TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 760, 22 December 1908, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

rPWI VRTIRB ASfIOOTATTON.J ELECTION EXPENSES. Christchurdhj December 21. The expenses of the candidature of Mr T. E. Taylor in the Christchurch North contest were £97, and those of Mr C. M. Gray, 'his unsuccessful opponent, £96 7s 6d. MR BARCLAY WTLL PROCEED BY PETITION. Dunedin, December 21. The latest pnase in the recent Bumpdin North Parliamentary recount is HlHat Mr A. R. Barclay to-day decided to proceed by election peti- , tion. i Mr Barclay states the issue is narrowed down to three questions. . Was tflie returning officer .-justified in striking; off votes for Barclay on the ground of dual vo+mg? 2. Was Barclay entitled to one or more votes which were treated as informal ? 3. Was it right to accept absent voters' vote for Thomson, and reject : one for Barclay? . # • { The potation is filled on fhe basis of the number of votes Tecorded being tihe same as was found by the retnrnine: officer on the officinl recount. Thp question of the missing votes arises in no (way. Under tn« Act a special Court of two uid'ees lias to be appointed by a Chief Justice to hear tli" petition. THE WATTAUA TRAGEDY. | Now Plymouth, December 21. Dr. Goode was charged in the S.M. Court this morning with the murder of Mrs Klenner at Waitara last Mon- \ day. H© was Temanded until the 29tfi inst., when a further remand will be •applied for. Bnffi was refused. Dr. Goode was removed to the hospital to-day for treatment of the /wound in his throat. A MILKMAN FINED. A local milkman was fined £2 and costs for supplying milk containing less than the regulation proportion of solids. GETS ANOTHER WRIT. Christchurch, December 21. Mr T. W. Stringer, K.C., has issued a writ, claiming £2000 for libel against the proprietors of the New Zealand Times. THE WEEKLY HALF-HOLIDAY. Christchurch, December 21. The City Council to-night resolved to support Thursday as tihe day for the weekly half-holiday. FIRES AT NEWTOWN. ! Wellington, December 2.1 I A fire took place to-night in some ' premises at Newtown, owned by Martin Kennedy, and occupied by C. H. Harris and Co., as a furniture factory and warehouse, -a portion of the first floor was severely damaged, and the stock suffered from fire and water. The building w-as insured for £200 in the United Office, and the contents for ! £1200 dn the Atlas oftice, and £300 in the Alliance. [. A DROWNING ACCIDENT. Napier, December 21. Intimation has been received of a drowning fatality at Bangaroa, Poverty Bay. Cecil Bentham, aged j twenty a son of Robinson Bentham, a well-known mercer of Dunedin, got j out of his depth whilst bathing and I was drowned before his companions j could reach him. The body was subse- . quently recovered. Deceased jwas a i bright and promising youth, learning sheep farming on the Hangaroa sta- ; tion. Th© body will b© taken to . Dunedin for interment. I A WHOLESALE TONIC. Wellington, December 21. John Cecil, a foreigner, to-day pleaded guilty to using obscene language on Thorndon Quay, on sth December. Station Sergeant Darby said that the case was so bad that people crossed the Quay to get beyond earshot. • "As bad a case as I ever heard," • exclaimed Dr. McArthur, 5..M., after hearing the evidence, "there is no exj cuse at all; it is no case for a fine. j You will be sentenced to three i months' imprisonment." MUSICAL COMPETITIONS. ' . Napier, December 21. At a public meeting held here tor night, it was decided to hold musical and elocutionary contests annually in Napier. . THE NELSON TRAGEDY. Nelson, December 21. The adjourned inquest on Mrs Gertitude Agnes Bood, who died- from the effects of strychnine poisoning ! on Wednesday- was resumed to-day. I At the previous sitting, Robert Good, husband of deceased, had deposed to deceased telling him she had taken strychnine after they had had a quarrel, which happened frequently. She 1 dreaded her approaching confinement, and had been depressed in ' consequence. Further evidence of domestic unhappiness was given and I letters written by deceased to relar tives were read, in which she alleged that she 'had been unkindly treat, ed by her husband.' The inquiry • was further adjourned.