NEW SOUTH WALES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1910, 4 August 1888, Page 2

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, August _

In June last a man was accidentally killed at Parraraatta. Up to the present it has been impossible to identify the body. It has now been ascertained that the deceased was Archibald Barr, a native of Otago.

A strong card which the Seamen's Union intended to pay m connection with the Mariposa difficulty was the refusal to supply the vessel with coal. The Union now is much astonished to find a cargo has been secured. In anticipation of further difficulty the consignees are advertising for forty men to assist m discharging the steamer. The Maritime Council are appealing to the workmen to decline the work.

A cargo of coal for the R.M.S. Mariposa has been purchased on behalf of the American Consul at Port Illawara. The Company who supplied the coal informed the Maritime Labor Council they were unaware who the coal was for. The latter disbelieve the statement, and warn the Company that if the cargo is placed on board the Mariposa the Council will consider the Company adverse to the employment of white labor. It is expected the coal will be put on board despite the Labor Council.

At the inquest on the body ot Morris, murdered at Blacktown, the medical evidence showed that it was impossible for the murderer to have returned to the hut after the id juries he received without leaving any trace whatever on the ground. Two Chinese visited Ling Loon shortly before the murder. He then appeared m delirium, and said Ah Sin told him to " kill the boss." . It is believed the object of the murder was plunder, and that Loon being unsuccessful m his endeavors to obtain money, the others attacked him.

The prisoner Hewatt, who committed a terrible outrage m a police cell m June on another prisoner named

Parkes has been sentenced to death. The jury recommended him to mercy.