FURTHER DETAILS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 237, 27 November 1880, Page 2

FURTHER DETAILS.

Haweba. Friday.

Mary Dohie, sister-in-law of Major Goring, went for a walk towards Tenamu alone, and not returning at 6 p.m. a party was organised and bonfires were lighted along the coast line. The searchers at about 10 pm. found the body forty yards off the main road to Tenamu Pah with the throat cut from ear to ear and life being extinct. The body presents a dreadful appearance. A man named Stannard, from* Hawera, has been arrested on suspicion. His clothes bore traces of blood tni he passed the scene of the murder at or about the time. Hone Pihama's daughter saw a horse with a saddle tied at the scene of the murder. Colonel Roberts, Mr Hursthouse, and Hone Pihama have just returned from the scene. They found an old saddle and a bunch of wild flowers evidently gathered by the deceased. Blood was found from ten feet to forty yards off the road, and the ground shows traces of a desperate struggle. The" scene ia within 100 yards of an uninhabited pah. Great consternation and sympathy prevail. Mr Hu'sthou3e is very energetic in pursuing the enquiry, also Col. Roberts and Hone Pihama It is understood here that the wife of a storekeeper at Hawera wiped some blood off Stannard's clothes before he started for Opunake. The people here do not think him the culprit. Major Parria left Hawera for Opunake this morning. Stannard was married by the Register early in the week to a Miss Pros- er here The blood stains on his coat were probably due to his separating two men fighting at the hotel in Hawera on Tuesday night. He (Stan nard) has been horsebreaking here, but bears a good name and is a cultivated superior sort of man, and not at all likely to commit suoh a crime. Captain Wray, the coroner, has gone tip.

Wellington, Friday. . The murder of Miss Dobie has caused quite a Sensation in town. The deceased lady wan acting as special correspondent to the London Graphic, and bad contributed a large number of interesting pictures of New Zealand to that journal. The inquest on the body is being held at Opunake this afternoon. Saturday. The following particulars of tbe man Stannard, arrested on suspicion, have been received by the Government. He had resided in Hawera for the past twelve months and bad been engaged as a billiard marker in one of the hotels there for sometime, and he also was employed as clerk to a butchering company. It is said that he arrived at Lyttelton about three years ago as mate of a ship. Napikr, Saturday. Stannard, who has been arrested at Opunake on a charge of murdering Miss Dobie, was a resident in Nnpier two years ago, when he followed his occupation of horse breaker. Those who know him speak of him aB a quiet, sober, and exceedingly well conducted man, and little likely to be guilty of an offence such as that, with which he is charged. Timaru, Saturday. A boy of ten years, who was sent to the Hospital for medicine but took the oppor--1 unity to carry off a watch and other jewellery belonging to the surgeon, was sentenced to three hours imprisonment and a caning. A dairy farmer named Raddon went out for a drive yesterday but did not return borne. His body was found on the banks of the Opihi this morning. t)ealh is supposed to have been the result of an accident. Christchdkch, Saturday. Messrs Smart. Payne, and Russell, who are the holders of au acre of Government land for mining purposes, in prospecting for coal have discovered a seam of anorphous plumbago or black lead below the authracite coal. The seam is horizontal with an easterly dip, and has increased in thickness from two inches at tbe outcrop to now nearly four feet. The mine is about five mileS from the White Cliffs railway station, and a dray road is already formed, and is now being metalled to within one mile of the workings. The analysis is as follows :— " Specimens of amorphous graphite analysis, water, 2*6 ; iron alumina and lime, 89; graphite, 89*5. (Signed) J. B. Stansell, assayer. — The above is a very fair specimen of graphite, and might be used for domestic purposes with very little preparation. For superior purposes it would require cleansing, which is not a difficult or expensive process. (Signed) J. B. Stansell." — The prospectors are anxious to utilise this valuable discovery, and invite communications from anyone who is conversant with the manufacture of black lead. :

The Corn Exchange Committee yesterday passed a resolution asking the co-operation of the farming community to bring strongly before the Government the extreme dissatisfaction caused by the present railway rates.

A slight shock of earthquake was felt in Lyttelton yesterday. :

Donedin, Saturday. The Mosgiel Woollen Factory Company have declared a dividend of ten per cent, and will carry forward £5000.

At the City Court Theoohilus Bates aged 12, and Robert Hobson aged 13 were charged with horse stealing. They took an animal from South Dunedin to Greytown, where they offered it for sale for £2. The Magistrate committed them to the Industrial School for three and two years respectively. The Cromwell Company crushed 2430zb of retorted gold from 405 tons of stone.