N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10670, 27 June 1912, Page 5

N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

j- ("By Telegraph—Press Association.) PALMER37ON WINTER SHOW. , PAIMERSTOiNV N., La*t Night. .I<!or- the second day of the Nation--al Dairy Show the weather was fine, an<d ..the attendance -was estimaUod a.t_ 14,000, ibeing 2000 more than the ssc-vi the College football match tihis\af ternoo%. the stands wer& crowded., and people swe«3| massed inaiay. deep all round the • Oval.' They came from all over the Dominion. • ; . ■ VAjt th© same, time the different halls were crowded.

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BIG JtOAiD RACE

NEiW PLYMOUTH, Last Night. The date for the oircula.r rcfad race has ibeeni fixed for September sth. The prize money amounts (to £4OO, making the competition', itihe .biggest •. in the A'Usitiraftaskn catonics. COST. OF LIVING POMMISSJON. AUCKL/ ND, Last Night. At t-lio Cost {.f jawing Commission., Alexander Caughey, ot Smith and Oaiughey, da-apers, so far as New Zealand goods were cciincernedi,, ith© profits .derivable ; had decreased. Better goods were .being sold, people not .being .satisfied ; jvith V, tho gc»ods tt-h.a!t'(t.hey Were content with 10 years ago! "He did notsay this. wa,s not good economy, as the goods lasted better. The coat of drapery to sellers had increased considerably, lie witmess said that the- most important, eaiuso of (the increased cpst. of livitag was> .tSait civilisation was not 'content to have a simple'life.? -.

FOOTBALL.

INTER-GOLLEGIATEMTOH. ') WANGANUI DEFEAT TE' AtJTE. pALiMERSTON N., Last Night. . On the Oval to-<lay, Waiiganui College defeated Te, Aiite iby 16 points , .to 11; after the finest game yet seen in Palmeiraton. , ,

SEQUEL TO MOTOR ACCIDENT. DRIVER OEMRGiED WITH MAN--7 SLAUGHTER. : .NAPIER, Last Night. The Supreme Court was engaged all day hearing iai .charge 'of ma'n'slaughter againist Sfotenga Rcpiha, arising, otut • ofa- motor cair accident, afcj,Waipu>wa on May 17 th, *\v€en'.tW Native passengersr were filled" iby ; the overturning' pti* /the car ; while < going' •round a corner, at ia speed .alleged to ibe excejssive, the accused .being the driver. The evidence was not concluded, attud' the further.' hearing was adjourtied till to-morrow. . •

WOMAN SUECIDES.

BY TAKING; LYSOiL. ,\VELLINGTO'N',LastiNi::gIit. Helen- .Mcllwm'ith, residing at Newtown, died; this afternoon,, believed' to foe from Hysoil poisoning, self-ad-ministered. She was the widow of tJiio late Mr T. Mcllwraith, who wals fm\ mainy : years eimjiloyed in the TJ n i o*n> Company's irepaiii'mg yaird. Since liib death she has been in ill-liealth,/suf-fering from dnsoraniiai raid l general de-pli-essioin. iShe leaves two' - children aged 17 a'nd 22 respective]}-.i