THE DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6540, 8 May 1889, Page 4

THE DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED.

oixjnmi., mat /. The youth Madden, who was sentenced to death for attempting to poison a man named Fosgrove at Glen Innes, has had hia sentence commuted to ten years' penal servitude. OBITUAEY. MELBOURNE, Mat 7. The Hon F. Ormond, M.L.C. [Per Preob Association.] A SLIGHT SEDUCTION. AUCKLAND, Mat 7. The Kapanga Assessment Board of Beviewers sat at Coromandel to-day, when the assessment of the Kapanga Gold Mining Company's property was reduced from .£102,000 to £18,500. Mr T. Cotter appeared for the Property Tax Commissioner, and Mr S. Hesketb. for the Company. An able stand was made on both ■idea. The owners of the property are in England. HUMANE SOCIETY'S MEDAL. The bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society hae been presented to W. Smith, of Auckland, who, in August, 1886, rescued a woman from a oab which fell into the harbour from the Queen street wharf. MB MITCHELSON. The Hon E. Mitchelson returned this evening from Otorahanga, where he interviewed the Natives with reference to the land surveys. The Natives expressed willingness to have the land opened up. Mr Mitchelson brought with him a whalebone mere and some mats as presents from the Waikato chiefs to the Governor. TYPHOID. A report from Dr Bell, Hospital Surgeon, ■hows a marked decrease in the number of typhoid fever cases during the present eeftßon. PROFESSIONALS. Three members, A. B. Bailey, M'Mamis, and M'Dermott, were expelled from the Auckland Amateur Athletic Club to-night, charges of professionalism being proved against them. WANGANUI, Mat 7. The Supreme Court resumed its sittings here this morning. In the divorce case, Mudford v. Mudiord and Hickford, the Jury returned a verdict for damages JE2S, and coats J235 j the decree nisi to be made absolute at the next sittings of the Divorce Court in Wellington after three months. Mr G. Fiaher, ex-Minister for Education, arrived here on Monday night, and left •gain for Wellington to-day.