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Gisborne Times, Volume XII, Issue 1070, 11 December 1903, Page 3

William Henry Wilcox, the young prigoner who unsuccessfully attempted to escape from Mount Eden gaol on Thursday last, wus obarged with this aggravated breach of the prison regulations before Mr H. W. Brabant, S.M., at Auokland on Monday. The prisouor seemed to bo quietly amused at the prooeediDgs, and he emiled when a rough ropo ladder 20 feet long was brought into Court. Mr Severne, governor ot the gaol, stated that Wilcox admitted having made this to assist in his osoapo. The, prison wall was 18 feet high, so it would easily have enabled him to climb it. The ladder was made of many piecos of old rope, orossed at intervals by piooes of wood. The top end was fastened to a pole about four feet long, with a hook at the end, by which Wilcox hoped to get a hold upon a gaspipe on the wall. Mr Severne, having detailed the faots already published, his Worship ordered Wilcox to bo fod for seven days on bread and water, and forfoit 1000 marks, which take 125 days to earn. The results of the law examinajtiojis which, were held throughout tho colony recently will in all probability;'be announced about D'ecpmber 15. ‘The Anglican Sync'd at Perth j[Wesl: Australia) has decided to establish a new diocese to include the south-west districts with the see oi Bunbury d Quite a number of lambs have been Worried at Kaihiku, in the Clutha district, lately, one owner having lost 14, besides having several •injured. A m'dptiug oi Wharemaire, of the 'Aiawa ‘tribe, was held at Whakaretwarewa recently, to consider the laws passed by Parliament a fleeting them. The owners of the Zealandia,which tewed the four-masted American barque Aurora to Sydney, have been 'awarded Fifty pounds are do go to the captain and £SO to the crew. ' 'pJxcJusive of rifle clubs, the Federal garrison and field force comprise on a peace footing 25,807 men. For ilje.se there are, according to a rcc6nt statement by Sir John Forrest, j i, .pjily 20,000 first-class rifles, y,- vAn instance of commercial integrity is quoted by a Dunedin paper. Fourteen years ago a man died £SOO in debt. His widow has since paid ■ the creditors in full, the last payment having been made the other Say. , The Wanganui Horticultural Society instituted, in conjunction wjtl; its annual show, a “ tidy garden V competition,- judged by joints, for jwhjcji prizes were givqn. ’The' new departure proved' highly successful. 'At tl) e Huddersfield, England, Cage Bird Show, a Norwich canary was put up 'to auction and realised £ls