NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8988, 25 November 1907, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

~. BY TELEGItAI'H I'BKSS ASSOCIATION. ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. WELLINGTON, November 24. A married woman, named Mrs Moore, fell down the flight of stairs at the public gallery in the Supreme Court, yesterday, a distance of about 18 feet. Her face was cut a good deal and she was taken to the Hospital. Gerald Dee, a single man, slipped while attempting to board a moving tramcar last night. He was dragged for some distance, and a wheel passed over the upper part of his left leg. No bones were broken. Dee was sent to the Hospital. INVERCARGILL, November 24. Bertie James Dawson, aged six years, was killed by a horse falling on him at Waikiwi, on Saturday. His thirteen-year-old sister saw the accident. The boy was riding the horse when the reins got under its feet. It reared and the boy fell off, the horse falling on him, crushing his head. His sister pulled him from under the horse, and carried him towards the house, whero his mother met her. The doctor arrived in twenty minutes and said the boy was dead. ARRIVAL OF THE TONGARIRO. WELLINGTON, November 24. The Tongariro arrived from London this afternoon. SUDDEN DEATH. WELLINGTON, November 24. Henry W. Hutt, aged 56, unmarried, died suddenly at Worser Bay, last night; it is supposed from heart disease Hutt, who came here from Nelson about six weeks ago, is said to have had a sister living at Palmerston North, and his father is at Ashburton. YOUTHFUL BURGLARS. EIGHT BUSINESS PREMISES RIFLED. NAPIER, November 24. For some little time past petty burglaries have taken place at several business establishments in (own, and small quantities of goods have been stolen. The police have been on the track of the suspects for the last few days, and on Friday and Saturday two youths were arrested, one named Percy Jones being arrested in Wel : lingon, where he had shipped on the V\ hakarua as a boy, and the other named Percy Hughes being arrested here on board the-Niwaru, he having shipped on that vessel as a seaman for the Home voyage. Both youths, who are about 17 or 18 years of age, admit having broken into ahout eight different business places. The whole of the stolen property has been recovered, amongst the articles taken being two revolvers. In searching for the stolen property, the police struck a paper trail across the Whareomaraenui reserve, which had apparently been made with the object of guiding others to the hiding places of the goods. SPRINGFIELD ESTATE. j ■ SALE OF PORTION OF PROPERTY. ASHBURTON, November 24. Three thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine acres of the well-known Springfield Estate, were auctioned in blocks yesterday, and sold for a total sum of £82,990 10s, being an average of £2l lis lOd per acre. The sale was the best held here for many years, bidding being exceedingly brisk. WELLINGTON SUPREME COURT. • WELLINGTON, November 24. At the Supreme Court, yesterday, Daniel Desmond O'Brien, who had pleaded guilty to taking a watch, knife, key, and £4 from a rran at Dannevirke, was admitted to probation for two years. Wm. Joseph Lowe and John Cornelious Robinson, charged with having at Feilding assaulted and robbed a young man named Frederick Hugh Noffke of a purse containing £6, were found guilty and demanded for sentence. TRAIN LEAVES THE RAILS. WELLINGTON, November 24. A passenger train left the rails at i Ngahauranga last evening. Nobody was hurt, and the train was restored to the line within about an Dour.