SPECIAL TELEGRAPHIC

Cromwell Argus, Volume XVII, Issue 844, 16 June 1885, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAPHIC

(FROM OUR OWN* CORRBSrONDKXT.)

DUNE D I N

Monday Evening. A coroner's inquiry into the death of Geo. Payne, a ganger on the railway, has resulted in a verdict of " Found Drowned." Deceased was known to take fits, and it is surmised that he fell into the Waihola lake when in one of these. The remains of Mr John Sheehan were placed on board the Hinemoa at Napier, for conveyance to Auckland. The procession which followed was a very large one. A Wellington telegram says there is great dissatisfaction among the Legislative Councillors at the recent additions to their numbers, and there is some talk of a motion censuring Ministers. There is some annoyance felt by the Government at Sir George Grey's action in proposing to send a message to her Majesty regarding offers of assistance by the Colonists, as it has to some extent forestalled their own proposals. The Wellington defence works were inspected on Saturday by the Governor and Members of Parliament. Mr Searle, late editor of the N. Z. Timet, and at one time of the Southland Times, was seized with paralysis at Wellington while playing chess. One whole side is completely paralyizod.

CABLE IT E*W S, Loxdon, Juno 12. The Indian Museum at South Kensington has been destroyed by (ire. Most of the collections were saved. A shocking accident is reported from Theirs, a town in France. A large number of people were assembled in the court-house, when the staircase gave way, suddenly precipitating the occupants to the ground. Fully 200 persons are known to have been killed or seriously injured. Cholera is increasing in virulence in South Spain, and has already extended over a large area.

INTEIICOLONIAL. Adelaide, June 14. A shocking tragedy took place here yesterday. A man named Lines shot his wife and her paramour, and then shot himself dead.