TELEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 January 1915, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

— —+ [PBR FBEBS ASSOCIATION.] WAR RTSK BATEi~KiEDUCED. Wellington, This Day. Tbo Department of Agriculture, Industries and Commerce lias received advice from the High Commissioner dated 2nd inst., that the Government war risk has been reduced £1 Is per cent and Lloyds to £1 per cent war risk only. PRLSONER'iicXf'ES. Wanganui, This Day. Philip George Barnard, a prisoner on remand on a charge of pocket-picking, escaped from the police gaol this momin>g, forcing the lock of his cell and the lock of the door leading outside. The discovery that he was missing was made after seven and a search was immediately instituted, but so far it has been fruitless. CASES AT IW'OHRISTOHURCH COURT. Christchurch, This Day. At the Court James Feuter was remanded on a charge of arson; setting Ire to a garage at Sumner o.i Christmas Eve and causing the destruction of five valuable cars. tie admitted the attempted theft of petrol at the same place and time, William Archibald Binnio, aged 17, pleaded guilty to a charge of falsely representing his age as 22 y. ars and) thereby obtained a totalieator ticket at Ricoa l-ton. George Mason, the clerk who sold him the ticket, admitted th-s charge of selling to a boy under age; hut pleaded that he did not see h'm. Mir Bishop, S.M., said he would inflict a" heavy penalty, hut deferred sentence till he could see the boy. HAWKE'S BAY v. CANTERBURY. Hastings, This Day. For the Hawke's Bay-Canterbury cricket match there is Sne weather and the wicket is in good order. Hawse's Bay* won the toss and after Board (17), Patterson. (20), and B-iau (31) were disposed of a rot set in and at noon all the wickets had fallen for 89.