TELEGRAPHIC.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 3624, 15 November 1897, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

■» ... The Show. Auckland, Saturday. — The Agricultural Show this year excels any previous exhibition held either in Auckland city or province. i The entries total 1224, the largest number yet received by the Association for the same number of classes. In horses there are 344 entries, cattle 164, sheep 161. pigs 29, dairy produce 240 and implements, vehicles, etc., 28(5. In all departments there is general improvement in quality. Fire. Auckland, this day. — On Saturday night a very destructive fire ocoured on the premises of Anton Shollum, coal and produce, merchant, Custom Street, formerly occupied by the Shortland Sawmill Company . The fire extended to the premises of Henderson and Spraggon, which were both destroyed with the contents. The caretaker, James Ingram Bradly, was burned about the body and face while endeavouring to save some of the effects and had to be taken to the hospital, where h* is progressing favourably. The origin of the fire is unknown. The police enquiry. Auckland, this day. — The inquiry regarding Inspector Emerson is still proceeding before Mr Kenny, Commissioner. Inspector Emerson's statement will be taken to-day, after which the inquiry will be adjourned to Gisbourne and Napier. Agricultural Show. Auckland, this day. — The attendance at the Agricultural Show on Saturday amounted to over i eleven thousand persons. Fatal shooting affair. Hamilton, Friday. —At Harapipipi, at eleven o'clock today, John Herbert Pohlen, a naturalised Pole, who has resided on his farm for the last 30 years, shot a well-known settler, named' Patrick Corcoran, dead. The farms of the two men were adjacent; and a dispute arose between them over a reserve which both tendered for. i Core >ran was successful and he and his son were engaged shifting j a fence .when Pohlen approached! with a gun and attempted to stop the work ; failing in this he j threatened to fire at Corcoran, deceased, with his gun. Corcoran rushed in with the intention of disarming him and Pohlen then is said to nave fired, and the charge entered deceased's breast j ust below the heart. .He fell back into his son's arms, cried out twice,, and never uttered another sound afterwards and expired in a few minutes. Tb Awamutu, Sunday. — At the inquiry on Corcoran the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Pohlen. The corner has issued a commitment warrant for Pohlen's detention in Mount El en gaol on a charge of wilful murder, and the accused man will be taken to Auckland to-morrow. The polioe as yet are unable to find the gun with which the fatal shot was fired. Pohlen says, however, that it shall be at the Supreme Court when the trial comes. An effort will be made to find it to- j morrow. . Monday.— The funeral of | Corcoran took place to-day and was one of the largest ever seen in the Waikato. A tragedy. Wellington, Saturday. — Hawthorne's body has been found on a spur in the bush, about a mile from the railway line. The country in the vicinity is rough and the spot hard to find and was evidently.chosen with a view of concealment. The body is much decomposed and has been in the ground some time but has been fully identified. At present no medical examination has been made and the cause of death cannot be stated but the police are satisfied that it is a case of murder. The man suspected is already in gaol on another charge. Wellington, Sunday.—Hawthorne's body was crammed into a hole too small ; it was doubled up and the features were unrecognisable. After exhumation it was placed in a cofiin and taken to the Wellington morgue. Deceased's hat, found in the grave, had a hole in the brim which it is thought must have been caused by a bullet. Hawthorne was 21 years of age. When he disappeared he was working with a man named Philpott on a contract for the supply of 500 railway sleepers to Government. Mr Tunbridge, the new Commissioner, was amongst the police present when the body was exhumed. Drs Cahill and Tripe made a post mortem examination of Hawtuornes body this morning. The inquest commenced this afternoon, Frank Philpott, who * was Hawthorne's mate, was formally charged this afternoon 8 with the murder. He is a native i of Taranaki, about 30 years of age. t He bears several aliases : Stan- \ hope, Wells, Smith and Wood ] amongst them. t He ha* quite a record at the j local police court, and is now ' awaiting trial for forgery. * 100 Maoris ii| gaol. i Wellington, Saturday.— There \ are 1 00 Maoris in Wellington gaol s for ploughing laud at Waitara. ] The New Plymouth gaol is also < full of Maori prisoners committed ' for the same offence. ! The Maoris are good workers i and are quite tractable, but after i working hours they are uproarious * in hilarity. t Fatal bicycle accident, i WELUffOTGir, Sunday.— A fatal j

bicycle accident, W^ihJ~ir^;death of a man named T k Robertson occurred on the uZ Bay road road veatiS 04 Robertson was riding S* 7 * hill, when the Lv WU which did not carry a bral^S control and rail away Hff unable to steer the bicycle andTt crashed with tremendous fore* mto a telegraph pole. The m? fortunate fellow sustaining »#*,?" ful fracture of the .*s■**&-. mv* have caused instanta^ Sporting results. Christchurch, Saturday _ The Canterbury Cub result Multiform, l/Wabku 2^ Ba7 star, 3. ' a y* Oaks Stakes: -Gold Leaf i. Weary, 2; Argon, 3. ' I; Boating disaster Invercaroill, Sundav.^Y*. terday morning Robert Huri^ employed by the Corporation 2 Andrew Aitken, contract companied by Albert H fttch J£ ofth ° for C r . cargril, and George Hartley, son of a locomotive driver, both-youth? went down the river i n a jS boat, to do some work about tS channel buoys and they did n£ the boat sunk m four feet of water and there was no siga of Z J thS - occu P ante » and, „ the estuary is surrounded by «J! tlement, it is not probable thai any escaped. **