FBO^BN MUTTON. . : ,

Manawatu Herald, 23 August 1889, Page 2

FBO^BN MUTTON. . : ,

•- — , ( Each day emphasizes the Vast" importance' that the freezing business is to this Colony. The returns received by sMpperSipoint to a certain outlet and better prices in tite -JJjpn.; don market for their produce *than the^p .ia. at their doors. Mr McLennan, the manager of the Oroua DowSjTEstate, has shown us the account -sales 'that have .jnst -etfme to hand of a shipment of sheep niade; }i# t April. We have been permitted, to,. copy them and their perusal will dis'pferke all doubts as to the advantages of 1 freezing. '■ '» Beturns of 1483 slieep sent Home last April per s.s. Aorangi:— <.':<,.• 494 carcases mutton, ■— .-•*.

CHARGES. -„ • Consolidated rate covering all i . ■

17s 2d a head on the statiou'. " ' ' ; *• " -■■■■-•■*

the size of the palm, bf a hand— two oi ihree pieces, I placed these in the pocket handkerchief on the bed. .Campbell found ji number of pieces of p^per in the drawei he fte-aiifehed- I placed them in the handkenjliie^ on the bed\ I put everything into the handkerohief 4 - ; I took it out to the Inspeotor in the Jatchen. . I found no gunpowder- no r powder-flAsk, ao taps. I brougb* ; r,«ay the pouch aod bullets— evei^th^g but the revolver and S^ n ' We seard^^thi house. There were no quail the^o.;!;xdii n ot see a wad-cutter thefie-. I saw no snch thing in the housei" A|ber >. lengthy addi««s Mr Jellicoe eailed— "''J J-v F. By Jacobson. xvh-o proddced a ground pUffioT CheminJ/ Kouse ; The ' Government printer who '^wduced notes of defendant's I,>. G. A, Cooper, Registrar of tne Hupretrie'tJonrt who produced the indictment 'against Chemis ; also . JHJ. A. Atkinson'tfie Premier, whoproduceda drawer and contents given him after the conviction of Chemis by Mr Jellicoe ; George Denton who deposed to the Bale of a wad cutler size, 13 to Mr Jellfeoe, mailed ward; Wifliim DeiatorT wlio-'eHWir-fed a iskle of a 'i?.o 13 ward wad cutter on the 13th April. Robert Dvvell, blacksmith, stated tliat Chemis had asked him to buy a wad cutter a few days before 13th .April. "Witness stated he intended buying one for himself and did buy one it Denton's. Awue ; Chemis, wife of Louis Chemi«, in a stated that in a J . ;^biipdJeßenjamin took from the bedroom, tv sie w#9 sore tbere weie no pieces of news- : Ulper ;, when the police left the house her ,*hiji*sban4 W»» in-the -. kitchen, and the witt hpM.took, thp dooumeiits broimght out in . ; thi»,lMnidle,.and.put tiiem into'theloft hand ttjb^^raweKr.hei' husband, came froia the kitchen wit^ the, revolver and placed it in therighj drawer*- 'the -powder-flask, a box '8f capi, dynamite caps, Tyad-cntter, box of wads, tfocoa Uin, dynamite fuse, and the other articles produced as those wh',-'n had j-beeijjai the drawer: 'Had seen ho: husband .^cuVwad^-oa* of ;apiece ef the-b^ndbox pro-.dacf-4.. i After cutting- the *,lece out the «bai]^box waa put back on. the shelf. The *UndbqxjwiaJying on the shelf when the nolife,searohed thc.ho'aße on the lst June. The revolver was t'4,ken away; fvom the house., after her- Viueband was arrested. JFbu'r of the police r -*came on that occasion. Went to tbe drp.wer on .that day and took -*6-from the >„ih', which she gave to'Dowd, as' he wfts to get a lawyer for her husband. WhWi 9h<§ Vent to the drawer for the money the wad-r ;U ttdr, pbwd6r-flask, box of caps, * bo» ot wias.-ahd other articles were there. fHatfFiiet Mr Bunny in the train one raorn»aod he vtbld lier Something about some pfc'per. She went home, land then took the and a box of oaps to him. When Benjamin and the other police oifi■cers came to the. house on Satnrday there ■»t»as atm containing foiy quail on a shelf. <Beaj4inin opened the tin (produced in :iJoart) and looked in. He made no remark fvhett he looked into the tin. The quail 'were shot on the Wednesday, and Thursday •ribefort, and were cooked on the Sunday. , » uln erofis examination by Mr. ' JB'-ell jhe 'witness ssid she would answer on lier* bath that the holes in the band-box had not been .«e«rt ont since her husband's arrest. _,She was positive that there was no newspaper ♦bjaught out from the bedroom in handker•vhi#4 > She was watching Inspector Thomsaoa )«href nlly when he was examining the. deeament. Saw hini put the stiletto in his -goektti' ; &»The case was adjourned to the neirt day, the accused being liberated oil his own recpgaisaocesi „. t:..- "* ' ' , *— WM*"*— **>*— **•— ■ ; J»T., fl .if ' ' '

327681bs realised .. .. 693 14 10 989 carcases mutton, = 628651bs realised .. .. 1465 0 0 Fat sold in the Colony .. 72 15 6 Skins • „, „ /... 185; 3/ Total .. .. 2410 13 8