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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 228, 26 September 1877, Page 2

At the inquest ou the body of Richard Moss, who was recently reported to have been shot by his child in Marlboiough, the following was the principal evidence:— Jacob Dorrington deposed: Am a laborer at Grove Town and know the deceased; yesterday morning was standing with him at the back of the garden; he had a gun with him, which went off by some means, but I cannot swear how; the child was playing about; he put his hand under his arm and said to the little girl, " You've done for me now;" the child is between three and four years old; assisted him into the house, bufc he was not taken ia until Dr Williams came, lying in the garden until that time; he died about three o'clock this morning. By a juror: He was holding the gun by his side, pointing up with the stock on the ground; did not see the child touch the gun. The Inhangahua Herald says :— The facts which were disclosed at the trial of the young man Hogg, lately acting manager of the Bank of New South Wales at Kuiuara, are not creditable to that wealthy corporation, in so far as they go to show that their responsible officers are more poorly paid thau the ordinary labourer in the mine or workshop ; while the former have the still further disadgantage of being compelled to maintain a respectable social position and to worthily ' represent in the eyes of the public the wealthy and influential institution to which they belong. In Hogg's case we have an instance of a young man being despatched in charge of a bank agency on a new an expensive goldfield, with the remuneration so inadequate that but for the sworn testimony adduced at the trial it would have sounded incredible, and although this can serve as no excuse for the prisoner's violation of trust, the public will attach blame to the directers of a flourishing institution who could permit the holder of a position of such responsiI toility to be so inadquately remunerated We must assume also that the rate of nay of the officers of the Bank of New South Wales does not differ greatly from that ruling in kindred institutions ; and if no, all we say is that there are better openings for a young man of decent attainments than the often coveted position of teller, cashier, or ledger keeper in a colonial bank, where he will not be placed in a false position, aud constantly strained to keep up appearances.