TELEGRAMS,

Feilding Star, Volume 31, Issue 278, 31 May 1897, Page 2

TELEGRAMS,

(Per Pross Assoraation. Auckland, May 29. W. S. Graham's bunded store whs entered last night by removing the slates from the roof. Tobacco find champn^ne to the value of £i! 9 was stolen. Two boxes of tobacco were found on the roof. The thieves were evidently disturbed. A Chinaman reported to the police that two men left three boxes of tobacco on his prdittises last night. The detectives waited for the men this morning, and two young men who gave the names of Michael Kelly, and Michael Murphy were arrested. They will be jointly charged with the offence. The Board of Education bas resolved to establish a Victorian Diamond Scholarship to commemorate the Record Roign, and also to get a bistoric chart, to conituemerate tbe progress made during the reign. Masterton, May 29. Athol Stuart, aged nine years, son of Ales. Stuart, of Opaki, died of blood poisoning caused by a slight injury to his foot recently. Reefton, May 29. It is stated that properties on Victoria Range, comprising 199 acres, have been sold to en Anglo-Continental syndicate, also that the sellers receive £32,000 cash and 32,000 fully paid up chares. The new company will comprise 280,000 £1 shares with cash working £30,000 and 80,000 in reserve shares. It ia understood that at 1,500 feet a low level tunnel will be driven. Invercargill, May 29. Alfred Baird, aged 24, farmer at Forest Hill, wag killed by a limb of a tree, which was being felled, falling on him. £600 has already been subscribed for the addition to the hospital in commemoration of the record reign. Dunedin, May 29. A petition in favor of the release of the woman Bryne, convicted of infanticide, bearing 3000 signatures, has been forwarded to the Colonial Secretary. At the annual meeting of the Ladies' Benevolent Society the report stated that 300 cases had been relieved. The receipts with the Government subsidies totalled £2312, and the balance in hand was £1627. For the Record Reign Pigeon Match, to be fired at Tahuna Park on the 23rd Jnne, £105 will be given in prize money. This Day. A seven roomed house in course of erection by O. Harris, at St. Clair, was burned down. It was insured for £550 in the Standard in the joint names of the contractor and the owner. The circumstances are suspicious, and an enquiry is likely to be held. Wellington, May 30. The defences of the colony bays been increased by the importation of six Maxim guns. The Wellington Friendly Societies' Vigilance CoLntnidee suggest that a conference of delegates from all societies in the colony be held for the consideration of matters affecting their interests. Westport, May 2'J. The coal export for the week en'dpd today was 5921 ton? 18cwt, of which tbe Westport Coal Company shipped 4578 tons llowt, and the Cardiff Coal Company 1343 tons 7cwt. Gisborne, This Day. A roan named John Oolville, "employed as cook by J. Brown, sheep farmer, Rnkaka, was drowned in the Waipoa river on Friday while attempting to cross with a horse and gig. The livery stables owned by Mr Robert Little were burned down at 7 o'clock this evening, and half a dozen carriages and a quantity of harness and saddlery were destroyed. The insurances are believed to be £200 on the" harness and vehicles and £100 on tbe building, in tbe Commercial Union, Napier, This Day. Findlay was further remanded till Tuesday to permit the Government analyst to report on the milk, with which poison is alleged to be mixed.