NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 29 July 1901, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[per press association.] Double Burglarly. Wellington, This Day. r ‘ Griffiths, pawnbrokers’ shop in Courteney Place was broken into before daylight yesterday, and the windows stripped of its contents, estimated by the proprietor to be worth £SOO. A retriever dog which' was kept on the premises was found in a semi-stupid condition, it is supposed from chloroform. The private house of Mrs Turner, Upper Willis street, was also robbed to the extent of £2O worth of goods. f :<f Labor Organism. Edwards, organising secretary for the Liberation Federation, is seriously ill, and it is proposed to send him on a long sea trip to the islands of the Pacific. Fund* are being raised to present him with a purse of sovereigns before hia departure. Captured Criminals. Frank King and Joseph Kerr who temporarily escaped from custody a few days ago, were sentenced to six months imprisonment from the end of their present terms. Death of a Trooper. Inveeoaegill, July 29. Sergt. W. A. Moffett of the Fifth con tingont, who returned by the Tagus died last night. He was in good health on landing, but a week later a fresh attack of malarial fever, which was contracted while going through Portugese Territory, set in and was followed by pneumonia. Fruit Growers’ Union. Nelson, This Day. At the adjourned meeting in connection with the proposed Fruit Growers' Union, it was reported that firms in Wellington and Wanganui have offered to act as agents for Nelson fruit and specialise it for sale with a view of -i improving existing conditions. The Union expects to be in active - operation during the coming season, ,J

Obituary.

Mrs Benjamin Lusty, an old Richmond settler who arrived here in 1842, died last evening. Aged 78 years. Educational Dispate.

Wellington:, July 28. At the annual meeting of the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Educational institute it was decided that members of the branch should cease to contribute to the local defence fund. The mover of this resolution pointed out that the central institute now had control of £SOO for defence purposes and there was every probability that the central defence fund would in very short time amount to £IOOO. Typographical Society. Wellington. July 28. ' There was an attendance of 130 members of the Wellington Typographical Society at a meeting on Saturday night when it was decided to state a case to the Conciliation Board for an increase of wages and decrease of hours to be worked per week. Every employer in the Wellington industrial district is to be cited in this case. s

Gisborne Roadstead. Gisborne, July 21. The urgent necessity q| a re-survey of the Bay was shown in an unfortunate way last night when the Tyser liner Tomoano bumped heavily while lying at anchor on what the chart shows to be perfectly safe ground. The vessel is making little water in the doable bottom and proceeds to Napier for examination, there being no appliances for the purpose at Gisborne. The ship did not load frozen meat but is to return later on. There is no apparent damage to the ship’s cargo. Shops and Offices Bill. Dunedin, July 27, At a meeting of employees in the local bank, shops and offices, the Bill was discussed and eventually apetition somewhat on the lines of the Wellington petition was adopted. The provision with regard to* payment of overtime was described ss unworkable an inimical to the interests of persons it was intended to protect as the relation of banks with the officials are not those of day labeur. Fatal Gun Accident. Auckland, This Day. At the Golden Cross, Waitekauri, on Sunday, three boys named Heron and Adams (2) were shooting with an old rifle, which was discharged accidentally by the elder Adams jumping on a log. The charged entered Heron's heart and slightly injured the younger Adams, Heron died two hours later. Two Bankrupts Suspended. Wellington, This Day. The Chief Justice, sitting in the Bankruptcy Court, suspended for four months the discharge of Elizabeth White-Wort-ley, a boardinghouse-keeper, formerly of Hawera; and that of Robert E. Horn- ' blow, an auctioneer, for one month. The Tomoana Damage. , Napiee, This Day. , The Tomoana goes on to Wellington to be examined. The damage is not serious, j Wounded Trooper. i Sergeant Petersen, who was seriously ■ wounded at Yereeniging, was attached to 1 the Third Contingent and saw some hard fighting during the first campaign. He ] was captured and imprisoned, but subse- ■ , quently escaped from Nooitgedacht and t safely eluded his Boer pursuers, but on < reaching the British lines was wounded i by a sentry. One of the Yictims of the Lizzie c Bell. c

The body of D, Lang, who was drowned in the wreck of the Lizzie Bell, has been identified as that of the son of Mrs Lang of Napier,