LATEST TELEGRAMS. (By Electric Telegraph.) From Our Own Correspondent. Auckland. Last Night.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 79, 6 December 1884, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS. (By Electric Telegraph.) From Our Own Correspondent. Auckland. Last Night.

TT.mtpr and No' an ropoit h-*,e£ fiom 19=t to 22s per lOOlbs ; sheep, were fjnneV in price tivin on previous vvjok, lambs, £js \ to 12m 9d ; pigs, short supply. ?f? f Thanks, Last Night."* ' W liter Acjlair, from -Arohu," was found last night doubled up in a truck at the bottom «f Ttlio Prince Tmperinl shaft, havini» fallen from t'M» anrr'sjce, a distance of 570 feet. Death mu^t have occurred Ions: ere the hodyreaohed t!:e bottom. Deceased. \va(^ not semi to approach the shaft, one •gnte of which had been left open by the "workmen., The body wa<* frightfully mutilated ; the brains protruding from a' tqnjibie gash in the te/wle, and another large wound being found on the thigh. was seen nbont town previous to the occurrence, and his behaviour was remarked aa being peculiar. He tojd pub Hcan 10 minutes before the accident* that i .he was in trouble, and hopecj ho would ,not get seven year-^ for it. Yesterday he c.ished a cheque for £6 ss, purporting to have \)een .drawn by H. H, Adaius, but signa- ; ture to which doos not correspond with that gintleinan's ordin-iry signature. A note addressed to his wife was found on hi.s person evidently with the intention of 3nclosing mon^y, atld enjoining her to" 1 sucr'sy as to how she obtained it. At theinquest this afternoon the Coronur dwelt strongly upon the probability of self destruction, but tlie JWy found an open verdict.