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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1315, 5 April 1883, Page 2

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' ONITED PRESS ASSOCIATION THE ILLICIT STILL OASES, SUICIDE BY A WOMAN. Palmerston North, Thursday. The cases in reference to the illicit still came on for hearing at the Magistrates Court this morning before Mr Ward and two J.P/s. Mr Fitzherberfc appeared for tho Crown, and asked that the former information should be withdrawn, and he now proposed to charge defendants in couples, viz., Jcssop and Peck, Malcolm and Flyger, and Charles and Geoige Peak. Mr Shaw (for Peak Bros.), Hawkins (for Jessop and Peak), and Evans (for Malcolm) objected on the ground that the course of continuing to lay fresh itifot matioiis was irregular, and at present no defendants were beforo the Court, and unless they voluntarily surrendered to their informations the cases could not be proceeded with. Mr Fitzherbert after discussion elected to is&uo fresh summonses for 12 o'clock against defendants.

. New Plymouth, Thursday, A woman named Wolfspit was found hanging by n rope from a tree at Stratford yesterday. She had showirsigns of depressed spirits for some days, but there was no reason to suppose she meditated suicide.

. THE SYNOD AT NAPIER . LIVELY PROCEEDINGS. Napier, April 4 At the meeting of the Synod to-day, there was a lengthy and amusing debate on a motion by Mr Pierce, of Auckland, that no charge, direct or indirect, be made for admission to churches. His object was to prevent musical entertainments being given in churches, Archdeacon Mannseli, in a humorous speech, opposed the motion, which was ultimately lost on division, the Synod considering that the responsibility of preventing improper performances in churches should be thrown on the clergyman of each parish. All Saints', St, Matthew's, and St. Paul's Churches in Auckland, and St, Martin's in Dunedin were instanced as places where churches imtl been used for simple musical performances, a charge being made at the door. Mr Pierce, at the conclusion of the voting, in some heat, laid on the table copies of the War Cry, the Salvation Army's organ, saying that some clergy might like to read them, as they might feel inclined to invite the army to play its antics in their churches as a variation from the other performances. The Synod refused leave to let them lie on the table.

SUPREME COURT. Wkluhotoh, thin day. At the. (jupieme Court to day William Format) pleaded guilty to'forging a receipt, and was sentenced to three yours. On I he, charges of embezzlement he was sentenced to two years, the sentences to run concurrently. This closed the criminal list, , FATAL ACCIDENT. DtfA'EDix, this day. A fatal accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon at tho Deep Stream section of the Otago Central Railway. The men wero at work removing a large mass of rocks projecting over the river, A blast had been fired at one o'clock, They wore afterwards shifting the rock loosened by the shock, and whilst thus occupied a fragment upon which the men stood suddenly gave way- and a man named Edward Joyce fell over a 100 feet into the river and was drowned, whilst Wm, Williams, the foreman, : slipped a great distance and was found lying on the bank close to the water with bis right arm broken in two {places, and two ribs fractured, His collar bone was dislocated and he was further seriously cut about the face aud body. A third man named Wright managed to get his fingers into a cleft in the rock and hung at a height of 80 to 150 feet abovs the water until a rope was thrown to him and he was rescued,

At the inquest yesterday on the body of Joyce, a verdict of accidental death was returned. The deceased leaves a very large family, and the other man who is so severely injured is similarly circumstanced in this respect. : Fifty representatives of various friendly societies met the Treasurer last night and discussed with him his National Assurance scheme; The following resolution was carried:—Without professing Id commit the several societies to which those present respectively belong, this meeting' expresses its generalapproval of the scheme of National Assurance,

Wanganvi, Thursday. : The steamers Tui and Kennedy collided outside the bar this morning, but fortunately neither vessel sustained serious injury, It appears that the Tiii took the bur first, but through, some cause overran the beacons, and had to put out to sea again. By this time the Kennedy wits in the channel, and Captam Williams concluding thai the skipper of the Tui would again attempt to take the bar kept on his way. ''.Captain'-'Pope, however, put further to sea, crossing the channel immediately in front of the Kennedy's bow. Captain Williams reversed the engine butconld not prevent a collision, The Kennedy struck the l'ui amidship,: The Tui suffered the most severely, but the damage will not prevent her sailing for Wellington to-night,: The bulwarks of • the Kennedy were only slightly damaged. An enquiry will be held. In reference to theabove a private telegram received in Wellington says •' The. Tui was struck abreast the hatchway, cutting through ; her belt throe of herniates in, She is making ■to';Wfe" : -r;.:> : :':./;v:: v ;v- : \.:'V ?: ;-' ; '; NEW' Potoijth, -Thursday.: v; :.; There was aivalarm of fire.laat night, when a room ina.hoM'atVDevbn'port wasfound queßchfed.'.;'. exarMnatipnthls morn

ingifho paper of tlio room was'found to bo saturated-with kerosene, and'as, tlio furniture in the house was insured, and 'together' witll' other' 1 suspous circumstances connected with the 'fire. J. G. Daniels, the'tenant, was arrested on a charge of incendiarism. Vi/?'