TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1923, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

— > —-t* t 0 '"P-* •< c — * j ! HV IXi.i'Ol: -.KH T»BK PUESf ASSOCIATION I J j A FARMER’S CRUELTY. j DUXEDIX, Jan 17. j | At tin* Police Court. Herbert Or- i i inoiul was charged witli ill-treating ;( j i fri.-I taged PJJ years) and was lined : 1 CIO. , I The -rill had hern licensed out to the < defendant, a farmer. On account of . ; thing done to Ids children, he took i ; clothing oil'. (Hit her imdet the : tap. ail'd Mooned her with a don col- j lar. The defence denied the stripping, : and urged that defendant. who had an : excellent cliaracUr. was beside himself ::t wliat happened. WOOL SACKS. Wl'A.CrXt ( TON. -1(111 1.. ; < I ,\.L the wool sales competition was . iijehlv animated from all Inlying quar- j tei’. \ll crossbreds show on average . nrades"an advance of ap. any to two- , pence on December rates, equal to, 11 gl, 11 v bet ter than the .sapor prices. I M rino and half-bred wore-equally com- ; ~..ted for by local mills: crossbred hel-. fies and pieces eightpenee to tonpom t, ■ ■a A imd; halfbred pieces sold up to, 17d Merino. from Marlborough. made ,-1,-U is believed to he a record price I New Zealand of l.atnbs wool was verv strong, at a full twopence ad- : ..auee ,m tin December rates. EXAMINATION RESULTS. WEST COAST SUCCESSES. j DUNEDIN. .1 anuar.v 17. ; Following are the results of the | M.itrienhition examinations tor the j (Ire.vmouth educational district : j ’|'he letter M. signifies that the can- ( ,11,]., 1( , ins i assed Matriculation ; .M.S. . Solicitor's Oonorid Knowledge: I’. Med- > ion| Preliminary: UP- I’uUml I’ass; ; Comp.. Completed Examination: j Engineering Preliminary. | Ernest S. Austin. IM’.: W illinm A. j Caldwell, comp. : James M. ( 'asc. M. : | ('h list inn Cotter l'.P.. : Eileen Datis , I*l*. , Koheri S. Core. M. : Magnus F. | llanry. M.S.I’.: Maurice dames M.S.;! .1 oyee 11. K iter. P.l'. : Veronica Knell j |»|> |.'tliel Vfalpass, M.; Annie I. i Mead, [XT’. : Christina .MeKnigh L. conn I.i-Oie D. d. Smith. l’.P '■ Cyril S stu'w.s. l’.P. : Dudley L. Wade. P. I*. : dohn W. !. Weaver. IM’.: Kozin I . Will-. M. ; Ceorge T. d. Wilson M | | M (he \eeonntaii( y Preliminary I'.xaniinal ion. Andrew 1.. Mackey gained a. , partial pass. WOOL SALES. ' WELI.I NOTON. dan. IS. ; The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile report, the l Idl'd Wellington wool _ sales ot the season were held yester- • dav. Our catalogue comprised an ex,.,.11,.m selection drawn from Marl-, l ) , l i Vi; ,,| l Nelson. Taranaki. Wairarapa. - \|anawatil districts. Competition . wa- extremely good and prices ean >e | (listineilv dearer Elian the previous Wellington sales and quite par with recent sales hold in Mlpi,.|. For vile well-known llnwkes - I lev moi-ino dip grown by Mr <’■ I'. .1 ' Coulter, of Marlborough, tve 0,, ‘ ’lained tin- record price for X™ zeahtnd of •JfP.d per ib : for eoiiipared with Deeeml.-er sales tine I;,!/ I,red was Id higher, roar»er and medium I’d higher, liner crossbred Id I 1,1 nj.iher. medium cresshred amt , erosshred ltd 1" -M higher, low ,r, sshred -|d to Id higher, lambs ltd t„ -Jd higher. AH skirtings showed substantial advances. The sales closed wills a linn tone. EOI'ND HAXCINC. I’ All I ATC A. dan. IS. Krue-l dohn Meade, a lorry Anver. ;iu,.,| uhout Id. married, was Found lid- morning hanging from a beam in , sl ,„ v room adjacent to the stables where he was employed. I

FINED £7f>. \ECKI.AXD. dan. 18. dniln F.lderieu found guilty of loitcrhig in Svmonds Street for the purpose of making hots was fined C7o. The police describe him as a half way man. making neither very big nor very small bets.