NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 61, 2 March 1908, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

THE"AUTUMN EXODUS. ' l'er Press Association. Wellington, The lust three steamers for Sydney have carried full complements of passengers ami numbers have been shul out. The Maraina. which leaves next Friday, lias all her passenger accommodation hooked.

RKI.'OIID CI'STOMS RKYK.NIT,. Wellington., Saturday, The Customs for this week amount to :C12(i,27.">, constituting a local weekly record.

FIXED FOU SEEUXG IH'TRUJ FOOD. I Maslerlon, Saturday. Samuel Herbert fun-ins was charged willi selling hams unfit for human consumption, lie was (hied ClO and costs C2 Ills. Tlie hams were semi-putrid.

the drought. Maslerlon, Saturday. The wealher i- abnormally-dry. l''armers regard Ihe position as exceedingly lil'Sl-l FIUKS.

Uccflon ..Saturday. The luisli tires' pi'ogrcs, along (lie road towards (he town, becoming serious, the lire brigade went out la it night and succeeded in saving several houses. There is no sign of rain.

AYEIXINCTOX VITAL STATISTICS. | Wellington, Saturday. During February there were IS3 births. 4S deaths, and 10."> marriages. Two bankruptcies occurred in Wclhngton during the month.

METHODIST CONFERENCE. Auckland, Saturday Xight. j The Methodist Conference resumed its sittings to-day. th'e new president liev. C. E. Bcecroft, being in the chair. The chief business was the election of the stationing committee »as follows: Auckland district: Revs. G. Bond and S. Crilliths. -Messrs. Ambury, Shackleford, and T. Allen;. Wanganui district: Kevs. T. (i. Brooke and C. E. lleeeroft, and Messrs K. Dixon and J. G. C'olilic; Wellington district: Kevs. P. \V. Vauclough and Lawry, and Messrs. J. L'rouse and G. Tiller; Nelson district: Kevs. C. 11. Garland and (.',. Penuey. and Messrs. A. Eneas and T. Harris; Canterbury district: Kevs. Pewsbury and T. A. .Toughliu, and Messrs. K. H. Turner, J. A. Fiosher, and W. Harding; Otago district: Revs. W. Slade and D. .T. Murray, and Messrs. E. Rosevear and J. V. Arnold, M.P.

LAWN TENNIS. Christcluirch, Last Sight. The annual inter-provincial tennis match between Wellington and Canterburv was played yesterday, and resulted in a win for Wellington by 11 points to 7. THE PREMIER TN THE NORTH.

Kohukohu, Saturday Night. The Prime Minister, accompanied bv Lady Ward, reached Kohukohu to-night, having come overland by motor car .from YVhangaro.i. All the more important centres on the East Coast have been visited, and most cordial receptions have been extended to the Minister wherever he has gone. The lour of this side of the peninsula will commence on Monday, anil will last until the end of the week.

A CHARGE WITHDRAWN. Christi-hurch, Saturday Night. Francis Henry Bruges, formerly a Christehurch solicitor, on remand, was charged in the Police Court this, morning on the information of William Edward Brown, of Sprinpjburn, of converting moneys vested in him as trustee to his own use, and with having been accessory to the theft of moneys by one James Goodman. Mr. V. G. Day was on the Bench. Detective Bishop said that the case had been remanded a fortnight ago in order to give the police an opportunity to make further enquiries. In the meantime, the papers in the ease had been submitted to the Crown law officers in Wellington, with the result that the police had been advised to take no further action in the matter. His Worship said that either one of the 'two things had occurred; either the /koliee had been badly advised when Ithey undertook" thV prosecution, or ' ■ ■ been misused. It appeared to him (and would probably so appear to most people), that either the persons who laid the charges had not proper grounds for doing so, or what the charges were laid with the intention of recovering monies by criminal process, which they could not have- obtained bv civil process. The ea=c would be struck out.