NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 144, 17 December 1895, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association). Wellington, This DayEdward Ryan who was acquitted" on j the charge of larceny was fined .£lO, or [ two months, fo* attempting to deliver [ tobacco to the prison gang. I Arrived at noon — Tainui from Hobart i via way ports. [ The evidence in the Midland Railway '. Arbitration case will finish this afterj noon. [ Invercargill, December 14. ( Murdoch Campbell, aged 13, was : drowned while bathing in the Otautau ', river. He was not a good swimmer, \ and, becoming exhausted, sank. ' Auckland, Dec 16. t At the Wesleyan District Synod, resolutions wore passed in favor of Bible read- [ ing in schools and in favor of raising the k age of consent to 18 and condemnatory of ; the CD. Act. ! The Hinemon arrived at Onehnnga and landed the Governor's carriages and [ horses, and then went on northwards . with Lord and Lady Glasgow and suite. Sir Patrick Buckley paid a visit to the . Supreme Court to-day and left for Wel- ! lingtion in the afternoon. Christchcrck, Dec. 16. ' To-day was the 45th anniversary of [ Canterbury and was observed as a general holiday. The weather was fine. The | various outdoor amusements were well , patronised. The first meeting of the ' newly formed Volunteer Rifle Association was held at Bromley range to day. , There were 82 competitors, representing ' nine corps. Private N. G. Robilliard, , Kaiapoi Bides, won the championship | prize. N. Battery (Lyttelton) won the volley firing match. The shooting on the whole was very good.