TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume II, Issue 435, 2 December 1907, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[fib press association.] I LOOKING FOR RAIN. Napier, December 2. November was one of the driest months on record, the total rainfall being only half an inch. There is still no sign of a break in the weather, and farmers are becoming anxious. RELEASE OF THE BOOKMAKERS Wellington, December 2. Nine of the bookmakers sentenced to imprisonment recently at Christchurch, and who were first offenders, have had the remainder of their sentences remitted by the Governor. The Hon. Mr McGowan, Minister of Justice, has recommended His Excellency to reduce by half the sentences of the others who were sentenced at the same time. BROOKLYN TRAMWAY CLAIMS. Three of the four actions for damages against the City Council in connection with the Brooklyn tramway accident at the end of last year have been settled out of court. In the cases brought by Mr Thos. Bell, of Ndson, who was severely injured and whose wife was killed, the plaintiff has accepted £1100, including ) costs. In one case he claimed £2000 for the death of wife and in the other £'501 on account of his own injuries. The claim of £300 made by Mr Arthur Smith, another passenger, was settled for £125. The South British Insurance Co. will, under its policy issued to the Council, pay a large proportion of the amount paid to settle the cases. COURT SITTINGS. Blenheim, November 30. In the Police Court this morning, E. Doren and A. D. Blythe were conw victed on charges of theft and sentenced to six months' imprisonment each. A written confession of guilt by Doreen, implicating Blythe, was retracted in Court. Dunedin, December 1. At Port Chalmers Police Court yesterday four stowaways named Fred. Parsons, Donald MeKenzie, Alfred Higgins, and Wm. Byrne pleaded guilty to unlawfully gravelling from London to New Zealand on the steamer Kaikoura without having previously paid their fares. They were fined £5 each or a month's imprisonment. Thomas Scott and Richard Weddon, two of the crew of the Kaikoura, were charged with unlawfully entering the ship's hold and damaging cargo on November 10. The case was adjourned till Tuesday. The exact extent of the damage is not yet ascertained. MATRIMONY. Auckland, December 2. Joseph Henry Jones appeared before Judge Denniston to be sentenced on a charge of having forged a telegraph money order. Prisoner said he stole the money to get married. His Honour said he could not grant probation, except in cases of previous good :^ > -^oKrac ; Eer7 and deferred sentence in order to get evidence on this point. AUCKLAND SHOW. Fine weather prevailed for the continuation of the Auckland Show yesterday, the attendance constituting a record. The principal additional awards are: — Champion dairy cow, E. R. McLennan's Buttercup. Cow three years old or over, any breed, in milk, E. D. McLennan's Buttercup 1, B. D. McLennan's Darkie 2, J. E. Gavey s Rosella 3, W. M. Tapp's Cherry Red "* v.h.c. Cow under three years., any breed, in milk: M. Tapp's Mangold 11. 1 W. J. Halle Nellie 2. Best type of dairy cow, three years old or over, guaranteed in calf: W. J. Hall's Empress 1, Mrs R. Archibald s Polly 2. Pen of three Shorthorn heifers (calved since July 1, l?05)j suitable for dairy purposes, and bred by the exhibitor: Wm. Taylor 1, Gee-. Winston© 2. . . The chief ring competitions resulted as follows : A -Highjump, D. Garrie's Skipper, sft. Champion lady rider, W. Innes Taylor. *"" A BOY DROWNED. Dargaville, December 2. Edward Mubhern, a boy of about nine years of age, 'whilst bathing in the Kaihu creek on Sunday afternoon got out of his 4eptn, and being unable- to swim, was (frowned in the . presence of bin mflfft«Nwhit made a determined buf ineffectual attempt to rescue him. The body has not yet been recovered. ■ FORGERY AS A 'MEANS TO A TERRIBLE DEATH. . Hawera, December 2. A boy, Hector Morrison, the eightyeajsold son of a settler at Waihi, was caught in the belting of the milking machinery on Saturday, and was so badly injured that his limbs were broken. He died yesterday. j . THE GOVERNOR. His Excellency, the Governor, who has been spending a week fishing in this district, returns to Wellington to-morrow. Lady Plunket leaves for Auckland to-day.