NEW ZEALAND

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2232, 28 May 1881, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND

■ [>BB PBBBB ASSOCIATION.] V ASHBUETON, May 28. it An Ingenious Swindle. ■e A man named John Goldburg, a frequenter it of racecourses, was brought before the Bench 0 to-day charged under the Vagrant Act with it being a rogue, and with having, at Tinwald io Steeplechases yesterday, swindled the public 10 with a pretended game of chance. The >- evidence showed that accused was playing with a box containing seven red and seven I, black, and one white ball, laying oven money against the chances of one of the red or black balls coming out of the orifice in the box on his lifting his shoe, and twelve to one against n the white ball coming out. On being seized, 7 ’ the box was found to be so made that the 6 position of the shoe indicated to the 6 owner the color of the ball in the *" orifice. On being searched, a pack of ° stripped cards, a box and dice, and other E gambling requisites were found on the pri- '■ sonar. Mr Branson, who appeared for the a . prisoner, urged that the course was not 11 opened as a public place within the meaning J' of the Act, being the private property of Mr C Carter. The Bench reserved their decision a till this afternoon. Later. '• The point raised in Goldburg's case hat r * been allowed, and accused discharged. “ AUCKLAND, May 28, is Suicide at Bay of Islandsie Captain Wright, formerly American Consul if at the Bay of Islands, committed suicide on j. February the 19th, at Marshall Islands, by 0 shooting himself through the temple with a ie revolver. He had been in good health and lb spirits, and spoke cheerfully of going home to d America. il Wreck. a The barque Hawan, a labor vessel belongi- ing to the Hawain Government, has been r, wrecked at Tarawa, near the Kingswill group., e No lives were lost. AccidentAndrew Dilworth, a settler at Waiterkie, r was thrown from his horse. His nose was , completely smashed by the penetrating of a ’ stake. r Gentle Innocence--1 Professor Haselmayer’s satchel, containinge £2O and a quantity of jewellery, which was s taken from the Theatre Boyal last night, waa- - recovered by the police an hoar or so after- ’. wards from a woman who was at the theatre., f and who said, that observing the satchel s without an apparent owner, she took it to I keep till claimed. NEW PLYMOUTH, May 28. “ On the Spit. . _ The Bowen a, from Manukau, when enter- > ing Waitara river this morning, got on the r South Spit, where she now lies. It is not known yet whether she can be got off. ’ The Census. The population of the town of New Ply. r mouth and suburbs is 4210. [ DUNEDIN, May 28. i Fatal Railway Accidentr The following are additional particulars p regarding the railway accident. According to the facts as yet disclosed, no blame can be attached to any one. Both crossing keepers i wore at their posts. David Thompson, ■ engine-driver, states that he whistled at Ani derson’s Bayjroad>nd|again while approaching I Ocean Beach road. He does not recollect I sounding the whistle at the spot where deceased was found. He did not see any one on the line, and the first intimation he got of 1 any obstruction was something touching the brake. He then slackened speed 1 until he reached Bennington platform. Prom inquiries made late in the ; evening, it appears that in all probability it was not the Walton Park train but the one which arrives at Dunedin about six o'clock from Moegiel which ran over deceased. Indeed there are facts which point to this conclusion. On the cowcatcher of the Mosgiel train’s engine a quantity of human hair was found, A pool of blood was also noticed on the Dunedin side, at the place where the body was found, thus implying that it musthave lain bleeding at this spot for a considerable time before it was dragged in the direction of Kensington crossing. The probabilities are that deceased was knocked down by the train coming in from Moegiel, and then run over and dragged for some distance by the Walton Park train. Sparrow, the driver of the Moegiel train, however did not notice anything’unusual on his journey. Deceased was fifty years of ago. He was a married man, and leaves a wife and a family of seven children. His wife says that the deceased left homo to take a walk at about four o'clock. He had not been at work that day, having been up all the previous night attending to his children, who wore down with the measles. Evidently at the time of the accident he was returning home by way of the railway line, as he lived at the workshops. Criminal AssaultAt Naseby, Eobert Gollan, for a criminal assault, was discharged, the Bench disbelieving the prosecutor’s account. The other informations were withdrawn. BLUFF, May 28. The Rotorua. The Botorua sailed this morning. She was detained owing to a heavy westerly pale. NELSON, Miy 28. PoliticalThe Hon, J. O. Richmond addressed a large meeting of electors last night, end, in alluding to his career prior to hit late absence, he said those who knew him formerly would not find him substantially changed. Although he had been ranked as an antiprovinoialist, he did not regard abolition

without regret, as vivid interest taken in local affaire no longer exiatod. The Provincial Councils had exerciied a eort of official audit on colonial finances. Referring to theirouginal constitution, he blamed Sir George Gre/ for endowing the provinces with the land fund, which was tbo patrimony of the colony, and should have given opportunity to construct railways without incurring the burthen of foreign debt. He considered the land tax and the abolition of primogeniture a safeguard against monopoly in large estates. He favored the capitation to volunteers, but insisted on their efficiency. As far as possible and consistent with treaty obligations, the immigration of Chinese should bo restricted. He blamed Sir George Grey’s Government for continuing the expenditure when the credit of the colony was at stake, and a financial catastrophe was only avoided by the free use of the cable. Ho recognised the admirable service then rendered by Sir Julius Vogel. Ho was favorable to the property tax, and said he was a Socialist, and he was glad to see that all the essential points of the Chartist programme had been carried out here, whore all classes must work together for the common good. He thought that if the railways were properly farmed they would pay interest on their cost and on the money squandered on other works. He advocated a scheme of general assurance to provide against poverty, so that the aged and infirm should not be obliged to seek relief as beggars. Ho was in favour of the Nelson compromise system of education, and would support the reduction of Customs duties. A vole of thanks and confidence was passed.