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West Coast Times, Issue 295, 3 September 1866, Page 3

■ A m»!uncholy case of suicide occurred on the loth ultimo, at Oillespie's Beach — the victim being a, miuer nanml Charles Fitzgerald. ;* native, of Limerick, w!lo stabbed himself !•! the abdomen with a sheath kliife. Dentil was not instantaneous, as he. lingered several h >urs afterwards, and in the meantime, in answer to questions, sifted tUat lie dreamed somebody waff st-ibbine; him, ....jnd on awakening found that he had donesajnndvertently. lie afterwards contradicted himself, and complained that his "Rend was \vrbug and that life .was a burden to him. The.unfo-tii-na'e niaa died at 1-0 p.m. the same zii^ht. There being no coroner for the district, the ' police helc^an enquiry upon lhe body, and the conclusion arrived at was, that the deceased had committed suicide. His ivmaiii« were decently interred by his mates and others. The new drapery establishment of Messrs Hanson and Co., Re veil street, was opened loir business on Monday last, and, to appearance, is certainly most handsome, and second to no other structure of: the kind in Hokitika. Constructed of heavy sheets of plate-glass, and tastefully dressed, the show window is really imposing ; whilst the interior — which is heavily-stocked with a well-assorted variety of; choice goods— confirms the favorable opinion formed from an outside view. The enterprise displayed by the merchant drapers of llokitika is creditable to the trade, and their *- establishments in no slight degree contribute to the general appearance of the streets. The ''Grey River Argus" reports the clever enpture of a highwayman. A miner was walking" along the edge of the scrub just beyond the roach of the surf on the beach. When about a mile below the 13. tliaivit Hotel, two men rushed out and demanded his money, ffe called out for his mate, who V.is not far oil', and although only a small man ho tripped up one of his assailants and managed to hold him until his mate came up, when they pinioned him hand and foot and brought him to (he camp. The ofchtv robbjr took, to his heels, and has not. been since hoard. .of. although the police hope to arre&t him. The prisoner, whose name is J. JI'G-ee, was brought' up before the JJcuch ; but afc the request of. the, .-police, remanded until today." Tliii visiting constable, in his report upon Grillespie's Beach, in the Okarita district, states that the population there is about 201). Out of this number, there nro iifty eng.ig.cd in business other than .mining, and about fifty diggers are employed in wo'-king - payable ground, whilst the remainder are ritiK-r'pros-pecting or lying idly by, wailing for something new to break out. The beach is reported as very dull, bO many, miner; having left it, and every day .there ,ire fresh 'departures. There are- twenty stoi'es upon the beach, seven of which are descried, and iuto sach.a lamentable condition h.is business fallen, that many of the storekeepers left (.here are offering their wares at prices W-nich mv& entail a ruinous loss to themselves... The place is reported as extroiUel} orderly. An inquest was held on the 2&h uU. by Dr. Beswicky the District Coroner, upon t'.u- body of the, man, Robert Clark, who was found drovvi.ea in fin Teremakau lagoon,, A inhu-f iu?ned William SpeaVa. dojiose4 , that the deceased was liis mate, who had .becii^i-- . H) S w ' 1 ' 1 h " u lor mouths on:.tb^*a Oreonstone Ci-eolc. Onthel^th insh.Ju'V^^^ ceased Parted for Grey mouth, nnd it. tik'^^g "" pose. l tli-vt, on his return, ho \vas>4^TO^H-;.^ ; when :ilteinplinj> to ford the" li^gq^hc-f^^^^Es^ stated th.it lie leit i!.»' property bt)H!|^^^&"^ 'and had. not, \o lim knowl'.'iJgej'j^^j-^il^^P^' h\ the nil.nii.'s. V verdi.M <>t fo'uua''si<Sw^^^