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Western Star, Issue 945, 6 May 1885, Page 3

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TPbess Assocution.l ~, Auckland, Tuesday. John Thomas Lyons, a gum-digger, was drowned through the capsize of a Bailing boat. ■ , Tbo Penguin sailed with the Frisco mail for the south at 11 this forenoon from Onehunga>.'. '..'. .Thomas M'tfarlane, curator intestate ;estates,in crossing the line near rail-way-station at; the spot where Brown met with the accident the' other day, was.,, similarly struck by a.passing ori"ine which came unexpectedly oh him.- His left leg was broken, right arm crushed, and he received contusions on the head. He was sent tp the hospital. Owing to his advanced age, his state is critical. Lieut, Stapletoa and five seamen of tbe Boyal Navy arrived to-day per Waihora. On the arrival of the 'Frisco nia:l steamer this morning, Superintendent Thomson boarded her and arrested on an extradition warrant, Walter H. Lennox Maxwell, alias Theodoae Cecil Danginer, variously described as a doctor or officer in the French or Turkish army, on the charge of murdering Chas. E. Garreller, of St Louis, Missouri. Accused stated that the affair was a mistake, and he could explain it in proper quarters. Nothing was- known of the murder before the steamer left. Accused is about 30 years, of age, and of gentlemanly appearance. Accused and the murdered man were both British, subjects. Consul Gamble had received a cablegram from the Secretary of State, and the I'man was at once known by the complete descript'on furnithid. Detective Hughes and Sergeant Clark were waiting off T'ritiri for the steamer fOr itw.o days!- 'They-handcuffed accused abjard her, and found a.revolrer in his luggage. • Wellington, Tuesday.

A Magisterial enquiry was held this afternoon into the ci cumstances connected with the loss of the ba.que Oceania in Cook's Straits yesterday. After taking evidence the assessors wostponed judgment : until to-morrow morning. ,. ■■■■■ C:»pt. Bodham, who wilhas charge of the New Z< aland artillery, has arrived in the Colony, bet will inspect thVSonttiern defences before coining to* Wellington. . iThe eight 64-potinders guns which arrived at Auckland from Sydney this morning are to be distributed throughout the. Colony. Nothing further have been seen ot toemissing men, but the oars belonging to their boat have been found on Petohe beach, which leaves but little doubt the men hayeperixhed. < It,'is,not yet decided whether the militia.will bn called out, but in any ca«e'unless hostilities occur between Bussia and England,, theywill only be called out at A. uc kland, Chrtstchurch, "Wellington and It is 'understood that a sculling match'is likely to come off between Hearn, champion of Now Zealand, and Boniface; a resident of Riverton. The latter has challenged Hearn to row a three mile race at Biverton for £IOO asidjsl |he champion to concede a start of one minute. Hearn has replied that he is perfectly willing lo meet Boniface, but be is not prepared to make a greater concession than half a minute.

Dunedix, Tuesday. The National Insurance Co. have declared an interim dividend at the rate of 15 pw cent, per annum. Chbistchurch, Tuesday. Mr Allison D. Smith, of the Railway Department here, has been appointed Superintendent of the Victorian KiulAn inspection of the salmon ova in the hatching boxes this morning showed that they were in the same excellent ondition as when landed. At the inquest on the body of Iho*. who was found hanging in his cottage at Aldington on Sun-lay last, a verdict of " Suicide while in a state of temporary insanity" was returned. . The workmen employed in three boot factories here went out on strike t.rdav. The local Bootmakers' Society desired te raise the tariff of wages in the large factories to a par with that in vogue in some of the smaller factories. Messrs Lightband, Allan and Co., Sucking Bros., and O'Brien and Co*' are the firms at pre* nt concerned. It i's not likely the employees will give way. . -