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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1129, 19 July 1882, Page 2

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[united ritEss association! SUIQIDE AT BLENHEIM. ■';■:' ; -c> Blenheim, this day. •At an inquest' ; held; yesterday on tho body of Campbell;: who shot himself through the held bn,-Saturday, a-verdiot shot himself during a fit ofaemporary .insanity, SERIOUS FIRE. CRIMINAL SITTINGS. • Dunbdin, this day.( Throe wpod.en houses at Grosvenor-st., Kensington,- wore .burned,, down,,last nighl. The firo broke; out in the storeot Mr Mewhinny,-cbrttainiiig seven*rooms,''' and, being fanned by' a,fresh breeze, spread rapidly. The shop of R,'Rae,. butcher, and the dwelling of J. Sutton; were also destroyed. Rao ! s.premises were' insured in the Standard for £IOO, but Sutton was uninsured. Mm Burns, whose furniture was greatly damaged by removal, was -insured in the Standard for: £2OO. . . Judge Williams' charge referred' only to cases in tlie calendar, which were of an ordinary character. Phillip Waldeman, convioted last session of arson at Queena-' town, whose case was reserved for the Appeal' Court, was sentenced to Beyen years. Thomas.Hodge pleaded guilty to larceny and was sentenced to two years.

NEW ZEALAND MEAT IN LONDON; A TRIUMPHANT MERCANTILE •' SUCCESS. . Donbdih,'-July 18. ■.''.•' The New Zealand and Australian Land Company furnish tho following particulars received by the Suez mail as to the sale of their cargo of frozen meat perDunediri: —" The vessel arrived in London docks on :24th May, and on the 2nd June abont half thecargo had been sold at an'avorage of nearly G|d per lb. Tho sheep came out of their bags as bright as new killed mutton, and wero declared by the Smithfield salesmen Io be., simply, perfection, and worth 9d per lb if not frozen. The lambs were .greatly.apnrepiated, fetohing 7d to l\i per lbi' The very heavy sheep shipped by. Mr ;Shand attracted much attention, but only realised 5d per lb, One sheep turned the scale at 1801bs, and the Londoners could, scarcely be brought to believe that such weights could be aitninod without' artificial feeding. One hundred sheop'were sent every night to Glasgow, and realised rather more than in London—about 6|d for mutton, and 8£ for lamb. At the same time the' Scotch butchers complained of the weights, asbeing'too:heavy.' The"'pii>s^w'eie ■'considered quite as good as English pigs, and averaged Gld per lb. It. is satisfactory to know that tlie salesmen declare that there could not be any improvement in the method of slaughtering and ,of sending the cargo Home, and that the' greatest credit is due to those who superintended the operations bore and to Captain Whitson."

,* SULLIVAN'S MURDEEEE. Auckland, this day Plll'llkutil, Sullivan's muwlerev, in much alarmed nt Winiata'a capture. Winiala strenuously protests his innocence, staling that the .blood seen on his trousers was thatof a flatfish ha hud speared on the night preceding the murder.