MISCELLANEOUS TELEGRAMS

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 2773, 23 July 1907, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS TELEGRAMS

Electric Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, .Tnlv 22. Obituary: H. B. Smith, of Smith and Smith, a well-known naritone singer, and senior member ot tne firm. Another brother died in Loudon after an operation two weeks ago. Te Aloha, July 22. A gale was raging on Saturday night and Sunday. Fences and sheds are down everwhere. A young man named George Hickey was sleeping in a cottage on a rise when it was blown away and smashed to pieces. Hickey was badly bruised, but no holies were broken. Johnson and Gwillim s shed containing six buggies, i was destroye i. All the vehicles were • damaged. The river is high and rail- j way comlmunication is interrupted j with Paeroa. About l-000 worth of! damage was done by a wash-out. Wellington. July 22. In Rex v. Momhery respondent was convicted lor an indecent assault and applied to the Appeal Court for a new trial oil the ground that the verdict was against the weight of | evidence and also tor leave to appeal ! in form pauperis, being a foreigner | and having no means. Ihe Court | granted leave, and at the request ot , prisoner assigned Mr M ilford as coun-