NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2063, 4 October 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[fbbss association, j AUCKLAND, October 4. Decoyed. A little child was decoyed and stripped of its clothes in the suburbs this morning. It is supposed to be the act of some drunken woman. Shipping. Arrived—New Zealand Shipping Co. 's ship Waikato, ninety days from .London to land. On August 15th spoke Waitangi, bound to Lyttelton. Eighteen saloon passenger, twentytwo second, ind fifty-eight steerage. Arrived, Ovalu, schooner, from Karatonga. On the night of July 25th a severe gale was eipeaienced in Baratonga harbor. The Ovalu and Agnes Donald, both anchored there during the night, and came together several times. Considerable damage was caused to the Agnes Donald. The Ovalu lost her boat in attempting to get a hawser on shore. The Fiji Lunatic A subscription is being raised f o? Mrs Bees, the widow of the man murdered by the Fijian. Seaman's Union. A meeting -was held last Saturday to form a Seaman's Union. Thirty attended, and ik was decided to start one similar as the one at Port Chalmers. Sixteen had paid their subscriptions. WELLINGTON, October 4. Wreck of the Hannah BroomfieldA telegram just received from the Heads states that the brigantine Hannah Broomfield is wrecked on Unoonstant' Point, half a mile inside the Lighthouse. It is not known yet how she went ashore, but it is believed she missed stays. She is full of water. The vessel is owned by Messrs Greenfield and Stewart, timber merchants. The captain is on his way to town. The schooner is insured in this South British for £I2OO, of which £350 ia

reinsured in the Viotoria and £350 in the national. . , , The Hannah B:« afield waß in command of Ckptain Highfield. She left Hobart Town on the*23rd ult., and brings a cargo of timber, palines, and a few tons of general cargo, it m believed that the cargo was insured for £603, the office not known. It is blowing a hard N.W. gale. The Charges against Policemen. The Magistrates dismissed the ol l ar ? e8 against the two constables for alleged illtreatment of a prisoner as being only an error of judgment. He pointed out several defeots in the polioe system, and hoped to see them remedied without delay. Another man, who had been looked up for drunkenness last night, has been removed to the Hospital with a sprained ankle. Makau Coal Company. Rswi telegraphs to a member of Parliament here that he knows nothing of any coal eompony at Makau, and has sent a message to Mokau to stop any movements in that direction. DT7NEDIN, Ootober 4. Criminal Calendar. The Grand Jury has returned true bills sgiinat Jamrs Williams, for perjury ; John Inomas, John Datton, and Isabella Thomas, for wholesale larcenies at Dunedin. John Thomas pleaded " Guilty." The trial of the others is proceeding. Mrs Thomas pleads that she was aoting under coeroion. Dutton and Thomas being convicted on the first charge, pleaded "Guilty" to the nineteen others. The Judge sentenced them both S 3 seven yeare' penal servitude, saying he could see no difference between tnem. The Crown offered no evidence against the woDUO. The Kyeburn Outrage. Judge Williams, in charging the Grand Jury, referred to the Kyeburn murder as follows :—As to the prisoner Ah Lee, the case rests almost entirely on his own confession. If you think the confession, so far as it acknowledges his connection with the offence, is to be believed, you should find a true bill. The question may arise hereafter as to how far the confession is admissible as evidence at all, but with that you have nothing to dp. The confession of Ah Lee is not admissable in evidence against Lee Guy. Ah Lse appears to have been examined before the magistrates • when Lee Guy was charged with murder, but on examination he, in effect, retracted any j confession he had made. I presume therefore that Ah Lee cannot appear as a witness. Ah Lse's account of the transaction not r having been given in the presence of _ Guy, is j not receivable in evidence against him, and r the case againßt Lee Guy has accordingly to j be considered apart from any statements made by Ah Lee. The other cases on the calendar called for no comment. In Thomas' j case, the male prisoner went into the box and ■wore they were married in England in 1877. j In effect the Judge told the jury that if they believed him they were bound to discharge the femal i prisoner. A New Chinese Agitation. a The " Mount Ida Chronicle" says that fc the Chinese havo subscribed £IOOO towards the defence of Ah Lee and Lee Guy, collectors having visited every part of Otsgo. ■ The Chinese say that if the accused is hung, Jj Europeans would not in future employ J Chinamen, therefore they must combine to B get their countrymen off. They have so far I put every obstacle in the way of the police. * Body Found- i The body of Birrell, drowned near Porto- t bello a few weeks ago, was recovered yester- I day. Mining. Holvarsens' claim at Hyde iB again on good gold. AUCKLAND, October 2. ( Sporting Items. A Tattersall's Club is being formed. Suppression of Pleuropneumonia. f A testimonial contributed to by 1120 sub- ( scribars has been obtained for presentation to ( Mr Fantham, for services rendered in the ( suppression of pleuro-pneumonia. t Hew Building Society. [ A new industrial and provident permanent i building, land and investment society has been c started. J The Auckland Murder. J s Joe, the Fijian, was charged to-day with j assault on Mrs Arnold. He was committed \ on a charge of unlawfully wounding her and j the boy Willcott, also of the wilful murder of { Henry Louis Bees. Prisoner reserved his , defence. _ | An entertainment is to be given at the j Theatre Royal for the benefit of the widow of ] the murdered man. f NEW PLYMOUTH, October 3. Female Skeleton. I The remains of a female skeleton have ] been found in a gravel pit near Ngaire, on the ] Hormanhy railway. j Thrilling for Bankers- ] Mr Simpson, late manager of the National ] Bank, was entertained at dinner last night. ] He leaves for Wellington on Wednesday, . where he assumes the position of relieving | officer of the Bank. WELLINGTON, Ootober 2. Arrest of a Dying Man for Drunkenness. A man named John Andrews, better known as Joe Murphy, cabman, met with his death to-day under somewhat peculiar circumstances. It appears that he was driving home about two this morning when his vehicle struck another cart and the shock precipitated him from his seat to the ground. He was picked up and placed in his own vehicle. , A constable made his appearance, and there ! being no apparent injuries deceased was ' taken into custody on the charge of drunkenness. Andrews was placed in a cell and given blankets to sleep on. He was visited by the sergeant several times during the early hours of the morning and made no complaint _of having sustained any injuries. At nine o'clock he was again visited, and appeared to be asleep, but breathing heavily. He was examined by the sergeant and found to bo in an unconscious state. Medical assistance was sought, and Andrews was conveyed to the hospital. He, however, never regained consciousness, and expired at noon. The cause of death was conoussion of,' the brain. An inquest will be held on Monday, and probably an investigation will blbo be held as to whether the police are to blame. Andrews was aged twenty-five, and leaves a wife and two children. An associate of his states that he saw the deceased at 1.30, when he was perfectly sober. The Bailway CommissionersIt is understood that the Government have determined to dispense with tho services of Messrs Conyers and Lawson, and notice to this effect has been given to them. DUNEDIN, October 2. Pedestrianism. A twenty-four hours* walking match for £2OO aside has been arranged between young Scott and Professor Miller, of Melbourne, to come off in Melbourne.