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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 76, 3 October 1877, Page 2

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[BY ELIICTBIO TELEGRAPH . i [PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Hokitika, October 2. Two young men named Thomas Wiltshiro and Goorgc Groayea wore drowned ' in the Hokitika river this afternoon. They were engaged tracking a boat from Ihe towu to the Maori Reserve Sawmills, when one of the horses suddenly slipped into a crab hole, upsetting the rider and • pulling the othor horse after. One horse was lost. The men wore on the top of tho boat somo time, nnd floated a hundred yards. A sailor from tho Clio swam to within a few feofc of one of tho drowning men. The bodies arc not yet found. Wellington, October 2. In tho Supreme Court. Mary Ann Trueman and her daughter, Mary Leonard Mudgeway, indicted for the murder of a male iafant, on the application of Mr Travers, who defended tho prisoners separately, Mary Leonard Mudgeway was found guilty of concealment of birth, but. sentence is deferred until her mother is tried. Frederick Gillon, who pleaded | guilty to committing a rape on a little girl eleven years of age, afc the Hutfc, wos pentenced to eight years penal servitude an>l 25 lashes. Tho latest rumour is that the Ministry intend to pass the District Railway Bill nml Estimates, and then prorogue Parliament. In tlio case of Mary Leonard Madge* wny, charged with the murder of her infant child, her mother, who is a eo« prisoner, was called as a witness. Sho deposed that she did aot know the prisoner was so near her confinement she thought it merely ombroyuie, so did not attend to tho child. Travers made a forcible sppech for the defence. Tho jury brought in a verJiet of concealment of birth. Judgment was reserved. Brandon would have voted with the Opposition lust night, nnd Bryco with tho Government. Giuiiasistown, Octobor 2. Tho allotmoiit of Union shares has not given satisfaction. Men of sul>Rtun<?o who could put business in way of the company Jiavo got none. Shares are quoted at 15x.