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Otago Witness, Issue 1838, 11 February 1887, Page 17

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Auckland, Febraary. 3. .' ' Adolph Laurie, a well-known, traveller^ for 1 -, various seed, firms, committed .suicide last'night,: : by hanging, at. Cambridge. Pecuniary; embar* (J. rassment is supposed to be the cause. Deceased was married, aud his wife is said to .be living ia ,~ ■ Auckland. _, , '„- - s . .'. - „.}„ .} -.si-.^i ». .A story of a sad .death and of a,'very:plucky;i'i' attempted rescue, is received from, Kajparaiftilth'' appears that whilst the : Jobaim. Brodersen^: - which brought the obtriches. to New -Zealand; •,' from South Africa, waß lying off the)h\'a(jß-;i< a boat . astern ..somehow . got adrift*. Jr> Tllti i ebb tide was.. "fast taking the fboafr t.aw»y»^-, when, a seaman dived over. jto,:f attempt . '. to. . reach her, and had : nearly- reached > the Jbojrt when his comrades on, the vessel.sawi ,^- himfstruggle in the water with some unseen- floe; t; and .disappear, no in ore to be seen. There was little doubt that a shark had- taken, him/ bus ntc- 1 the face of this another sailor, whose. name" ha». <s: not transpired, sprang . overboard, ty his, rescue.*--,- •■ -Nothing was, however, -to be seen ;of the: poor . fellow,..and his plucky t would-be rescuer Bwam.ir. half -a-inile .and got into the boat... ' . .*■<• • ~ - Auckland,' February, 4<>;>* ,-•„ The Hon. Mr Ballance, Minister of Lands, haa),-, arrived from the North. . He had several: most dl satisfactory meetings with speci-U -village- Be,t*.V; tiers. . He was astonished at the large,quantity:.' >■ of ;fine rich land which he saw lying idle. He^**:? predicts a great future for the north of'Auck* -ij. -Irind, and holds that the progress of the districts ' / will be wonderfully augmented by the success :' of the village settlers. He was well received; - _;"' The convict Perm was visited by his. relative* •■•> to-day. Both he and Caffrey spend their tiaj-)- -„ in reading religious books. , ; '■.-.. , •,>.;»,.! •• "' . Auckland, Februarjr <& . . A meeting of gentlenieu iaterested in comtuef • i • cial and mining pin-suits was held at the Cham- .' her of Commerce to-day for the purpose of meeting Mr. Price Williams, mini.ug, A eXpert. j ;.Mr. -j John Lamb, president of. the chamber, presided, .-:' Mr Williams gave an address on rail way mhnag&t, ■ ment and the development of the mineral .: wealth of t^he colony. . He said, it had ppcurred:;to him that the waste lands of. s *j;he colony .might . < be settled on th^plan adopted by Mr Firth 1 , *tvMatamata, the capital for which project might be > .; obtained from England. A vote of thanks waa „;' accorde.d him. - , There }s a dispute between the owner of the Shamrock Hotel j Mr Secc'oihbe, brewer, and , .- Mr Do aid Urquhart, licensee. The hotel- has been closed and barricaded- for two (Jay's.', Ati / daylight to-day a number of men btbrrntd the ! hotel, but were defeated with two men wounded. .' Urquhart still holt's the hotel. ' " ' ' \ - , ',. ' ri '„' . February 6., • , Ike Hunt,' reported to have been drowue^, has been sived. His boat capsized off Matuti, at 8 o'clock on Saturday morning. ' He floated ashore on the wreck at 4- o'clock in 'afternoon below Howick. ' ' He passed.within, 200 , yards : of Flat Island, and made. " desperatftefforts to reach' it, but failed. ' The^cutter Janet^ • "which picked up* his mate off Matii'ti, passed him.', , He took a batten and tied his p'ocket-h'aridker* f chief to it, but failed io attract attention. WhenJ ; ; the accident occurred he btrijiped lo his. t«l>irt, . The waves were breaking by<r him (he whole ' time. Strange to say, though a" halfeaste, ha could not bwira a stroke. ' '." ; ,-. . , i>: " ' '' y 'A'uck-ca'nd, February 7. - i" The. Star, referring to the dtci*iui>7of the ' Executive io letthe Jaw take its cou*r-e in the - c'a*e of Chffrey'aud Perm, sayh:— ," Wec.Vnao^ ,/ believw that any man who had fully "or fairly. "'. coiiVidi r«d the matter could ha,ve , really ,be---lieved that the decision would' W ottierwi^ We cannot understand the sentiment of sym- ' pathy which seems to have been extended, to 'these "bloodstained fiends, 'If the, crime of * Caffrey.and Peun were palliated, then' : o6d help^ '.. the scattered settlers on our coasts, „,The'. J administrators of the law might a 6 wefl deliver. ; up their seal of office to larrikins'and roughs afc~* once." ' ' ',",,*",■ Auckland, February 8. \ The decision of the Executive that the law should be allowed to take its course was'an-" -. nounced to Caffrey and Perm to-day, who took ~ the announcement very quietly, and they told „ the Rev. Mr HilLthat the decision was what they,' '' expected. ' ' , . .' ' • At the half-yearly meeting of the ,Bay, of • Islands Coal Company, Mr' J. C. Firth took occasion to remark on the advantages, of'coi,, operation, and suggested] that it might ; fronji,be- V come necessary to look to this as a meaus of pettliug the difft-'reiices between . capital andj • labour. He recommcurled them all to consider whether disputes between enfployer and employes could not be met by adopting a community of interests and adopting the system of * . • .>.--: ■ • OISBORNE, February^. -' A younp man named Herd • met witfi a • serious accident at the harbour works. 'He' • slipped from a truck, and his foot" was crushed' to a pulp under the wheel. Amputation will- * have to be resorted to. - r " . New Plymouth:,' February 3. Qotlic Raspar was brought in from Mirihurst "• this morning. He has stabbed himself in the btomach with a butcher's' knife, and h'ad'two long wounds from which entrails protrude. '" He ' ■ lived. on a bush section, is married; : aiid'haß four', children. No motive is assigued for the act, bofc ' he is in a very despondent state of miutl " 7 \" ' - ' Nelson, Febtnary 7. ' Louisa Eyles was charged at r th'e-''Distrib't ' Court to-day with abandoning her child. The jury < returned' a • verdict" of "Not guilty."- rTn discharging accused the Jifffge 'xaid" , ' he rfgrett*d the man who brought Ber to that .position hail not" stood r beside her in'tfied'oclr! • and (-.bared with her theshameand-anxie^or." hertHal. The girt came" frdm Blenheim.' 13 ' <f '- ; ;.> ■:> .- "•;"' .'--«'/■:■-<*.. ---■.•• ;: ; t ! ! , - : ■■• -*- MVevcinbTov; Febrmuy" jj* ;*' - ;A despatch appears Jnthe..iJa2ette.from Mr " Stanhope, in which'th'e^Lords^Qoinnaisßioners of the Admiralty state their mtentio&to offer three studentships annually in^tha- Eoyal Navy to sons of colonists.' ■Regulations/for the. examination of these students ai-e gazetted:-' v • ; The Old Soldier's' .Claims . Commission have finished, their, report and forwarded sit ■►to fthe'^ ' Governor,. -It will be found tbafc:very, few, 'of : . the 1600 odd' claims have received^ favourable cousideration. ' ', ',/''*' A large crowd aissembled at the Police ' Court' rx this morning to get a glimpse of .Rrabtree,' who- ■ was in fl, rather weak condition, both his legs' and • .feet being swolieu. He had to be supported in the dock by two constables and be provided- -with' ' a 'seat. He is now uudergoing ; a sentence of 1&/ ' years, but would have been entitled >to release, oa 01 the minimum period undey.the present. warrant,.' • on December 13, 1894. He reserved his defeoce:and was committed for trial for breaking out o£ gaol. -..■».,-» ; _ -;t; t , ■': -„ ;*; * „ { -,-.':*-.n-..,. fits : ' \Vsti.iKo > roK,'-£iebra«ry'4?>-<'-t > ■The man Alexander Thomson, an absconderTn^otiooed in to^dfty's Sydney telegram*! 19 %

