Horsewhipping a Ladykiller.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 39, 4 September 1883, Page 3

Horsewhipping a Ladykiller.

SUICIDE THEOUGH DRINK. DROWNING ACCIDENT. CHARGE OP ARSON. (PEB UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION.) Dcnedin. This Day. A barmaid at oue of tie leading hotels, feeling insulted by some remark made to her yesterday by an individual notorious for his attention to the fair sex, told him he would hear more of it. She waited upon the alleged insalter this afternoon at his office, and producing a horsewhip from beneath her dress used it pretty freely across I is face, neck, and shoulders, and to such an extent that ke did not consider flight ignominious. The affair has naturally caused a good deal of excitement. Hoeitika, This Dav. A maa named Charles Macfarlaue shot through the head this morning in the hut of a man named Irvine, at Himu. No reason is assigned for the suicide, except that the deceased had been drinking yesterday. Deceased was unmarried, and a native of Ireland. Thames, This Day. A sad accident occurred in the harbor oa Saturday afternoon. The brigantine Seabird arriving from Auckland, Mr Bayldon, the Harbourmaster, put off for the purpose of piloting her ap the river. Among the crew was a young man named TTenry Harris, engineer of the dredge. ITpon reaching the vessel a rope was thrown from on board, to which Harris and another man held. The bripantine was travelling at the rate of three knots. The men were ordered to let go, bat Harris did not appear to hear, and continued his hold. He was drawn oveiboard, and, after continuing at the end of the rope for about two huadred yards, sank and did not reappear. New Plymouth, This Day. The inquest on the fire on Poverty Flat lasted till past midnight last night, when the jury brought ia a verdict that the evidence pointed in a circumstantial manner to Thomas Weir, who was then committed to take his trial on a charge of arson at the next sitting of the Supreme Court. ____________