DUNEDIN. TAUPO.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 101, 6 October 1877, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

TAUPO.

.. Monday/ Information has been received at thefPolice Court that two carpenters, named Arthur Mitchell and John Ewing, em- ' ployed m the erection of the lighthouse , on Puseygur'Pbint,. at the/south. sidS of Preservation Inlet, have been drowned. The body of an infant, about a week old,' was found m Chapmau's. Bush, . .between Dunedin and Ravensbu me, last evenings Th? face bore marks of violence. An inquest will be held to-da>y. An opposition morning paper to the ' "Daily Times/ will m all probability be started without delay. The Grand Jury having disposed bf allthe casessent to.them were discharged **.' this forenoon; True bills were returned against George Prondfoof, . for rape, and George Jones, fbrlibel. In respect •'""" to Mr Pi-dudfoot's* trial, it is intend dl *to make application, for a special jury, and Mr James Smith, who is expected by tbeinyoming mail steamer, which is due at Auckland this week, will be retained for the defence. In the libel case, asf some members of the Ministry and heads of departments are to be_ called as witnesses, an application will be made for postponement of the trial until next, sessions. *

: •','-■ Wedensday. A man named Gbmpeigne died here suddenly yesterday. AHe itfdi : ] only ... recenly "received a legacy of several v hundred pounds, from a relative m England "'' '