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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1830, 5 January 1885, Page 2

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Port Chalmers, Monday;'. Arrived—ship Turakina, from London; She encountered a hurricane on Ist Dec with a mountainous sea, which broke on Board, carried away part of starboard-bulwarks,, smashed the boats, stove in the deckhouse, and washed over everything movable on deck. V ' Wellington, Monday. . , A writ for libel has been issued today by Sir Julius "Vogel against the New Zealand Times, The alleged .libel is contained in paragraph in the monthly; surfimarv of tiiueif; damages, 'MM.;

""•""■""" Auckland, This Day. "Between.9-and 10.' last..evening two pistol shots" were heard at the end of Dai by -street,' a man named John Brown, a negro coffee stall keeper, was discovered chasing another negro named Thqs, Brown up ..Victoria-street, where ho fired two more shots at him.:- Some of the crowd -chased John; bub seeing the pistol in his hand were afraid to close with him, Two of the shots took effect on Brown, one enter-. ing his chest and the other penetrating his side. On being taken to Dr Dawson one bullet was found in his breast, its passage having been stopped by the breast bone, and after a little trouble it vyasextracted." The second bollet woundwaß over the 'first false rib on theleft side, and the bullet passed through and came out at'the back, .John Brown was'arrested in his house..in Abercrombie street. He made no resistance, The injured man states he and Brown had tea together at a restaurant, and were both sober and had no quarreli Brown left half an hour bofore him, and on coming out of the restaurant he noticed Brown walking up and down in front, at the corner of Darby street, and excluiming " You b—I have been waiting for you," :he drew the revolver and fired. The .first bullet ontered bis breast, the second- missedthe third struck him in the side, and the fourth wag fired; after ..him is he ran up Victor-street.. The wounds.are j not considered dangerous unless inflammatioii of erysipelas