FIJI.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2558, 29 April 1871, Page 3

FIJI.

Fiji papers are to hand this morning via Newcastle. They state that on the morning of the 13th March last, Mr Bailie, former!/ member of the Victorian Assembly for Castlemaine, and a partner with _Mr Butters as stock and share brokers, Collins street, Melbourne, was found in his sleeping department dead, and with every appearance of having been murdered. Mr Bailie and his partner, Mr Scott, occupied a hut together, and Mrs Baillie occupied another a few yards away. Mrs Baillie stat.s that she heard no noise diiiiiK' the night, bub in the morning she did not observe, as usual, the smoke irora the chimney of the house occupied by her husband end his partner, and proceeded to ascer tain the cause. On entering she observed Mr Baillie apparently asleep, but on going nearer was Imrrilied to liml his head smash d in, apparently with a tomahawk she gave the ala m to the nearest neighbors, who quickly repaired to the scene M the tragedy. The partner Scott was nowhere to be loan I, and siisp ciou, of course, immediately pointed to him as the murderer. An inquest was shortly afterwards held, when a verdsc. was returned that the deceased was wiliuliy murdered by his partner, Scott. Soott was formerly a joiner in Colingwood, and had been on intimate terms with Mr BaiLie for a number of years whilst both resided in \ ic toria. Great efforts were being made to capture the accunod, who made olf during the ni"ht of the murder, taking a quantity of property with him. He was known to be of a rather moody disposition, and liable to brood over even au imaginary slight or fancied wroeg. Private lettms state that a strict search is being made for linn, and when captured ho will be forwarded by the first war steamer to Sydney for trod. A heavy mi'c occurred at hiji on the loth March. H drove the Kestrel and Zephyr ashore, unroofed the Ciitennn and levelled several buildings. it also did much injury to the plantations along the coast. A second newspaper has been projected at Lovuka. .