PORT CHALMERS. 17th April.
An artillery corps is being formed here. Over sixty members have joined. INVERCAKGILL. 17th April. - An inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Thomas Lynch, concerning whom Timothy Whelan was yesterday arrested qn suspicion of murder, was held to-day before H. M'Culloch, Esq., coroner. Tho evidence went to prove that a scuffle took place between tbe parties in a tent at the New River railway bridge, but that it was of a trivial nature ; it ended, however, in the death of Lynch. Medical testimony was to the effect that death was caused by congestion of tho lungs, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly, adding that the evidence did not warrant them in saying how this was caused. Tbe Town Council are taking preliminary steps towards giving his Excellency a befitting reoeptton on the occasion of his visit here a few days hence.
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Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 397, 18 April 1879, Page 2
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148PORT CHALMERS. 17th April. Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 397, 18 April 1879, Page 2
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