SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

Patea Mail, 25 September 1880, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

RECEIVED LAST NIGHT. ILLEGAL AUCTION. Wellington, Friday. T. K. McDonald, auctioneer, is being prosecuted for selling jewellery at night, by auction, contrary to the Auctioneers Act. The object of the Act is to prevent fraud in an artificial light. TRIAL FOB WITCHCRAFT. Grahamstown, Friday. The great council of Maori tribes met yesterday to try a native named Pnkcroa for witchcraft. Ho was accused of causing the death of a great chief, To Moananui, some years since. He was solemnly found not guilty, and set at liberty. Publicans were ordered to close their bars during the sitting of this tribal court. PENNY BANKS. Dunedin, Friday. Mr Dick has been interviewed by a lady, and promised to bring under the Premier’s attention a schema for opening penny savings banks in connection with public schools, to promote habits ot thrift. NATIVE PRISONER. Dunedin, Friday. One of the native prisoners from Hawera, named Pirangi, aged 60, died in gaol last night. KYEBURN MURDERDunedin, Friday. A Chinee named Lee Guy, one of those apprehended on suspicion, is committed for trial. GOLD RUSH. Grahamstown, Friday. Great excitement here about large finds of gold reported in the Te Aroha district. A rush has set in. BIGAMY AND SUICIDE. Auckland, Friday, George Henry Shepperton, the man accused of having three wives, attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat. His attempt did not prove successful, and he lives to renew his connubial felicity. A diary found in his pocket states that two of the wives were spiritual, but tbe other was veiled in flesh, though faulty. EGMONT LIGHTHOUSE. Wellington, Friday. The new lighthouse at Capo Egmont will be constructed as a fortification to resist any attack except with artillery.