ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, ETC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1232, 28 August 1884, Page 1

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, ETC.

A boy. named Frederick Walker was drowned at Warkworth, Auckland, on Monday. Mr and Mrs Charnock have been committed for trial for araon at New Plymouth. A child named Frederick Walker, aged two years, was drowned at Waikomiti, Auckland. ■ j The Hon. W. W00d,.M.L.G., of Invercargill, is suffering from paralysis, id Wellington, and but slight hopes are entertained of his recovery^ A lad named Elijah Shappere, at Timaru, had bis jaw smashed by a kick from a horse on Monday evening, and was unconscious for many hours. At the inquest on Wackrill, who shot himself at the Coffee Palace, Dunedin, on Friday night, the jury returned a verdict of suicide wlnFt temoorarily insane. The police will make further enquiries. Five of the hoodlums?: concerned in a riot at Auckland on Saturday night, when the police were very badly handled, were brought up at the Police;-Court on Monday, and sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from two to four months. A fire broke out at Auckland on Tuesday night in the drapery warehouse of W. Yaile and Go., in Queen street. Tue damage by fire and wafer is not exactly known, but is estimated at .from £IO,OOO to £20,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. i Roaina Smith, charged-with infanticide at Auckland, was brought up at the Police Court on Tuesday.—Detective Twohill, while assisting at the postmortem examination on the child of Kosina Smith, cut his finger, and is now suffering from blood poisoning. :: Richard ■ Howartb, a storekeeper at Dnnedin, was convicted of s’y grog seiU ing, anc filled £4O and costs, it heimr lire second conviction. Howurth’s trade in this lino has been notorious. He was given eight days to pay ; in default of distress a month’s inipiisoninen l- . A boy named George Woods died on Sunday at Mata urn from the effects of an accident that happened to him a week before. He was riding u horse in the town, and in turning a corner fell off, sustaining injuries to his; head which'rendered him unconscious, in which condition he retrained till be died. An accommodation house and store were destroyed by fire ai. Maraekakaho (Hawkes Bay) on Tyussdfy might. The fire is supposed to have -beien ;caused by a spark igniting some'curtaifis wtdoh had been left bunging in frent the‘‘fire after they had been ironed. Insurances, £750, iu the National and Standard .offices. ‘ -r- . . A man named Henry-Seott attempted to commit suicide at, Ciiristchurch on Tuesday morning. He had been summoned. by his wife for mainteuanfce, and as lie did not' attend theHourt a|warrant was issued, for his arrest. detective coming to arrest himri.bWcufchis -thhint with a razor, inflicting a . gerous .wound. IplSPlfv’,, . .Colonel Leckie died,last Monday night;, at Wellington from liver complaint. His it, death was accelerated through tue sliock i-l received by a fire breaking out on bis - premises some time ago. He was six’y , yeairs ot age, and was Colonel in the 39th - Regiment on full pay. He served through a portion of the Crimean war, being present at the storming of Sebastopol, in - which he took active part. He served in Canada and various parts of India, and was an intimate friend of Chinese Gordon. He leaves a wife and a grown-up family.