LATE TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8304, 7 June 1907, Page 8

LATE TELEGRAPHIC.

t —^ i Per Press Association. 1 WAIHI, June 7. At an inquest concerning the death of 11.I 1 . R. Boj'er, manager of , the Waihi Workers' Co-operative Society, who shot himself in four places on 2oth May, and died yesteiday, the evidence disclosed financial embarrassment of his society, » and consequent mental anxiety, culminating in self-destruction. A 1 verdict that deceased met his death through bullet wounds, self-inflicted, was returned. AUCKLAND, June 7. In the Stipendiary Magistrate's Court to-day the Postmaster-General | obtained judgment for 4s od and ns costs against E. L. Lindsay., of Pembroke, for rent of a private letter- ! bo for two fnd a half months. The object in issuing the summons is to , cali public attention to the fact that private letter-box rents must be paid promptly and Without prolonged correspondence with the Postal Depart- | ment. DUNEDIN, June 7. Private advice reports the death in Melbourne of Captain Chatfield, for many years in the Union Company's intercolonial service. Thomas McKay pleaded guilty to biting off a girl's nose and was eom- ; mitted to the Supreme Court for sentence., INVERCARGILL, June 7. The Education Board has decided to appoint an agricultural instructor for Southland at a salary of £250 a year aud travelling expenses.

The first meeting of the new Fire Board will be helct on Wednesday next. Footballers are reminded that the gymnasium in All Saints' Hall will bo available to-night. Borough Council will sit this and Monday evenings to consider the estimates. Owing to the wet weather, the ladies' stroke golf competition, to have been held yesterday afternoon, was further postponed until next Tuesday.