TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVII, Issue 8197, 9 August 1895, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(Per Puess Association.) We linoton, August 8r At the Supreme Court, Draper, fo breaking and entering, was released oi probation in liis' own recognisances. The charge against Somerville for thi murder of Herbert at llastertou on Jum 6th is proceeding and is likely tooccupj two days. Mr Jellicoe defends th< prisoner,who did not plead when charged and it was only when Mr Jeliicoo askec tho Chief Justice to. accept the plea ol not guilty, and the latter stating that he innst have the accused's own plea, thai Somerville, in reply to the gaol warder, said in an undertone " not guilty." The shipping companies have agreed to charga Id per lb for frofeen meat during the summer months and Jd during the winter. The reduction f.<r tho latter months is with tho view to induce •breedersto grow winter feed,and thus equalise shipments during the year. The question whether a stepfather, whose wife has deserted him is compelled to support the child .of her former hus* band'antf (from whom she was divorced and who is still living) was decided yes*, terday by Mr Martin, S.M. in the affirm ative, - .

The County-Council's Conference has been adjourned until 23rd inst. Several delegates, who arrived expecting -it to open fo morrow are greatly disappointed and will not wait for the adjourned meeting. Wakganui, August 8, A fire occurred at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the old building .known as the " Occidental Hotel," owned and occupied

by P. M.. Calender. Natives occupiec the front part. The firo started at th< back. The place was gutted. There wa: no insurance on the building or furniture Wfstport, August 8. The mail from Denniston to Westporl was tampered with and £160 Abstracted, of which £115 belongs to the Post Office The registered letters bag was placed on the top of n truck on the coal company's incline at Denniston, Thence it reached the Conns Creek station, where the railway guard took charge, and the bag was brought to Westport, where it arriv d at 6 p.m. It was then taken to the PostOffice, where the robbery was discovered. Enquiries are being prosecuted, but so far it is understood there is no clue. It is stated that the seal of the bog was ♦ broken. v ' CIIKIBTCHUKCII, AllgUSt 8. ' The skeleton of a man was found on Port Hills yesterday. Near him a gun was lying' pointing to .his head, and in his pocket a number offcartridges, and a bullet wound in his skull. Apparently he had been lying there for twelve months, He is not yet identified, but the police think it quite probable that the skeleton is that of a man.naraed"Otto Marrseheblock, a jeweller, who suddenly disappeared about a year ago.