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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3605, 8 May 1890, Page 2

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(PEBUSIIEp PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Nelson, May 7, The Board of Nekm College of Governors to-day appointed Miss Beatrioe Gibson, 'M,A„ of Christchurch, lady principal of the Mson Girls' College, the present principal having resigned. At' the City Council meeting to-night, thirty applications for the post of City Surveyor and Manager of the Gasworks were considered, and a ballot took place for selection One of the applicants, Mr 8 Jicliell, (1.E., of Auckland,' was selected, but it was resolved to invite thai gentle-' man to Nelson tp meet the Council before actually apporoting'him, Auckland, May 7. Captain Saville leftto-diy by the' Waihora for Sydney, en route for Japan, '

One of the official visitors to the Asylum, Mr F G Ewington, states that the woman sent tq Tauranga has recovered;her insanity. He claims that (he Auckland Asylum is one of the host managed places in the colonies. '. A telegram from Whaugarej to the Herald states that a sample of stone procured from the Tiipoha olaim, at .Pulnpuhj, sljows gold plainly, A well attended meeting was held at Whangarei to urge the immediate construction of the Puhipuhi railway, and a committee was appointed to memorialise the Government on the subject;. CjiHiSOTOKtyi, May 7. Mr J T Meesoh has Veu'ejected president of tho Philosophical lii'sii. tute, vice Mr 8 Hurst Beager, resigned, ■■'■-.• The' Committee of tho Grace! I '' Association unanimously agreed that the n%}bers'are well satisfied with asj Sojiirday's trade, and have no ka/jsetb regret closing at 6 p,m on that day.

Dunemn, Jfay 7. In a pf s whioh was' re-heard in the. Resident Magjstrale's, Cojj'rt,' of Hitchcqck, a olaim for damages for dleged poisoning from drinking ginger ale made by the defendant, tho Magistrate reversed his former decision, and fouud for the defendant, without costs. :

■■,-. Mr Fletoher,'superinteiident of the Victorian Court at the Exhibition,

MdMrWtt, Commissioner of South Australia;'were met this afternoon by alargQ and representative gathering of citiaens Vo bid them farewell, Both wore toasted, Mr Fletcher's health being proposed by Mr J M Eitchie, President, of the Chamber of Commerce, and Mr Scott's by Mr E Twopeny. . A carters' Conference is being held in Duiiedin; It has "been decided to affiliate ivith the Maritime Council. . In connection with the strike of miners at Shag.Point Colliery, the local Miners' Union have called'odt tbe engmemen, Should these go out the dispute will have reached a most serious stage, as there will be a' danger of the' mine being flooded,- and as consequence the destruction of the property,