NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 315, 16 May 1894, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(FES PBKBB ASSOCIATION.) Christchurch, May 15. The Lyttelton Borough Council voted £100 for the purpose of providing work for the unemplojed id the Borough. Wellington, May 15. In the Magistrate's Court, Montague Gibbs, baker, who had a previous conviction against him. was fined £5 and cost s for selling short weight bread Two others were fined smaller amounts. The fire at Bock's shed, Featherston, was extinguished without further damage. The flux destroyed was the property of Bidwill Bros., and was insured tor £10 per ton, Auckland, May 15 At the inquest at Kohukohu to day ou the body of Joseph Holland a verdict was returned that deceased died of arsenic poisoning, but how it was obtained there was no evidence to show. A mtin named Moore was fined £5, and costs £1 16s, or one month's imprison meiit for cruelty to a hoise. it appears the Chelmsford took shelter fmm tht gale at Turuka and moored. During the night a heavy era rolled into the harbor, and she commenced to drag, being eventually driven on to the beach Mr Melville has taken a contract to float her\ wlien she will be brought to Aucklaud for repairs. At the Police Court Captain Beazel. of p.s. Koae Case?, was fined for hafiug v a greater number of passengers ou board on the 25th March than is allowed bj the certificate. The fino imposed was L 5 and Is per bead for each passenger above the alloted numbor. The Oove n r and the vice reyal party left for Kou ntu to day. Uvsevis, M»y 15. At the request of the executors in his estate, Dr Stewart will not be buried with military honours. The pulpit of the Knox Church will be supplied during the next six months by ministers from Melbourne. The Rev. W Hewitson, Bruuswick, will be the first. Mr Fish, Vlayor. last Saturday secured throe sheeps' plucks from two butchers' shops and sent them to Professor Black who reports that the liver and lungs of all three are budly aff ectod witn hydatids Tho Professor says lie cannot condemn in language too strong the system by winch it is not only possible, but probably pretty common, to distribute this fertile source of disease.