Welungton grocer who left here suddenly and «m subsequently adjudicated a bankrupt. The police' state that such a man was "wanted." Wellington, February 5. It is said that Crabtree, the convict who re-cently-escaped from Mount Cook prison, avers his intention of " making it hot " for Mr Justice Johnston' if he ever gets a chance. He says his Honor inflicted punishment out of all proportion to bid' offence, and that therefore he made an effort to get away from the gaol. Thenhip Invercargillhas ou board the first two Of theOin guns recently ordered from Home. These are tbe most powerful which have yet been re* ceived by any colony, and are of the latest pattern: --One of' these two guns is to be mounted at Fort Ballance, where the disappearing carriage and hydraulic gear for workiug it are ready. ' The other gun will be sent to Auckland/ The remainder of the 6in guns and still larger Bin guns may now be expected to arrive £b rapid succession. WattiKOTOK, February 7. I Locd Sandhurst, who formerly held the position of Under-secret-jry for Warm the Gladitone Administration, is at present in Wellington, and had an interview with the Defence Minister to-day, when they had a long conversation on the defences of tbe colony, and the attitude of the colonies towards the mother country; - ! The gallows and apparatus for the execution of Caffrey and Fenn will be sent from here to Auckland. A hangman has already been secured. "'" ' ' '' |

