SUSPECTED MURDER AT WELLINGTON, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Adelaide, April 7.

Te Aroha News, Volume 64, Issue II, 23 August 1884, Page 6

SUSPECTED MURDER AT WELLINGTON, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Adelaide, April 7.

On Monday morning the body of a navvy named Patrick Conway, who was engaged on the overland railway line at Tailembend camp, was found in his tent at Wellington with one foot burnt off. The tent was also destroyed by fire, which it was surmised had occurred between the previous {Saturday night and Sunday morning. An inquest was held on Monday, wnen a verdict of "Burnt or smothered to death" was returned, and the body was buried without any serious suspicions having been raised as to the manner in which the deceased came to his end. In consequence of something that transpired after the burial, the body of the unfortunate man was exhumed on Wednesday, when an examination revealed the presence of a gunshot wound in deceased's chest. The local police, suspecting foul play, at ence instituted proceedings to discover the author of the deed, and telegraphed to the Commissioner of Police, who will on Friday morning despatch a detective from Adelaide to assist the local police in their inquiries.

perfectly competent man at a sm d! remuneration, to stultify iteelf h) taking such a course us that sugg ste i in the proposition, for no other it-ason than what the man in the street had said. T'hoy had pot. the evidence o f the mine managers, and he attached a q refit <leal more to their opinion th«m tv) that of the irrepressible man in the sir-et, The proposition was then put with the following result :—For : C< C upmell and Utitilil. Ai>ain<t : Ci\s Williams, J. C. Firth an«l Y. T. Firth. It was Iheiefoiv deelaied lo>t. •

PRoI'OSEO LEASING OF TRAMWAY. Cr Firth, in aceuidaiu-o with th» chairman* iirtrucHon^, a-king him when in Auckland to malce the necessary enquiries in this matter, s M ha had looked into the subject. He had sought the necessary information so th it the council might know*what it was doing, and that it migut get a re. veuve upon which it could depend as one of the steps necessary to meet lh"iv financial liabilities. He had consulted with various financial and legal authorities in the town. Tney had reduced ill-* number of th^ir creditors to five. Of these live the lowest amount was LSU. and the highest amount was that due Messrs Price Bros., o{ the Thames— viz. : L2OOO. The "most feasible plan for the council to pursue in this matter was to obtain the authority in the recognised m-inner to raise a * loan, say lo the extent of LBOOU. Snould they succeed in obtaining a share of the usual grant to goldfielh, say L3OOO, the amount would then be reduced by that sum. They should then have only to issue debentures to the extent of L5OOO, and these could not ho ksne-1 at lower rate tlnu 7 per cent. They would issue them in Kew Zealand The first question was : What was their revenue ? The revenue at present (leaving ont licenses, miners' i ijjbts &c, to be expended about the gold field) derivable from gold duty was about L75 a month. The\ were getting somewh-re about 10»>«i ounces a month at Is ('»I an ounce. Th-> other source of n-venu • was that if the council saw fit to lease the tramway an i get the revenue out ot' that also, that, then these two sources would be th<revenue out of which tne interest woul! l<e paid. The debentures might b«> issued for ten years, \Airli a right to be paid off sooner* if their; -venue warrnnte I. ]f the revenue doubled, .md it was very likely that it would, i ie loan could be cleared off in five ye. s. With this security the debenture would probably be bought at par A- to the question of their right to !« i a*e ■- • had the legal opinion that tlx 1 eouiu-i! might lease the tramway, the Ic^ee i ii<ing all risk*.. Certain provi^ionb w>< ild have to be made in the If .->e, wuich the lessee would have to subscr. -c to. oie of these would be t,. >t tJi founcil by their engineer shoui<! have ilie right to inspect at all ti;- 1 •« 1" line and the ■working gear, and that the lessee execute such rep.is v-> . time to time as tae council tnoug.it uecessary for S fe working of the mm .vay, said repairs to be the subject of at bit ration in the event o! any object "on being made on part of lessee. Another condition would be that the le-^ee is absolutely responsible for all repairs and expen-.es. If the lessee wi. che Ito m ike some alteration by way of lessening the cost ol working the line, he might be at liberty to do so at his own expense. It was finally decided that the matter should stand over to the next ordinary meeting to be disposed of.

Tramway Rails.—A communication ■was received from Mr J. B. Whyte to tie effect that he had had great difficulty in getting the Government to consent to give the council h've years to return the rails borrowed for use on the

tramway. Grant For (xoldfields.—ln view of the coui.cil bein^ about to make application to the Go\eminent for tlu» Ur-ual subsidy of L 2 for every LI spent on roads or tracks on Goldlields, Cr Firth lemarl.ed as miou as nutters were put in ship-shape at Wellington, taey could write to Mr Whyte recomni'Mi ling him to support the application. ■—Waikato Tim^s.