TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8545, 27 March 1908, Page 5

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Per Press Association WELLINGTON, March 26. Two men wer'6 eapiiired tQ-night rifling the content, l ) of a trunk stolen from the New Zealander Hotel, and consisting of expensive ladies' apparel. MASTERTON, March 27. Mr P. L. Rollings, solicitor, has definitely announced himself as a candidate for the Masterton Mayoralty. William Campbell, alias Hanvood, wa3 committed, for trial on a charge of burglary and theft at the premises of James Scott, jeweiier, on March 3rd.. The value of the goods taken is estimated at £50. Some of the missing .articles were found in accused's possession by the Napier police when he was arrested there on a charge of drunkenness. STRATFORD, March 27. John Gilbert was fined £1 and costs for selling milk to a Stratford resident, the same not being obtained from a registered dairy. For failing to register a dairy from which milk was sold, the same defendant was fined £5 and cost*.' HASTINGS, March 27. The growth of feed, subsequent to the recent rain, had the effect of easing off work at the freezing works, as sheep were not rushed in. In some works as many as thirty hands are being dispensed with. , A meeting of the Hawkc's Bay Fruitgrowers' Association is called to discuss the paragraphs recently appearing in the papers which, summarised, state (1) that codlin moth cannot be controlled with profit to the grower by the methods advised by the Agricultural Department; (2) That the Orchard and Garden Pest Act caused everyone to suffer since fruit was so enormously dear; (3) That the Department itself failed to keep orchards clean of codlin moth, and that until a remedy was discovered, legislation was worse than useless. The Growers' Association is satisfied with the present Act, and the meeting will consider what steps are advisable to combat any .organised effort made to relax present methods of enforcing its provisions._ William Rumnoy Robbins, suffering from delirium tremens, took a dose of chloride of mercury last night. _ Dr. Nairn arrived on the scene in time to save the- man's life. Ilobbins appeared at the Police Court this morning , , and was remanded for eight days. In the meantime he will bo sent to Napier for curative treatment. TIMARU, March 27. At eleven o'clock last night a fiveroomed wooden house, occupied by_ A. Brown, was gutted by fire. Very little furniture was saved. Insurances: House, £350 in the Commercial Union; furniture, £150 in the Liverpool, London, and Globe.

At the Magistrate's Court this morning, three men. followers of race meetings, were fined 40s each for playing "two-up."