MURDER IN RECREATION GROUND.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8755, 17 April 1890, Page 2

MURDER IN RECREATION GROUND.

-♦ ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. FURTHER EVIDENCE AGAINST ACCUSED. ENQUIRES IN COUNTRY, Sergt. Duffia is still actively engaged in )rosecuting enquiries in town, with the esult that new points are befog nnde that ook very black _ against the accused. It vas mentioned in this paper last evening hat the boots worn by the Maori when irrested had been identified as Maloncy's, md now Sergt. Duftin thinks that he can ilso get the drawers worn by accused ,vhen arrested also identified as being a oair that were given to the inurdcied man joinc time ago. These drawers are a very jlean pair, and are nicely darned in places. I'he boots, it it, stated, the accused said lie abtained from his father, and afterwards lie staled that he bought them from a storekeeper in Opunake. The drawers are supposed to have been bought by him from a settler who resides beyond Parihaka. The evidence in these matters will of course be given on oath before the inquest when the public can see the correct testimony. ENQUIRIES IN COUNTRY. Constable Scully, with Mr Gray ab interpreter, has been and n still making enqur'o-i in the country, lie is now down in the direction of Parihaka. THE EVIDENCE. A good deal of speculation on the nature of the evidence is indulged in, but until x 'ie inquest no definite particulars of the precise character of the evidence to bo produced can be given.

Dn. GAULT'S REPLY TO THE HIBERNIAN SOCIETY'S ADDRESS. At the Hibernian Lodge meeting on Wednesday night, the following' reply to their address was received from Dr Gault : — "To Mr James Hart (secretary) and members of the Hibernian Lodge, — The address, with its warm, friendly, and affectionate feeling, its beautiful and artistic design, I receive as a gift far beyond anything of whiuh Jam deserving. I have been with you as your medical attendant for a short period only, and during thatshort time I merely tried to do my duty. That effort, it is a most pleasurable sensation for me to experience, you more than recognise by this beautiful presentation. You have at all times, as the other societies whoso physician I have been here, treated me most considerately, and overlooked my shortcomings. It was hardly necessary to make mention of my sympathy with my countrymen in their present struggle, for no man who has travelled and knows Ireland intimately, and who has learned to lay aside prejudice and bigotry, could fail to recognise the necessity for local solf-govermnent. In conclusion, permit me to thank you for your address, which will keep fond reminiscences before me in the future when far distant from Taranaki, for your sympathy and good wishes, and I wish in return the Hibernian Lodge success, and its members, individually, happiness and prosperity. — Yours ever faithfully, David Gault."