Telegraphic.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43099, 1 June 1907, Page 3

Telegraphic.

(By TelegittipHi-—Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, This payGeo. Wm.' Shorlt, charged with attempting to,- set fire to the Catholic Church and ..’hall, Pukekohe, was' sen tenoed to three years, imprisonment. .INVERCARGILL, This Day. Margaret McAuliffe, previously convicted ol keeping liquor lor sale in a nolicense area, was sentenced to three months’ imprisenmenl. Arthur dames H&ris, jockey, found guilty of criminal assault on a girl under sixteen, WftS sentenced to two years’ hard John Thos. Bennett, false pretences, .three years, and declared an habitual, criminal, the prisoner’s record commencing with conviction in 1866. - DUNEDIN, This Day. Alex. Baglay chemist.-was fined 10s, without costs, for selling a liniment containing ; poison without entering the ingredients, co mposition and name of purchaser in his register. It was stated the point' Was never raised since the Poisons Act came into force thirty-six years ago. CHRISTCXIURCH, This Day.

The Icadi >g nti'ioiS state that there is no reason why there should be a farther rise offioar aud and anticipate a speedy fall 1* normal, i

The Hon. Millar, interviewed in regard to the price of bread, said it was moe a matter for settling the responsibilities on the Millers Trust. Parliament might have something to . say on it in view of the increased cost of living. WELLINGTON, This Day. Charles Dunn and Frank Morrah, were remanded on a change of wounding Gustave Grenberg, a Russian, with intent to do grevious bodily harm. -he offence took place in an alleged “ two-up ” school, with which accused were connected. The plaintiff was struck on the head with a bottle, sustaining a nasty wound.. TIMARU, This Day. A horse attached to a dray, conveying a party to a country concert, bolted and the vehicle capsized. Miss Foley sustained a fracture of the knee, driver Johnson received a bad bruising, and the whole party received a great shaking. One gentleman had three and a-half inches of a lady’s hat pin extricated from his body.