A PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1791, 16 March 1888, Page 3

A PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES

The apologists of prizvtiqhtlog may well ponder the following matter of fact description of the appearance patented by a pugilist's body after death resulting from a fight, and then cay wh&t they can to justify ouch horrible proceeding*. The following is the sworn testimony of a surgeon, given at the inquest on a man who waa killed near Melbourne m a prize* fight recently: — ''Chaß. Henry Molloy, resident surgeon at the hoepita), deposed that the deceased was admitted Into ihe institution on the morning of the 26.h In aa unconscious state. Over the bead, face, neck, and upper portion of the chest and bark, and on tbe arm.B, there were a large number of contusions which seemed to have been recently inflcted. On the left temple was a small wound about half an inch m length, but It did not extend to the bone. Deceased never rallied. He remained unconscious, and died m the afternoon. Witness made a post mortem examination next day which showed the cause of death was extravasation of blood upon the surface of the brain caused by external injuries to the head, which, injuries could have been inflicted with the fist."

At the Wanganui races a man passing one of the " games," was bitten on the ear by a monkey, who sprang at him as he passed. The wound inflicted was not a very serious affair, though it extended for several inches.

The Kangitikei paper says that a consignment of frozen beef, sent home by Mr J. Marshall, of Tututotara, averaged slightly over 4d per lb. The price obtained for the beasts, which were heifers, waa, on this average, £3 103 6d per head, which is m excess of the price which would have been obtainable here.

A rumour Is current m Wellington that the po3t of commandant of tho New Zealand forces will ba offered to General Sobaw, but it is certain that there has been no official announcement to that effect.

The Baroness Burdetfc-Coutts and other philanthropic persons m London are aboy;t to, establish, it iq said, a scheme to provide Workshops furnished with sewing machines where poor seamstresses oan go and have the use oi the machines at a very low charge.

Joseph Frauenfelder was sentenced at the Albury quarter sessions to twelve monthB 1 imprisonment, and his wife to six months, for shocking cruelty to a little boy, the illegitimate son of a relation of the female prisoner. The evidenoe went to show that m November last the child, being then eeventeen months old, was placed m care of the defendants, who received £15 to maintain it. After a short time the neighbors began to notice the orue} treatment of fhe child. The latter used tp be left to stand m a nude state m the yard on chilly mornpgs, and was washed with a hose. It was frequently left standing m a box m the yard for long periods, was very inßufljpiently olqthed, and was taken out at night to sleep m an outhouse, with one or two flour sacks to cover it. Uultimately the ohildj which had originally been a strong, healthy infant, was reduced to a utate of imbecility, having no power whatever over his limbs, and became, m faofc, an jdjofc.