. McKenzie, Minister i of Public Works, week-end at Wanganui. Oa Friday night he attended the Caledonian Society's second annual banquet, and on Saturday he accompanied members of the Chamber of Commarce'some ci&* tanca up the river to iuspect ths land, which it ia necessary ahould be acquired in order to connect th.i river road with that into the interior. | The Minister received a deputation of settlers, and promised to do what was possible.

CLASSIFICATION OP TEACHERS,

CHRISTCHTJRGH, Last Nigbt.

The North Canterbury Educational Institute discussed the question of the appointment of teachers. It considered that thera should be some proper} classification of, teacheia for the purpose of promotion, similar to the system in vogae in Victoria, where a Board of Classifiers of th<j Department baa this ri : 4ht to classify teachers in grades, but not to promote. It was decided to ask the Education Board to adopt some scheme of classification which will do away with the anomalies of tbo present system.

A WELLINGTON DJVORCE CASE

WELLINGTON, Last Night.

After a hearing lasting thres days, the divorce case, FranK Evans v. Fanny Evans and BunUjr Elliott was concluded at the Supreme Court half, an hour a:ter midnight on Saturday.; l i The jury failed to agree, and a bsw; ! trial was oderedl - ' !

AN INTOXICATED JUROR.

WELLINGTON. Last Ni ht,

A case had t> bs adjourned in ! the Supreme Court on Tharsday afternoon owing to one of ths jurors being intoxicated. Next day tba forcjman of the jury apologised for the' } offender, v and asked that hs be j treated leniently. At the close of ! the case His Hsaor, Mr Justice 'Chapman, referred to the incident. He sail he had been connected with Courts of Justice for ovar forty years, aid had, never known of such an : occurrence before. As the offender had been detained for a night in thß lock-up, His Hoaor did not think the dignity of the Court required further redress.