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Waikato Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1476, 7 February 1903, Page 2

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(liY TELEGRAPH—rBESS ASSOCIATION). Wellington, Last Night. The Rev W. C. Watkrs, * iear <.f St. Peter's, Wellington, has accepted the living; of s hernboume, Saudringhani, otrVre'd by Hi« Majesty the King. Mr J. G. Gow, who recently visited Europe, South Africa and the East, on uch \lf of the New Zealand Government, lio- teen appointed commercial agent abroad ior tne colony. He will be stmuncri in South Africa. in the Wellington district during 1902 there were SC bankruptcies on debtors' petitions ami 10 on thn petition of creditors. The liabilities in th-se bankruptcies were £3SIS. Assets covered by securities totalled £32,958. and those wheh were not £24,142 The amount piid in dividends was £5821. At auction in, nay the Wellington Har« hour Board dock endowment, known as the Graiuger-tttreet biock, was sold on buil dug ii-uses in 27 sections. The total ann'ial rental brought l>y all sections wan £2074, representing a capital vdue of £52,000. The block is at the rear of the Te Aro railway station. Ten Whitehead torpedoes, with engines and compressors, which were stored in the torpedo sheds at Shelly Bay, were sold to Messrs Cable and Co., the local iron founders, lor £IOO. It is understood that, the disposal was made on the rt-c-rmmendation of the Admiral. Tne original cost was something like £7OOO. At three o'clock this morning a tire was discovered in the hold of the barque ■ achrihalish, which was leading wool, etc., for London, The fire was extinguished after two and a-half hour*' fighting. It is expected that about 400 bales of wool, chhfly damaged by water. will have to he discharged. The cause of is unknown, but incendiarism is suspected. Mr (i. Fisher, M.K.R., was charged at the Magistrate's: Court this morning with a breach of a prohibition order, he having been found ou licensed premises. He did not appear. Mr Jellicoe, who defended hinr, claimed that he was not in a tit state of mind to know what he was doing, n.< d that his friend* intended to send him to the Waitati Home for treatment awav from temptation. The Magistrate granted an adjournment on condition that he was sent to the home and spoke very strongly concerning those who offered the defendant drink. Giseorne, Last Night. Tho locil freezing works, being unable to handle all the sheep now offering, the sheep, farmers in Tolayo Isay are negotiating with the obj-ct of shipping 1000 a week to uoklanrt for freezing. Lyttelt.in, Last Night. Arthur James (25), engineer on a steam launch, was found dead this morning in the sea near the launch. It is supposed he was stunned by a fall. CiiKisiOHOßCir, Last Night. George Ireland, charged with the murder of Peter Boag, has bf.en discharged. The case arose out of the recent volleyfiring of the Kllesmere Rifles. The police stated that they had no evidtnee to support the charge.