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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3464, 20 March 1890, Page 2

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(Per United Press Association.), 7 . •TiJiAitu, Mardbf a', ) : The Harbour Board estimates lor tho .ourrout year show a deficiency of £4250 on the ordinary account plus £2OOO, part of law costs iu tho ship Lyttelton suit, toldl» i £G2SO. : -' A : rate' ot Is 4d in the pound-was struck on tho harbour "district, to be collected by thelooal bodies, These are to bo aske3;to approve a Bill to authorise 4 levy being made.-upon, them.in future .years, to save the cost of a separate rate, "' '' ;:: ..,-. ■■. i.pi|fi|ißjouuHC(i,:Marcjil9.;.... 1 A ,J{ew Brightoh resident named 'A'shley' found a..burglars':'" plant '■' onuhe- reserve at that place* The articles were 'identified:as''having been 'stolen ■-, two. months^ago. from HaihilPa >.hoiisei ■ which was broken into, They comprise cutlery, platedware; clothing, tools, "'and other artip!es,^^:V: ; / : "' ' -:i ; The fflw ': .Ips^iis'ijoreing,

|is<ilps|dsbat he had been depressed §»souie'time past, and had without immediate success. He .was 'also ||e; owii|¥of a considerable amount ¥fio®property here,."arid the rents of these had fallen irom £25- to &1 a week; He was still, however, a wealthy man, and had no family. He .-. playedoards-withhiswifeMadopieJ, ' daughter till bedtime"laat' night,"and: aee)i\od * jpovo cheerful than-usual. , Mr Jreeman was a native of Binninghad : b''eelT~TWd6"rtt" iivthia district'ifor 27 years, and was of a i particularly cheerful and jolly dis- - position.; A verdict of suicide while ' temporary insane was returned, ;;'!'';;;! Hokiuka, March 19.

|„, f iieKeeftou gold robbery case was was concluded at half-past 5. The jury, retired, and in twenty minutes returned with a verdict of guilty. Mr Justice 1 -! Denniston sentenced t tho hardlaboiu', of'-!,the.;gold,' ; Mr Guinness, the prisoner's counsel, made application •for probation, which wa9 refused. Great interest was taken in the case throughout the Coast- , ~\,.:,y... : ''''' : '::';; ,: ;\ Duxedin, Mlircli 10. H ':.'rlsCity Survoyor reported to the City Council to-night that the water supply was now reduced to thirteen days' supply, The showera ,of -last week .had made iio impressioliSu'the reservoir, although it had resulted in prolonging the supply derived from the'creeks,

- ! 'if; Omjabu, March 19. :.' ! ::A;t. ■ the, {■fo'pre'nie' 'Gourt'r'sessibhs' Lawrenco • Flynn, for iorging and iitteijhig, was placed under probation for.i2,months andordered-to pay the expenses of the prosecution and make, '"retribution of the amount owing to the person he had passed 'the'' clique to, Geo. Monroe and Win, Crdmbie were acquitted on the charge of assaultfatfd''robbery;' Jas. Cassey, for forging/liduttering, jwaif E'onteiiced to three' years, and Ohas. Jackson', for breaking iiito the shop of Ohasi' Kearns aud stealing goods, JSmoiiths.

Auckland, Maj'ph Ifli.v At.the Supremo CourtT6-3ay, hia' Ho'ubr Mr Juelice Conolly granted a

decreo nisi in the suit of Pearson v. ■Pearson, a petition by the wife for .'divorce,; ca the grounds of her husband's adultery and desertion. The respondent is an actor, and is known'as Frank Gerald. ■ Several Southerners are. reported to lie'.-.in tins part of the Colony looking,for agricultural land, wth a view 'to purchasing. ■,A; number of delegates, loft to-day to-, attend the Conference of the Seventh Day .at^NapiW. 'Thesmeltingorfaranakiifoii'sand has been tried at Huntly with Bntiefactory results. _ ];\\ X, ':;lsK'*-