LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 491, 24 April 1878, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

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Dunedin, April 23. J- G. S. Grant was well horsewhipped - last night by a young man of respectable family. Grant’s offence was that in a recent publication he designated all ladies attending Bright’s free thought lectures as “ abandoned women.” This young man’s mother and sister being -amongst the frequent attendants, he resented the insult conveyed in the imputation. The matter will probably occupy the police court. The Albion Brewery Company have decided to-day to suspend brewing and malting operations, and will sell their freehold properties preparatory to winding up. Wellington, April 23. At the Government land sale to-day, about 33,000 acres were offered. About 5000 acres were sold. The land is situated in various parts of the Provincial District, and comprised town, suburban, and rural sections. Two of the former realised from £4O to £IOO per acre. The total product of the sale was £12,875. Christchurch, April 23. At the inquest on the body of the boy Steele, Mrs Steele repeated her statement that the deceased probably inflicted the wound himself while throwing the poker into the trees. She said the deceased was in the habit of throwing the poker at the neighbours’ ducks and fowls. She never saw him use it to knock down haws. Two neighbours said Mrs Steele was in the habit of speaking crossly to children but believed she had a naturally kind heart. They never saw her strike the children. Deceased’s sister, seven years old, shortly before the affair occurred, took some dripping instead of cart grease to grease his boots, which Mrs Steele took from him when he went down the garden, and soon after followed him.. That was all she knew. The medical evidence was to the effect that the wound could not be caused by a blow or by the poker being thrown at deceased, as it must' have gone Straight in. Itcouldonly have been caused by the poker being shot from a gun or by being tix»d or used like a pickaxe, or was most likely the cause of the event, was deceased climbing with a poker to knock down haws from the trees falling to the ground, his head alighting on the point of the poker. The inquest was adjourned. Lyttelton, Apri> 23. Arrived—Lizzie Guy. f>-om Hokitika. Masterton. April 23. Two vac-ho-ses. IG.kapo and Ouida, are reported to have been poisoned at CasMe Point, wh ue : hry were t:. run. One was found dead in his stable, tin;

other dropped down dead outside. Both horses were . valuable ones. The stomachs have been sent to Wellington to be analysed. Two more horses are nearly dead. There is great indignation throughout the district. Bluff, April 23. The Tararua has arrived. She left Melbourne on the 16th, and Hobart Town on the 18th. She brings 460 tons of cargo and 48 passengers for all the ports, the passengers for Hokitika are Mrs Rose and infant.