TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2033, 19 March 1907, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

Press Association. HASTINGS, yostordny. A young man named Patrick Butcher was gathering cones from a pine tree on Saturday when ho slippod, falling on top of a fonco. Ho sustained two broken wrists, a broken leg, broken jaw and nose. Ho was conveyed to the hospital in a serious condition. WANGANUI, yesterday. Honry Barnard Tomlinson, who mysteriously disappeared from Potono in January last, was arrested in Wanganui on Saturday, and charged at tho Court this morning with tho theft of moneys belonging to tho Tempornneo and General Lifo Assurance Society. ( Accused, who has been living here under tho uamo of Lindsay, was remanded to Wellington. DARGAVILLE, yesterday. Brown and Sons, aftor six weeks’ work in endeavoring to upright tho barque Wni-iti, capsized on January 2Sth, have thrown up their contract, having fruitlessly expended several hundred pounds. AUCKLAND, yesterday. Tho barquontino Mary Isabel, fivo weeks out from Auckland, was towed into Hokianga ..to-day. A man named Charles Lowin has been arrested on a chargo of having stabbod the porter of tho Auroa Hotel. It is alleged that Lowin whilst being ejected from tho hotel offered reisistonco and stabbed the porter, Alfred Hodge. The latter was removed to the hospital with a wound >n the arm, ono in tho right log, and two in the loft leg. Hodge is making satisfactory progress. Tho St. Patrick’s Day picnic to Motutapu on Saturday was marred by an unfortunate incident. Threo ferry steamers landed three thousand children and an equal number of adults during tho day. On the homeward journey tho children wore sent away about o o’clock, crowding threo steamers. A crowd of three thousand , people, mostly adults gathored on a narrow pathway waiting for tho steamers’ returning. It was 10.30 before the last of the excursionists reached town. In the crush at tho island tho women and children suffered much discomfort. Many had to be assisted out of the crowd. Various articles of jewellery were lost. BUSH FATALITY. THAMES, last night. Elza Lepsicli, an Austrian, aged 27, was killed by a falling tree at Wliarekawa, near Thames, yesterday.. Some of deceased’s relatives were ongaged in falling a large tree, which unexpectedly crashed down, carrying • another tree, which struck Lepsicli on the head. Lepsicli was rendered unconscious and died shortly after. His companions carried him through tho bush over rough tracks to the Thames, a long, weary journey, arriving here after many hours’ tramping. The fatality was purely accident ah A SAD.CASE. THAMES, last night. A sad circumstance in connection with tho suicide of Thomas Mitchell, details of which were telegraphed tho other day, is that tho shock jiroved too much for his brother, who now lies in tho hospital in a critical condition. The brothers were much attached. The survivor felt tho loss keenly. JEWEL ROBBERY. NAPIER, last night. A jewel robbery is reported to have taken place at the Provincial Hotel last week, when jowellery to tho value of £IOO, belonging to ono of the daughters of tho licensee was taken between noon and two in the afternoon. NATIVE LANDS. , THAMES, last night. Natives of the district express the keenest satisfaction at the efforts being made to individualise and dis- . pose of certain lands now being purchased for Government by the native lands purchaser. For years large and valuable areas have lain unoccupied and uncultivated. It is believed that some twenty thousand acres will soon bo available, to be J followed by other purchases. SUPREME COURT. NAPIER, last night. At the Supreme Court to-day the Grand Jury returned true bills in ■ all cases except those against Tlios. ■ Cyril King and John Patrick Me- j Carthy, both of whom were charged ( with indecent assault. Antoni Montecino, found guilty of , theft, was sentenced to four months’ . imprisonment. Michael Barry, who pleaded guilty ( to stealing from a dwelling, was re- ( manded for report of the Probation Officer. Iwi Katherine Rangi McAndrew, , a native girl, pleaded guilty to theft, and was admitted to proba- ( tion for two years, on the understanding that she entered St. Mary’s Home, Wellington, and did not leave it during that term. John Mitchell pleaded guilty to setting fire to his dwelling-house at Wairoa, but on his behalf it was urged that the burning had been done in pursuance of a native custom to destroy the belongings of a departed relative, the man’s wife having just previously died in the house. No claim for insurance money had been mado m connection with tho fire, though the houso had been insured. The accused was ordered to como up for sontcnce when called upon. Takapa Kimakanga, a native, charged with several offences, including horse stealing, was convicted and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. Leonard Easton, was convicted of highway robbery and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. To Otcne Tipu, a Maori, pleaded guilty to horse-stealing, and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. Joseph ’ Borlaco pleaded guilty, and received a scntenc of nine months’ imprisonment for stealing from the porson. Philip O’Brien pleaded guilty to assault and robbery, and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. DROWNING OF MOTHER AND CHILD. WESTPORT, last night. A double 'fatality occurred at Coalbrookdalo on Saturday night, Mrs. Froyer and a two-year-old child being drowned in the Waimaugaroa ri-Ter. At tlic inquest held to-day tho evidence failed to disclose how the deceased came to got into the river, but it was surmised that the mother, with tho child in her arms, had fallen over the embankment of the river about eight o’clock on Saturday night, and had been drowned Mr. and Mrs. Freyer and child only recently arrived from the Old Country. EGG-LAYING. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. Last week’s returns in connection with the egg-laying competition ol tho Utility Poultry Club at Lincoln Collego show that 375 eggs_ were lan during the week, making the ; total to date 51,570. The best . totals for the week were: Mis l ■ Bilby (silver Wyandottes) 27, A. J- ; McEntec (silver Wyandottes) 19, M- . Blanch (silver Wyandottes) 19. T . highest aggregate totals to ‘ , are: M. Blanch’s 1053, J. Ashton^ I silver Wyandottes. 852, G. W A . ridge’s white Leghorns 807 lO’Brien’s silver Wyandottes 80o t