THE Kaiwhara Murder.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3234, 19 June 1889, Page 2

THE Kaiwhara Murder.

so urtiiei'eyidence^aslakenßafter w ; Mwenttp-preßSfyesterdfty/ 1 g| ' i Miohael Green, labourerj-deposed - ( thatvpn>the.;Blßt. May! last. he .'was; u j engaged jaying 'gas;mairiß at feai-; whara.; ; ;He m .fciba^d. spreading' metal ;bn; that „; date. :'As near'as he could recollect' Chemis left off work about' half-padt j E 4on day.; mentioned.-; Witness and Caphiig, another' labourer, left off .work about'2o minutes tp;'s,;W w ,they then left for town; in a barfc.';, Did rhqt remember anybody! 'wiip;was drivb'g'a''Tvhite^piM'. ; :'ißy / y Mr Bunny ;• Had Been-Chernisleaye off work about the :same time ashe „, did on the;Blst on previous occasions, "i He had also seen him.working when £ he (witness) v left off. Did- npt'see j] Chemis get into a cart "when tieleft j off work on the Friday, v*- : ;.-r^.'. ; ' j 'Charles Capling,;iabpurer,. stated _ that after leaving off work' at Kak * whara on. Friday, May'Blst, about j 4.80, he left for town inacart with a the;previous fitness.-; When; near « the Bailway Hotel,. Pipitea"Point, t i they passed Mr Hawltirigs driving in the direction of Kaiwhara, .; . ' f ;, ; . y .WilliamDurrell, butcher, deposed a thathe worked-at the soapwprks.at 0 Kaiwhara.. Know the prison6>, ; ; and j purchased milk from him; not able to payhis'accountin.Maroh j last. Told Chemis wheh;he;got the s bill that he was unable : to square up t then, as he had had a'court base, v which was likely to cost him about j, LlO or LIS, to which Chemis replied s that was. nothing, "if he lost his case ; it would cost him,Lso or liGO, and if j he did, God knew, it would ruin him. j Constable Carroll gave evidence as 1 to seeing the body of the murdered, j man tying .on the ground on the j night of May 81st, and to the finding j of certain pieces of paper, cloth, and ; coat-lining.-. .' : ; "' ( :. Constable ; . Healy deposed ,he i ' accompanied the detectives to Chemis' j | house:- on .Wednesday, 1 June Bth. ; ', Eeceivedthe revolver from Detective j 1 Benjamin. Three of the ohambefs j were loaded, ■ ■''■'■': ,'•.. '■■.:■■,_ | '' Chief Detective Benjamin, who ] ! arrested the accused, stated when he ; read the warrant to him he replied, ' "All right, It's all damned lies; I ' won't'be there long. I wish I had ; better clothes to go in." : The case was remanded on the ' !. application of Mr Bell, until Friday. ! 5 __^______l'' [ Railway Completion! | ■ HoKiTiKA, June 18. ' A large public meeting was held 3 to-night to.urge on the. completion of •the Hokitika-Grey railway. It was B ' resolved again to press the matter on the attention of the Government, It was stated at the meeting that, the 8 guarantee offered was. £120,000, s , whilst the estimated cost was only 8 £70,000, Another speaker offered a 8 guarantee ot 41. per cent on the cost 1 from Hokitika to Arahura. 6 : . '• Fre-Sessional. • ' e e Chiustchukch, June 18. s Mr W. B. Percival, M.H.E. for '• Christchurch South, has addressed i, his constituents, and received a vote d of thanks for his services and renewed s confidence. ' . 's Dunedin, June 18. is Mr James Allen, M.H.R., addressed ie his constituents this evening and is received a vote of thanks and cont'dd ence, He advocated the appointment of aKoyal Commission to inquire into the sweating system, • Ho would stiok by the Government, unless he saw some good reason for leaving ). them, '-..-. „' Auckland Items ' Auckland, June 18. *i "Tho - Auckland Harbor Board, „• having appointed Mr G. Stewart to . examine the injuries to the Calliope ' Dock, that gentleman submitted a ii report on the subject to the Board , to-day. He stated that the. pumps , had been wrecked by a shock, which " had caused them to give way, and he , recommended that they . be' taken ° down and reconstructed, , The Colonial Sugar Refining Company announce another rise in the price of sugar. The prices for the ,' Company's No 1 and 2 sugars are I; advanced 40s; for No 8,80s: golden syrup and treakle in bulk, 20s ton; ' 6Glb tiiis in cwt cases, 2s per case; l , other sorts 15s per case. The retail j" dealers are increasing the prices in '' consequence of tho recent advances 18 made by the Company. ' e The sum,ofX6l9 10s was paid " away in winning payments in conneo--16 tioh with the A.E.O. Wintermeeting. '° The largest amount, £237 10s," was 10 paid to Mr J. lean. 18 On her present voyage to Sau 13 Franoisco the steamship Alameda 1 will call at A.pia for the purpose of n taking on board for America about |° 60 sailors of the wrecked warships s Vandaha and Trenton. . ,1 -' .. —r