INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 230, 28 September 1880, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

A MURDEROUS RUFFIAN. Auckland, Tuesday. After the murderous assault by the Fijian last night [of this we have heard nothing | the police started in pursuit, Inspector Pardy taking charge of the mounted men, and scouring the district, while the Superintendent took charge of the men on foot, and surrounded the'eemetery in which the Fijian was supposed to be secreted, but the surmise proved incorrect, as the information went to show that the Fijian was seen at 11 o'clock passing the Eden Vine Hotel going away from tbe town. This morning a milkman named Matthew Crawford, residing near Mount Albert, found the body of a man lying on the road some distance from the Eden Vine Hotel with a clean cut on the

back of the skull about an inch in width, •which must have been instantaneously fatal. The milkman reported the matter to the police, and investigation disclosed, that the murdered man's name was Edward Eace, who resides with his wife and family dn the new lv or th Ro&d . it is surthised that last nigh t he and the Fijian must have encountered, and the latter must have crept noiselessly behind him> and dealt the fatal blow ironi behind. This morning the Fijian made his appearance in the Mount Albert district. News has dust been received that after telling a washerwoman to the ground near M'erville's ana 1 breaking her arm, the Fijian made off. He was hotly jpurstiedj and was evehtlialty Saptured, and is now on his way to the Police Station. , Later. The. iTijJlan thlirderer is from' Apk'in the New Hebrides, one of the most savaa;a races in the South Sea Islands. He asked the people where he w^s stopping to buy him an axe , yesfeetyk^* lifa escittse was that hia head was all in a whirl, and there is no doubt that he had been drinking. The boy injured has little chance 'of refeoveriDgj as his brains arb jirbtrudinjj. Wellington, Tuesday. At the Magistrates Court this m'orniug Mr Macdonald was fined £5 and costs for exercisiDg his business as auctioneer after seven at night, The defence was that there was no intention to set the law at defiance, but he wished to bring the matter before the court with, the view of gettiug the law repealed* Tho Magistrate said the act was a breach bt a clearly defined Ordinance, and he cautioned the defendant that should the offence be repeated lie would inflict the full penalty of £80. (Auckland, Monday. Mr Seymour Gebrge addressed the electors at Warkwbrth bn Saturday night. He opposed further' borrowing} supported the Education Act and separation; denounced the Patetere block transaction, and would abolish County Councils. A vote of ,thank 9 and confidence was passed. Mr Carter tilade a spirited attempt to drive a coach from Cambridge through to Ohinemutu on Saturday, but failed' within ten miles of his destination owing to the impassable condition 6f the roads. Mr James Williamson has commenced the cultivation of his large estate near Hamilton. One thousand acres of land will be 'ploughed immediately, and one-third will be sown in turnips. A vast swamp will be reclaimed. Hokitika, Tuesday. The Albion took with her from here 3,45 1 oz3 of gold shipped by the Bank of New Zealand, and 245 70z9 shipped by the Union Bank and between 35 and 40 passengers. The diamond drill at work at Kauieri revealed indications of coal at a depth of 214 feeti Chrtstchurch, Tuesday. A house on the North Belt belonging to Mr Mr G. Watkin. carpenter, was burned down last evening. The cause wa9 accidental, a pot of glue having boiled over unseen and set fire to the wo'bdwork. The place is believed to be insured for £200 and the furniture for €250, but the office is unknown as the owner was absent at the time. Invercargill, Tuesday. The School Committee have resolved to declare to the Education Board that they cannot carry on the schools on the reduced allowance rendered necessary by the curtailments. There are three big schools under the Committee and over 1000 pupils, and the Committee's position is that if they carry on they will be personally liable for all deficien cies. At the adjourned Licensing Court yesterday a publican, the conduct of whose house •was deemed unsatisfactory, was called on to hand over his license granted at the annual meeting for cancellation. Acting under legal advice the licensee refused to do as requested, being advised that uuder the circumstances and the present state of the law he can carry on till the end of the licencing year. tagBSgJMl-Hl"illMJ.B»'"l!''>J««'|ii| miilim— tfitn,«mmmmiimtmmmmmm