TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3159, 21 March 1889, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

sAgricultural' Statistic-

■'■ ■/ Wellington,!Maroli • The following are the, agricultural statistics for Canterbury i—Wheat, 5,487,902 bushels, average 28 bushels per acre; Oats, 8,607,244, average 27bushelsperacrej bar1ey,628,250 bushels, average 28 bushels per aore; potatoes, 86,164 tons, average 1-8 tons per acre,

Important to Shopkeepers-

Christchotoh, Maroh 20.

To-day Mr Justice Denniston dismissed with costs the appeal by; Mr Brown, manager of the D.1.0. here, against the decision of Mr Beetham, in the case in which he had been convicted for employing saleswomen after the dosing of the retail place of business. They had been employed marking goods, and the appellant contended the Act did not apply to suoh work, but only to factory work, Mr Justice Denniston held that subsection 10 of the Employment of Females Aot applied to the case.

FATAL ACCIDENT. Gisborne, March 20. A boy named Peroy Harris was killed today, He was riding a quiet horse, bare back, and holding the tether rope attached to the horse's neok on his arm, in a paddock, The boy fell, and this startled the horse, which bolted, The rope coiled round the lad's body and tightened on his arm. The horse dragged, him about 500 yds across the paddock, which was strewn with Btumps. ' Wheu the horse stopped the boy was dead; the body was fearfully mutilated.

Narrow Escape- . InyebcaiigiiiL, Maroli 20. To-day the athletic sports were held, but the attendance was only moderate, The Star Sailing Club also held a regatta on the estuary. A fine fresh breeze enabled the sailing races to be got off .successfully. The jetty is in a very delapidated condition and undergoing repairs, and while the spectators were, following the swimming match a plank broke under a boy, the son of MiBandmaster Siddal, and he dropped through into the water. Mr Jones, a chemist, seeing the hoy was sinking, jumped in and supported him till Mr AV, Brass, one of the swimmers, came to his assistance, and the boy was got into a boat greatly exhausted. Mr Brass was presented with a ring by the Club for giving up his chance in the race to rescue the boy. Mr.Jones' aotion will be brought under the notice of the Humane Society,

A Serious Charge. . Gisborn'e, March 20. At the Police Court Henry Hawarau was committed for trial on a charge of rape on a little girl aged 7. Rena Waipari was charged with a violent assault (indictable information) on Katarina Hapi. The evidence, was to the effect that there was a row in the Maori pah and two women fought. Katarina deposed that she was knocked down by the accused and kicked and beaten, The accused, she states, jumped on her, punched her sides, and piled her arms baok till her collarbone broke. The medical evidence was that the bone apparently had been broken at the same time as tho bruises on the body; but the evidence of other witnesses was that the assault was a ligh't one, the informant 'fighting as much as tho other woman; and they saw no such injury. It not being clear that the bone was broken by the accused the information was dismissed,

Supreme Court.

Auckland, Maroh 20. T!i9 case of the Bank of New Zealand v. E. 0, Fraaer was beard at the Supreme Court to-day, before Mr Justice Gillies and a Jury, This was an action brought by the Bank against the defendant, a farmer, at Tauranga, to reoover £560 5s 6d, amount due under a guarantee- signed by the! defendant and four others who were members of tho Tauranga Jockey Olub. The guarantee haying been given to secure advances made by the Bank to the Club, the defendant admitted signing, the guarantee, but setup a .defence that it had been agreed that he was not to bo liable upon the document until it had been ! signed by certain other members, who, however, did not apply their signatures. The jury returned a verdiot for the defendant, and costs were allowed upon tho highest Boale,

N-Z' Me Association. Blbnhkim, March 20, With two ranges of Otago match finished, the following are the leading scores: Foster, Wnnganui, 57; Rogers, Blenheim, 56; Cameron, Greytown,ss; Dickson, Portobello, 50. The long range will bo fired to-morrow. The leading aggregates at present are Parslow, Auckland, 301, Eiddle, Waimate, 296; Oakey, Taranaki, 295; Ross, Napier, 295; Parkes, Blenheim, 294,

Thursday. Fine weather this morning. The Marlborough matoh is finished. The following are the prinoipal prize takers s Foster, Wanganui, 86; Marshall, West Taieri, 84; MoNab, Dunedin, 88; Me Bean, Wellington, 88; Okey, Taranaki, 81.

Welcomed Back. ' Wellington, Thursday. A large assemblage welcomed Archbishop Bedwood, who returned by the Tekapo, Addresses were presented by the congregation, who have deoided to present the Archbishop with a suitable gift, They were in negotiation for theGovernoi's carriage, but were disappointed at the last moment.