AUCKLAND.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3847, 29 April 1881, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

This day

A sailor at Kiverhead has stabbed a young girl, aged about nineteen years, of prepossessing appearance, -who* had been on a visit to that place. Two of the railway porf3rs, and a stoker, started off to arrest tVcs would-bo murderer. Th-ey.. found him at the house giving the girl whom he hal a few honv^befpre attemptGd to deprive of life, mi'k with a sp.ion. Upcj being inforuie 1 of the mission of the visitors he ioimediately yielded himself up. On one of them remarking they had no handcuffs nor'anything to b;ad bim,; he said: "Oh! I will go quietly. You nf>ed be under »o apprehension on that account," and he kept bis word. He was brought It the station, and aftar being searched was allowed his liberty, which, was not abused, for he walkod. up and down the platform for several' houvs, apparently quii:3 unconcerned. While being searched by Naughion, a penknife was found upon him.- Observing it the accused said "That is not .the knife I did it with.; Bradley has it." When arrested, he confessed to having committed the deed, saying "I stabbed the girl through love. Ifcpss caused me to do it." The reasonable inference from these words is that he and Eoss were rival suitors, and possibly thinking that Hoss was the more favoured ond prompted by jealousy he madly wreaked his yengeanca on the object of his affection, which was no scDrier done than h; relented, for he was found quite mild a^d submissive, feeding her Jike a baby. He further remark,! nonchalantly, "I know I shall be haaged if the girl dies." The young woman is stabbed in two places, and her condition is considered very serious.

The Komau Catholic Archbishop Sfeeius is so ill that he is going to Sydney for a change of climate, and possibly to Europe, from whence he may not return.

Edward Williaai;?, -of the Bay of Islands, on the rjth'ei pension list, has b?en appointed n-Jud.->e of *he Natir* L:-!nds Court. ;