Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3023, 8 October 1888, Page 2

Telegraphic.

A Sentence Reduced. • v L . Weilington, Monday. • ; At the Supreme Court this morning, Frank Masters, who had' been sentenced 011 Saturday to two years' hard labor for indecent exposure, was again placed in the dock by direction of the Chief Justice. ' His Honor.) said that on looking through the Police Offencei Aot, it appeared, to bun that the intention of the Legislature was that twelve months should be the maximum term for offences bf the nature of "which Masters was , convicted; As Masters iad been! convicted on two charges, he reduced the sentence to 12 months on each charge, to. run concurrently*

Stealing a Watch. i CniiisioHuncH, October 6. • Arthur Gibson, roller skating professor, was arrested to-day on a charge of stealing a silver watoli from P. P. Adams, at Blenheim. Pound Hanging'. Christchubch, October 6. Robert Graham, an employee of the Kaiapoi Woollen Company, was found hanging dead behind the hack door of his house at Kaiapoi; by one of hie children this morning. He had thrown the rope over . the" door, and one end to the handle, making a noose of the other " • Cavalry Camp. • ' CiimsTcnußoii, October 6. The Oamaru Hussars and Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry went into camp at the Agricultural Show Grounds for their annual training to-day. Two corps mustered upwards of one hundred men. Captain Coleman is acting as instructor, Criminal Libel. . Chkistohubch, October 6. John Olliver, R.M., and John Holmes have brought an action' for criminal libel against Thomas B. Bam, the alleged author of a leaflet containing verses insinuating that Mr Ollivier, who heard and dismissed charges of inciting to drink brought against tho licensee of tho City Hotel, had been improperly influenced by Mr Holmes,.who was counsel for tho accused. Mining News.

Geevmouih, October 7. Beefton mining returns for the week:—Keep-it-Dark, 2680z of amalgam from 168 tons; Globe, 1750z amalgam from 175 tons; Fiery Cross, 2870z of amalgam from 84 tons; Big River, 1250z of amalgam from 37 tons; No 2 Keep-it-Dark, 4090z of amalgam from 224.t0n5; Venus, Slloz ■ of! amalgam from 90 tons. ... i Fatal Accident.. | Feuding, Monday, An elderly man named Lewis j Stuart, a settler at Awahuri, was killed yesterday afternoon on the Awahuri road : by falling from his horse.