TELEGRAMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 May 1910, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

po wior.K a. [PII'R PRESS ASSOPIATKIN. J PA N., This Day. The hearing of the charge ol murder against l'mvelka is resumed this morning. Mr S. Tisdali, irunsmith expert, re-called, said he had tested the weight ol' the bullets from Powelkia and Quartermain's revolvers. The weight of the bullet found in Maguire'.s body w«i.s 82 grains. Tho bullet from Quarternriin's revolver weighed 78' grains. The bullet from L.C.K. Colts, one of I'owelka's, weiglnxl 82J grains. Witness took two bullets this morning from l'owelka's ammunition .and two from Qnarteriuaiu's. l'owelka's each weighed 82.J grains: one of Quartennaiu's weighetl 78.2 gi.iins, and the other .slightly lc%>s. T'he case for tbe Crown is sit,ill before Court. WELLINGTON. Thi.s f>uy. At the .Magistrate's Court to-day Francis Edwin Tier w<is charged with stealing from the Ai't Gallery the oil painting by header, entitled, "Southward Irom Surrey's Pleasant Hills." The accused, who is described as ji labuorer, .about lid ycv'.rs of age, was remanded until Wednesday next. CHRISTCHI'RCH, This Day. I'ldward Ksserinan, aged of) years, wa • found dead in l>ed last night in a city boarding-house. Henry Snri'th, an engineer, of Lyttelton, died suddenly last night. AUCKLAND, This Day. At the Supreme Court to-day Alfred .Job,ll Capper was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for a serious offence, and one year for usiiv indecoiit language. A concurrent charge of arson Against 'the pri • tier was withdrawn, subject to the consent of the Attorney-Gene-ral. FKIfiDING, This Day. At Cheltenham last night Mr W. Mills and family received <a sendoff on their removal to Ha.wke's Bay. Every inrunber of the family, including six grown up sons and daughters, received valuable presents from settlers, and 'the foot-nail and cricket clubs, etc. Mr Mills was the first settler in Cheltenham, thirty-four years ago, and is now pioneering again in the Hawke's liav district.