LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12814, 13 July 1912, Page 3

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS.

(Per Preßs Association.)

AUCKLAND, last night. A warrant has been issued for the apprehension of Gebiyje Hutich, an Austrian, and lately a gum broker m Auckland, on a charge that he, being-, an' undischarged bankrupt, left the Dominion within twelve months of the petition, taking with him £20 ami., upwards of his property, which ought by law to have been divided among his creditors. Hutich has already been arrested at Melbourne on a warrant previously issued by the Official Assigne, and Constable Fair, of Auckland, left by the express last evening with authority to bring him back to the city. WELLINGTON, last night. Previous to retiring from office Hon. i (.}. W. Russell appointed Dr. L. G. Calkwell, of Remnera, Auckland, as medical inspector of schools, thus completing ; thc four appointments agreed to by the late Cabinet. Tho. Appeal Court, at the conclusion of Mr Singer's argument m the case Rex v. Niklesen, intimated that it did not wish to hear the Solicitor-General on behalf of the Crown. : The Court unanimously decided that the judge's ruling was right m law and' affirmed the conviction. The Court then heard the case Rex v. Weston. The question raised was the existence or extent of corroboration of evidence of two main witnesses for the Crown. Prisoner was convicted for performing an illegal operation on one -of the said witnesses -at the request of tho other main witness; Mr W. H. D. Bell appeared for the prisoner, and the Solicitor-General for the Crown* The Goui't unanimously affirmed tfre conviction, and then adjourned till Monday. NAPIER, last night. A public meeting to-night decided to hold an Industries Week m Napier for the display m the shop windows of New Zealand,; manufactures m . conjunction with the musical and ' elocutionary com- ' petitions for the . week commencing on [ August 14th. ; DUNEDIN. last night. A Mi\W. Wilkinson has received a telegram frcjmi Hon A J. A. Millar, who says that his' health is slowly improving, but that his, medical advisers will not allow him to 'undertake mental -work for at least t-ju'ec months. - Aftfer the" expiry of that tinxe ho will be examined again to sec if his health is sufficiently restored to enable him to resuma active duties. • TIM ARU, last night. Mr Samuel Alfred Bristoe, a widely 1 • ivn and pouular old identity, died m hi- 30th year. " He was a native of Wiltshire, and came to South Canterbury m 1863 a -»i .farm manager on ' the large Kiiigsdowu estate just south of Timis.u. Here he had charge till the estate , was subdivided.. He \yas an 'enthusiast in -all kinds or, ..outdoor sports. ■'.'-,.