GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12653, 6 September 1904, Page 4

GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

/ , ; ', ■ ,'i [BT TBiafflßA3?H.—lEJgsg ASSOCIATION.] ' , Wellington, Monday. ; . The Chief Justice sentenced three pri- • ' soners tbi: morning-Henry Dixon Adams - (alias Henry «Bentiey),' for breaJung and entering,' to six months; Henry Burns' (alias Buan), breaking and entering, three '< months; o Otto Heerdigan, escaping from 1 custody, six months, * *, ! ... „ Kelson, Monday. A discovery of epsomite, or pure epsom • salt, has been made near the head of tlw'- ■• " .culler River. ,• • •: "■ ■ t ' v. At the Harbour Board meeting to-dav l,ho : : chairman (Mr. Graham) referred to' the recent action, Reynolds versus the Board It was resolved Iso pay Mr. Reynolds £250 in II complete settlement, each party pa/ping their -.-"is? own costs. ~ That-, amount ; had i been tgreedi *4l on in the negotiations. Ten application* were reeved for *» post of harbourmaster ' . and wiot, but two were withdrawn. The Board' m committee selected one applicant, ' i but decided that the name should[net hi disclosed till the agreement jb signed. Nine \ applications were- received for the pwiitioa of resident engineer, but the'question oil ' ; appointment was postponed.". A ieport'walW jjecdved as to the reclamation of the mud I Hats, but no • definite action was taken. ' f ™ » -L- GspxsTcnvsu^>i Monday . Mr. Archie Barlow, injured ■m a barn- " ing accident at Glen tunnel on Saturday '"■•• Wgnt, died early this morning. 'The-in-iS! | quest was - opened this afternoon, and adjourned' till Thursday, At the inquest on J. Qninlon, locker, j Who was injured in the Grand'."National i steeplechase, a verdict of accidental! death,- •"• • was returned. The death occurred on Saturday of Mr. . ' - John-; Hamilton, an old Christchunths resident, aged 65. . In the ; seventies and; early? : : B3§ eighties he was engaged in trading between Lyttelton and Banks' Peniminla.. After " settling in i Christchurch ;; he 'st<»?k■ '■■'ao'lif Wssm part in local politics, and wss at various times a member of the City Council ahd'f#g Hospital and Charitable Aid Boar!", He was also a J.P. Dir.s-EDiv, Monday. News has been received by Mesiars. bar* good, Son, and Ewen, of the death of Mr, :-.'" Thomas Hart, one of the firm's buna's, who was for many years h«ad of a d«ipw v tmfinii>SiM in Dunedin.