A MISSING BOATING PARTY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6313, 10 August 1888, Page 3

A MISSING BOATING PARTY.

SI'D -KY, Arr.csT 9. It- is fea.red that a hoatmsj party, comprising three persona, who left Jervis Buy on July 20, hitve uitjfc with some accident, as since their departure they Jiave not been heard of. THE BOTANY" POISONING CASE. In tho charge of murder brought against Mrs Collins, who, it will be remembered, is alleged to have poisoned her husband at Botany some time since, the Jury were un«b!c to agree, and a new trial has been o.dered for the October cesfsipns.

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OVERTAXED.

AUCKLAND, A.TTGTTST 0. The settlers of Pukokohe and the surrounding districts held-a public meeting at Pukekohe on Saturday last, when a resolution was adopted urging on Government the necessity oH making considerable' reductions in the public expenditure, as • the increasing taxation had become unbearable. SUICIDES. John Murphy, a bush cook, employed ab Tamakihite, near Dargaville, drowned himself in the Northern Wairoa river on Monday. He had been drinHug heavily. A man named Thomas Weatherill, a farmer at Eangiahia, shot himself through the heart this morning. Deceased was one of Mdjor Jackson's Company of Fore3t Rangers in the "Waikato war. EXTRAORDINARY DEATH. A Native woman, who was employed with others in clearing buih at Rotoraa yee.torday, tripped whilst running from a falling tree and fell on a sharp Etump, which pinned her through the breast. Death resulted shortly afterwards. WELLINGTON, August 9. The work of launching the Btranded barque Weathorsfield will be commenced at once, and a portion of the necessary gear has already been cent up.