DUNEDIN.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3702, 5 November 1880, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

This day. Execution of the Kytaa JfiuAh Lee was executed at eight o'clock this morning. He was visited during the night by Bishop Neville and the Bey.

Byng Torrance» gaol chaplain. The condemned man expressed thankfullness for having religious consolation bo ftequently administered to him. Oa the scaffold, immediately before ihe white cap was put on him, the gaol chaplain asked him whethei 1 be wished to say anything, and ;i| he killed Mrs Young. He answered firmly—"Me no killee Missee Young." He was throughout exceedingly calm. Death was instantaneous.

Henri Ketten, the great pianist, will perform in Dunedin early in December. Directors' report of the National Fire and Marine Insurance Company shows receipt! for year including £i,249 10s 2d from previous balance were £100,613 Is 6d; expenditure for tame period, £73,54 ft Is 7d, leaving £27,06319s 'lid: Out of this the directors declared ah interim dividend in MareUlast, which absorbed £50,000, and they now recommend, the payment of a. farther dividend, of ten per cent, and of a bonus of £60 per share. A fire broke out in the staircase, of Logan's buildings, Princess street, early this morning. It was caused by lire ashes. The damage done is about £150. The premises were fully insured. At the City Court, Walker, a tinsmith, was fined £10, or three months' imprisonment, for making an illicit still. ,