The convict Crabtree is to be prosecuted for two burglaries alleged to have been committed by him while out of gaol. The creditors in the estate of Alexander Thompson, the levanting Wellington bankrupt, who fell -into the hands of the Sydney police last week, have decided not to proceed with the prosecution, and' therefore no steps will be taken for bringing the debtor back to New Zealand. -

Wellikoton, February 8. It is stated that a Wellington resident has written to tbe Minister of Justice offering his services as hangman at the execution at Auckland. Mr C. Spencer, son of Dr Spencer, Napier, is the only candidate this year for the Gilchrist scholarship of £100 for three years at the Londdn University. The examination is prooeediug.' -

* ' ' Hokitika, February 9. Bishop^ Harper, , Anglican Primate of New Zealand, is on an official visit to this portion of his diocese, and confirmed 127 candidates. He proceeds to Greymouth.in the diocese of Nelson, in response to a warm invitation ; afterwards he goes to Nelson to consecrate the pro-cathedral. Speaking' at Ross to a public assemblage, tbe bishop is reported by the local paper to have said concerning the education system:— "At present they were enjoying all the blessings of a great State education ; and although religious instruction was shut out from the grand system, •nd however much that might be regretted, Btill, perhaps the proper place for that was in the churches, the Sunday schools, and the homes."

TjW weather is now settled. The damage to mining by the recent gales is but trifliug.

Grkymouth, February 5. Henry Wilson, of Union Flat, was drowned in tbe Little Grey river yesterday. He was crashing on horseback with another man, .who held on to him m long as he could support him. The horse got on some quicksand, and in its struggles kickect Wiluo'n, who-e body was found at tbe junction of the Little Grey and tLe main Grey river. -

Gretmodth, February 7. A coach accident occurred at Maori creek t6-dayj very nearly proving serious. Just after ■tarting the driver found the reins wrong. He got down to fix them. The horses bolted, and not haying anything to stop them he seized the brake and held on for over a quarter of a mile, but was thrown, the coach going over his hand. There' we're four adults and two children in the coach. Approaching the Eight-mile Hill Mrs M'Kechnie was assisted out of the coach, but fell on the road, cutting her forehead severely. Mr M'Kechnie injured hia knee in getting out. His two children then passed, out all right. A Chinaman injured his wrist and hand in jumping out. Joe Foynton being young and active, escapel without injury;- 'The horses were finally stopped by running into Blair's coach at the bottom of the hill. Mow they got down without rolling down the side precipice is a mystery.

Chhistcudech, February 6. No fewer than four sudden deaths occurred B Christchuroh yesterday. The infant child oi Thomas Shields, of Broadtields, died at 1 30 a.m. Shortly after the three-year-old daughter of Thomas Arrowsmith, Sydenham, died before a doctor could be fetched. At 7 p.m. Mrs Sophia Bmith, an old widow residing at Linwood, was found by her son in a dying state in her room. At 8 o'clock Hannah Lee, an elderly woman living at St. Albans, was found dying by her neighbour. . She had been drinking heavily lately.

Chbistchuhch, February 7. Hall, who arrived from Dunedin by the Koratrai yesterday, appears now to feel his position, and a great change has taken place in him since he leftXyttelton. It is stated that he confessed to the" warder in charge of him during the voyage that he was guilty of attempting to poison his wife, but he maintained his innocence of the murder of Captain Cain.

, Invebcaroiix, February 8. . At the annual meeting of the Bluff Harbour Board to-day the balance sheet showed that although the port in now available for ships at rates lower, than any other in the colony except Auckland, its, financial position is improving. The board again resolved to call for tenders to create a deep water berth at the wharf for large •Warners. . [