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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3374, 30 November 1889, Page 2

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Road v. Rail, j Invmicahgill, Saturday. J The Now Zealand Loan and Met'- ' cantilo Agency are calling for tenders ' for the cartage of wool from Waikaia ] station to Invercargill, a distance of ] sixtylive miles. It is believod wool J can be carted cheaper than by rail, ' Alleged False Pretences. ' Palmeiistok Worth, Saturday. , Tho Police Court has beon occupied two days m hearing a charge of , false pretences against John Scully, , a hawker, The evidence showed that accused had wrongly represented himself to be ut agcut for an insuv- , anco company at Auckland, which ; had lost £20,000 by a large fire at a , woollen factory and which wa3 dis- , posing of salvage goods by means of, agents. It was shown, 1 also, that accused had greatly exaggerated the value and quality of the goods, The Benoh declined to send the accused for trial, aud discharged him. FATAL ACCIDENT. Cnmsiciiuncu, Nov. 29. William Walls', formerly landlord of the Sandridgo Hotel, Sydenham, wasaccidently killed while oat shooting on tho Port Hills this evening. Ho. was getting through a wire fence when his gun went off, the charge lodging in his abdomen. He was 18 years of age, and leaves a wife and ten children. Found Drowned. Auckland, November 29. Tho dead'body of the man Peterson has been found in Lawson's Crook, Sudden Death. CHRISTUUL'ItCII, Nov. 29. Mr A. Broiulield, ii local solicitor, was found unconscious in bis office lo day and was removed to the hospital, where he died two hours afforward. New Zealand AllianceAuckland, November 29. Petitions are to bn. circulated by the New Zealand Alliance' protesting the proposal to license to refreshment rooms at the Auckland Railway Station for tbo sale of intoxicating . liquors. Criminal Sessions. : CimisTCiiiJiicif, November 29, The criminal calendar for the > sessions of the Supremo Court which I commence on Monday is remarkably t brief, There are eight charges 1 against three persons. The cases i —lsaac Fisher, assault with intent; 1 Charlos Newton, horse-stealing ; t George Tillet, larceny (throe charges) i and robbery under arms (three t charges.).