ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, ETC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1231, 23 August 1884, Page 2

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, ETC.

Rosina Smith (charged' with_ child murder at Auckland) atii I maintains the strictest silence regarding her autece- • dents, and refuses to give any information regarding the father of the child. The police have discovered that some months ago she waseraployed in a hotel at Cambridge, Waikato. Amongst her effects a small bottle, of laudanum was found. A gentleman when talking to prisoner on Saturday night hoard a childr cry, and saw it move in her arms. This was at seven o’clock. At twonty-niue minutes past seven the prisoner was back at Wakeham’s, a good. ten minutes walk from Mason’s garden. The police theory consequently is that she buried it alive. The contents of the stomach of the infant were forwarded to Mr "Pond, district analyst, for analysis. The unfortunate accused • nOvv atates she was outrageously assaulted by Wilson, who hushed the case-up, by promising her T marriage. Early on Wednesday morning, before daybreak, a sheep train, proceeding from

Dunedin northwards, overlook another sheep train at Seacliffs, and ran into it. The guard’s Tan and two trucks were smashed. Several chains of permanent way were injured. Fortunately there was a loop lino at the place, and ordinary traffic was not interfered with.

A scan named Upham was arrested at Wellington on Thursday while engaged in drawing diagram* on the Provincial Buildings. He was charged at the R.M. Court with disfiguring public property, fined 4a, and ordered to pay a penalty ot la for the removal of pencil marks. Mr John Tobin, of the Kaitangata fellmongery wae found dead in the creek at Kaitaugnta on Wednesday. He was an old settler of the district, and waa highly respected. Mr John M’Millan, of North Taien, Otago, has died from tetanus, which supervened upon a wound on his right eye. He was driving a horae out of a paddock in the dark, and ran against a post, a splinter from which penetrated hi# eye. a The death ia announced (by cable) of John' W. Oram, formerly of the Royal Hotel, Christchurch. He died at Mideotner Norton on August 18th. A man named William Hadden haa died at Mount Eden gaol from the effects of excessive drinking. He had been drunk for a fortnight. The jury found a verdict of death from drink, and added a rider censuring the barman of ths Star Hotel, tOtahuhu, for supplying the de; cessed with drink when he was aware that lie could not take food.