TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1968, 2 January 1907, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

Press Association. ' , WELLINGTON, last night. ' i ii> Wellington to-day,,brought fifteen . •; \ servant girls, who cpme out under the , auspices of the BritishAVomen’s Im- : (4 migration Association, , under .ar- I® rangeineiit with p. syndicate of ladies B in Napier. . ' » ' M CHEJSTCHUItCfCkIa.yt night. ' |j The statement- for the week ending December, 28, in connection with the : i Utility Poultry Chub’s egg laying 1 competition at Lincoln College, shows that 1548 eggs were laid during the, ti| week, making a . total to date of . I||g 39,657. The best totals for file week -|fF were IV. E. Jones, white Wyandottes, ,jte. 32; J.. Steer, white Wyandottes, 28; Ift Mr. Steer, golden Wyandottes, 28. gfg; The highest totals to date arc M. s Blanch, silver Wyandottes, 775; J. , Ashton, silver Y/yandottes, 693; F. i O’Brien, silver Wyandotes, 649. t -'/

OREPUKI SHALE WORKS

INVERCARGILL, hist night. In regard to the statement that - / the Government is negotiating for Oreptiki shale works, with tile objeot;|?; : . ; of utilising them as creosote works,; P j the Southland 'Times has the best authority for denying the report. >*, The Government never, thought of ;; feu purchasing the works. The results. f. obtained from 500 tons of shale sent p Home arc extremely satisfactory, the '] product being superior to the best Scotch shale. It is probable that the works, on which £90,000 was spent, will be again a going concern . ►

LAW AND JUSTICE. „ WELLINGTON, last night. At Masterton Izard was brought up to-day, and remanded to Wellington. Sureties were not forthcoming. The prosecution alleges that the - accused is exercising undue influence over his ward, Grace Muliupuku, is thus likely to defeat the ends ot justice. Grace Mahupuku, it is alleged,- is residing in accused’s house, and refuses to leave. Accused s explanation is that the girl quarrelled with her mother, and_ has nowhere . j to go. Accused stated he was wining that the giri should leave his . , house, hut she refuses to go. The . magistrate said the position was r< iy unsatisfactory. Objection was also j taken to Mr. Pownall, solicitor, corA: . £ tinuing as his surety. . |

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

■ PRESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT. 5 BRISBANE, Dec. 31. , A yacht capsized at Morton Bay, f and two youths named Gaylor and ' Renge were drowned.

Press Association. 1 NELSON, .Monday. A somewhat serious vehicle capsize occurred on the Wakapuaka road yesterday. Mr and Mrs R. Carter, Airs : - Tomlinson, Charles Stannard, and W. :. V Chamberlain were driving near Old- j ham's creek, when the horse shied and jumped the bank. The vehicle' capsized, and all the ocupants were thrown out. The horse bolted. Mrs - Carter was severely hurt on the back and hip. Airs. Tomlinson sustained } concussion of the brain. Carter had - his left ear nearly severed. Chamberlain had both ankles sprained, and £ Stannard was bruised.' ;

THAMES, Monday. J Some boys on the racecourseat i Parawai on Sunday afternoon, dis- 1 covered tlie dead body of a man lying face downwards on tlie river-bank. It turned out to be Henry Costley, a. tailor, who had been in business at £ Thames for some years. It appears to be a case of suicide, as deceased 5, had been despondent of late, and had spoken of suicide to his wife. He ' was aged about 30 years. An inquest - is being held. £ At the inquest on Costley, tlie cvf- .. deuce was that death was due .to % drowning. No cause was assigned., A verdict of found drowned was returned. i J £!£& AYAIIII. Monday. ? 1 j Vnuis Vowles, an elderly mint,

was burned to death in a house aes- C 1 troved by fire last night. He was . < looking after the house while his scin-iu-law was camping. Deceased was a * member of Pitt’s militia 40 years ago,- : and had been 37 years resident at tlie Thames. j : -s;A CHRISTCHURCH, Monday.! Mr. Charles Clark, aged S 3, head ; .- of the well-known auctioneering firing:. of that name, died yesterday. He*. «- had been in Canterbury since 1856, Mif g short time as a farmer, and then aster a laud agent, auctioneer, etc. \ . WELLINGTON, Monday- ' Tlie victims of tlie drowning |accf-|. dent at Evans’ Bay on Saturday, S./I Kay, aged 17, and William StocktonM, 15, _ had got into a flat bottom punt, which drifted off shore. The lads at-M tempted to swim ashore, hut fafteiip swimming some distance both £ank;|| Several boats went to .the scene of 11 the accident, but the bodies were not 1 W recovered for fifty minutes later.: EPlflfi forts to resuscitate were unavailing- ■ N The punt was a derelict, with ono side knocked out. The parents of the * ■' lads reside at Kilbirnie. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned. | ,} * HAMILTON. last night, j; The body of the lad Spencer- • drowned in Waikato River as week ago, was recovered yesterday.] i Ac tlie inquest a verdict of accident -» tal drowning was returned. « ! f WELLINGTON, lq^t-night. Ihe District Coro nor held an. en— 1 quiry yesterday into' the circum-l stances of the death of James Dun-] can, labourer, ~ who was found on Queen s AVliarf, yesterday in a mori- $ bund condition. The evidence went to show that deceased had had an epileptic seizure. An autopsy dis-' closed a fracture of tlie base of tlie skull. Tile jury found that death' was caused by this injurv, there ; being no evidence to show liow it was caused. : ,

A PLUCKY BOY. OMARAU, last night. • At tlie inquest on the boy Allan M. Frame, drowned in the Wamakaru:.. River on Friday last, a verdict of accidentally drowned was returned. The jury complimented Hiiroli Frame, a brother of the. deceased, fields bravery. He could not swim, hut he walked under the water for some distance in the effort to reach his brother. KILLED BY A PASSING TRAIN. INY ERCAUGI LL, hist night. Love Guinness, an elderly unur, ".is fatally injured at Woodlands laihvay station this afternoon. Illeattempted to cross the line in front of the incoming train, and was knocked down by the engine. Both logs were badly fractured, and the man died while being conveyed ito the hospital. 'J fie deceased was: a. native of Green Island, Otago, and had been .'.wagging Southland . for some time.

DARING BURGLARY.. AUCKLAND, last nigh - .. The residence of J. R. Sell, in Ponsonby, was burglariously entered en Boxing Night, a daring robborv.boiiig committed. Air. ami Alls. Self ware out, hut a young lady and the jhj.’itren were at home. They went to occl early, an 1 the young lady elois not seem to have heard anything to arouse suspicion. One of Mr. Seifs children, a hoy oi tern, was alarmed about 5.30 o’clock by seeing a man near the bedroom door with a light, winch lie Hashed for a seeon 1 into his lace, Imt lie was too frightened to cad lor assistance, and the intruder got away with about LSO worth of jewellery, leaving absolutely no fine to his identification. i'he burglar, must have climbed up the va-anaali post to the first floor, where he found, an open window, which gave ilka :rj- • css to the bedroom. He rifled two : cdrooms, and took tlie val lable ai.-d <■ isily jn rtable articles tint he saw, I\)is. Self& jewellery beiie* the biggest haul. j