NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3507, 7 August 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[telegraphed by this unitko press ASSOCIATION.]

HAWKE'S BAY GOLD. Grahamstown, AutfiiHt 7. A trial test of the qunrtz from the Mohaka District, Haw Ice's Bay, which was sent here to be crushed, yielded only \j dwts. from 5 cwt, of stone. DEATH OF AN OLD SEITLEIt. WELLINGTON, August 7. Mr. George Hunter, an old settler, and formerly member for Wellington City, died laat night, aged 58.

THE OKARITA GOLD RUSH. HoKixrKA, August 6. The following particulars supplied by a private letter has reached here today from Okarita : —<l The Okarita gold nah is likely to be all right. Two young fellows named Mears and Fleming struck good gold last Friday, on the love terrace running straight aa an arrow for about 6ve miles along 1 the side forks of the river. Where tha road crosses the river, there aro four | parties on payable gold ; and about four miles up the creek is where Cuaningham and party are working. Chicken's party have got gold intermediate between Cnnningham's and the road, which proves that gold has been traced for fully three miles There is room for many hundreds of miners. A 6teady rush is setting in, and miners are arriving daily overland. Those on the ground seem satisfied with the appearance of the country." THE KEYBUiIN TRAGEDY. DUNEDTN, AugUßt 6. It appears that the Keyburn mnrder was committed early on Wednesday morning. Three stones found inside tho house are from 30 to 40 pounds weight, and one of them is covered with blood. A Chinaman, who was occasionally employed by the deceased, was the first to give the alarm. The deceased, it appears, was able to speak at this time, and asked him to go for assistance. On neigh bonrs arriving, she was asked who did it — whether it was Chinamen or Europeans ? Her answer led her questioners to understand that it was Chinamen. At this tine, however, it is uncertain whether she was conscious or not. The house was found to have been ransacked, and deceased, in her nightdress, was lying on a maltrass on the floor. She had b«eu lifted from her bed. A Berious wound was discovered on the left side of her bead, several of her ribs were smashed in, and her collar-bone was broken. A hay-fork was found near the house. No money or valuables appear to have been taken away, and over £1,000 in deposit receipts and £30 in cash were discovered. The object of the murder was evidently plunder, and, although all likely places wore turned out, the money was missed, as it was kept in a place in the kitchen known to herself alone. Mrs. Young was universally respected.