TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 3783, 6 August 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

"(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION'S SPECIAL WIEE.) .' .; . NEW PLYMOUTH, Thubsday... 25The Hinemoa arrived in the roadstead 'this morning: shortly ' after daylight. At 8 a.m. 44 prisoners were marched down to the beach, and on their way became very demonstrative, indulging in wierd cries and gestures. After they were, settled in the surf boats they bid adieu to the.natives on shore with loud cries. The Hinemoa will not take her departure till to-morrow, as she is waiting further instructions. The usual daily arrest of four nativeß took place this morning at the Camp. The natives are fnlly determined to continue fencing, and openly admit that the fencing is not for purpose of protecting crops, but simply for the purpose of thwarting the Constabulary in taking possession of confiscated lands. GRAHAMSTOWN, Thursday. A trial test of quartz from Mohaka« Hawkes Bay, sent here, yielded only ldwt and a-half for five, hundred weight of stone. . . • NAPIER, Thursday. The Herald calls for an official investigation into the flogging of a man named Hewson at the gaol. The prisoner was convicted at the Supreme Court- of a moat aggravated rape upon a little girl, and was sentenced to 25 lashes, as well as a term of imprisonment; The flogging was administered yesterday. It was kept a profound secret, the Sheriff only being notified nn hour before, and the only persons present being the head gaoler, gaol surgeon, and sheriff. No intimation AVas given to the press. One of the three wile were present informs the Herald that the flogging was a perfect farce. The prescribed number of: lashes were, administered, but in 'such a manner that the skin was not even cut, the only mark of the lash being one little weal on the left shoulder blade. Afterwards the man put on his coat and walked away to his quarters laughing. WELLINGTON, Thursday. ■"'A deputation from the New Zealand Kifle Association waite/i on Mr Bryce, asking that a sum of nioney be placed on the Supplementary Estimates to enable the Association to hold a meeting in March next. Mr Bryce asked for a statement of the liabilities of the Association, and the - estimated cost of next meeting. He would see if the Government could assist' the Associatibn by placing an amount on the Estimates as required. . LYTTELTQN, .Thursday. The R.M. has given up the articles oE the Annabella, and she goes to sea tomorrow. Her crew refused to go, and fresh hands have been shipped. ' ';.-•• CHRISTCHUROH, Tuuiisday. ""''.The Local Industries Exhibition .Com miHee 'was dissolved this evening. The bahVuce-slieet showed the total' receipts* ..from all sources to be £916 15s lid, and • the balance to credit of the Industries Association, £484 11s 3d. ■••. . DUNEDIN, Thursday. A fire broke out last night on the premises in King St. owned by Mr Hanchard. and occupied by Mr John Sieder, upholsterer. . Sietler'a stock was not insured, >; bu,t his furniture and effects were insured for £150 in the Norwich .Union, ._, ... . v Opinions wore generally expressed at the* Education Board meeting to-day that

chool fees wqnld have to be re-impnae.-l. se st-ale of reductions of salaries of! teachers A md other eiß^toyes. was agreed to. I) Further p^rSouhirs' are toyband witii-tq-rawl \o M&yttyfr iniWfflir. "£"8 out' ti age see^^b^ia^e^eircMinitted. Mrly. ;t« >n Wednesßiiy morimk^ l 0 door bf;th^ "j« jouse was burst open^y&ki^e stonos, and S cno ked off its hingoa. The three stones £ Eouud,. inßiie.._tl»e« hpusu are irom thirty i"i pounds to fifty pounds in weight. Two T ■)!: tijjem r are covered "-with blood. , A p OhiniOnin "who^was occasionally s by the deceased way the first to give the C nl«fn»*-^~ t iDecea»«tl'--ttppe»r» •40-4i«ve -been able to speak at : this time, and asked him f to go for assistance. On tlie neiglibors [ 0 arriving, she was asked who did it — , .& whether a Chinaman or European? and she: a led them to understand a Chinamau, but at -ii tJiis' time it is uncertain whether" she wjis t conpcious : or not. A raeFseuger was sent to Naseby for medical aid, and Sergeant t Morion, accompanied by a constable and r Dr Whitton, immediately left for the t scene. The house was found to havo been I ransacked j and the deceased in her night- t dress was lying on^a mattress on the flour. 1 She had been lifted from her bed. A g serious wound was discovered on the left ( side jof her head; several of her ribs were Smashed in; and her collar bone was ( broken, . A hayfork was found near the ] house. 'No money or valuables appear to ] have been taken away. Over £1000 in 1 deposit receipts and £40 in cash were dis- < covered. The object of the. murder was evidently to plunder, and although .all j likely places were turned out they missed the money, as it was kept in a place in the 1 kitchen known to herself alone. Mrs Young died from the injuries received at i about 1.30 p.m:' yesterday. She was uni- : veivsally respected, was kind and obliging, and she contemplated returning to Scotland very soon.