LAST NIGHT'S NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1322, 18 December 1880, Page 3

LAST NIGHT'S NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

The Sheep Stealing Case. Committal of the Prisoner. Cambridge, Last Night. GARLAiro wns formally charged before the Resident Magistrate to-day, for theft of 3d theep, the property of Mr Reynolds. The prosecutor proved finding 26 of his sheep on Garland's farm. On being apprehended the accused owned having others, the skins of which he subsequently gave up. Prisoner said he found the sheep on the road near Howie ann Bell's. He was duly committed to take his trial at the Supreme Court. Bail was allowed, but is not forthcoming, himself in two hundred, and two sureties of ona hundred and fifty each.

Normanby, Last Night. A further sale of 6,000 acres of Waimate land, for cash, was held at Hawera, the ruling prices being exceedingly high, some sections fetching £12 an acre The highest bidders are mostly strangers in the district. The land sold is open fern land, hut is infested with wild pigs, which ropt up the ground and render it unlit for ploughing. Considerable comment was excited uy the fact of the deferred payment sections at Wednesday's sale fetching low prices in comparison with others. Previous arrangement among come of the applicants is hinted at.

Wellington, Last Night. A destructive fire broke out at half-past 1 this morning in an unoccupied cottage in Francis lane, and levelled several other buildings to the ground before it could be stopped.

The new pure cash system now being initiated by G. and C. will certainly prov* a benefit to the public. It has been a great success in Sydney and Melbourne, and when strictly carried out the customer who buys at an establishment where the roods are marked low to ensure a rapid sale must be a great gainer. G. and C. sell their drapery millinary, and clothing at such prices for ca&h as gives the buyer the advantages of a shareholder in a co-operative society, without the risk of being called upon to bcaraportion of the loss should the year's business prove unsatisfactory. Garlick and Cranwell will aim to retain the confidence which the public have hitherto shown them, and are determined to give the pure cash system a fair trial ; whether they gain or lose the first year. Country bujers on remitting cash with order will be supplied with goods at co-operative prices ; just the same as though they made a personal selection. Furnishing goods, such as carpets, floor cloths, bedsteads, bedding, and general house furniture, the largest portion of which is turned out at our own factory, will be marked at the lowest remunerative prices, and a discount of five per cent, will be allowed to those who pay at the time of purchase. G. &C. having realised the entire value of their stock during their late cash sale, the present stock is new and cheaply bought. An inspection is invited. — Garlick and Ckanwbll, City Hall Furnishing Arcade Queenstreet, Auckland.