DEATH OF A VETERAN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Issue 2687, 30 August 1887, Page 2

DEATH OF A VETERAN.

Inveeoargill, August 29. T. H. Escott, who received internal injuries through {falling over the face of a claim at Orepuki, died in Riverton Hospital yesterday. Deceased was. an old army m% and had seen service' at the Gape under Sir George 'Whitmore.

.-. TRAGEDY IN SYDNEY. - Sydney, August 29. vMrWasham Dalwood, a squatter near Inverell, has murdered his wife and three children while in a fit of religious insanity. '■■ YACHTING. DISASTER. London, August 28. A squall capsized a yacht at H£ca-' combe, and 1.5 of those on";board'.were'., dtbwned.'...'•'',; ■',.': r •'' :: . .. ' •■■•■"■/---*--■■'■■ - _ •.v,:.;: ; ME^AE_INTfiOIIBLE.: •'.'" : ■ A report has teen,<iireulated, bttnotl confirmed, that a Nihilist, disguised'.! as an officer, fired twice at. the- Czar and perforated bis.sle*eve. ■■'^/■'■V • PROPHETIC. '■"';."■"..■■ ( : .London, August 27.'■ Sir Robert Stout has written a letter to Sir ; F. ■ Dillon;Bell, in wbioh he' states-that he expects his Government to be defeated. CAUGHT AT LAST. " AuOKUND,^AugUStv27.. Numerous complaints • were -'made some time ago of sly grog selling -at Whangar'ei, aud other' settlements north of Auckland, and it was said that Inspector McGoverh's appointment w»s, in a measure, due to these reports, Recently Detective McGrath was brought up from the Wairarapa, as being less known than Auokland detectives, and he his been working in ■the Waipa district as a disguised gum digger. As a .result of his observation a quantity of spirituous -liquor was seized at the premieos of H. N, Simpson, who was subsequently charged at. the Resident Magistrate's' Court, Whangarei, with selling liquor to the detective, and was fined £2O and SI 4s costs.

.:■ TRAMCAR ACCIDENT. Dunedin,- August 29, In Princess street last' night, a tramcar ran over a little girl named Anne Robertson, aged ten, breaking one of her legs.

STRUCK OIL, ■ Christchurch, August 27. The half-yearly meeting of the Southern Orosß Petroleum Company was held last night. The balance-sheet showou that the expenditure during the half-year>d beeiiil6s7 6a lid; total expenditure, £2B, 839 13s 7d. Assets, £759$ 3s. The Chairman (Mr $ W, Williams), vbo v lias just' re,turned from the works, : reported , a good stock of oil in the pipe. A sample of the South Pacific Company's oil was shown at the meeting, and was considered very encouraging.