NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 3261, 19 October 1897, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Press Association. Hawera, October 18. A married woman named Catherine Brieu was found on Saturday evening in a fit and was taken home,- and later on she gave premature birth to a child. She never rallied, and died on Sunday morning. At the inquest the medical evidence showed that she was suffering from a form of Bright’s disease, which caused the fit and contributed to the fatal result. A verdict was returned accordingly. Tisiaru, October 18. A woman named Cairns, aged 61 years, living alone in a cottage, was found dead by her daughter, who was visiting her yesterday. The old lady seemed to have died while saying her prayers before getting into lied on Saturday night, as she was on her knees with her head in her hands. * Christchurch, October 18. A brutal assault was committed on a Chinaman last night opposite the Caversham Hotel. He received a violent blow on the mouth, and when found by the police ho was lying in a' pool of blood. He is in a very critical state. A man named Eugene Charles Maokrill was charged at the Police Court this morning with the assault, and was remanded. Palmerston North, October 18. A man named Rule was badly gored by a bull on Park road yesterday. Three ribs on the left side were broken, and there were other injuries to the body. Rule had a narrow escape, being saved by two young men, who pulled’him through the fence. Auckland, October 18. Francis John Lilley was charged at the Police Court to-day with deserting from H.M.S. Katoomba at Napier in December, 1895. Accused was convicted and ordered to be sent on board H.M.S. Mildura. Sir IV. Duller leaves by the'Anglian for Wellington, owing to the latest developments in the Horowhenua case. Among the passengers by the Westralia for Sydney were Archbishop Redwood, Bishop Lenihan and Monsignor Paul, en route for Melbourne to assist in the consecration of St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

The large snake captured at Fiji, and presented by Sir W. Buller to the Auckland Museum, was sacrificed to science at that institution to-day. It took nearly 3oz of chloroform to subdue the monster. The species is stated to bo non-venomous, but it could inflict a severe bite.