Hogan has been sentenced to death at Melbourne" for the murder of Patrick Rooney.'"
AtrCKiAHD Goldfields.— —Jackson Keddell,Esq.,jhas been..appointed Warden of the Warden’s Court on: the Thames goldfield.
The Defence Ministeb.— The Hon. Colonel Haultain has arrived in Wanganui. The Herald trusts that his presence at the Front will result in some decisive action being taken. ?
Coromandel. —The. Evening News, August 13, has the following :—A very rich specimen, of gold in quartz, found by a proapeotirig party on the Matawai Creek, Coromandel, is now on view in Mr Beck, the jeweller’s, window, Queen street. It weighs loz. 2dwts, and it is estimated to contain 50 per cent, of gold. Its appearance is that of a nugget of solid gold.
Latest' fbom the Thames Goldfield. —Fresh discoveries every quarter of an hour. Gold scraped every five minutes from the bottoms of the vessels lying in the stream. The captain of the Whisker has discovered a rich vein in the three reefs of his maintopsail. G-old so plentiful in Auckland that 3£d per ounce is quoted as the highest price.—Wellington Bunch.
Death from ah Oveedose of Chlorodyne.—We take the following from a late issue of the Gtaulburn Herald:—lntelligence reached town to the effect that, on Sunday last George Smith, an old resident of Goulburn, met his deith at Drummond’s public-house at Bogolong, it. is supposed from taking an overdose of chlorodyne given to hina by another man with whom he had been drinking. The man, whose name is Michael Murphy, has been taken to Yass in custody, to which place the body of Smith also has been conveyed. Deceased was long a water-carrier in Goulburn, where he has property and a family. He was on his way to Albury with property belonging to the Sisters of Mercy An inquest was commenced at Yass on Tuesday. It appeared that Smith was drinking with Michael Murphy and others Smith complained of pains, and'Murphy gave him some chlorodyne in rum. The stomach will be sent to Sydney to be anayzed.
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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 86, 24 August 1868, Page 206
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