TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 February 1923, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

j nv- TKLI’.C.II AI’H CKH I’lt ESS ASSOCIATION | PROW YI s I; VCCII )J'.NT Dl. NEDIN. Ed) i .Mr .jolui Langley. aged 98. slipped into the (hit ha River this and was drowned. Ihe body has belli recovered. SHOT WITH REVOLVER. AUCKLAND. February 8. Otto Fred Olsen. 76. was admitted to the public hospital this morning from a wound in the chest, the result of a revolver shot believed to he sellinflicted. His condition is serious. A FIRE. BLENHEIM. Feb. 8. By a tire. Don. Rutherford’s Gladstone station yesterday afternoon was de-irov-d and 110 hales of merino wool freely 'valued at over L'9.BUO. No detail- as to in-i'raneos if any are availaide. The total loss i- well over CIOO9. A BREEDER FINED. PA IIf.VITA. Feb. 8. At the Magistrate’s Guilt. Daniel Buckley, a farmer of Raknnnui, was lined five pounds for wilfully damaging a Jersey hull, the property of a neighbouring farni“r. Tt wa-. stated there had been feeling between the parties. The accused was a breeder of polled aligns and he alleged that a scrub bull got among his heifers mi Boxing Day. Accused drove the bull to hi. yard and operated upon the animal, which hi d to death. Full restitution had been made. The Magistrate said He accused was not justified in taking stn-h drastic aid ion. and it could not be tolerated.