WELLINGTON NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1630, 19 December 1905, Page 2

WELLINGTON NEWS.

(Per Press Association.) Wellington, lost night

The usual agricultural stat’st’cs aro published in a special Gnzeite, which says

that the season bas been very unfavorable, consequently orops are backward, and the harvest will be late. The following areas are.returoed : For threshing, wheat 222,079

acres, oats 358,457 acres; for chaffing, ensilage, and feeding down 236,682 aoros. Tbe following show au increased acreage : Oats 46,201 acros, barley 896 acre’, rye 500 acre 3, maize 1049 acres, peas 1834 acres, linseed 150 acres, bops 34 acres,

petitoes 277 scree, turnips 2088 acres, other orops 662 seres. There is a decline in wheat of 36,289 aero-’, beans 597 acres, vetches 48 acres, other corn crops 750 acres, mangolds 1386 aores, rape 476 acros, beet 373 acres. Tin net Util of increased acreage in 31,874. Desn Foloy, S.M., whoso death is men-

tioned in a tslegrnm from Auckluid, w.a well known in Canterbury and tbe Waft Coast, where he had miuhtered for 25 years. He took a leading part in raising funds for tbo Roman Catholic Cathedral at Cbrittchurcb. Twelve months ago he had an attack of sciatica, for which bo sought relief at Rotorua, but complications set in. A disturbance occurred in Cuba street last evening between some young fellows, in which blows were struck, and one of the party, named Basil Graham, aged 24, dropped dead. Thero wero no signs of violence on the body, Deceased was a fruit hawker.

Dr W. J. AudereoD, LL D., inspector of schools for North Canterbury, has been appointed to the newly-creatsd position of assistant inspootor of schools. Tho work of the new office will have to do ohiefiy with the inspection of seoor.dary sohod?, district high sohocls, and othov institute is which are subject to inspection by tho Education Department, tho di awing up of technical and other regul itions, classification and registration of teachers, and tho conduot of examinations.

A smart shock of eaithquake ocourrod at 12.20 a.m.

Lionel Terry, the self-accused murderer of a Chinaman in Haining Blroet, for which crime he was sentenced to death, was informed this morning that tho sentence had been commuted to imprisonment for life. He ehowod no oonoern at the intimation,'