Fatal Gun Accident.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1490, 26 October 1885, Page 4

Fatal Gun Accident.

V-i^ii^^;i^bipwißp/ .* |. :>„ (DMITID PBtSB ASSOrtATIOH.T [ - . ' : ' Blxkxxim, S&tnrday, l . In the shooting affair the elder brother Norman Winsttnley, shot the younffer, Oswald, and not as previdnsly »ttl«r «rjwhed« Both boyp were Cadet*, and bid been, at skirmishing drill thapje-j---vious day, and the elder, had insstted a piece of lead into his carbine to practisi i shootingnfttA mark. He was Jiandling hi| caVbihe ift his bedf oonj tHis mornft/ ; shdwihg Ws>br.othsr how-to drop on -om i . knee to resist cavalry. The weapon wai i .raiting on the floor at half cook, when i \ accidentally went off with the fatal n s«U already described. ' ".' .•'.■■■ 'Latbb. i . At the inquest oh Oswald Winstanleyl who, was accidentally shot by his brother Norman, * veMictof accidental death r was returned. ,

The subject for Sunday next at the Lyceum is notified m our advertising columns. The Wairarapa StarMard wants the Governor to visit the sever*! towos m tkat district, and become acquainted With the leading settler*. . The public aro reminded that Mr Greenwood will visit Palmeraton i on Thursday, October 29th, and may bo eouaulted at Walking Hotel* \ '.;.. ;^, Oor paragraph m BtiurdayV *■?»»& drawing attention tottV'T. King's advertisement was 'the the wrong way about. Mr King wauts to sell, not to purchase a four-wheel timber waggon ... Messrs Stevens & Gor.(;ou^|^^cJ^ sale* $at'Awahtiri Yards takes place w-nior«! row, at 1 p.m. . . ': • ; ' Among the applicants for tickets m. the consultation!* by Robin Hood and' Ada Mantua aro several natives. • ; . All the tiolcets sent, us for sale f ivm Robin Hood have beeu- disposed ! of.. (There are still a few on hand m Ada ' Mantua's monster consultation. ' - > We remind those interested of the meeting of the Boating Club Committee to take place this evening it the Cpintnercial Hotel. I ' There were only two < candidates' If or tht senior civil service examinations] iv Wangauui last week. '"• '■'■''"■■' ]:H The boating season iq; Wanganui iras opened on Saturday afternooa un( [er . most auspicuous circumstances. The procession of boats bad « very pleasi lg effect. .. „..,-. . „.^-.'>r\ ''■ \ Wt many parts of the ciis.trict ihat feed prbraißos to be very abundant this season, the weather hay- ' ing been exceptionally f^v.oufable, the ' rapid growth of i<rasß. ■< ' ""■ " ' | ''■• By lateat cable news pig iron flo.b. 1 , m the Clude, is quoted at 44i« and jpklvinised ircn, packed, f.o,b. m London £16 10s per ton. ;,. . _.• ;i ■.(--•'./. ', A correspondent of the Ckronick cintributes the following m an account oi a trip to Pohangina. "The delay m receiving or making knpvrn th« rjeioit of tb!e trial crashing at Melbourne is natwv ally 'regarded iui su^lcious ; for while jsome of the pertons A^'W*^ :ift Ihe' claim deny that ;the result has beenjre. ceived, ptkn •jky.that it has so, but for . reasons of their «wn, kas not been aside 'public, 1 '- ' : ' '_ . ' ; ' " : "V 5 ;]: • Captain Condon, of the Feilding branch, of. the Salvation- , Arm^, .Js , to pc .placed m charge of Wangahqi, and itrives to-morrow to take up the ; «o£k. He is perhaps the most popular officer jon the coast, and has just added to his atr tractivene|B by Marrying the lady lieutenant of the Wellington branch of the army. Mrs Condon, it Tnay be added, ha« proved herself 3eqnaily,;i>opliK*'&Wi*h her hutbapd m, army. circles.-rCArontcie.