TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 283, 28 November 1905, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

[PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Nov. 28. The statement that the Government has decided to commute Lionel Terry's sentence for the Hainiug Street murder to imprisonment for life is not correct. What the Ministers have done is to make a recommendation to that effect. The recommendation has not yet reached His Excellency the Governor. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 28. With regard to Mr Gilruth's resignation, the Minister of Agriculture states that Mr Gilruth had given three months' notice unless certain, suggestions he made are carried into force. The Cabinet has not yet had time to consider the matter. AUCKLAND, Nov. 28. Nurse Green's private hospital, a building of sixteen rooms, in Cm miner Road, Ponsonby, was destroyed by lire, on Sunday at 11 p.m. There were eight patients in the hospital, seven of whom were safely rescued. Subsequently it was discovered that Mrs Higgins, wife of Arthur Higgins, hotelkeeper. of M.aropni, Northern Wairoa, had been burned to death. Her charred remains were found on the bed she had occupied in the upper storey. Deceased was 29 years of age. She leaves two children. DUNEDIN, Nov. 28. Thomas Butler and Thos. Hqulalian, charged at the Police Court with trespassing on Tahuna racecourse, and refusing to leave, ware remanded, on the application of Mr Sim for informants, for eight days. David Alexander Elliott, charged with wife desertion, was remanded to appear at Wellington on Friday. NELSON, Nov. 28. In the action Nelson College Governors (at the instance of the combined insurance companies) v. Savage and Sons, for £9070 for alleged negligent use of a pressure-burner in violation of contract, leading to the destruction of the Boys' College, the Judge said that the issue was whether such humor caused the lire. The jury, by ;m pleven-twelfths majority, answered in the negative, and'returned a verdict for defendants. Notice was given that tho question of appeal was being considered, and a fortnight for decision was taken. DANNEVIRKE. Nov. 28. ! A young man named Herbert Warclell, "a new arrival from Home, was drowned in the Wai hi river whilst attempting to cross it in flood. OAMARU. Nov. 28. Yesterday a married woman named .Tulia Fowler, the wife of a laborer, dropped dead in her house in Severne Street. Deceased was a god 44. L An inquest was held, when th<> evi■deuce led to the ettVet Unit (!<•<•<^st-d Hh|d been suffering from Bright* di:spleurisy, and other ailments. had induced syncope of the

heart. A verdict was returned accordingly. INVERCARGILL, Nov. 28. The Supreme Court opened bet ore j Mr. Justice Williams, who congratulated the jury on the light calendar. G. D. Newman and Denis Fox were , charged with forgery. The former pleaded guilty; the latter not guilty. The case is proceeding. ■The Kennington Private Hotel, one of the reduced houses, was destroyed ■&y fire at midnight. It was owned by Mrs Jackson, and insured with the contents for £500 in the Victoria office. DUNEDIN, Nov. 28. The Government havo acquired the Clydevalo Estate for closer settlement purposes. WANGANUI. Nov. 28. At the Police Court at Waverley yesterday Mr Stanford, S.M., fined McKeime, licensee of the Waitotara Hotel. £20 and costs lor supplying , with liquor mi iutos.ica.ted native at j the Waverley Races on November 9, ! and ordered the license to bo endorsed. Buttcrnokl, a barman, was lined £10 and costs on a similar charge. Notice of appeal was given. "DUNEDIN, Nov. 28. Ar th.3 Police Court, Wunu. aged 17 employed in a betting-shop in the Ai'cade, was fined 40s and costs tor making a bet on the King's Birthaay pa totalisator odds with two policemen in plain clothes. ' „ NAPIER.. Nov. 28. Over a hundred cases of currants, iusfc arrived by steamer, we re condemned by Dr de Lisle. District Health Officer, as unfit for food. It is understood that portions of the fame consignment have been landed in other parts, end th* Department is communicating on the matter.