NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 283, 9 April 1894, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

« . (PKB PBBB9 ASSOCIATION.) Wbixinoton, April 7. Robert Weeks, negro, eerrant at the Oriental hotel, charged with stabbing Gusto re Gulbason on Easter Monday outside the hotel was discharged. The Department of Agriculture has received eight collections of grasses and foragp plants and four collections of noxious weed? in competition for the prizes offered. Mr Froebody, 60 years of age died at Carterton from couca-aiDn ot the brain. He bad }ust gone on to a bush section in the Wnmuioru district and tripped and foil on a log. The cost of the Wairarapa licensing Vloction was £187, which the Wairarapa Council passed for payment ; they decided that tbe following resolution be forwarded to the Government. " That it is the opinion of this Council that all future elections of licensing comtn ttees and local option polls should be under the control of local bodies, believing they could thus be more economically and quite as efficiently conducted." For representing themselves as police* men and relieving a woman of some wearing apparel] nnder a threat of locking her up, two young men to-day were sentenced to two months' imprisonment. April 8 George Price, eon of "William Price, storekeeper at Havelock, committed suicide last nigbt by taking "Rough on rats." He bad been in ill health for some time past, and to tbiß is attributed the rash act. Gisborne, April 7 Serious damage to the breakwater by the last storm is reported . five blocks ha ye dropped out of the pier leaving a cavity of 30 feet br 12. Seven other blocks are also likely to fallout Mr Carr, Engineer to the Napier breakwater, has been required to come up. A 6 roomed house owned by Mr Joyce, occupied by Mr Qoare, has been destroyed by fire Insurance £200 in tbe Phoenix. Crowds of natives are arriving from various parts of tbe colony to attend the Native Parlitnent which open 9 here at the cud of next week. Sixty arrived by the Htenmer from Auckland yesterday, and 140 are to come from No pier by the Dingadee to morrow. Great preparations are being made for the reception, accommodation and entertainment of the visitors. This Day. Tbe Union Company's s.s. Moa, which was stranded during last week's gale, was floated off by yesterday morning's tide, apparently uninjured. She sails to-night for Gisborne. Christchurch, April 8. i The Chriotcburch Polo Club held its J annual sports on tbe Recreation Ground j yesterday. The weather was fine and the attendaßce very large. The Polo Cup was won by G. M Buckley's Banjo, E. D O'Korke's Sal va tor second, and W. Buckler *B Malotvrake third. Edward Parkerson, formerly accoun tant for Harper and Co., has been arrested on a charge of embezzling 4*400, the monies of the firm. Lyttrlton, March 8. The Customs officials at Lyttelton found a box of tobacco, 281 b, and 200 cigars uncustomed goods — on board a. harbour steamer, the John Anderson. The vessel was seized, but upon tube owners depositing a cheque with the Department, pending the case being disposed of by the Magistrate, she was al lowed to ply her excursion, &c.