The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1883.

Kumara Times, Issue 2017, 15 February 1883, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1883.

At the meeting of the Westland County Council yesterday, Mr M‘Whirter, in the absence of Mr Seddon, presented a petition from the miners at Larrikins and Mignonette Flat, asking that a dray road might be constructed at the back of Mignonette Flat. Mr Dungan also presented a petition from the miners at Larrikins aginst the proposed dray road at Mignonette Flat. The petitions were received and ordered to lay on the table. Whilst Mr Holmes, the driver of Antonio’s two-horse coach, was busily engaged delivering fruit at Mr Gargiulo’s store, at the junction of First and Seddon streets, last evening, the horses were observed knocking their heads together’, and, not being under control, they started off homewards to their stable in Tni street. As usual there were a number of children doing a cheap ride inside, but they scrambled out behind like bees from a hive, and managed all to accomplish that feat safely. On rounding Drummond’s corner

the wheels of the coach came into collision with the kerbing, and over went the coach to the off side on to Main street. Fortunately the king-bolt broke off short, and at the same moment Mr Angus Cameron, the driver of Cameron’s coach, succeeded in laying hold of the horses, which had now only the pole and two forewheels harnessed to them. They were at once disjoined, the coach righted ; and this morning Mr Holmes started on his usual journey, as if nothing had occurred.

The poll for the election of five persons to constitute the Licensing Committee for the district of Arahura takes place on Saturday.

The inquiry as to the cause of death of Denis Quinlan, who is supposed to have been murdered near Lyell on the 29th instant, will be resumed next Monday, at Lyell. The remains of the deceased were interred in the Lyell Cemetery on Thursday, a large number of miners and other friends of the deceased following the corpse to the grave. Inspector Emerson passed through Kumara this afternoon on his way to Lyell to attend the inquest; meantime Detective Quinn and Constable Keating are collecting evidence. At the hearing of the charge against John Davidson for attempted suicide and who was found lying across the road at Lyell near to where the body of Quinlan had been thrown over an embankment, Mary Gramatica is reported to have said : “I know the accused, John Davidson; 1 have known him 10 or 11 years. He stopped at my house on the night of the 29th January. He left on the morning of the 30th, before I got up ; I do not know at what time. He came back between 10 and 11 o’clock a.m. He had an axe with him. He had dinner at my house on that day. I left the house to go to Lyell after dinner, between 1 and 2 o’clock. I left the accused alone in the house. I told him if he left before my return to lock the door and put the key under the window. The accused and myself had no words on that day. In the morning I noticed that he appeared somewhat excited. On that day I met a man named Pasqual on my way into the Lyell. Accused had no drink on that day nor the night of the 29th at my house. He drank water out of a billy. He was not at my house for two or three weeks previously to the 29th January. I am not aware of him having had any words with any persons.”—Pasqual Franconi deposed to finding Davidson, lying full length upon the centre of the road, about a quarter-of-an-hour after he passed Mrs Gramatica close to town, about 2 or 3 o'clock in the afternoon. —Accused stated to the doctor and constable that it was himself who had inflicted the wound, and in reply to a question as to the motive he said, “Don’t ask me.” We understand that at the adjourned inquest at Lyell on Monday next on the cause of the death of Quinlan, John Davidson will be charged with the wilful murder of Denis Quinlan.

The Property Tax returns show unexpectedly favorable results, the amount collected being no less than £146,000 out of an estimate of £150,000. It is calculated that fully £6OOO more will be got in between this date and the close of the financial year.

One of the cooks of the steamer Rotomahana, named John M‘Cullough, 35 years of age, was missed from the steamer whilst going up Wellington harbour last Sunday morning. It is thought he must have gone overboard and been drowned.

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