NEW ZEALAND.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2844, 6 May 1882, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

(Peb Press Association.) Judicial- . New Plymouth, May 6. At the Supreme Court, Joseph Gardiner Parnell, for indecent assault, is being tried. Meat Freezing. Wellington, May G. At a meeting of shareholders yesterday of the Wellington Meat Freezing Company it was decided at once to order machinery. FloodsOi’UNAKE, May 6. The stone works of some of (he bridges towards Now Plymouth have been washed away owing to heavy floods, partially stopping traffic. The Taranaki coach had to return here. Singular Accident. An inquest was held yesterday on the body of Ford. The verdict was that he came by his death while lying down in the open air, through a carthorse treading on his abdomen. Deceased was a bricklayer and. well known in Wanganui. The Benevolent Asylum Scandal Dunedin, May 6. Mr O’iver, on receiving a deputation from tbo Committee of the Benevolent Institution, said be would use his influence to get a commission of inquiry appointed. Drowned at Sea. Henry Sayers, seaman, aged 24, who shipped on the City of Lucknow 1 hero last December, was drowned bn the passage to Oregon. • His parents reside near Dunedin, '