INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 235, 4 October 1880, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, Saturday night. The man named John Andrews, better known as John Murphy, a cabman, met with his death to-day under somewhat peculiar circumstances. It appears that he was driving home about 230 this morning when his vehicle struck another cart, and the shock precipitated him from his seat to the ground. He was picked up and placed in his own vehicle, when a constable made his appearance, and there being no apparent injuries the deceased was taken into custody on a charge of drunkenness. He was placed; in the cell and given blankets to sleep on, and he was visited by the sergeant several times during the early hours of the morning, and made no complaint of having sustained any injuries. At 9 o'clock he was again visited, but appeared to be nsleep and breathing heavily. He was examined by the sergeant and found to be in an unconscious state, and medical assistance was sought, and Andrews was conveyed to the Hospital. He, however, never regained consciousness, and expired! at noou. The caußo of death was compression of the brain. An inquest will be held on Monday, and probably an investigation asj to whether the police are to blame. Andrews wos aged 25, and leaves a wife and two children. A friend of the deceased states that he saw him at I*3o this morning, when he was perfectly sober. , Monday; A telegram just received from the Heads states that the brigantine Hannah Broomfield has been wrecked on the Inconstant Point half a mile inside the lighthouse. It is not known yet how she went ashore, but it is believed that she missed stays. She is full of water. The vessel is owned by Messrs Greenfield and Stewart, timber merchants. The captain is on hia way to town. She is insured in the South British for £1200, of which £350 are reinsured in the Victoria, and £350 in the National. It is understood that the Government have determined to dispense with the services of Messrs Conyers and Lawson, Commissioners of Railways, and that notices t o this effect have been sent to them. Mr Maxwell who ib at present Inspecting Engineer of Public Works is to be Commissioner for both Islauda, and Mr Hannay, the traffic manager of the Oamaru section, is be his assistant. ) Later. The Hannah Broomfield was in command of Captain Highfield. She left Hobartown on the 23rd ult. with a cargo of timber, and palingß, and a few tons of general cargo. It is believed that the cargo is insured for £GOO, but the office is not known. It is blowing a hard north-westerly gale. The Magistrate dismissed the charges against the two constables for alleged illtre&tment of a. prisoner as being only an error of judgment. He pointed out several defects in the police system, and hoped to see them remedied without delay. Another man who had been locked up for drunkenness last night has been removed to the hospital with a sprained ankle. Rewi telegraphs to a member of Parliament here that he knows nothing of any coal company at Mokau, and has sent a messenger to Mokau to stop any movement in that direction. Bluff, Monday. The Arawata arrived yesterday at 7 p.m. She sails at 5 p.m. to-day for Dunedin. Featiiekston, Saturday. Stanley Nicholas has just died through injuries received at the Kimutaka accident, making two of this family killed. Christchukcii, Monday. A public meeting at Ly ttelton resolved to hold the annual regatta on the Ist January. The Committee have a credit balance of nearly £50. At the Christchurch Magistrates' Court Walter Harband, 19 years of age, was conimitted for trial for an indecent assault on a girl aged sixteen. A boy 15 years of age was charged with an indecent assault on a girl agod 4£ yenrs. The evidence was not conclusive. The father promised to give the boy a severe thrashing. Auckland, Monday.; A little child was decoyed and stripped iof its clothes in the suburbs this morning. ,It is supposed to have been the act of some drunken woman. Arrived— New Zealand Shipping Company's ship Waikato, 90 days from Londpn to the land. On the 15th August she spoke the Waitangi bound for Lyttelton. She brings 18 saloon passengers, 22 second class and 58 steerage. Arrived : Ovalu, schooner, from Raratonga. She reports that on the night of the 25ih July a severe gala was experienced in Raratonga harbor. The Ovalu and Agnea Donald were both anchored there and during (he night they came together several times aud considerable damage was caused to the Agnes Donald. The Ovalu lost her large boat in attempting to get a hawser on shore. Subscriptions are being raised for Mrs Rees, the widow of the man murdered by the Fijian. A meeting was held on Saturday to form a Seamen's Union. About 30 attended and it wa3 decided to start one the same as at Port Chalmers. Sixteen paid their subscriptions. Dunedin, Monday. The following nominations were received on Saturday night for the Jockey Club's annual meeting: — Dunedin Cvp — Maligner, Victoria, Sylvanua, Adamant, King Quail, Hornby, Fishhook, Maritana, Governor, Mischief, Le Loup, Betrayer, Lord Lima, Laeries, Sinking Fund, Volunteer, Randwick, Kosciusco, Ariel, Narcissus, Miss Danielle, Amy, Lileller. Piscatorius, Grand Duohcss, Longlands, Sir Garnet, Sir Modred, Hilarious, Lady Emma, Foul Play, Natator, Grip, On Dit, Marie Antoinette, Virginia Water, and Leveller. Publicans' Handicap — Harpooner. Kork, Sylvanus, Windward, Governor, Maritana, Bogardus (late Orange Lightning), Luna, Laertes, Sinking Fund, Randwick, Libeller, Sir Modred, Sir Garnet, Hilarious, Lady Emma, Foul Play, Natator, Grip, On Dit, Marie Antoinette, Virginia Water, Adamant, and Nautilus. City Stake 3 Handicap—Sylvanus, Vandola, Mischief, Nonpareil, Lure, Fleur de Lie, Bondoora, Marmadnke, Goa, Camballo, Sir Modred, Yattendon-Peeress colt, Sir Garnet, Hilarious, Adelina, Anteros-Gossip colt, Virginia Water, Leveller,Nautilns; and Lady Emma.

Jcekey Club Handicap— Maligner, Silvanus, Titanift, Adamant, Hornby, Governor, Maritana, Mischief, Le Loup, Betrayer, Sinking Fund, Volunteer, Randwick, Ariel, Piscatorius, Longlands, Sir Garnet, Hilarious, Sir Modred, Lady Emaaa, Foul Play, Natator, OnDit, Grip, Marie Antoinette, Concrete, Virginia Water, Libeller, Luna, and Laertes. Judge Williams in charging the Grand Jury referred to the Kyeburn murder ns follows:— "As to the prisoner Ah Lee, the case rests almost entirely on his own confessions. If you think his confession, so far as he acknowledges his connection with the offence, is to be believed, you should find a true Bill. The question may arise hereafter as to how far a confession is admissible as evidence at all, but with that you have nothing to do. The confession of Ah Lee is not admissible in evidence against Le Guy. Ah Lee appears to have been examined before the Magistrates when Lee Guy was charged with murder, but on examination he in effect retracted any confession he had made. I presume, therefore, that Ah Lee does not not appear as a witness. Ah Lee's account of the transaction, as not given in the presence of Lee Guy, is not receiveable in evidence against him, aud the case against Lee Guy hits accordingly to be considered apart from the statements made by Ah Lee." At the Supreme Court Dulton and Thomas, being convicted on the first charge, pleaded guilty to nineteen others. The Judge sentenced them both to seven penal servitude, saying that he could see no difference between them. The Mount Ida Chronic'c says that the Chinese have subscribed £1000 towards the defence of Ah Lee and Lee Guy, charged with the murder of Mrs Young, the collectors having visited every part of Otago. The Chinese say that if the accused are hung the Europeans will not in future employ Chinamen, and therefore they are combining to get their countrymen off. So far they have put every obstacle in the way of the police. The body of Birroll who was drowned near Portobello a few weeks ago was recovered yesterday. Ilolverson's claim at Hyde is again on good gold.