TELEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 January 1914, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

» [pee fues* association.l OUR EXPORTS. Wellington, This Day. The total exports from New Zealand for 19l<* arc valued at £22,400,802, compared with £20,078,000 for the previous year. Butter is represented by a value of £2,002,834, cheese £1,760,491, beef £1347,005, mutton arid lamb £4,005,381, ' hemp £727,439, kauri "-11111 £549,100, hides and skins £1,149,558, tallow £657, 760, wool £9,080,843 and gold £1,437,119. A LAD DROWNED. Dargaville, This Day. A lad named Albert Wyatt, ttged eight years, while playing 011 the wharf last evening, fell over the side and was' drowned. In falling lie struck his head and never rose again. I.he body has not been recovered. DROWNED WHILE BATHING Hamilton, This Day. May Yates, aged 1.0, was drowned in the Waikato River, at Hamilton, while bathing. FIRE IN PALMERSTON. Palmerston N., This Day. A fire in Fitzherbert street at 4.45 this morning- destroyed a six-roomed house, which was a--cupied by A. Cutler and owned by G. Stratford Several lodgers escaped in night attire. The house adjoining had a narrow escape. ' The insurance 011 the house is £350 in the New Zealand Office. The insurance 011 the furniture is not available. MYSTERY SOLVED. . Napier, This Day. Six or 9 months ago Napier was subjected to an epidemic of burglaries, and all the efforts of tho police to discover the perpetrators proved futile. Quite unexpect- 1 edly, however, fresh light has been thrown 011 the mystery by the arrest of David Conway Burny, at Hastings. A quantity of the missing valuables was found in his possession, and the prisoner admitted being concerned in two o f the burglaries. Subsequently u man named Carpenter was arrested in Auckland 011 a charge d being concerned in the thefts. A HOST OF APPLICANTS. Dannevirke, This Day. Two hundred and four applications have been received for fourteen sections in the Tahoraiti and Tamaki blocks to be ballotted for to-morrow. The area aggregates 1,585 acres, and the sections range from 69 to 222 acres. It is dairying and pastoral land. INQUEST. Reef ton, This Day. The inquest on Downie was resumed. Mr Evans, the general manager, declined to answer a question as to whether Downie was getting a higher salary than idle mine manager, stating that tiiteen men in the mine got higher wages than the mine manageis. He demanded an adjournment to obtain legal assistance for Saunders. Almost all the lawyers are away owing to the legal vacation, and the case is adjourned till 29th inst. BOYS FOR FARMS. Auckland, This Day. Fifty-one boy immigrants uuder the Government schem eariwed by the Ayrshire, from Liverpool, this morning. Billets await them. Six go to North Auckland and 27 to Southern Auckland farmers. The boys receive 7s 6d a week for the firs., year, (is Gd being stopped until £10 has accumulated to repay passage money. In the second year they receive 12s Gd, and. in the third year 17s Gd weekly. lh e boys' ages range from fifteen i<> twenty years. Some appeal fully grown men. It appears there is some discontent among a number of the lads, who state that they understood the wag'is quoted were the minimum, awj that others would be paid, accoi-- | ing to ability.