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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2301, 18 August 1881, Page 3

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[FEE PBESB ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, August 18. The Schoooer Eona. There is little doubt that the vessel reported by. the Natives as wrecked on the coast, a few miles south of Kaiparu Hoads, is the icbooner Bona, which usually traded to Lytteltou. She left Auckland in ballast on August Ist, and was duejat Kaipara quite a week ago. Further particulars received to day state that the Maoris say that yards, blocks, and one anchor are upon the beach, and the vessel is buried in the sand. The Bona was commanded by Captain Kenneth Mackenzie, part owner, who has had charge since the vessel was built two and a half years a go. Ho has a wife and four children residing in Oamaru. The names of the crew are Robert Smith, Noil Carmichael, Charles Johnson, and W. Eagle. The vessel is insured for £4OO ; only about half her value. D. H. Mackenzie owns half tho interest. Determined Suicide The suicide of Arthur Craig, at Church Hill, was a very determined one. About halfpast two on Monday morning tiro neighbors were alarmed by tho screaming of deceaseod's

young children and an alarm of fire. On entering the house they found Oraig had tied his feet to a colonial sofa, on which he was lying. He had get fire to a quantity of tow ho had collected upon him. They tried to pull him from the couch, but he resisted strongly, holding the wooden bars at the head so that they broke away with him. He was then got from the burning couoh, and laid on the floor, which is charred where ho lay. Oraig died at nine o’clock on Monday, before Dr. Edgelow arrived from Hamilton. Deceased was a widower, having a married daughter living in Auckland, and another daughter, seventeen years of age, living in service at Mr Bell’s, Church Hill. Several younger children lived with him in his house. WELLINGTON, August 12, The Governor’s Visit to Fiji. His Excellency will embark on the Emerald for Fiji at Auckland. She is expected to arrive at Auckland about the second week in September. SacrilegeAt the Magistrate’s Court, Christina Wilson, an old offender, was sentenced to two years’ herd labor on two charges of larceny from St, Mary’s Cathedral. O AMARU, August IS. Brutal AssaultA case of brutal illtreatment of a wife has just como to light hero. Briefly stated, the facts are these :—On tho 3rd instant an unfortunate woman, whoso name is Isabella Augustus, wife of a Swede named Charles Augustus, a laboring man, was confined. Five days afterwards Augustus grossly illtreated the woman, and refused to permit her to call in a doctor or allow her any assistance. This conduct, coupled with threats upon her life, was continued until Tuesday last, when the case of the unfortunate woman became known, and sho was removed to the hospital. She was then found to be in a critical condition. Information was at once laid against Augustus, and ho was arrested yesterday on a charge of assault. As serious doubts are entertained of the woman’s recovery, her depositions were taken at the hospital last evening, and disclosed a course of brutal illtreatment. Augustus will be brought up this afternoon.