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Temuka Leader, Issue 5543, 30 July 1907, Page 3

The Hon. J. A. Millar had to receive no . fewer than nine deputations yesterday, mostly on tariff matters. They were supposed to begin at 10 a.m. and go on till 4 p.m. The Wellington detectives on Saturday apprehended four men on suspicion of being the perpetrators of the recent robberies including jewellery and money of the value'of £IOO from the residence of Gerald Fitzgerald ; jewellery and money totalling £l3O in value from ,T. G. McCarthy’s house,; a watch from Miss Hannah Watson, and jewellery valued at £l6 from the Masonic Hotel. The names of the accused are : —Cyril Cosgroves alias Furlong ; George Terris, William Robert Sinclair, and John Hamilton. Cosgrove arrived recently from Tasmania, and the other three from South Africa Hamilton and Sinclair were taken in their lodgings, where the , detectives were concealed in a wardrobe. Hamilton was in possession of a loaded revolver. A largo safe jin Faery & Co.’s fruit market was dynamited during Friday night, and about £4O stolen. The men were brought before the Court yesterday and remanded until August 7th. A Chinaman named Leo, residing at Martinborough, has been declared a bankrupt, with liabilities amounting to over £IOOO, and an estimated deficiency of £3OO. He attributes his. bankruptcy mainly to his .unprofitable partnership with a Maori. Ho began business two years ago, with a capital of £2B.

At the Christchurch Magistrate's Court, John Goram was committed for trial on a charge of the theft of £l7 8/G from a follow lodger named Drake, who went to bed on Wodnes- • day night, leaving the money in his pocket-book; RHniUMO has enabled many a poor sufferer from rheumatism, trout, sciatica, and lumbago to one* more enjoyhealth and happiness. 2/6 and 4/6. Sold everywhere. - Heavy and continuous rain-fell at Napier on Sunday, and it is feared that it will prove disastrous to the lambing. The weather so far has been most unfavorable, and the percentage of lambs this year is likely to bo much below last year’s record. In order to encourage the volunteer and school cadet movement, Mr John Hunter Brown, of Whakaki, has given £2OO to bo invested for all time. The interest is to be devoted to cash prizes for a shooting competition for the Huramoa Mounted Rifles, and the Wairoa School Cadets.

■,Af the meeting of the Timaru Harbour Board the secretary submitted g statement of the export of frozen mutton from thirteen Now Zealand ports for the period January to Juno, 1907. The total export was 3,544,286 carcases, Lyttelton heading the list with 912,572, and Timaru second (highest position yet attained) with 656,093.

To cure rheumatism, gout, sciatica, or lumbago, you must treat the blood. The best remedy is RHEUMO, which has cured thousands of sufferers. Frlom all stores and chemists at 2/6 and 4/6. Give it a fair trial. t 2 Between 7 and 8 o’clock Sunday night a .fire occurred at Ft. Andrews, when a house owned i y Mrs Weathered, of Timaru, and occupied by Constable Fitzgerald, was completely destroyed. The constable’s wife b at present in Wellington, an 1 he had .been living in the house by himself for some time. He had tea at inane cjn Sunday night, and thou had occasion to go to Otaio. Before leaving he saw that the fire in the stove was out,and that the stove doors were iloscd, and, in his opinion, there is not the slightest chance of the fire having occurred through any accidental cause. Ifo left home about 7 o’clock. An hour later, the house, together with all the furniture in it, was completely destroyed. The house was insured for £275, and the furniture for £IOO. Constable Fitzgerald estimates his loss over and above the insurance at £l5O. A few months ago the house on the section adjoining that occupied by the constable was destroyed by fire in iho same jnysterious way,,