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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1097, 12 June 1882, Page 2

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UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. THE COACH ; TOLL CASE. Wellington, this day. In the Appeal Court this morning, .judgment baa been given in the case Hilary v Macara. The-action was brought to recover tolls of which payment had ' beetf refused by defendant on tho (jround that since the coming into force of the kPost Office Act, 1881, his coaches that carried mails were oxempt from- tolls. The Court found for defendant,', holding that all vehicles carrying miils" : are empt from toll. ■•••'*■ TE WHIT! AND TOHU. . >Donedin. this day. Te Whiti and Tohu visited Kaik on Shturday, and were received cordially by the natives. Subsequently Charles Wesley. • a well known chief took them severely to task for their past conduct.' Te Whiti niade ho reply, but Tobu said he and Te Whiti'were dead to all intents and purposes and nothing said to them now could be of any avail. They did not seem discontented. . .■■ BURGLARY. '■ Invercargill, this day. ■■■ Watsons' hotel was broken into liist night and a desk containing L6O taken. An entrance was effected through the bftOk dopr of the hotel, DESPERATE SUICIDE AT HAWERA. ! ' HAWERA,'JuneI2,. George Mackay, aged 23 years, a carpenter who was lodging at pirk's Hotel, got out of bed at eight this morning and deliberately cut his throat. The .windpipe and ard arteries are severed, and, in fact, the head is only held on the'shoulders by the vertebra. Death ehsued'in three minutes, i His mate, who was sleeping in the same room, endeavored to snatch tho razor fram him, but was too late. Mackay •only arrived from Glasgow per the s,s. We'stpprt, and since then worke'd ; for' andEwing, Bawinillers/ftt'Wellirigton. , iFrom. a letter written, to. .deceased by a'ife'ter, it would appear ! that?ha*had a friendinWellington named<3rant, Maokay was a very sober man, butlutjecVto-fitaot, melancholia*'the only cause' forwbrkr-' ' :i*«|^j;^