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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1101, 18 July 1882, Page 2

Telegrams.

[PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Blenheim, July 17. Naws was brought into town yesterday, that Jno. Campbell, manager of Mount Gladstone run and a brother of Sir Norman Campbell, shot himself through the head with a carbine, on Saturday afternoon. The information concerning the affair is of tho scantiest nature at present, but full particulars will probaoly be received to-night or to-morrow. Dunedin, July 17. At Vinegar Hill diggings, Lear* month's party washed up SUOozs, for four months' work. Morgan and party working on seams, are averaging fidwts to the shovel, and expect when they wash up to get 3,0000x5, Donald Glass, while driving a threshing machine across the Manuherikia, fell and received injuries from which he died almost immediately. He was intoxicated at the time.

Auckland, July 17. On the resumption of Wiuiata'g case on Saturday, Clement Newton, a half caste, deposed to Winiata.s confessing to him in 1880, at Hikurangi. that a half-caste called Harry killed Packer, and that ho assisted in tho murder, tiarlow, a half-caste, and constable Gillies deposed to Winiata’s capture. Mr Duraur, counsel for Wiuiata called no witnesses for the defence, but made a brief address to tho_ Jury in which he said that Wini* ata's confession was untrue, and was simply Maari bounce. The acaused was only connected with the murder through' Mrs Austins evidence. The Crown Prosecution addressed the jury

at length, reviewing the evidence. The Judges summing up lasted an hour. He asked the jury to consider the evidence dispassionately. The jury were out half-an-hour considering their verdict, and returned with a verdict of guilty. The Court was crowded to excess, and Winiata received the verdiet without any visible emotion. In reply to the challenge why sentence of death should not be passed on him, he made a statement of an hour’s duration, identical with that already published, as to the halfcaste Harry committing the deed, and said that he ran away from fear of being charged with the crime. His Honor, in passing sentence of death, said the evidence was so clear that no denial could affect the mind of anyone who heard it. It was a foul, deliberate, and unprovoked murder. The prisoner had long evaded justice, but it had at length overtaken him. There was but one punishment for his offence —death !11 The prisoner, who appeared agitated, held up his hand as if he wished to say something in reply, but he was hurried out of the dock by the attendants before he could speak, and was got into a cart, accompanied by two warders and Sergeant O’Brien, the gaoler, and driven rapidly away to Mount Eden. H.M.S. Nelson left on Saturday last, it is believed for the Bay of Islands, for 800 tons of coal, but this is not definitely known, as she may go to Whangarei for Kamo Coal. She is reported as going thence to Fiji, but her officers were very reticent as to the Nelsons movements after leaving Auckland Harbor, and would furnish no information. New Plymouth, July 17. At noon on Saturday Titokowaru wosliberated on securities of the peace, I J. Winks of Hawcra being one of his bondsmen. A native named Mania deposited £250 in cash. Titokowaru signed his own recognisances for £SOO. He was supplied by the Government with a new suit of clothes when he put off his prison garb.