TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 24 September 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON.

September 23,

' Serious charges of ill-treating a prisoner ' have been made against two i A' sailmaker named Edmop.ds states that • on Saturday night, iq stepping off a foot- , path, he and, b,VP.kft hjs leg. The con-. . stables °.f' <£»n§..yp, and ordered 1 hijtfl V" o?i, He informed them of ' his condition, but they did not heed it. i The constables seized him, and proceeded 1 to drag him to the depot. Edmonds alleges he was dragged the whole distance , to the lock-up, for he could not use his legj and was placed in a cell, and given a rug to sleep upon. They left hi,m till between 7 and 8 when he was sent in % vghiplg tß.th'e Hospital, . ge 3syiTiip. explanation was given as to the conduct of the oonstables on the previous night, nor as to what led them to ultimately convey him to the,, Hospital. He says he was perfectly sober at the time. The constables state that was very drunk when loglfgd \^x ?i ans that on his compfoifiiflg pf his leg being, broken, they the limb, but sa\y n<3 trac.es Of injury. 4 strict be held, The following appointments appear in the Gagette The flight Rev. William; Garden Qowie, D.D. j Sir George Maurice O'Rorke, Knight, 8.A., and; Charles Christopher Bowen, to be Fellows of the University of New Zealand, vice Hugh Carleton, Esq., his Honor Mr, Justice Richmond, and the Rev,; Jtuqdlfy resigned, ' i ■■■■!■ ■ ; 3ft ia Vxpeeted that the Hinemoa will leave for New Plymouth_to-night to. take cui" the .native prisoners who have been sentenced to imprisonment in Lyttelton' Gaol. Proceedings ate about to be taken against Mes§r«. .MjafidonaljJ andt Co, for a breaoh of the Auctioneers Act,; in selling jewellery by public auction between the'hours of eight and ten o'clock; last night. : ~ ■ ; DUNEDIN. September 23. Tprday, Miss Dalrymple; on behalf of Mr. Dalrymple of Port on the ||on. Dick to 'ask his'inter-; pp.aitiop; with the 'Premier to give at his earliest:. convenience his promised:* consideration. of the desirability of having placed on the syllabus of education the • conducting of a penny baiik" ill 'every public school as a practical means of cultivating, habits ofthrift among the young people,of the,colony. Mr. Diqk to bring matter before the, '/■ ' The fining market is very'active, iugt jiow, particularly in = 3£eefton<«andj Maoetowri shares.; - ( . r ' t * • ■■ '■ Septemper 24.' Piyahgr, 2, onfe'iof 1 ttlraf l died in the gaol last night qox^su^p-: tion, -- - ; ' > ■ v '.viu>r s'tfu,." l ;:! ui-iJJtfiJ X' -sOt Sibtiiwe, t

, liep Gfiiy has been committed for trial fdr tlie murder of Mrs. Young at Kyeburn. The verdict at the inquest on Mullens was that he committed suicide by strych-' nine while temporarily insane. CHRISTCHURCH. September 22. The entries for the annual horse parade to-morrow comprise G7 animals. Last year the numbers were 84. One hundred picked merino rams from Messrs. Kermode and Gibson's flock, Tasmania, are esxpected to arrive by the Ringarooma to-day for the Hon. W. Robinson. AUCKLAND. September 23. George Henry Shepperson,. the man lately; before the Magistrate as having three wives, went last night to Onehunga, where his third wife lives. He demanded admittance; and was refused. ; She fled out of the back door as he burst the front one in, and informed the . police. ! On their arrival they found the door fastened up, but made an entrance and found Shepperson on the floor, with his throat partly cut. The wounds were stitched up by a doctor, and Shepperson was sent to the hospital. He says he: is weary of life, and does not want to- live. He kept a diary, which is in the hands of the police. In it he states his first wives were spiritual, and the third veiled iri the flesh, tut faulty., September 24. At the Police Court to-day an information was laid against John. Lamb, for sell- : ing bread short of weight at Kaipara. Arrangements for a grand Volunteer | review in the month of November are I proceeding. The Thames, Waikato, Waiuku, Pukekohe, and Whangarei each send a strong force of volunteers.