SECOND EDITION. GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 132, 2 December 1895, Page 3

SECOND EDITION. GENERAL TELEGRA MS

[PBISS ASSOCIATION.) Timaru, Ist December. A man named M'Naughton, farmer and drover, of Winchester, who came to town yesterday, went to bathe in the sea, and as he did not return it was supposed that he had met and gone with bis brother. This morning, however, tbe towel and a suit of olothea were found on the ehoro at a spot dangerous for bathing. A lot of M'Naughton's letters, &c, were in hi* pockets when he left his lodgings, but it is said that they were not in the pockets when the clothes were found. Chbistchurch, 30th November. Last evening the jury iv tbe oise against B. Hale, of obtaining advanaes from the Union Bank by means of a fake balancesheet, retnrned a verdict of Not Gnilty The charge of not keeping proper books will bo heard at the next orirninal sessions. Acoused has been admitted to bail in two sureties of .£SO each. Auckland, This Day. The National Bank shipped for t-ydney yesterday bullion to tbe value i f .£5200. The Bank of New South Wai.' 8 despatched 838oz bullion. Colebrook's Btore, Coromandel, has been broken into. Over JE3O in gold, notes, cheques, and silver was taken from the safe. Hawkba, This Day. The Hon. W. P. Reeves arrived here on Saturday night, and was waited on by a deputation of looal bnilders, who asked that the public buildings be erected by contract, instead of by co-operative labonr. Mr. Beeves promised to refer the matter to Wellington.