AUCKLAND ITEMS.
HORRIBLE MURIfER AT FIJI,
Bij Telegraph— iW» Association, AucKiiw, Friday.
The steamer Taupo' brings news of a horrible murder iin ono of the Fijian Districts, an Indian Coolie killing his wife and mutilating her body in a fearful manneiir. The cause is said to be jealousy. \ The Commission appointed to take evidence as to the (validity of or otherwise of the|McArth>ur-Forrest Gold Saving Patents, is talking evidence in Auckland. So] far the witnesses who have been examined, show that cyanide was use'.d for tho extraction of gold from th'e quartz matrix, prior to the time, of the patents to MoArtlntr and Fo. rrest, on November, 18th, 1888. i In the City Council last night a letter was received nskii'at; the extension of tho Tramway's Co.'s lease. A Company would probably take ovor the lines, establish electric traction, and electric lighting, and extend the tram system to Parnell and Onelmnpi. The cost jof tho electric traction alono would be ( 90,000.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5022, 10 May 1895, Page 2
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161AUCKLAND ITEMS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5022, 10 May 1895, Page 2
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