ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1165, 15 April 1884, Page 3

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

Piripi, the native chief who fell into the boiling spring at Ohinemutu on Monday and was dreadfully scalded, died od Thursday. Catherine Crawford Macfarlane,_a single woman, attempted suicide on Friday by jumping into the sea from the railway wharf, Auckland. Mr Pollock rescued her, and she tried to get back into the se-i. She was apparently suffering from the after effects of drink. A man named Thomas Nudgate was foimd on the Clive road, Napier, on Thursday last at 6 p.m., having been pitched from his horse. He was carried home and died at nine o'clock. He had been seen at five in the afternoon in a state of intoxication. Margaret Weir was brought up on remand at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Wellington, on Wednesday, charged with the desertion of her child at Dunedin some weeks ago, whereby it;: might have .been permanently injiua. Ohief Detective Brown applied iur a remand to Dunedin. The application was granted. The prisoner was again admitted to bail, and she left in the steamer f3r Dunedin on Thursday afternoon, A telegram from Masterton says that a shocking fatal accident occurred at the Uprjer Plain (Wellington), on Thursday, Two sons of Mr Kibblewhite, of Fernridge, were out shooting when the elder brother fell and the gun exploded. The charge lodged in his brother's side, killing him almost immediately. Deceased was eight years of age. An accident happened on the railway works, Masterton, on Thursday. A man named Timothy Long had his left leg crushed by earth falling on him. He will probably recover. A telegram from Westport states that a man named Frank.Bennet left Mokihinui township five weeks ago for the interior on a prospecting tour, and has not since been heard of. His provisions consisted of 201bs of flour only. Great uneasiness is felt for his safety, and the police have been communicated with.