TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 874, 10 May 1909, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[PIB FSHB JBSOOIATION.I THREATENING' LETTERS. Punedin, May 8. Hugh Clark, an e^c-teacher at Macandrew road school, -was, arrested today on a charge of sending threatening letters to the Macandrew;Road School Committee. THE AMOKURA. Wellington, May 9. The Government training ship Amokura returned yesterday from, what the master (Captain Hooper, R.N.R. states to have been a highly successful cruise on the East Coast of the North Island. The vessel proceeded from here as far north as the Bauraki Gulf, -where gun practice took place. Sne called at Taloga Bay on. her way home. The lads had an excellent , training in throwing the lead and in other arts of seamanship. The Amokura will remain in port for the winter and the lads are shortly to have a fortnight's holiday leave. Many of them, are now fully competent for service, having served the time appointed for apprenticeship. PARSING IT ON. Christchurch, May 8. Recently, the Arbitration Court made an award prescribing certain, increases in the wages of persons em§loyed in tea rooms and restaurants, 'roprietors are taking the change seriously, and in more than one case the prices of meats and refreshments are to be raised. One well known restaurant in the city, which has made a feature of the shilling lunch, has- announced to its customers that the p^ice will be Is 6d from Monday . next, owing to the new award. BRUTAL ATTACK ON A" WOMAN. Ohristchurch, May 8. In connection with the brutal assault on a woman at Linwood on Thursday night, Wm. Cotter and Ernest Nioholls, alias Power McCallum and Wm. Nicholls, were charged today with assaulting Sarah Falloon and robbing her of £2. On the ap- J plication, of the police, they were re- i m&nded until Wednesday. I HAD HER WAY. Dunedin. May 8. . . The wife of Henry 'Jeffries, a farmer, near Berwick; committed suicide yesterday by hanging herself at .the foot of the bedstead. Deceased had been in ill-health, and was confined to her bed. Three years ago she made a similar attempt, whach nearly succeeded. INQUEST. ••■'', Thameri, May 10. • At the inquest .'.on Elsie Johnston, who drowned herself on Saturday, it was stated that the deceased girl left a note addressed, to her family expressing her determination to "end . it all." Her home life was happy and comfortable and she wanted for nothing. A verdict of temporary insanity was returned. Some years ago her cousin -drowned herself almost in the same spot. TRAM OFFICE BURGLED. Auckland,. May 9. The •tramway depot was entered by '•' . iburglars at about 1 o'clock on Sunda^ morning, and £95 in silver and coin were stolen ■ . THROWN F-ROM A TRAP. , Masterton, May s 9. Mr'W. Langlanda, contractor, met with an accident on Friday evening. • He* and his son were driving into . Masterton from the Weraiti road contract, of which he has charge, when .the horse took- fright, and, swerving into the aide of Waipoua bridge, Mr Langlands was thrown heavily on to the road. . The horse continued its career with the trap, the boy being i also 'thrown, out opposite Oxford House. ' The lad was not seriously hurt, but Mr Langlands was found . to have one of /.the bones of his left arm broken. . TH$ TRUTH CASEr 1 V Wellingtonv May 10. Mr Raddell, S.M., was to give.^udgmemfc this morning in the prosecutions for selling Truth, but a point was raised', based on the recent Eng-lish-case, that information should specifically state whether the.publication: in question was alleged to be indecent, obscene, or immoral. The Grown intimated, that in the present ease they would place "indecency" as the main indictment. The re-' hearing was fixed for the 10th inst. AN APPOINTMENT. . Wellington, May. 10. Tiie appointment of the Hon. T. Mc&enzie as Minister of Agriculture, as from May s l, is officially announced. SUPREME COURT. Cfajistchurch. May 10. The criming! sittings of the Supreme Court Vopened to-day before Mr Justice Denniston. For trial ■giere axe sixteen prisoners/ includ- * ing William Connolly, charged with murder at Weistport. There are several cases of i forgery, one of manslaughter, one ctt perjury, and the rest are of assault theft,and burglary. For /sentence there are se-; yen prisonersV on charges of forgery, house-breakingj, and theft. His Honor, } charging the Grand Jary ' sajdj? tlvfe calendar was unuaoiJiS&TottfAT the district, the liate, \ «tfa rale, being moderate. Of> sixbillSj one was removed from out. aide the district by. arrangement. Though not heavy, all the charges & ww-Tof a comparatively moderate g, oh»r»oter, there bemg onfc one of

a sexual nature, but there Was no outrage. There seemed to be a.del crease in crimes of that nature during the last few sessions in all districts. STILL MISSING. . j N^son, May 10. | The search for Mr G. "W. Lightband and the lad Harry Jackson, who - are missing from a Canadian canoe y at Rabbit Island, was continued unremittingly yesterday. On Thursday, a partly submerged canoe was i seen by persons sailing in a boat, but it. was unable to approach owing to wind and flood. This vanoo is no longer visible, and still ijntraced. A slough hafc of Lightband's, an un- ■ nfl&rked 'handkerchief, a belt with name, H. D. Jackson, ami four r loaves of bread. in a. sack, near where ' tlto canoe was seen, have been found, bub no other trace. It is now feared that a fatality has occurred, and only the faintest hopes are.entertain- - cd. - Rain has again set in. I CREAMERY DESTROYED. ' Gisborne, May 10! 'J.he Kiaori Dairy Company's ceraml cry at Tearai has been destroyed by >- fire. The cause is unknown. The I ceramery and plant were insured for s £350 in the Victoria office. Tho damage is estimated 1 at £"500. ; 'DAIRYING IN WESTLAND. [ Hokitiki, May 10. > Mark Sprob. and Co., agents for s the inter Wanganui cheese factory ; received advice from their London representatives that the first shipments arrived in splendid condition and realised 63s per ewtv Such excellent returns will encourage other settlements in South Westland to. utilise the fine pastoral country in that locality 'for dairying. POISONED Wl'iH PHOSPOROUS. Auckland, May 10. At the inquest on the infant daughter of James Smith, who died from . phosphorous poisoning, the 'thbther .stated that she gave It-he child cpstor oil and then sent for" the doctor who, she alleged, stated she had done, quite right. The Coroner said it should be generally known that it was most dangerous to give castor oil in a case of phosphorous poisoning, tho proper thing being *an emetic. The jury returned -a verdict of "Death from phosphorous poisoning'! and recommended that the mother's statement with regard to the doctor be inquired into. FOR THEFT AND FORGERY. "Napier. May 10. Arthur Frake, who pleaded . guilty to stealing a cheque and forging an endorsement to the same, was committed to tho Wellington Supreme Court for sentence.