NEWS AND NOTES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 86, 14 April 1903, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

The Premier let Chrisfcchurch for Wellington on Saturday evening.

A man was brought iuto town from Kekerangu this week by tha police on a charge of insanity.

The premises of Mr Shalfoon at Auckland were burglarised, and jewellery of tho value of £100 and £20 in cash were stolen.

On Saturday J. Satherley was sentenced by Mr T. Scott-Smith, S.M., to one month's imprisonment for committing an indecent act in town.

The Penguin has arrived at Auckland from the Kermadecs. and reports 4.10 fathoms where the Star of Bengali reported shoal water five fathoms deep. The Penguin had a rough trip, and some of the small guns were shifted.

Au unusual cas9 came before the Timaru Court on Saturday, when a young woman was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment for having cruelly beaten her little eight-year old sister. The evidence showed that in ungovernable fits ©f temper accused beat her sister with a broom handle and shove1, -in tho most inhuman way. Accused admitted the offence, and said she did it in a fit of temper. The charge was laid under the Children's Protection Act, 1890. *

The weather yesterday was all that could be desired, and there wore but. few people who did not turn out for the holiday. The military display at the Volunteer encampment proved to be the most powerful attraction; and inado some difference to the railway traffic. Picton, however, was not by any means neglected, a large number of people finding their way to the popular port. The Rotomahana brought over about 110.0 excursionists from Wellington, a considerable proportion of whom took advantage of the special train to Blenheim. "Ye old time " regatta was one of the side shows at Picton.

A Maori named Hare Nekewhanua, aged 40 years, met with his death in a singular manner at Auckland on Saturday evening in the Harp Erin Hotel. John Evans, an elderly man, who was in the bar at the same time as the Maori, left his glass of beer on the counter while he went outside. On returning, he accused the Maori of drinking his beer. The Maori denied the allegation. Evans threw the dregs of the glass in tho Maori's face. The Maori closed with Evans, and both fell on the floor. Evans did not retaliate and on getting up found the Maori dead. The post mortem disclosed that death was caused by heart failure, caused by long standing pneumonia. At the inquest a verdict of death from natural causes was returned.

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