TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13385, 11 September 1905, Page 5

TELEGRAMS.

(Per United Press Association.) NAPIER, Soptombcr 9. At tho' Supreme Court Frank Williamson, found "Guilty" of two charges of arson, was santenoea to four years on cach, tho sentences to run concurrently, Tho defamatory ]ib?l c-aSe Inspector Macdonnell v. A. A. George was adjourned til! Octobor 2, owing to thq illness of tho defendant's counsel, Mr Lusk. ~ WELLINGTON, Soptombcr 10. Speaking at Victoria College, Mr Scddon said that Parliament would be asked to provido £6000 for furnishing and meeting extra expenses in connection with tho institution, •■■■.,

CIIRISTCHURCH, September 9. Mr D. D. Hyde, Government Poultry Expert, who is, passing through Christchurch on his way tb Wellington, stated this morning that tho poultry farms at Milton and Burnham have dono exceedingly well this year. The demand for eggs has exceeded all previous purchases, and Bomo very fine young stock has been raised at both stations. The Defeneo Department is inviting tenders for tho eervioo of a steam launch for military transport work at Lyttelton. Two hundred and ton English Leicester rams were shipped yesterday by the Wimmora for Melbourno, and 100 Shropshire rams by tho Mararoa for Sydney. Tho weather is again wet and unsettled, and, spring solving being behind, tho farmers aro anxious. The recent rain damaged recently-sown crops. Tho lambing season is in swing in the Rakaia district, and 'thoro is a small doatli rato as yet,