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Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 25, 31 August 1886, Page 4

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iIYr I’nited Pres* Association.) ]H NAWAY AMEKICAN SAILORS. Ai i ki.\m>. Ang. 26. Twenty-thru men I elonging to the \i,„ , ,i warship Mohican have deserted. Tin pill, i- Imve recaptnrcd fourteen, for | i ■■. t 0 per heed. HOYCoTTISG A I'AI’ER. .V n no • ting of the unemployed it was ■ cott t!ie Evening BeU. TIIE CIIASCA. W"KI.I.INIiToN, Allg ‘2O. The Ha lits of the Chasca, which put .t. ibled, here eived notice 1 It t • f,.tuple will not conic oil to Wei- ( oEOMAI. AMMEMTION. M m.unuton. August 21. \ trial of the Auckland manufactured m-.minti. 11 w.i ■ mu le at the rifle range .. ~]■•;not 'i in the pretence of ; i r Minnett. Captain* Coleman. Mea- . and M ireh ,11. Lient. Vogel and K. lull.-, 1 1-\cning Coat). Captain Whitv. in.ii.iifaoturi r of the ainiiiunition, , , aim t tout tie lust sample of •art1, 1,-,, sent from Auckland to Wellington .' ,M . *i ,t been «*nt to ,T it U Jin vious sample substituted, i i,.lit:-, f the trial were 10 shots ■ I ,i,* , s mil class targets, rapidity |.„ itenint Vogel, who won the i ip at the W itnbiedon new mu', .1 with English tiianufactured aniuiui • mu. Captain Whitney using liis own, i Ui firing ".tii strung, rides. Lieut. \ , g. l io.,k 1 minute do seconds, making . i iptain* Whitney took 1 minute 16 seeon I-. scoring •> bullsoyes, 2 centres, 8 outers, total 82.

Tin; GISBORNE MCKDEIL—SENTENCE COMMI'TKP. Hit a-ntinre of rlfiith |*a**od on Kow--1 mil-- for murder nt Gisborne, wan today commuted to impriioatßl for life. Till: JEWELLERY ROBBERY. William and Edward Arnold, father ! in, vvero today charged «itli I, In ► isly liarlx-nring .lames Mitchell, nlio I, accused of burglanuunly entering I i., m ti h |< wellery Dmp. and extracting ,|- to the value of AHtxi. Accused \m u- remanded until to-morrow. A DIVIDEND. 1 Wellington W. at Export Company 1,, niiiiu lid the payment ot a A per cent, dividend. TUK RECENT STORM. Him.din, August 26. At a meeting of the Harbor ltonrd tl,„ Engineer reported the etfi-ct of the r, rent storm tthe beeriest known t»»r •j.-.j, , r> i on works at the head*. The minding* show the bar to have shifted 700 or MOO feet. I'OISONING HOUSES. InM.Ui AKOII.L. Aug. 26. Vt the Supreme Court J. Martin, an old settler, 60 years of age. was found guilty of poisoning hi* neighbour's horses. He was sentenced to 11 months’ hard labor. The prosecutor had married Martin's daughter very much Against hie wish and this is sup|>osod to be the cause of lus jHiisoniusf thu horse*. SHEEP STEALING. John Mercer was indicted for shoot ini’ . 1.1 tealing the carcase at Kingston. I.aka Wakatipu. Accused who is now s. rMilk" a term of imprisonment for stealmi; was alleged to have stolen alieep off runs and supplied the meat to Ins work no n. Accused was f >und guilty and sentenced to two years' hard labor.