YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2126, 27 February 1908, Page 1

YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.

FIELDING A young man named Walter Harrod was yesterday charged with oilensive behavior by striking a railway guard and using indecent language on the train from Wanganui to laluicrston at midnight last night, total lines of £9 were indicted, in delimit one months imprisonment, the Bench said the accused’s conduct was that of a blackguard and guards must bo protected in the execution of tlloir thlty - NAPIER, The Rev. C. Dallaston, who is leaving to take charge of the Mornington Baptist Church, was last evening presented with a purse of sovereigns. Further good rain fell last night, and the country has received a thorough soaking. This was reflected .at yesterday’s stock sales, sheep showing a sharp rise. Howell, who suffered injury to the spine whilst wrestling at the Caledonian sports last week, died in the lios„iUl tl.i. morning. Close on 5000 acres ol tho finest freehold land in the Dominion' is just now open for sale at Nuhakii; It is almost surrounding a prosperous dairy factory, is entirely free from floods and drought, and likely to be soon snapped up. Its settlement will have a great effect on the future of tho district. TAM APE. An elderly man named H. Johns was killed in the Taihape tunnel by tho late train last night. The body was horribly mangled. It is supposed that ho was walking through on his way homo to a section when he was met by the train from tho Wanganui races. The body was discovered by the ganger this morning. DANNEVIRKE. A middle aged woman, supposed to have taken rough-on-rats, died at 2 o’clock yesterday. She had been housekeeping a boarding-house in Dannovirke. WELLINGTON. In the compensation caso Brown v. Heenati and Frond, contractors, for injuries sustained by a fall at the new destructor, the jury returned a verdict for £SOO, and costs were allowed according to scale. Tho Hon. W. Hall-Jones returned from South to-day. He states that reports as to his ill-liealth are exaggerated. He is cpiite well and cheerful and hard at work. The electric supply business which the Wellington City Council acquired last year from tho electrical syndicate, continues to show a satisfactory profit. The excess of rovenue over expenditure during the .six months ending 31st January, 1907, period, when the electrical syndicate had control was £6015. For the corresponding period ending 316 t January, 1908, under municipal ownership, the excess of revenue over expenditure was £8751. CHRISTCHURCH. Rain has been threatening for tho last two days. One or two showers, of a few seconds’ duration fell, but the drought seems as far off breaking up as ever. Merrot, injured by a motor-car accident on Sunday evening, is still unconscious, with no appreciable change in his condition. A man named Robert Rodgers, 50 years of age. died suddenly at Sydenham yesterday morning. Death is supposed to bo duo to natural causes. DUNEDIN. Noyes Bros.’ have issued a writ for £8023 against the city corporation, arising out of the Waipori operations. The case is set down for tho next sitting of the Supreme Court. Some months ago a plasterer fell from a building at Dunedin and was killed. The Arbitration Court awarded £3BO as compensation, and directed that the money was to be devoted by the Public Trustee to the maintenance of deceased’s illegitimate child, aged six, and its mother. A claim has now been lodged on behalf of deceased’s wife, whom ho deserted in Victoria some years ago, and a crippled child. In view of the peculiar and difficult circumstances of the case, the Trustee intends to bring the application before the Arbitration Court for decision INVERCARGILL. In the Supreme Court William and James Forde, found guilty of theft from a Chinaman’s dwelling were remanded for sentence. Daniel Forde and Thomas Phillipson were acquitted. The Y.M.C.A. has commenced a 21 day’s membership campaign, and contemplates raising six thousand pounds for building purposes.