N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7319, 12 June 1902, Page 3

N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

Per Press Association. . ~ . Nm-ii-h, Thursday. A mild scare was created in town "this morning when it became known tint communication wish i|,e JCchi-di-from Auckland, had been prohibited owing to a suspicious ease of illness. Doctors Finch (District Health Oilicei.. Moore, and .Henley were summoned.' and after consultation declared the patient to be suffering from nothing more serious than quinsey. '.Martehtox, Friday. A young man named Geo. 'Jackson, against whom a wan-.".i_t has been out for several months on a charge of embezzlement from his former employers. Chamberlain Pro... bakers, yesterday gave himself up to the police. The Magistrate io-ilnyac.mitted him to probation for six monliis and m.lered jhini io repay the amount (£(! odd) by instalments of £1 a month. .Mr McGowan, Minister of Justice, togotherwifh the Undersecretary, visited Masterton yesterday iv connection "with iho suggested exchange of sites of the present Courthouse and a section belonging to the Trust Lands Trust. It is urged that the present Courthouse accommodation is quite inadequate to the requirements of th. extensive district. Tho police quarters is also too small, and the buildings are very old. It is probable the exchange will be ultimately effected. The proposed new site for the Courthouse has many distinct advantages oyer the present location. The Ministc-nil party visited the Post office tower, AV'.F.C.A., fishponds, and oilier places of interest, and wero favourably impressed with the prospects and resources of tlie town and district.