NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 9007, 17 December 1907, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

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Found Dead in Bed.

WAIPAWA, December 16

Thomas Plughes, an elderly man, was found dead in bed in the Commercial Hotel. He was apparently in the best of health last night. An Eighty Feet Fall. A BOY KILLED. AUCKLAND, December 16. Robert Scott, aged seven years, son of Robert Walter Scott, of Huntly, climbed a fence enclosing the shaft of an old mine, and fell sixty feet on to shelving bank, then another twenty feet into the water. His body was recovered half an hour later. Mishap at Sea. I CHINAMAN KILLED. BLENHEIM, December 16. The steamer Aymeric, from Buenos Ayres to Sydney, put into Port Underwood to bury a Chinaman, killed by falling down the hold, and went on at once. Visit Postponed. NAPIER, December 16. Cable advice has been received stating that Postle, the champion athlete, has postponed his trip to the dominion indefinitely, owing to a strain sustained in a recent jumping match. Stabbing a Policeman. ACCUSED BEFORE THE COURT. PALMERSTON N., December 16. At the Stipendiary Magistrate's Court, W. Waugh, charged with wounding Constable Connor with intent to do grievous bodily harm, was remanded till Monday next. Bail was opposed by the police, but granted, accused in £2OO and two sureties of £2OO each. It was forthcoming. Constable Connor is progressing satisfactorily in the hospital, but it will not be known whether he will be out of danger until another 24 hours. NO SERIOUS RESULTS ANTICIPATED. LATER. The hospital authorities report that the condition of Constable Connor, of the local police force, who was severely stabbed on Saturday afternoon, is much improved. No serious results are anticipated.

(The wounding took place while Connor was arresting Waugh for drunkenness. Waugh stabbed the constable in the groin with a curved clasp knife, with which the former was cutting tobacco, and inflicted a severe gash.) » ■* An Exhibition Lawsuit. DAMAGES AWARDED. WELLINGTON, December 16. At the Supreme Court, to-day, the case was concluded in which George Scott, fruiterer and confectioner, of Christchurch. claimed £4,500 damages for alleged breach of contract by the Exhibition Commissioners in connection with the recent Exhibition. The jury awarded plaintiff £1.500. Those Examination Papers. WELLINGTON, December 16. Sir Robert Stout says it is impossible to prepare fresh examination papers for the candidates who suffered by the fire at Parliament buildings, before Christmas.-