NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 164, 10 January 1895, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(PEE PEEBS ASSOCIATION.) Haweba, This Dajr. At the District Court, J. S Lett, a jockey was sentenced to nine months imprisonment and fifteen lashes for undecent assault. F. Hill was charged with working a totalisator without a permit at the Eltham races. It was held the duty rested on the clerk, and the information was dismissed. Dunedin, January 9. At the inquest on John Stevenson, who died from injuries received by being run over by a railway waggon in shunting on the Port Chalmers wharf, the jur3 returned a verdict of accidental death, and expressed the opinion that the practice of employing waggons in the manner described in tho evidence was highly dangerous. Uhristchurch, Jamiary 9. John Reid, temporarily engaged as an engine driver bv the Lyttelton Harbour Board, has been reported to the police as missing It is feared he has been drowned It is said that he had been despondens for some time. Auckland, January 9. The Arawa contingent arrived by special train this evening from Rotorua2oo strone. The train was decorated with bannerettes with the name of the hapus and tribes. The natives danced a haka before leaving the carriages. The Mayor welcomed them in the- name of the citizens. Wellington, January 7. ! Mr John Duthie. M H.R. wall shortly make a visit to England, returning to the Colony before the beginning of next session of Parliament. Heavy rain has fell this week 2i inches in the last 24 hours. Over 4? inches have fallen this month. The Directors of the Equitable Building and Investment Company of Wellington recommend the payment of further dividend of five per cent for the year. The profit and loss account for the year shows a credit balance of £4953. The Electric Light Company have now eight thousand lamps running, beside which it is expected several of the Government offices will shortly be added to the list