LAST NIGHT'S NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH..] (FHOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1356, 10 March 1881, Page 3

LAST NIGHT'S NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH..] (FHOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Auckland 1 Last Night. Miss EMily Barne'tt,' aged 25, formerly nursery governess at Mr' Barton Ireland's, poisoned lierself at Dr Alexander's, house, where sho had been living for the last six weeks. She swallowed enough strychnine to kill four people, and died, very quickly. A beam fell on a hian named Wells, employed in Hancock's brewery, and very seriously injured hjm. A serious accident happened to a young man named William Watson, on board the Hawea. He wag caught by some machinery, and his' bowels but right across, and his back was also injured.

1 Napier, Last Night. A small army of twenty-five men left town for Waipawa, to assist Mr Harding, of Mount Vernon, to evictf the natives from land which he, claims, ' "There were only eight male natives ,ijdi the pah, and after a struggle they were forced out, but came back again. The struggle ' has been going on all the morning, ana bdth sides have had enough of it. , ( The fire at the Albion Hotel on Sunday destroyed a stable in which was' stored furniture, the atore room, and part of the stock wore also burnt. The total lois is about £300, 'wholly' uninsured. " This is the same hotel which was partially destroyed by fire about a month ago.

Christchurch, Last Night. At the Resident Magistrate's Court, John Beaufield was committed for trial for shooting at John Spring, in Colombostreet. The prisoner's statement in defence was to the effect that Spring had been the means of' parting him (prisoner) and his wife, and had prostituted prisoner's children. An extroadinary accident oocured on Saturday near Rolleston junction, 20 miles from Christchurch, to a man named Lafferty. He was driving' a horse-roller, and, from some at present unexplained cause, he fell from his seat, dropping down between the horse and the hoa^y cylinder. The roller passed over his head, but, to tho ustonishment of those who ran up, the man was yet alive. The injuries he sustained are severe, but the frightfully swollen condition of the head renders it impossible to guess at the precise nature of the hurt. The man was taken to Christchurch Hospital, where he remained in an unconpcious state until last night when he partially regained Hensibility. Although in an extremely critical Btate, he is progressing favourably. His case, oven at the hospital, is regarded as a most extroadinary one. The Governor has accepted an invitation to open the Ashburton Industrial Exhibition.

Timaru, Tuesday, Twx> men for, trespassing on land at the Washdyke, with dogs, in search of game, were fined five and ten pounds respectively at the Magistrate's Court this morning.

Oamaru, Tuesday. A stack of oata on the farm of Major Evans waa burnt on Sunday. There were fourteen, stacks on the farm, but only one was destroyed . It was insured.

Dunedin. Tuesday. Among the passengers by the Ringalooma are Generals McDonald andl^ichols, of the Indicia army. Both officers saw service in the last Afghan campaign. During their stay in Tasmania the local volunteers were paraded and inspected by General Nichols, who gave some valuable advice to the artillery, to which regiment he belongs* - Adolph Moortzon, late clerk in the Standard Insurance Company was committed for trial on two further charges of embezzlement, and the book placed in the custody of the Court was, yesterday, found to have been further mutilated. It transpired that the prisoner and the Standard Insurauce clerks had access to it. A five-roomed cottage at Mansford Bay, owned and occupied by John Pearce, was burned down on Saturday night, and the adjoining cottage pulled down to save the fire from spreading. The Insurance was £450 in the Colonial.

Wellington, Tuesday. Simoneon's opera troupe continue to draw crowded houses. The Governor was present on Saturday night. ' Payment of the Property Tax, amounting to £2000, waa received at the Wellington office yesterday.