GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 195, 15 February 1912, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

A MISSING CLERK.

By Telegraph—Press, iU^atim. ' -Blenheim, list Night. • B. Des Forges; a clerk at the Blenheim Gasworks, has been missing since Monday, and the police made all day Tuesday and this' morning, bttVartr no signs of "the missing man, who is 50 years of age and has ft wife and two children. Des Forges hsb been suffering from ill-health lately, aitd his illness was accentuated by insomnitt. He resigned his position last Friday. His office accounts were found in good order.

BOOT MANUFACTURERS,

Wellington, Last NigfiL At the Federation of Boot Manufat* hirers' Meeting here to-day, the. follow- 1 J injg officers were elected:—President, Mr. H. Dearsley; vice-president, Mr. K. . • O'Brien; treasurer, Mr. A. Trenwitfc; executive, Messrs. Mapplebeek, O'Brien, Frame, Kingsland and Hodgson.

MAN MISSING, r*-

Christchurch, Last Night. a John Smith, aged 24, formerly a fireman on the Mararoa, was reported miajing after the vessel arrived to-day. lie had been discharged on account of an altercation with a butcher and was returning to Lyttelton as a steerage passenger. His berth was not occupied last night.

A SHOPTLIFTER. Timaru, Last Night. , girl of nineteen, belonging to / Christchurch, was convicted of stealing a watch and wristband from a drapers shop. She pleaded guilty. She had been convicted of theft at Wellington. She was offered the alternative of returning to the Salvation Army Home. She said she would rather go to gaol. Sentence wa# deferred. 1

FEILDING RAM FAIR.

Feilding, Last Night. Ttie Feilding annual ram fair to-day comprised mostly Romneys, for whi«fc there was a very poor demand. The highest price was 15 guineas for one shear ram, sold by E. Short. The flock Romneyß did not average 4 guineas. Southdowns were in much better demand, averaging 5 guineas. Lincoln® were also in good demand, bringing up to 8% guineas, with an average of 4 ! guineas.

•AN UNQUALIFIED PRACTITIONER. Dunedin, Last Night. [ At Blacks yesterday, Byran Charles Donnelly, alias Robert Preston, was fined £25 on a charge of practising as a | medical practitioner 1 necessary qualification*) C, v