TELEGRAPHIC

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1666, 22 April 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

(UNITED 'PRESS ASSOCIATION,). • Auckland, Monday. Yesterday the police found the body of Edwin Welcome, a commission agent, floating in the harbor. He arrived from Taranaki a . week ago, and had been drinking heavily. He was last seen alive on Saturday night, and is said to possess considerable property in New Plymouth. William Bremner, a well-known jockey, has been run over by a Timber wagon at Curno and was killed. Wellington, Monday. Mrs Lynch, for making false declaration of marriage, has been committed for trial. CHitisTcnuitcn, Monday. Robert Bryce, a farmer at Ashley, was killed on Friday liy a kick from a. horse,

The dead body of a man with a bullet wound in his heart was found in Bagley Park yesterday. From a letter on the body, it appears that the deceased was John Rosewell, who has a brother, James Rosewell,, living in Sydenham, and a wife at Devonport, England. In the letter, -. which was .very sad, the unfortunate writer stated that he had been in the Royal Marine Service, and some four years ago was invalided through blood poisoning. Since then , lie had suffered greatly especially from pains in the head. He arrived here a few weeks ago by the lonic, but though better on the voyage had a return of the old malady, Failing to get relief from the various doctors .'he applied to, he spent his last money, £2 in the purchase of a revolver, with the. intention of destroying himself, as he despaired of ever obtaining release from puin. Part of the letter written on A pril 7tli, oi\ which day he intended to shoot himself, but went to see the -druggist, and then Dr Townsend, and was finally admitted into the hospital. No relief followed,-however, and he says .that he falsely stated that he was better in order to get out of the hospital, and on April 1,5, the date ofthe second portion of thole tter appears to have, carried out the intention for which, he bought the revolver,

Auckland, Monday. Henry Goodward was sentenced to five years and two floggings for rape. He received first instalment of flaggellation .in the gaol to-day. It was severe, but he did not utter a cry, Two warders were tho flagellants. It is stated one'of the gaol officials resigned sooner than inflict a flogging. " ' Thames, Monday. The snagging party sent by Mr Read, of Thames, to clear about a mile and a half of the Piako river just above the junction of tho Waitoa river was on Thursday turned back by orders of Winikeri, chief of the Ngatipaoa tribe. No violence was used, but the. natives said that had not Savage, a half-caste been with them tho party would not have been let oft so easily. The natives do not seem to object to snagging most of the river, but would not let them touch one log lying across the stream which .they say is Tapu, but this is only quibble as Tapu has been taken bff by one of the natives years ago by cutting a hole in the log,