SUSPECTED MURDER.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 273, 22 October 1883, Page 3

SUSPECTED MURDER.

f' ; /> I Arrested on Suspicion/ (by tblegeaph.) ' (VmrSD PEESS ASSOCIATION.) Cheistchitech, Ootober 21. Durh;am, a well-known boatman of Lyttel'km^ was found strangled m hishouse thds morning. James Angusiias been arrested on the charge of murder. Deceased! Was' an elderly' man whose wife and family left Lyttelton for Syd-. ney aboiiti four months ago. Since then ne bias heen, it » &W keeping house wiivh Angus m Saul's gully, off London-si "srSeet. 'He was of intemperate hahits, an -A it is supposed that intern- 1 perance 1 hits ; occasioned, the: Lmurdpr. Particularsi have hot- yet 1 been received from the p. 6rt r 7 . = We learn-that jirl Mbiia^eJhaVljsen very inccesitful m several,^contracts he lately undertook to drive for water m dih^rent^lko cB t L ; H,< A* 0 . v « two.-ttpeatojri Mr Carroll ih * different parts of his Kairanga properiiy, m each case obtaining an ample supply at, a, shallow depth. It is tho opinion "of f those , who undertook the contract that . artesian wells would prote succesaf ul exp* wiinents, and it yis; to be hoped that tht '.tinali reimltwillbybene* ficalto the w hole district.- We under-., stand that Mr Montague's contract prices" jfor sinking aria exce'edmgly'rsflsbnable. ! We learn that he prospects ' ; of the iWoodviUe Exa min er ar«^ srtisf actory that it is probabWt'ne paper will be issued tn» weekly fromt and after the new year. Some of the •■residents are so enthusiastic over its succc ssa ..-' jthat they predict a daily issue withii i twelve months. They are y«?ry proud 6<i their local journalf and' are giving it ay- sty liberal support all over the district. •■•■ • ' The ElectV-ic Oirca-s, whose posters have been displayi id on the walls and hoardings of 'the town • for some- time past, has an ; advertisement elsewhere setting forth the ; date of opem'mg. Elsewhere the perform* 1 anee has beoa most succesaf ul,. and has, drawn crowded houses'. ! The Gorge was, .very rough travelling | on Friday higbit. 1 The wind was blowing a ; gale half way (hrongh, though calm at Palinerstdh and Woodville.! A large ftxeeij had f ail«i. and a number of; shpas had taken plac«». Kiding waa ; dangerous work! botli f or man and hors*. .. .. i; Peebles!; waggon crossed, the Lower; Ferry tbis imornmg, but found a hea^y; deposit of sand on the Ashurst aide, which was fearf ttlij .heiivy pullingf Or thehorsea. Aif urther ball of ten 1 shillings per :share Has been made on the capital"of the'Palmersum^rwery Oompahy, and upayable on the 12th prox. y , Bishop Ha<dfield preached an able ser» mon last night to "a large 'congregation t^amst Evolution, taking as his text •* Oh j Lord tow manifold are thy ; works." ' giThe'firm of George Dinsdale & ! Co,; as been aUssolved,' the name of the firm how being Getorge & Coi .') 7ilte)4n;J7ik*ti. Bull are: inviting teh-^ ders for ' various * descriptions of baulk timber, &c. Particulars will be found, m mtoeftiaekdeniA >Ax,.yA{ '■■ „.1. yy „,. ]