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Kumara Times, Issue 748, 21 February 1879, Page 2

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[pFtfeSS AGENCY.] Rkkftos, February 21. T*he Welcome's cmshing yielded 3219 ounces UUlalgarri, blankets alone, from •210 tons .stone, giving an average of 5 "ii o s of »«ild per t.'ii. It is expected e cr 6 ;ug will continue six wefcks. Wkstport, February 20, Mia Sibixe's atatemdut to the police

goes to show that Sibree struck Costfello on th'e bead with an auger, then rifled his pockets of several batik notes-, put tltfe bo\iy in a canvas bag And i<erftoved it W a hole made by an uprooted tree ; and in the morning he shifted it into a culvert, but, heaving Search was to be made, he again remdve'd th'e body ba\sk to the hole in which he had placed it previously and covered it in. The circumstantial evidence against Sibree has always beeii strong. To-day the hut belonging to a miner named Peter Wihjoti, at Giles Terrace* was smothered by a landslip. The wife and twochildren were ins.de at the time-. The wife and one child were rescued ) but a daughter, five years of age, -was smothered:

Ma&LSOROUGH itACES. Blenheim, February 19. The Maiden Plate was wou by Grey Mom its. Oup—Rata > 1| Momns, 2j Treason, 3.

February 21. Jockey Cltlb tfatt.Heap.—Grey Mo* routs, 1 • Rata, 2" ; Sankei) 3. MomuS won by a length. Hack Race. itafce Coventry, 1 \ Harvestel', & t tadfes P\u\sth GieV Momns, 1 j Kirk, 2 j Blue rtili, 3. Won by tl length.

Cotiaold'ion Stakes. —Doncaster, 1 $ MasmMa-, 2j Treason, 3. Forced Handicap.—R ( »ta, 1 ; Clarence, $ j Grey Moniiis, 8. A capital race, and a close finish between thd twd first.