CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1852, 20 May 1884, Page 3

CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday.

Mk J. C. Waso> intends standing 101 Abhbui ton, vacant by the 1 cognation of Mr K. G. Wright. He adduced the elcctois at Cheitsey List night ile is inf.noui of local Railway Doaid-, and against lai.d nationalisation and pui pctual lease-. Ho itceivt'l a vote or thanks, At tlic inquest on KalH\\, at JLakaia, John Mann, by the ad v ire of Ins lawyer, refused to give evidence, but otliei ■« ltne^es bliou'i'd that lie hud sicknow lodged ha\ ing inixud .stiychnine \\itli vinegar in a ]UL f some tune aco ioi the puipusc of killing lat.s 01 bmK. .SuboCcjueiiLly he had tin own the contents ot the jug away, but had not w allied it. When taking the whisky fioin a j.n to put it in the botUus, he usud the <-amc jug. 'J'lie medical e\ideiice was to the cflcct Wmt if the \ niegai was weak it would not dissolve the ciy&tals of stiyclinine, whiel, Mould adheie to the jug, but strong spuit would dissolve them. The opinion ot the men uho diauk the w tiibky was at hiot that Mann had played a piactioal joke. The jury retuined an open veidict. Monday. An unoccupied boaiding-hou&e, contain.ing '22 100 ms, next the Gladstone Hotel, Peteiboio'-strect, was destioyed by fiie eaily this moiniug. It was evidently the work of an incendiary. Insuiances ate u n know n. A man named ]]iooke, employed at the Kuiapoi Woollen F.iLtory, committed suicide yesteiday by cuttinjr his tin oat. He had been suffering fiom ill health and low spiuts foi sometime.