WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 3633, 18 August 1880, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

This day.

It is stated that the P. and O. Companyji steamers will shortly make Wellington a port of call, and that this will be the distribution port. j.\; v,

A deputation waited on the Minister of 'Justice this morning in reference to the sentence passed yesterday on Wills,; the schoolmaster, for assault. Mr Bryoe introduced the deputation which urged the undue severity of the sentence, and spoke of the previous good character of the defendant. Mr Bolleston replied that he would take the matter into consideration.

Matthew Henderson, on a charge of two offences, alleged to have been committed at Christchuroh, did not appear at the; Magistrate's Court this morning, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Borneo and Juliot—An Extraordinary Case. : On the detective going to the Empire Hotel at noon to-day to arrest Matthew Henderson for offences at Christchurch, the door was found to be locked, and on breaking it in, Henderson and a young lady named Bligh (supposed to be the daughter of a stonemason in Christchuch) were found lying on the bed, apparently dead. It was ascertained that they had taken strychnine, and emetics were at once applied, but without avail in the case of Henderson, who died in a few minutes. The lady is still alive, but in a critical condition.' ;.' ■■;-.■ .■■■.-. :.'~."' ' ■;■;' ■ J