TOWN NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume I, Issue 48, 2 December 1867, Page 3

TOWN NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Thursday,; a.m. . The arrival of the Panama mail at its appointed time for once since the commencement of the service has . ..created almost a sensation. -The news however is no later than that-received via Suez. Lawson Potts and old settler at the •Hutt has been -charged with illegally selling a bottle of gin, the purchaser being a Maori. The case has been heard twice, but adjourned.until this day. William and Edward Buckridge and a youth named George Edwards have been a,nested upon, suspicion of attempting to set fire to a stable at the Hutt, they have since been roaleased on bail, two sureties inthe sum of £SO having come forward for each of the accused.

The Rev J Moir has at length retired on a pension of £l5O per annum. Addresses have been presented by 'the Public, the Clergy, the Masons, Odd Fellows, Foresters, and 'Rechabites, to Sir George Grey -who gave suitable replies. It is expected he will leave in the Sturt this evening for Kawan. An extraordinary meeting of the shereholders of the N.Z.S.N. Company took place on Tuesday • afternoon, the report was very favorable showing large reductions. The shares were estimated at £7 each.

The Anniversary and 'Caledonian Committees have -amalgamated. The sports are to continue for two days. 1 The time fixed, on the arrival of the Duke of Edinburgh, There being a rumor to the effect that nearly the whole £SOOO was to be spent in Auckland, a sub-committee was appointed to wait upon Mr Stafford to ascertain how much the ■ Government would contribute.

■ The troops from Wauganui are being removed. -The Rangitara, last Saturday, had to return to port, in consequence of the inclemency of the weather having on board the last detachment of the 18th Royal Irish.

• SUICIDE IN PARIS. A respectably-dressed man, of about 30 years of age, went to the top of the column in the place of Yendome on the evening of the 19th and after throwing his hat over the rails, motioned the passengers below to keep clear, and then threw himself over. ‘He struck the cornice, then the pedestal, and afterwards the iron railing, falling a bleeding corpse upon the pavement. The body, not being recognised, was removed to the Morgue. SHOCKING SUICIDE. A patient, named Hup hj Ross, has committed suicide in the Dunedin hospital hy ripping himself open with a razor. He had not previously betrayed any insanity, but had occasionally been delirious through heart disease, from which he suffered, and is supposed to have been drinking before entering the hospital. After he inflicted the wound, he complained only of the bhintness of the razor, and'he stated that he had it in his possession from the 'time he entered, and had meditated suicide. After lingering for about twelve hours, the unfortunate man died from loss *f blood.

POISONING CASE. The Melbourne correspondent of the “ Otago Daily Times ” states“ Amongst the Sessions now proceeding in this city, was the trial of Richard Bellamey, a chemist, accused of poisoning his wife by means of repeated doses of antimony; but the prisoner having put in an affidavit applying for a postponement on the ground of the absence, through illness, of a material witness in his favor; and stating also that an action against the Bank of New South Wales, Tor the recovery of a considerable sum of money, in which he (the prisoner) was the plaintiff, was proceeding, the trial was ordered to stand over until the next session,”

THE OTAGO MURDERS. The Cromwell correspondent of the “Dunstan Times” gives the following particulars as to the inquest on the body of the Chinaman, Ah Hang, which, as we have before 1 stated, resulted in a verdict that the deceased had been wilfully murdered“ The body was found buried on the beach oftheKawarau close to Stuarfs Ferry. From the evidence, which was of a truly distressing nature, and occupied the jury until nearly two o’clock on Wednesday morning, it appeared that t he intention of some miners was first drawn to the grave by the dogs frequently going to the spot, rolling over, and making other signs indicating that something out of the common was there. The miners having ascertained that a body had been buried, gave information to the police, who had the body disinterred. Dr Corse, who made a “ post mortum ” examination, deposed that death was caused by a number of wounds inflicted with a sharp instrument (he would say a tomahawk). The head was literally cut to pieces, one wound having severed the wind-pipe, others cutting through ' the skull and another, penetrating through right into, the brain.”