LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1261, 29 January 1883, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[PBR UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION]. KAIKOURA, This Day. The murder case at Mangamanu yesterday was one of a most ecld blooded and deliberate character, imaginable jealousy being the cause The brother of the murderer it is alleged had intimacy with the deceased a few dajs previ ous to the committal of the deed, anti also on a previous occasion, The adulterer and murderer had married two sisters, the wife of the former died a few months since. The murderer, Ratima, came here from Waipapa, 8 miles from Mangamanu, about midday yesterday, and at one* ground and sharpened a large sheath knife. He had made all arrangements for effecting liis escape after despatc ting his wife. Knowing that nearly all the Maoris residing ar. the pah were engaged in cutting grass some miles distant. Ratima after trying in vain to induce his wife to enter the dwelling seized her and after a struggle, during which he made seveml ineffectual attempts to stab her, and cutting her in several places at length succeeded in doing so, the knife a large butchers one, passing right through her neck from side to s de, passing through the jugular veins, and the stab cutting her windpipe. The murderer is now very unconcerned, and says he knows that ho will be hung- The Maoris at the pah would have lynched him had they not been dissuaded by the native teicher, Mr Danaher. An inquest on the deceased will be held. The inquest on the death of the Native woman, Juana Jacobs, at xMaungawawa on Friday, was concluded on Saturday evening. The evidence clearly showed that the woman was coolly and deliberately murdered by her husband Rotima Jacobs. As showing the premeditated nature of the crime, it may be stated that he went to his wife to get the setting stone and oil with which to sharpen the kuife. Nothing direct was proved as to unproper intimacy between the deceased and her brother-in-law, but that such existed and was the cause of the crime is beyond doubt. The Jury found that the deceased had met her death at the hands of Rutima Jacobs.

Acquittal of Gudgeon-—Scene in Court.

AUCKLAND, This Day. Judge Gillies summed up strongly against Gudgeon iu the case of attempted rape on Mrs Ehrenfried. The jury after one hour’s absence returned a verdict of not guilty on the instant. A mass of people iu the body of Court cheered aud hurrahed. The police at once shut the doors of the Court, and the Sheriff, Major Green, came down from the Bench to the body of the hall, but could not identify any of the offenders. A large number of names were taken down by the police. The Judge said it was the most discreditable exhibition he had ever seen in a Court of Justice, and he would be glad if the offenders could be identified. Richard Crosby was acquitted on a charge of false pretences. WANGANUI, This day. The sale of allotments of the Harbor Board Endowment Leases at Castle Cliff, a new seaside township, was highly successful; large advances on the upset price being obtained in many instances, and 80 out of 100 sections were taken up. In the Cricket match Wanganui v. Wanganui Rifles, C. Cross made 117 in one innings. CHRISTCHURCH, Thia Day. Mr Reynolds, Chairman of the New Zealand Electric Light Company, has entered into a contract with lhe Harbor Board to light Lyttelton Harbor by Brush lights. Sixteen lights equal to 3,200 candles, to be used. WELLINGTON, This Day. The body of the man Macmahon, missing since Monday last, was found this morning on the sea beach at Kaiwarra. It is surmised that while searching, for his children, which had wandered away, he fell into the Hutt River, aud was drowned. A lad named Francis Ward Pearce, aged 17, son of Mr James Pearee, farmer, Pahautanui, was thrown from his horse yesterday morning and killed. The Government have received advice from the Agent-General, London, of the sailing of the ship Rangitiki, with 293 immigrants, for Auckland ; and the ship Oxford, for Wellington, with 302 emigrants. The nominations forwarded by the mail yesterday numbered 440 souls, or 396 A adults from the following districts :—.Auckland, 94 ; Tara naki, 1 ; Hawko’s Bay, 13; Wellington, 62; Nelson, 32; Westland, 5 ; Marlborough, 2; Canterbury, 93 ; Otago, 103; Southland, 38. The amount of fees received was £1,127. By the bush fires at Greytown the residence of James Tweedale, carpenter, was destroyed. The origin is attributed to children throwing lighted matches in the scrub The premises which were burned were owned by Bidwell, a runholder, and Tweedale estimates his loss at £lOO.

NAPIER, This day. The eldest daughter of P. Williams, sheep farmer, near West Clive, was found drowned yesterday evening. The young lady was missed at tea-time on Saturday, and not being found on the premises, an extended search was made, and the neighbors communicated with. The search was continued all Sunday, when the body was found iu a deep pool at the back of the house. The Exchange Hotel, Havelock, fourteen miles from here, was totally destroyed by fire last night. The building contained 23 rooms, and was insured for £lOO : furniture, £BOO ; stock, £2oo—all in the Union. The statement of the Hospital actounts shows that since 1877 to the present time £,200 has been subscribed by the public, and contributed by local bodies, but the total amount of subsidies received from the Government only reach £5,710 during the same period.

DUNEDIN, This Day. The Oamaru, Captain Wright, from Lon don, 83 days out, arrived ; all well.