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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4094, 22 April 1892, Page 3

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(press association) Auckland, April 21, The case agaipst J)uncap seilson, chafed with burglariously catering a etorp aj Hamilton and stealing a safe, \vas dismissed, Ibe annual Show of the Auckland Clirypanthepm Society wsb opened to-day at tho Choral Hall, The display of blooms is very fine, the specimens being large, and the number greater than at last year's Show, : Donedih, April 21. At a meeting of the Charitable Aid Board to-day it waß decided to refuse the whole of the requisition from, tho Benevolent Trustees, and vote only a sum equal to ono tenth of the estimate of the annual expenditure forwarded by the Trustees, The Board recently failed to pay when demanded the amount claimed as due to the Industrial School, Cayersham, and Government intercepted the amount flue as subsidy to partly htjuidatejlie debt, 'Tho ji'ai ,'iiow jpprissls by resolving that it Ijas'no funds to pay a farther or larger claim made on behalf of the school Chrislcuuroh, April 21, . Ibis afternoon the North. Canter-

bury Acclimatisation Society deoided to recommend the Government to open the season for selling Native game on April 15 instead of May 1, and that all dealers having game in their possession before the former date shall be liable to fines.

Accidents anlF&talltlos. Dunedin, April 21, Mr Apollos Dale, railway station master at port Chalmers, received injuries this evening which resulted in his death. He was proceeding to the Port from Diinediu, and went so far as Kajennbonrne in the guard's van. Hh then appears to have proceeded to get into a carriage, and had hold of the stanchions when the (rain started, and he.miased his fooling and fell between the carriage and the platform. The carriage wheels passed over both his legs, which were shockingly mangled. Dale was put into the up train and taken to the hospital, where both legs wero amputated, but he died shortly afterwards. Decoased, who was a widower, leaves a family of aevon children, Ho joined the service in Provincial days, nod has been at tho Port for many years, Morris Ueppner, a tailor, single, and 40 years of age, died of heart disease last night \?hile reading a paper. A son of an expressman named Tilbury has been drowned in the Watir of Leitli, A Cyollnif Record Broken. CnmsToiiunoH, April 21, To-day Mr R. P. Olarltson, captain of the Bicycle Touring Club, lowered the New Zealand road record for 50 miles, doing that distance in 8 hours 6 minutes on the road between Eicoarton and Leeston. Tlio previous record was 8 hours 26} minutes, by Mr W. J. Hayward, made on the same course, Mr Clarkson rode a" Star" safety willi pneumatic tyres. The English record w 2 hours 24 minutes 44 seconds, Tlio Now Zealand, Master Printers Association. Christchubou, April 21. The annual meeting of the Convention of New Zealand Master Printers Association concluded here to-daX. Mr G, W. Russell (Ohristchurch) whs elected president, and Mr W. S, Smith (Ohristchurch) Secretary, It was resolved to urge the Government to remove the anomalies in the Customs tariff affecting printing and cognate industries, and to protest againat all printing for Government being centralised in the Government Office at Wellington, Mr Speaker and Ms Constituents. Waiuate, April 21. Major Steward, addressed a meeting of the electors here la3t night. He gave a resume of the work of last session, and dealt wi'h the measures which would probably to submitted when Parliament again meets, Local matters were also touched upon, and the Bryce incident was briefly referred to, At the close a unanimous vote of thanks and confidence was passed. Sancton Chamber of Qommoroo. Dunedin, April 21, At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Mr A, Hill Jaok was appointed delegate to the Congress of Chambers to be held in London in June. It was decided to submit the following suggested clause in the Bankruptcy Act to other Chambers: —An order of discbarge shall not release a bankrupt from any debt incurred for food groceries, fuel, clothing or medicine supplied by retail within three months prior to the order of adjudication, notwithstanding that any creditor may have proved in respect of such a debt, and have received dividends on it. It was pointed out that retail traders who supplied necessaries could not avoid giving credit to people apparently in a decent position, Tlio Trades and Labour QonforenooDunedin, April 21. At the conference of delegates of the Trades and Labour Councils today, the report of the Exeoutivo waß adopted. The scheme for federation of all the Trades and Labour Councils in the Colony Tvas then considered clause by clause. With tome slight amendments the scheme was adopted. It was resolved to hold the next conference in Christohurch in Easter week next year. A motion was also carried recommending that the 28th of October be, as hitherto, Labour Day.