N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume IX, Issue 1160, 25 November 1901, Page 2

N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

Per Press Association. A Daring Robbery. A Man Drugged. Christchurch, This Day. An impudent robbery took plaoe at Addington on Friday night in the bouse ofa man named Code, \1 ra Code was disturbed by a burglar who was rifling the prem soa but made good his escape with £3 io cash. It was then discovered Uiat Mr Code bad been drugged and did not recover for a long time. A Woman Suicides. Dunedin, Tins Day. The wife of James Dawson, member of the permanent artillery, suicided by hanging. She had been an inmate of the Scad iff asylum. Suspected Suicide. Blenheim, This Day. An undenutied body of a man wai found in the Tuamarina creek, evidently a suicide, his right hand being tied to his right leg with flax. Ue was wearing clothes bearing the brand of the Wellington A-ylum and are marked with the name “ Irvine." Damage to Schools. CußisTcHcaca, This Day. At the me ting of the Ed ucation Board it was reported that the damage to schools in North Canterbury by earthquakes am mated to about £4004. The Premier telegraphed promising to bring the matter before the Cabinet.

A Stiff Sentence. Timakc, This Day. At the District Court J. F. Parker, a farmer, was sentenced to on* month with bard labour, for contracting a debt while in an insolent position, without reasonable hop* of be-