Gun Accident.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3211, 22 May 1889, Page 2

Gun Accident.

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Drowned in the Wellington .■■'■'", Harbour. ■-

', Weuinqtok, Wednepday, ' Nothing further came '■ out .at the inquest, on the woman MoKenna found drowned* yesterday in the Harbour except that she wbb of Bpber habits. She died from failure of the hearts action and not by drowning. Verdict accordingly. 'This U the fifth death latterly through falling over the unprotected breastwork. .

Another Defaulter.

Dhnedin, May 21

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a young rnan who has been for many; years in the Savings Bank Department, charged with embezzlement. The'examinationßofarshows deficiencies to tk'e.extent of £IOO.

the Auckland Volunteers,

Auckland, May2l,

The ohargeß of larceny.preferred against the local volunteers in con. neotion with the Easter encampment were hoard at the Polioe Court to-day beforoMrJ.S.ClendonM. Wm Thorndon, a member of the Waitemnta Naval Corps, was charged with having stolen a jar of brandy from Porter's Hotel at Mercer, on the night of the 18th ult., when a train proceeding to. Hamilton with the Volunteers stopped at Mercer. WrT."i Capper appeared for accused. The evidence in the case went toßhowthatthe jar was stolen in the melee at the hotel but a number of witnesses were called to show that Thornton had

received'the jar frarri two other men who had brought it to the train. The case was therefore dismissed. William Costello, of the Onebunga I Navals, and T. Butler, of the Waiter mata Navals, were charged with the theft of an aocordeon from Porter's

Hotel. Mr Brassey, who appeared i for tho men, submitted that the I instrument produced in Court was i not identified by the witnesses for ; the prosecution, and on this ground the prisoners in this caße were also discharged. The Imperial Institute. Dunedis, May 21. Sir Somers Vine,, the delegate of the Imperial Institute, arrived by the Waibora to-day, and will at once proceed to Wellington to give his credentials to the Governor and the Premier, and request the co-operation of the Government in supplying information regarding trade and commerce to the Intelligence Department of the Institute. He is not asking-for money, but for collections of produce of the districts, which if is intended to keep up to date, He will visit the different commercial centres, and probably deliver explanai tory speeches. A Curious Case, ' Auckland, May 21. fc An inquiry is being held by Dr j Giles into a complaint by S. Mills , against .J. Burko, bailiff of the

Kosident Magistrate's Court, Mills alleges that as the result of the oase Watson v, Mills, heard in the Kesident Magistrate's Court, in which he (the present plaintiff) was the defendant, a distress warrant was issued, but that before the five days allowed bylaw had expired, the defendant tendered the amount claimed, but his goods had already been sold, and consequently the bailiff was unable to return tbem. The applicant, therefore, claimed damages for his loss sustained in consequence, It was further asserted that the warrant authorising the seizure of the goods bore two signatures, and was not the one returned into Court. Pothunters Fined..

DuNEDro,May2l. A cnse of unusual interest was heard at the' Police Court to-day. Settlers ressding near the city are continually subjected to annoyance, especially on Sundays and holidays, by young men, in search of game, wandering over their grounds with guns and dogs. Two of these pot-hunting fraternity figured in the Court to day, when they were fined £1 and costs for trespass, The Act provides for a penalty not exceeding £2O.

Inquest.

Oamarv, May 21, An inquest was held to-day on the remains on the son of Mr J. D. Familton; of Kakauui drowned by the overturning of a dray into a lagoon, The evidence showed that the dray of ft man named Morrison came into' collision with the trap that Mr Familton was driving, and threw it over the bank. Mr Familton called out for assistance, but the man 'did [ not stop his horses, and did not come back to the place. In evidence Mr

Morrisonsaid he could not do so, because, as soon as the accident ocourredone of hishorsos bolted, and he could not leave it, and he was carried away past the. scene of the accident. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, but added a rider (two of tho jury dissenting), that Morrison was guilty of the gravest censure for not turning back to ascertain what had ocourred after stopping bis horses,