TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1942, 12 September 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Mr Fernandos, a fishmonger in who has started a factory for tinning whitebait at Westport, will make a first shipment to Australia in about a fortnight.

The Hon. W. Robinson, M.L.0., c|ied at Christchurch on Monday morning. His life had been despaired of for four days. Jeseph Levien, an ex-billiard marker at Naseby, has become heir to £30,000, through the death of a relative in Sydney, but his whereabouts are unknown. The Alameda arrived at Auckland from Sydney on Saturday night, having been detained by heavy weather. She is now taking in upwards of 500 tons of flax for San Francisco.

Captain Fairchild reports that all provision depdts at the Kermadecs were visited and found intact, despite reports circulated by passing whalers thst they had been rifled by another ship’s crew. Mr T. Horton, trading at Blenheim under the name of Fell, Bros, and Co., general merchants, has filed a petition in bankruptcy. It is stated that hia only creditor is the Bank of New Zealand, to the tune of close upon £IO,OOO. The Supreme Court criminal sessions opened and closed at Gamaru on Tuesday before Mr Justico Williams. There were nine charges against Michael Morgan and James Anderson for house breaking and larceny, On one of these the prisoners were convicted, and they pleaded guilty to two others. The Crown Prosecutor entered a nolle prosequi in the remainder. Anderson was sentenced to seven years, and ; Morgan to five years. Thomas Cooper .pleaded guilty to forgery, and was placed under probation for a year. H. Goon, a Chinese, for house-break-ing, was sentenced to 9 months, and Thomas Rooney got twd’ years for forgery.