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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 23, 21 May 1892, Page 9

Upon a charge of haying damaged windows and other;; property,*.,a respectably-dressed vgirl named Rose Hartridge turned a sad, tear-stained face to the bench, at one of the Sydney,, CourtsJ Her accuser ;■ was a man; named Gordon; Stewart, and <he 'complained that she hucl broken his win--dows. She complained that he had broken ; her life 1 and wrecked her happiness. Her -attitnde when telling the court of these ''matters was one of utter despair, and had in '■it! an element jof deep pathos. "Did you -seduce her?" a^ked the bench of the prose--«cutor. " Wellj" he replied, " I've looked ;after ;her as well as I could since then." He was then asked if he would withdraw!: "the'tiharge if the girl-promised not to molest,, further, but she broke in, "Idon't wish 1 jto be let free, for I'll.. never ..leave him alone "whileTlive. My life is nothing to me-; I'd as lief go to the gallows as to gaol, He has 'benaved as a scoundrel to me. He has ruined

!£nd disgraced 'me, and left me to go to the streets, where loan die. For weeks Ihe kept '^Jne t promising-tomarry me, and then :he left 'me'for someone else, and I hadn't-a'friend in " The bench told her he was sorry, r^nd then ordered her,to pay the d£4 damage, "with a Bne oJ;58, or to go to gaol for two . • - :^ t., . < J-.* i . ■ ■ " ~ Ariattem\)t.is AlJbut'toTje made to get the English 'Government to improve the breeds «.pf horses in the possession, of the small the congested distrietsfin Ireland. Owjng '•■ to \flie wait of f'good iblood to lureed i ,4from, these horsesjhave greatly^deterioratefl, ftj^iintil they are 'little-than undersized ponies !i|in]the 4mountainous districts, and there is no iof utilising the natural advantages ?<Jf ;the "'flat counties. In order that, ■what is done may be of the greatest possible tor the farßiers,,the Congested Districts Board has, sought the advice of Mr "' M.P., who, in company "'With brie of the Irish Land' Commissioners,

, ,lis abdut itoVstart on a tour through the districts referred to. The poorest parts of o Mayo ; and' Connemara 'Will be 1 ;-,-.yisited.;-. and ; rery['complete, arrangements „^have? b ecn made/for farmers, to "bring their •■sfpck io different pd'nts'on! the routej in ■ ,worder;ihatMr;Burdett-C(>utts:niay;be enableH ;'to'form a3practicaropimon .upon: tbe con-? >?edition of the-natiye .breeds; and advise us as , ,/to.the,b,est.means of imprpying them. ;; ■nTh.ere-is a theory afloat .that.Williams, hiad> ,[ ( -an accomplice in his 'crimes,.and the police _;are now .actively en'gaged'in endeavouring, to ; 'discover 'hrs whereabouts. 'It has been -ascertained definitely that a 'man of the ,!,rii6fual,adv6nturpue type has visited various \ ■■hostelries.in the. neighbourhocid of,Rainhill, .•where he'has been spending: money freely v'and exhibifctng alarge'iquantitiy of jewellery. '•'This: man'made, inquiries', of a confidential " 'character'frpm sundry people whose .acquain- , 'tance.he -made at the public-houses lie, ; < visited. He used, like Willi to treat : "the company aIIT"UDd in a very lavish way. When the police scent of the murders be-- :; ;c»me;very,hot he suddenly disappeared from the district. It is' confidently stated by

several persons of position, who affirm that 'they are in the secret, but tKatthey are not at present to divulge their information, that •a yoanje lady who, was entertained at the Hotel on two occasions by Williams was not a lady at all, but a man in disguise, who had nefarious business to do 'for his principal; '

DeemiDg, in his will, bpqueaths 10 per cent, of the proceeds of his autobiography and personal belongings to' Miss Rounsefell, ■' MrTiyle, the condemned man's counsel, i<» to -be recouped from the balance. The biography will contain twelve chapters. Eight 'are already completed. Deenung's brain is to be frozen and sent to Europe for examination by the leading authorities. , A Brisbane (Q) parson was recently pre•sented with a valedictory '" purse of sove-1 reigns" by a grateful congregation, of whom 1 over 200 turned up to the ceremony. The I '"suree" contained exactly £&, i