Famine Prices.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3074, 7 December 1888, Page 2

Famine Prices.

Waikato, Friday. A private letter from Etheridgo goldfield, Queensland, states that ou account of the drought Hour is selling at 14 por lOOlbs, and potatoes at Od per lb.' '

INQUEST. Duneuik, December G. . At the inquest touching tho death' of John Dorau the evidence showed that he had been low-spirited for some time, and suffered from Rheumatism, He had told his employer that he had been kicked by a horse, but mentioned nothing of this to others. It was not clear he had been taking the acid in mistake or .not. He told his wife that he had taken a drink out of a bottle lie had found because no one answered his oall; but to thedoctor lie said lie had a misunderstauding with his employer (which,wis denied),.anil was tired of his life; : The jury came to tho conclusion that the acetic noid- had been taken by mistake. , / ■

Supreme Court' -V: Nelsos, December G. At the . Supreme Court to-day Arthur Gibson, for stealing a watch from tho Palace Rink, was sentenced to two years; A warrant arrived from Diinedin to-day for his arrest on a charge • of : stealing. a ring -in that' city. James Davy was sentenced to 18 months for horse stealing, Richard Fisher,; charged -.with horsestealing was acquitted. Frauds Kiernan, late of the Owen, was charged with forging and uttering a receipt for. silver scrip; "verdict, not guilty., . . v. ;

. 0 1 A. Curious Incident. Chbisiodurou, December 6, • A six-months-old St Bernard puppy belonging to Mr ,H. R. Donnelly, proprietor of the Palace Rink, suffering from distemper, got. out of the back yard and followed the owner yesterday, and being weak, lay down opposite the Provincial Government offices, immediately beneath the window where the;, Secretary toytlio Society for prevention of Cruelty to j 'Animals works, who, seeing the dog as he thought poisoned ordered the messenger to kill it. Mr Donnelly has entered two actions—one for cruelty to animals and another for. the .value of the dog—against the Secretary,

After Dinner Rest Awhile. ; : CnRisTOHURqn, December 6. Mrs Thomas ■^■jßfcy^'Jiouseat

jMIVNf to two^PrdaHH JJratnimghan and Murpliy, who have' been wrongfully: imprisoned for'ten ' years. The Solicitor-General, Sirß. 1 Clarke, refemng to the matter in the j House of.Commons, said it was clear 1 from their case that the rules of evi- ■ dence would have to be altered, so that in'future prisoneis might be allowed to give evidence in their own defence. In moving the adjournment of the House to protest against the Stiakim campaign, Lord Randolph Churchill said it would be a repetition of the history of the Boer and Zulu wars, and asserted that tho English military advisers disapproved the proposed campaign. They hated the Soudan, and the whole Eastern question waa not worth the life of a single soldier. Mr Stanhope said it was not intended to extend the cam. paign, . Lord Wolseley is opposed to the [ Suakim campaign. . i The Arabs are now retreating from ■ their positions, ■ | ; ' The witness whogavo evidence toj day before the Commission deposed f that Mr Pamell participated in some i of the outrages against people who • paid rent, and that Mr Timothy Harl rington, secretary of the League, 1 ordered the Leaguers not to kill or I hurt their victims too much. Wit--1 ness was paid seven pounds for his i ssrvioes. Captains of circles received 1 orders from . the committees of t Branches of the League. Mr Har-' s rington refused money to one branch f of tho League because it was inac--3 live,

Pakis, December 6. . Persistent attacks are being mado upon the Panama Canal tosuoli an extent as to threaten to prevent Baron Do Lesseps raising the necessary funds to prosecute the work. lkauN, Decembor 4. Tho German army is being increased in order to place a cheek on the Russian and French frontiers. "St Petebsbubg, December 4. The Russian.Government aw constructing ,12 gunboats for the Government of Montenegro. , Sydney, December 5. 1 The Government steam-tug Ajax arrived at Kairna to-day iii a sinking condition, having sprung a leak at sea. The first and second officers and four of the crew de'sorted the vessel, taking the only boat, and leaving the captain and tho remainder of tho crew on board, They landed safely at Kiama. At the wedding of Miss Essie Jenyns, tho well known actress, today, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, a most disgracoful scene occurred, The building WBrushed by crowds of oight-seors, who'invaded' every part of the Church, even to the pulpit. The disturbance was so great that the pews were smashed, the gas fit tings torn down, and extensive damage done to the building in other directions. The bride fainted, and a number of women fainted through being knocked about in tho crowd. Rain is falling at CharterviUe aiid Townsville in Queensland, In all other parts of Australia tho Weather is fine and dry to-day.