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Southland Times, Issue 734, 9 October 1867, Page 3

A Hamburg paper relates a terrible tragedy which is almost unprecedented for its extraordinary atrocity. In the courso of last summer a whole family named Timm-Tode, residing in the njighbourhood of that city, was murdered, and the only member who survived — oue of the sons —was arrested on suspicion.- - No conclusive evidence was found against him, but he was kept in confinement, and has at length confessed. He states that he planned the affair solely to become the heir to the whole property, and describes his proceedings thus : — On the day he had fixed upon all the family but the servant wa3 out, but towards evening one of his brothers returned, fatigued with his day's work, and lying down in the stable he went to sleep. The assailant killed liim with a blow of an axe, and concealed his body under some straw. Shortly after all the family returned and went to bed. Waiting till they were all asleep, the murderer returned to the stable, and making a noise as if a liorse had got loose, one of the other young men came down to secure it. He suffered the same fate as his brother. The same ruse was repeated, and the third brother fell a victim to the fatal weapon. Then ascending to his father's bedroom, he killed him in his sleep. The mother and sister, who were not yet gone to bed, hearing a noise, entered the room and tried to seize his arms, but he killed the mother with a single blow. The sister struggled with him, and when her body was examined thirty- four wounds were found upon it. Tne servant had been roused by the cries of the women, and coming to their aid shared the same fate. The murderer then " searched the pockets of all the victims, in order, as he expressed it " not to be robbed." The Ibon Distbicts of Eng-laitd asd New Zealand. — -A movement has commenced in the " black country " for promoting emigration to Taranaki, in New Zealand. After years spent in experiments, a process has been discovered by which the Taranaki iron-sand, that lies in unlimited quantities on the sea-shore, may be (urned to profitable use. The .New Z aland Iron and Steel Company are preparing to erect smelting works, and the emigration of iron workers to Taranaki will establish an iron "trade in all its ramifications. An association has been formed at Birmingham, called the " Taranaki, New Zealand Special Settlement ■&§Pco^&bl£ p'ktsagesraud tuVlbrmation o"f -pecial settlement-). Taranaki has already been called " the garden " of New Zealand ; no\v she bids fair to become a large producer of a metal that has proved England's chief source of wealth. At a meeting held at Wolverhampton, Mr Bram»', of Birmingham, presiding, a specimen ot bar iron manufactured from the Band excited great interest, and the" toilers of the "black country" seem bent upon pushing matters through to a successful issue.