INVERCARGILL. 21st May.
A serious accident happened to-day to a man named Nock, at Otamatea. He was working in a cutting, when a fall of earth came down, burying him. He was brought into the hospital with a broken thigh and other injuries. An unfortunate drunken creature named Evans attempted to commit suicide by hanging herself this evening. She was observed in time. At tha District Court to-day, J. H. Black was sentenced to six months tor larcerfy ; A. Kidd and J. Olson were acquitted on the charge of assaulting Constable Ooffay, at Campbelltown ; the evidence was strongly against them, and the jury's verdict occasioned much surprise. The adjourned application of W. H. Bennett, a bankrupt, for an order of discharge, was further adjourned for another month, pending other proceedings being instituted in the District Court. Judge Harvey passed some severe strictures upon the bankrupt's conduct.
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Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 516, 22 May 1879, Page 2
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146INVERCARGILL. 21st May. Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 516, 22 May 1879, Page 2
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