CONTEMPORARY NEWS.

Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 177, 23 December 1892, Page 2

CONTEMPORARY NEWS.

Mr. A. Bicroft has secured the contract for additions to the Helensville school at a price of £204 7s. Woodhill is to have a teacher’s house at a cost of £236 17s, and the school is to be repaired at a cost- of £53 17s. Mr E. Wrigley is the contractor for both works. The No unguru coalfield near Wangarei, will soon be in full work. Between thirty and forty hands have been employed there for several months and it is expected that the first shipment of coal will be ready by the end of January. Bob Whiteside is back in Auckland and intends to don the football jersey next season. Otago and Auckland cricket representatives meet on the Auckland Domain Cricket ground on December 29th and 30th. The N. S. Wales parliament by a majority of 31 has resolved to consider the expediency of bringing in a bill to so amend the law regulating the liquor traffic as to enact that not more than one bar shall be allowed in each hotel, and to provide for the abolition of female labour therein. There are stated to be 16,000 unemployed registered at the Labour Bureau in Melbourne, and 12,000 empty houses in the same city. The Imperial Parliament will meet on the 31st January, Since Friday last 740 passengers have arrived at the Bluff from Australia of whom 406 were saloon. The Manapouri on Friday brought 227 ; the Warimoo on Monday 249 : and the Mararoa on Wednesday 264. The Otago Cricketers defeated Hawke’s Bay by an innings and 62 runs. The Otago bowling was too much for the home team whose two innings only totalled 54 and 59. The bowling analysis shows that Lawton took four wickets for five runs ; Fisher, three for 16 ; and Hope three for 14. The team scored 175 runs in one innings. Destitute Persons Act.—Frederick Butland was charged at Auckland with having intended to desert the illegitimate child of Christina McKenzie. Mr W. J. Napier appeared for the defendant, find said as the ease could rot he dealt with hy .Justices he must ask that the hearing - be adjourned until next Wednesday, and that the defendant be admitted to bail on his own surety. Mr H apier explained that defendant had no intention to desert. The girl came to reside in town, but defendant remained at Aratapu, where he had been working for the last twelve months. Because the girl chose to cotne to Auckland and charge defendant with intending to desert, the defendant had been di agged from his work to attend Court in Auckland —Mr Theo. Cooper appeared for the complainant, and said as the Bench had no jurisdiction he would not go into the matter at all. —His Worship granted the remand and admitted the defendant to bail on his own of £2O. When the case was (allied on W Thao. Cooper stated that a settlement arrived at .between the parties and the struck out.