SECOND EDITION LATEST.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2809, 25 March 1882, Page 3

SECOND EDITION LATEST.

• NEW ZEALAND. ' (Pan Pbbss Association.) ■ 1 I . Shipping. 1 ■ ' Napier, March 25. : i Arrived—Kentish Lass, 103 days from London.' She was sold to a Wellington ' ‘.firm, and on discharging cargo she will . to placed in the timber trade. Change of Gaols- ; Fifteen long/sentenced prisoners left ■ by the steamer'Kiwi to day, to relieve , the overcrowded local gaol; some are destined for Lyttelton, others >if or .Wellington.

v > ! : A Thievish Cook- ,. , ~ , Wellington, March 24. “V .At the Police Court this morning, ]Edward Arnold, formerly third cook of tbie' a.B. Hawea, was sentenced to !six months’ hard labor for stealing four aprons and' a fork from the Union Steamship Company. They were found .. ?r in a-box m his house. Sudden DeathA man named Charles W. Bell, stationer,, Courtney Place, and Secretary r the Britannia Lodge of Oddfellows, .. .-broke a blood-vessel in the street this v morning, and bled to death in a few . ; minutes. Deceased was consumptive, and has left a wife and two children.

! The Champion Sculling Match. ■ ■ - The Champion Sonlling Race will be ,i /towed at four o’clock this afternoon. The at present, is as smooth, as ■ u « millpond. The betting is slightly in favor of Hearn.,