NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1620, 30 April 1879, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[BBP press AGENCY. 1 Wellington; April so. Shocking Occurrence.

About one o'clock this morning a policeman hearing loud cries for help near the railway station, went to the spot, and found a woman, who led him to an out-house, where he found her husband, Mr Keals, of the Customs, lying on the floor with his throat cut. Ho had lost a great deal of blood. For a few days back "he had been in a depressed condition* He left the house that evening to attend a Masonic Lodge. Mr Keals is now in a precarious condition.

[from oxtr own correspondent.] GRAHAMBTOWN, April 30. A butcher named Orme has been committed for trial at the Supreme Court, charged with perjury. Discoveries Extraordinary. A prospector has just returned from a prospecting expedition from the Waihi Plains, in the Ohinemutu district. He states that he haß discovered the existence of gold, silver, iron stone, and kerosene oil. The discovery of the last-named article is an important one.

The Telegram QuestionAUCKLAND, April 30. The " Herald" having asserted that it spends more money on cable news than the " Star," the latter wishes that the respective cablegram accounts may be laid before a committee of citizens, the loser to pay £2O towards local charities. The " Herald" has not responded. The verdict of the public in the whole question re the cablegrams is entirely with the "Star." The Government now see the necessity of a copyright Bill, and will introduce one next session. All the Auckland members will support it. BLENHEIM, April 30. Henry Jancery, charged on a warrant from Greymouth, with stealing two brooches value £5, the property of James Main, was, on the application of the Inspector, remanded to G-reymouth.

Mrs Redwood, mother of Bishop Redwood and of Henry Redwood, the racing man, died this morning aged eighty-four years. A Lottery Case. In the lottery case, Police versus Stevenson, the Magistrate said that, in the absence of any local or colonial legislation, he had to fall back on the English law. In the Act subsequent to the one under which the information was drawn, it was provided that penalties in such cases should be recovered at the suit of the Attorney-General. Consequently the case was dismissed.