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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3074, 7 December 1888, Page 2

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Atrocious'Mmto.

Husband, Wife, & Child Horribly Butchered.

: Gisbornr, Friday, ( 'J'ho Australia, •which arrived in ' lie bay last night, brought informa- 1 ion of an atrocious murder, com- 1 nitled, it is supposed, on Wednesday, j ?rank Pook, storekeeper at Motaliu, ' lis wife, and child, having been ( bund horribly butchered. Pookand ! lis wife we dead, but . the child, hough much mutilated, is still alive, j Untahu is a. siiall native village, a ew miles north of Waibero. Mr ' iVallia, J.P., who visited the spot ! ihortly after the tragedy, states., that ! ilr and-Mrs Pook were 'found lying nurdered in their store behind the 1 lounter. The husband had hisjhead i plit open, the. wound being evidently' uflioted Tvitli an axe,.' The body of' Urs Pook was lying. aoross that of ik husband; her head was also split ipen, and her throat out in such a nanner, that, the head was nearly evered from the : body.;PooksV hroat was also cut.; The son, aged eveiii'was found in an insensible iondition, having .received a fearful voiind in {behead."' He was appar : intly struck -with the same instrulientwith which the parents were ulled. Mr Wallis had the little boy it once forwarded- to.. Gisborne, and le was brought ashore at one o'clock his morning, and placed .undei'. Dr. Pollen's charge, " Robbery was the ivident motive of the mui'dor, as the lasbinthe place was taken away, ind footprints, smeared with blood,; vero all over the place, the promises ividently being ransaoked. •' The nurderer, it is thought, 'had been mrchasing goods, .as .there,.was a nmdle fed up oh tho counter,' and a laper found with items and prices of vhich 'Pook had apparently been baking up the account. There does iot appear tahave been'. a : struggle, is nothing was upset.to speak of. As ilr Pook was lyiag at full length on lie floor witli Mb wife on top ofhim, -lie husband. was evideiitally killed irst,. It is supposed that while the nurderer was searching the house lie anie aoross the boy and struck him ill the head with an axe. Sergeant fillers has' taken charge of the raises, from tho class of goods ut the parcel there is good reason .tp lelieve that the -perpetrator of the riurder is a Maoiv'PooldiacLh» o Moinai^^at^MMl|^M| ' Dispute. /

Auckland, Friday.. In reference to the disputo between Importers and the Customs Department as to discount on invoices, McAvtlnir k Co., liave received a letter from the Government in regard to trade discounts on boots, The Government has agreed to these being taken off, also a discount on siimplea, but" on the question of shirting the Government adhere to the charges unless they are cut into seven feet lengths, which are of no übo for trade purposes, No action has yet been taken by Auckland warehousemen re Mr Shannon's appointment, but tho Association are moving in the matter.

Funeral of the late Earl of, SeafieE Oajiaru, December G. The funeral of tiie late Earl of Seafield took place to-day, and was of a public cliavactev. All the business places were closed, this being the usual weekly half holiday. The funeral procession was composed of the Masonic Lodges, the various Volunteer companies, Borough councillors, Druids, members of the Clan Grant (of which tho deceased Lord was chief), and tho citizens headed by the two local bands, who played to the cemetery. The procession was the largest that has attended a funeral here, and there was also a great crowd in the cemetery. Deceased was buried in the Presbyterian portion of thehuri.il ground, and the service waß road by the Church of England clergyman, -

A £5,000 Reward to be Claimed. Christchuroh, December G. Some butchers who desired to acquaint their oustoinors that they had not purchased frozen meat saved from the Belfast fire," inserted an advertisement in the evening paper offering £SOOO reward for proof that any one of tliem had done so. It is stated that the reward is about to be claimed, on the ground that one of the men, whose name appears at the foot of the advertisement, can bo proved to have bought aiid retailed some of the meat in question, An interesting denouement will probably follow.

Alleged Sundry Trading, Dunemn, December G, At tbe Police Court to-day Mary Black was charged with soiling beer on Sunday.' The constable had seen a woman coming out of the house, and, following her, asked what she had. She emptied the beer out of the bottle on tho street and refused to go back to the hotel/ According to the constable, Mm Black admitted the offence, but in the witness box she denied this, stating that what she did bay 'was thst it was shameful t)iat after conducting ft hotel for twelve years without a reproach she should be charged as soon as she w«3 alone, The magistrate said he did not wish to discredit the evidence of the police, but it was'u' casein which it was dangerous .to convict,' and the case would be dismissed,

Heavy Insurance Payment•CpisicHUßOiij December (J. The amount of the loss of the United Insurance Companies on the Belfast Factory buildings is assessed at £10,500, which was paid to-day.

Extensive Purchase by a Sydney Syndicate. Wesiport, Friday. ' The Moldlltoai Coal Company's proporty has be&taisold by Mr O'Connor to ii Sydney\yudioato with a capital appiTOlofthe'skMefs of;tiie present Company,'' '"X""'