Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3027, 12 October 1888, Page 2

Telegraphic.

■ ~;^|Eartliquake.' '■'■:. J;,.-' 'Friday.'..". of eauthtfuuk'e' Was ;fel| : |efe.lt'2.B4 a.mi';; The apparent dii'eciioij'was east and west, 'and the (fui'atiou was about eight.seconds. - , ; L,WEsiPOKr,;Friday.'' '•' : ;A'sevel , o ! Bliock.iof. earthquake was foltat;2.Bo this morning.

i"?. ./".Wellinotoh,'' Friday* 1*! Eobert Orowloy, for forging :■ and 1 littering a cheque for £5 10s; oathe Bank of Now drawn by Andrew: 'Y6u'ng,:wiia'aouitene'ed to 18 months imprisonment. Josepji. Simjnons, -iiidicted;fot jiaviitg stolen 4s Gd, the monies ,of his employer, ' Henry Floclbfi, ™as |o\ffid not guilty and disobarged-'. 'Rilbald Cheesoman,, found, giiilt of forgery and uttering, and who'was remanded for tho probation officersa'epbrt,;was brought up to-day to nine mouths hard labor. ••'■••' ,■■ i

Alleged ~.-,.:;'.;,. .Duijedin, Octobei'.ll. •; Alexander Kennimotint... .agahi appeared at the Police Court;' to-day, on a charge of embbzzlenient., Somp' four or five previous oharges had been dismissed by the Justices, and : then, in order to, <end matters, no evidence was offered 1 in" another dase, and Kennimount was committed' for trial, and acquitted. Tho present was another oharge.laid .!.by his' late employer, Mr A, Domwell, butcher, hut as a material witness refused to attend without.his expenses "being paid, the case was adjourned, and witnesses are to be compelled to attend./«' . ; .. , , ;i : Inquest, CimisTOHUßcu, October 11. The inquest on Henry Lewis Lowe, who.wasfounddead in ! a glitter at Lord Brougham-street, Sydenham, on .Tuesday, was' held this evening. The Evidence shewed that he was subject to fits, and had apparently been seized with one, and had fallen into the gutter and been suffooated by the water, which was flowing over his head.

The Minister of Education,

Ohristohuboh, Oot, 11,

The Minister of Education arrived from Wellington to-day,' and visited (he Deaf iiiid.Duinb'liwtitli'tion. He returns to Wellington,. ; to-iuo'rrow night. ~-■■'.'.'

• BreaMngtheßecQi'd., Cußistaitmicui Oof.IL ..-., At the Eangiora Friendly Society's Sports yesterday, A. 0. Wilmot broke the' New Zealand cycling record for 10 mile's, doing the distance in 3lmin 17 l-Sthscc, beating Bean's record.by j Imin 42 3-ssec." He rode assin new Rapid racer. ..■■.-.' v . . ■■■.'. Applications for Coal-Licenses.; ■ ' "■ »'WesipOrt,Friday. ;i During the past ten days four applications for mineral leases (coal) have been- made, covering nearly 7000 acres, upon whioh £670 has been paid into tho land offico.- '