TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3783, 28 January 1908, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

Greymouth, January 25. A young man named Henry Angel was drowned in Like Brunper. The body has been recovered. Dunedin, January 25. Professor Barnes, one of the balloonists now in Dunedin, had a merciful escape from death this afternoon. His balloon would not rise more than about 900 feet, and the parachute did not act properly in the short descent. He landed on the telegraph wires on Anderson’s Bay Road. They made a tine elastic lighting place. Some of the wires were broken. If Barnes had hit the post instead, he must have been killed. Wellington, Yesterday. At the University Senate to-day a long discussion took place on a motion by Mr Baume that the Senate should seek power from Parliament to establish the degree of Bachelor of Literature. Eventually the motion was carried. Napier, Yesterday. At the request of the N.Z. Amateur Swimming Association, the Hawke’s Bay Centre has included a mile championship event in the programme of carnival sports in March next. Gore, January 27, Three oat stacks belonging to M, Burke, Otaria, were burnt. They were insured for in the New Zealand office. There is a suspicion that the fire was not accidental. Christchurch, Jan. 27. A fatality presenting some remarkable features occurred yesterday. The body of a man was found in a small gully at the highest part of the Lyttelton road, near Sumner. The body was brought to Sumner, when it was found that the only apparent injury was the fracture of one leg above the ankle. It is evident the man had not fallen far, but had tripped among the rocks and broken his leg. He appeared to have moved a good deal after the accident. In the pocket-book was found a notebook, with a long letter of farewell to his wife, concluding with the statement that he would do away with himself. His name was James Topham, a resident of Sydenham. The letter is dated January 23rd, and it is supposed the man died that evening. The cause of death is not known, and will probably be ascertained at the inquest. Wairoa, January 27. A case of attempted murder and suicide is reported from Opouiti. A young man named Stevens was escorting Miss Brownlee to her uncle’s bouse about 6 p.m. yesterday, when they were waylaid by David Irwin, said to be from New South Wales. He fired a revolver at Stevens, hitting him in the arm and knocking him off his horse. He then fired at Miss Brownlee, whose horse bolted back to Stevens’ house. While Stevens was getting up, Irwin, fired at him again, but missed. He then turned the revolver against himself, and the shot lodged under his chin. He fell dead almost instantly. The police have left for the Iscene, and this is all that is known. Jealousy is supposed to be the cause of the trouble.