PER PRESS AGENCY.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1929, 10 March 1875, Page 2

PER PRESS AGENCY.

V . Wellington, This day. Captain McPhail, of the ship India, was fined £5 for obstructing the pilot in the discharge of his duty when that vessel was coming into port.- The prosecuting counsel stated, that the captain, having refused to allow the pilot to take charge of the ship, she had got within five minutes of striking on rocks when the mate sent below for the pilot, who took her out of; danger. -y DuNEDiN, This day. The body of a child much decomposed was found rolled up in a piece of a print dress in & waterhble at the Arrow River yesterday. As Iveson's coach was proceeding from Green Island to the Taieri with a number of passengers last evening, the leaders bolted when descending the hill towards the Saddle Hill tollgate, and the driver was unable to control them ; the brake prdved useless, and the feoach turned over. A Chinaman was thrown' out on a heap of metal and died shortly after from the injuries sustained. The other passengers were not seriously hurt. In the case Carrick v. Pyke in the District Court, Judge Bathgate gave judgment for defendant. :....■....■■.■■ At a meeting of: the Harbour Board, Mr McDermid moved— ' that the time has arrived when Mr Gillies, secretary, should resign his political appointments," All the members present opposed the resolution, characterising it as wholly uncalled for,, and .what might be deemed impertinent to" interfere between Mr Gillies and his constituents. The resolution lapsed for want of a seconder. The body of the .child found inthe Arrow River bore marks of violence. A verdict of wilful murder was returned by the jury, who urged the Government to offer a large reward for the conviction of the offender.