NAPIER. February 25.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 6945, 26 February 1890, Page 2

NAPIER. February 25.

On Sunday an unmarried woman named Macauley was found in a garden at Porangahau with a newly born infant. The child was dead. From the inquest it appeared evident that the girl did not expect the birth for some time, and a verdict of death from natural causes was returned. An inquest was held to-day on the body of Simon Griptil, master of the steatner Fairy. On Saturday, as some bales of wool were being unshipped, the tackle broke, and the bales struck Griptil, injuring his neck. He died at the Hospital to-day. The verdict was accidental death. It is reported that a sensational action for criminal libel is likely to occupy the Supreme Court soon. Charges of the grossest immorality were made against a young lady assistant in a country school, and, after an enquiry before the committee and inspector, she, as well as the head master, resigned. She stoutly averred her innocence, land at the suggestion of friends consented to examination by a Napier medical man. The result was a certificate from the doctor showing that the charges made could not be true, and her friends are considering the propriety of endeavoring to punish the author of the slanders.