TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9656, 9 October 1907, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(Pzb PEESS ASSOCIATION.) I ; WELLINGTON. . ' October 9. _ The appeal Court to-<!ay dealt with the Rex y. John Rowan case, reserved- by 'Justloe'CUbper. The prisoner' Wnkwith' quitting. -New-' ZSiilanct'' withlte a year of bankruptcy, nriid!'talking with him to thecal lie. of ; £2OB or upwards, which should have bekii di-. video ' amongst his creditors. A jiniut. swafe'Tdisedi" that there Nvas thaV'hef took with ham goods of the Value meiiMonted-, but Justice Cooper refused to withdraw it from the jury, intimating that if prisoner were found! guilty lie would 1 reserve the point foT tho Court of Appeal. Prisoner was convicted' on a second count and - sentence postponed pending the decision-of the Court- of Appeal'. The conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeal without calling oil the Crown to reply. John Croker, mate of the steamer B'® n " .heifh. suddenly last night' dutiiig the' - voyalie''oE the ; vc-sel from Blenheim to; Wellington.. Deceased was 62 years, of age,'"«nA leaves a widow and daughter.. ; HeSJfti"at one time master of the barque Weathersliekl. Death is supposed to be due to Heart disease. . . AUCKLAND. October 9. The' Auckland Presbytery has resolved to nominate tho Rev. Isaac Jolly, M.A., f.of Palmerston NortV, as 'Hod-CTator'iit the General Assembly. • • . . ,'l .A farmer namfed.' E*ley, Roberts; drowned in the Waito'm'o River, Svh'ich is flooded. '• ASHBUR-TON. • !•'. : October "9:' The baiid coiYtest was'' c'Mltinued.;. to-day under good weather conditions. ' The solo competitions held in the morning resulted as follows :—B flat baritone —W. M'Donald (Nelson) 1; E. Cannon (Ashburton County) '2. Euphoniums—l 3 . Craig (Timaru) 1, W. Sullivan (Lyttelton) 2, P. Aydon (Nelson) arid J. -Stubherfield (Elite) 3. BB bass—'G. Barrett (Nelson) 1, W. Hosken (Ashburton Temperance) 2. Trombone —J. Rutland (Lyttelton) 1. A. E. Clark (Ashburton County) 2. GISBORNE. October 9. Maria Moi'ris, aged 63, died early yesterday. morning. She was seized with, a fit ■■when max a fireplace at ■ her residence., Te Karaka, and fell into the fire. There she lay until d'aylight. A boy aged eight, tlie only other occupant of the hoiiEe, dad not obeerve anything wrong till getting up in tho morning, when he saw smoke coming from the room. He went- out and caught a horse and' rode a mile away for ■the assistance of a relative. Oii- returning he found the place full, of smoke and the woman lying terribly burned. He pillleil her out .and extinguished the fire. Medical assistance was obtained-. . The sufferer lingered till 10.30, when she died. She was coniscious almost to tho end,-and 1 gave a rational account of what- happened': She stated that she felt no pain at all. JTOKITIKA. October 9. Alexander Singer, aged 78, for 43 years a reader of the local Synagogue, died this ■morning, after a brief illness. He *^ v^ s well known and widely respected throughout the West Coast. The wife o[ George Shaw» an old. resident- of Kanieri, died last night at an advanced age. There has been an unusual number of deaths of aged peop'o during the last month or two, thinning out the Tanks of the old pioneers.