GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9581, 4 August 1894, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[by TELEGRAPH.—press association] Wanganui, Friday. The body of a man named Henry Read was found ab Taieri station this morning with his throat cub. Papers on the body show him to be from the Havelock (Marlborough) district, where he had been mining with a mate named William Ebery. An inquest was held this afternoon, and a verdict of ; suicide while in a state of temporary insanity was returned. , -•. : A man, name unknown, supposed to be a swagger, was found dead this morning in the waiting-room of the Kai-Iwi Railway Station. ■ - ' Wellington, Friday. McKee and Gamble, printers, and W. J. Hunb,' of Samoan fame, were fined the minimum penalty, £5 each, for printing pamphlets without imprint. Hunt distri- | buted them.' The" defendants pleaded guilty. An application has been made to the Minister of Justice to remib the penalty. t "• ' Timargt. Friday. '■; Three milk dealers were to-day fined 20s and 159 coats for watering milk. There! were only three unsatisfactory samples out of 27 tested. ; 1 ' Woodvillb, Friday. Ab a well-attended meeting of ratepayers! last night, ib was resolved to request the j Borough Council to obtain estimates for pro- : viding a gravitation water supply. i . Dunkoin. Friday. : - The Dunedin Fancier Club's Annual! ShoW of poultry, dogs, etc., was held today. There are 1030 entries, a slight decrease compared with last year, in poultry. ! There- is ,an increase in tho - dogs. There were entries from Wellington, Christchurch, and lnvercargill, as well as from Timjjru. . One of the main features of the show was the fine - display of collies, and indeed of dogs generally. In collies, ■R. Ward, Christchurch, took the Grand Challenge* Cup with Young England. . James Wilson, charged with embezzling moneys from his employer, Mr. Wright, grocer, has been committed for trial. At the S.M. Court to-day the first order granted under the Workmen's Wages Act was obtained at the suitof a wages man. The agent of Beecham, of pill fame,, will apply for an injunction with costs against Hanlon on Monday.