DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 27, 25 September 1912, Page 6

DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association.) Thames, September 25. Frank Corkran, aged 40, failed to return homo last night, and this morning his wife received a letter by post •stating" that ho had strained Inins,elf, and the pain was unendurable, and that he would he found on tbo lull. A search party‘ discovered him almost in extremis, and an empty bottle of lysol was found alongside him. Ho was.taken to the hospital, where ho lion iii' a crideal ■ condition. ; Palmerston, September 25. Frank Muir, charged with forgery and uttering at Uronui on September 23rd, appeared before the local Court this morning, and was remanded to Now'Plymouth. 3 ' Auckland, September 25; The Auckland railway authorities, state that the land slip on the railway reported to have struck thejgoods train due at Ttuimarumii at 3,15 p.m. yesterday was of a slight nature. All the trains north and south got through, and no delay was likely to occur in the ordinary, running of the Main Trunk express. Palmerston, September 25. The body of tho man found in Manawatn River yesterday has been identified ns Lynn, a cook, missing from tho s.s. Gertie, for twp or throe weeks. ■ Christchurch, September 25. Tho six-year-old son of _ Mr. A. Johnson, at Sefton, was killed last evening by being run over by a_ wharo oil wheels attached to a traction engine.

The Egmont Club’s Parliamentary Union’s team are to meet a team trom tho New Plymouth Brotherhood on Thursday, October 10th, in the Parish Hall, if it can ho obtained. _ Now Plymouth will affirm the principle State control is a better solution ot the liquor problem than prohibition. ’ Mr. W. G. K. Konrick, S.M., will bo asked to be referee, and Dr. Carbery and Mr. F. A. Tyrer will bo umpires. Tho local team will ho Rev. A. Reader (leader), Messrs. O. D. Solo, J. McMahon and J; McAllister. The debate will commence at 7.45 p.rn., and will be open to members of the Club and their lady friends. For Chronic Chest _ Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d. 2s 6d.