PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 2770, 7 August 1885, Page 2

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

* [united PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, August 6. At the R.M. Court to-day, James Christie was charged witli stealing a sealskin vest valued at £6 ; the pro-

perty of George Tucker; and Mary Tucker was charged with stealing £IOO, the property of her Husband, George Tucker, hotel-keeper, Lumsden, The accused were arrested on a telegram from Invercargill. It is asserted that Christie induced Mrs Tucker to elope with him. They have lived in Wellington for a week past under the names of Mr and Mrs Christie. The prisoners were remanded to Riverton. Three Chinamen were charged with smuggling cigars from the Tamsui, and were fined £5, £3, and £1 10s respectively. The Gazette notifies the appointment of Colonel Sir G. S. Whitmore as Inspector of the Yolunteer forces. It is also notified that as “ Rough on Rats ” contains arsenic, or a preparation of arsenic, it is therefore “ poison ” within the meaning of the “Sale of Poisons*Act, 1871.” The attention of chemists and others is called to the provisions of section 12 of that Act, which prescribes regulations to be observed in the sale of poisons, as there is reason to believe that these regulations are not always carried out as respects the poison above referred to. A man named Geo. Bnick is supposed to be drowned in the Waimuro river. The horse which he rode was found riderless. Dunedin, August 6. The case Anderson v. Strode, in which £2OO damages was claimed for slander over a totalisator transaction, has been settled, defendant withdrawing the injurious statements and paying plain tiff’s costs. The corrected returns give Reid only a majority of eight for Bruce seat. Auckland, August 6. Specimens of silver from Karangahape were tested by the Bank of New Zealand yesterday, and a yield representing lOOOozs. to the too was obtained, the estimated value being 17s per ounce. Frank Holt, secretary of the Helensville Foresters Lodge, was committed for embezzling funds.