PROVINCIAL NEWS.
[united press association.] Christchurch, July 11. E. R. Davis's case concluded at 3.30 p.m., when the prisoner was found guilty of administering a drug with intent to commit felony. He called several witnesses for the defence, but utterly failed- to disprove the charge, and he was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude on this case, and five years for forgery, 15 years in all. When sentenced he broke down entirely and cried bitterly. There was a disposition to hiss him when removed from the dock. The charges of false pretences have been withdrawn. Tauranga, July 12. The following is the result of the elpction for Tauranga :—Kelly, 539 : Grace, 565; majority for Grace, 26. Auckland, July 11. The steamer Rimntaka went south last evening. She left behind one passenger and two sailors. The latter say when they were casting off the lines the vessel went off from the wharf unexpectedly. A native girl aged 13, Tangi Raokirangi, hanged herself at Hokianga. Ostwald Hertzog, charged with defrauding the Colonial Insaiance Company, with alleged proof of the loss, was sentenced to nine mouths' imprisonment.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2748, 13 July 1885, Page 2
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