YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2085, 10 January 1908, Page 1

YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.

i. Pross Association. lllil JCNSVILLE. AL the inquest on Utu body of Edward West, killed iU iKiuikiipakaya; jlis Elizabeth .Shanks deposed that on- tho'diTernWon of the 7th the prisoner Stuart eiune to Jier house in a very excited condition, and stated that ho had killed West, lie seemed quite sensible,,. but looked as if he had been drinking. She identified the liat produced at the inquest, which had a clean cut through the crown and was smothered in blood, as the hit usually worn by West. .John James Hinds deposed that ho was in Mrs Shanks' house when Stuart arrived. (Stuart told him he had .murdered West, and asked him to go and see, telling him about the dispute and how the deed was committed. Witness went to Stuart's camp, 110 entered the w'liaro, and found an axe covered with blood lying on the puddle of the floor, lie found the body lying on the ground, partly leaning up against a tree. There was blood over the face, and a pool of blood was on the ground. Constable ,Ta»p deposed to arresting Stuart. 'When witness picked >p the axe Stuart stated, “That s where 1 eufchim (town,” adding t-lut ho afterwards drugged the body into the scrub.” The jury found a verdict that Edward West came by his death through ,i blow from an axe, inflicted by William Stuart, and that William Stuart wilfully murdered him. Stuart was removeil to Helens- - where he will he brnugnt before the Court. A rCKLAXJ). The dead body of a man named John S. Wright was hound in a house in Lowe-street, doubled up in a pool of blood, the throat being out I if,m ear to ear. There were also gashes on the arms, and a razor bearing marks of the tragedy lying near In. Wright was a man of about 50 years of age, a tailor by occupation. He recently arrived from Sydney. The Crown mines return for the month of 'December was £3091, i'.on 1449 tons. The Talisman return for three weeks of December was £140,939 from 2976 tons. HASTINGS. The Dev. J. Hobbs, Anglican vicar of Hastings, who has for some time interested himself in the social welfare of the youths coniiec.ed with racing sttides, lias bem given £3OO by the stewards and others interested in racing to gilt to form the basis of a building fund foi a club room for the of Hastings. The rector was iol i lav was doing more than the (laming Act to purify sport-. A native named Hap: 'laud vas arrested tin’s morning and remanded to Featlicrston on a charge of forging and utte mg a cheque drawn on J. Par.i-s, and ea.d'ed by Saunders at Featherston. Messrs. Nelson Bros.. Itd . have just completed ios din r, tlie Star ol Japan with a record Hawke’s Hay meat shipment, consisting of 19,903 carcases of mutton, 22,472 carcases of lamb, and 1716 quarters of beef. CAMBRIDGE.

A New Zealand and Australian conference of Seventh Day Advelitits has opened here, and villi bo continued for a week. A large number of delegates of Adventists recently purchased large farms and property at Cambridge, and erected a training school and health food factory. WELLINGTON. > Mr. Fulton, Government flax expert, writes to the Minister for Agriculture -that the seeds of New Zealand flax lie took to St. Helena, germinated well, but when the plants began to grow they were severely attacked by grubs.. Other experiments were* now being'tried. Air. Fulton lias been erecting a mll p’ant and preparing a site. SettU.'s are transplanting fairly extensively,- but tlie industry could not be made remunerative inside of four years. CHRISTCHURCH. The drought has reached the stage of being a very severe menace to the prosperity of farmers. The harvest is in full swing, but Hie yield is very poor oil light land, though better on the heavier soils. The great fear is for feed, and tlie prospects for the winter are discouraging, as this is tlie second dry year in succession that a shortage of feed has caused an over-supply on the sheep and lamb market, and consequent drop in prices, which -would be a severe loss to farmers in the present state of prices. Tlie firmness of yesterday’s wool sales, however, may be counted as compensation, and as crops are not now, as in former years, the farmers’ sole reliance, the general prosperity of the district will not Do seriously affected. DUNEDIN. Tlie Talnina Trotting Club yesterday afternoon paid a deposit binding the purchase of property for a now racecourse close to Taliuna Park, on which they can if necessary make a five-furlong track. Tho Otago touring team, before returning home, presented Air. Wilson, tho captain, selector, and meager, with a case of pipes. Air. \VI- - in reply, said he had given fielding great weight in choosing tho team. The introduction of good •cricketers from tlie other side would benefit Otago cricket a great deal, and perhaps something might le dono before next season. He had something in view, at any rate. The Supreme Court returns show that during last year 39 men and 3 women were indicted, of whom 31 men and 1 woman were convicted and sentenced; 25 men and 4 women were sent up from the lower Court for sentence. In 1906 the figures were: 30 men indicted, 19 convicted, and 11 acquitted. The increase of crime last year.was in cases of theft and deceit, tlie more serious class of offence being about equal to 1906. In civil cases judgments were recorded, for a. total of £2299, against £IB9B in the previous year.