COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 432, 22 March 1890, Page 3

COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

NAPIER. Last night. At the meeting of the Education Board yesterday, a letter was read from the Gisborne Committee stating that the sugges tlun of the Board to draft the sixth standard to the District High School building was impracticable. The Board directed the Inspector to report on the matter. A letter complaining that the roof of the teacher’s residence at Gisborne was so bad aa to make the building barely habitable, was read. Consideration of the matter was postponedA letter was read from Mr Dodds, Gisborne, applying for board allowance for his eon, who attended the Gisborne High School. The Board decided that the scholarship fund havieg been allocated the request could not be entertained. At the Supreme Court to-day Charles Goulder, carrying on busmess as watchmaker gt Waipawa, was charged with burglariously entering the premises of Morris Flynn and stealing sundry articles therefrom. Mr Cromwell, counsel for prisoner, said the latter was unable to plead, being insane. A Jury was empannolled to try that question, and Dn Spender and DeLisle having given evidence that though the prisoner was of aasooad mind oa toliriou questions bo ms otherwise sane, the jury fetarnad * verdict

accordingly. Another jury was then empanelled and the prino. er was found guilty of simple larceny. Sentence w s deferred until to morrow morning, when Johnstone, convicted on two charges of forgery in altering amounts of receipts, will be also sentenced.

AUCKLAND. List night. A large farewell meeting to the Rev. J. S. Hill (who is leaving for London on Monday) took place to night. Steady rain fell last night and to day, and is still continuing. It was urgently required. The Norfolk gold mine having cut a fine reef, shares, which a fortnight ago were not worth 3* 6d, have now enormously increased in price.

One hundred new members were yesterday added to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, which has been in a very low condition. A boating accident at Onehunga resulted in the drowning of Captain Daniels, Miss Cowper (of Hamilton), and Miss Lyell. Two boys swam ashore, a distance of 200 yards, and escaped. The boat was capsized by a sudden squall. Daniels was formerly in the employ of the Union Steamship Company. The regulations of the Native Land Court, drawn up by the Chief Judge, appear in the Gazette. All former regulations are revoked. Native signatures will have to be attested in future. No person, except a barrister or solicitor, will be allowed to practise in the Court unless he is nn agent specifically authorised upon the certificate of a suitor, to the satisfaction of the presiding Judge. WELLINGTON. Last night. A Gazette containing the new electoial boundaries has been published. Ib is understood that in the rearrangement of electoral districts twelve disippear from tho South and nine from the North, while the names of some others have been altered. Amongst those erased are—Ponsonby, Rodney, Coromandel, one of Franklyn, Waipa, Tauranga, Taranaki, Foxton, Manawatu, Woodville, Motueka, Kumara, Cheviot, Linwood, St. Albans, Sydenham, Akaroa, Rangitata, Gladstone, VVaihemo, Dunstan, Waikain, Hokonui, the Peninsula, and Caversham. The East Coast comprises the Counties of Rotorua, Whakatane, East Taupo, and the Boroughs of Gisborne and Tauranga, and also that part of the County of Tauranga contained within the boundaries of Maketu riding, that part of Waimapu riding east of the Tauranga Rotorua road, together with the whole of the County of Cook excepting the Arai riding of that county. Motiti Island is within the boundaries of this electoral district, as is also Opotiki town district? Written objections to the new boundaries will be received up to April 21st. By an < versight the population of each district is not included in the first draft of boundaries. DUNEDIN. Last night. “La grippe ” appears to be running rapidly through the entire population of Dunedin, and when it appears in any factory it goes right rouud. The chemists and doctors are having a busy time of it, most of the chemists averaging about 200 prescriptions per day. The epidemic made ts appearance yesterday in the Burnside freezing works, and nearly all those employed had to knock off work. No serious cases are reported, most of those who have been seized being laid aside for about two days. It is considered that unless the influenza abates several of the Dunedin City schools will be closed.