LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1473, 5 November 1878, Page 2

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

BY SUBMARINE CABLE. [eeuteb’s telbgeams to THE PEES 3 AGENCY.] AUSTRALIAN. Melbourne, November 4. Heavy rain fell all the night, and the day was squally, with rain. Latest betting is—loo to 15 aget Melita, 100 to 12 agst Wellington, 100 to 10 agst Firebell, 100 to 7 agst Auckland and Savanaka. NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. [pee press agency.] Auckland, November 4. The Acclimatisation Society have placed the Tahoe trout in the Western Springs and Lake Waikari. The brown trout sent from Otago proved a failure. Twenty-six pupils entered for the School of Design classes. Dr. Wallis is a candidate for Grafton riding of the County of Eden. Gkahamstown, November 4. An inquest was held to-day on the body of Goldsmith, late mining inspector, who shot himself on Saturday. A verdict of temporary insanity was returned. New Plymouth, November 4. The trout and salmon from Canterbury were safely landed this morning from the Ladybird,, and at once conveyed to the rivers they are intended to stock. They were in good condition. Patea, November 4. A largely-attended meeting was held at the Town Hall, Carlyle, when a series of resolutions were passed, urging upon the Government the advisability of bringing the railway line through or near Carlyle. The resolutions are to be telegraphed to the Government to-day. The general impression is that, if the lines do not come to Carlyle, the Government will make a serious mistake, as in consequence of the successful progress of the harbor works the place has become of considerable importance. Land in the main streets selling at between <£lo and <£l2 per foot, and the population rapidly increasing. Besides which, Carlyle is the only available outlet by sea between New Plymouth and Wanganui. Wellington, November 4. Later information respecting the Taupo states that after she was got upon the patent slip, which was not before seven o’clock, Captain Johnson examined her, and it was found her bottom was grazed along the starboard bilge ; several of the plates were dented, one plate very slightly started, and which was caulked temporarily. The larboard streak plate, which was rivetted to the keel, was slightly started, but there was no injury to cause the detention of the ship. The plates just show indentations between two or three ribs as if a rock had been grazed. The water was smooth, it is said, at the time the shock was felt. This evening Dr. Hector delivered an exhaustivc lecture on early exploration in Otago. Starting with Captain Cook’s account of Dusky Bay and Saddle Back, and describing the early settlement of whalers and Sydney colonists at Waikouaiti and elsewhere in 1847, Dr. Hector proceeded to enter into some details with regard to the investigations of Mr Mantell as Lands Purchase Commissioner in 1854. He reviewed Professor Haast’s paper on early migrations of theNgamautu and other South Island natives, and described at length his own early explorations in 1892 and 1863. He touched on the first rush to Tuapeka and Dunstan goldfields, and his journey from Dunedin over the hills to Jackson river, his eight months’ cruise to the West Coast Sounds in the schooner Matilda Hayes, and his visit to Stewart’s Island in 1863. He added some interesting original information with reference to the scooping out by glacial action of the many beautiful fiords on the West Coast. Dunedin, November 4. A meeting of the City Council, was held today to consider the Waterworks Bill passed during the session. Several amendments were suggested, and it was resolved to interview tha Attorney-General on the subject. The educational returns for the Otago district during the quarter ending 30th September show that the number of teachers is 312, of -whom 186 were males. The total number of scholars on the roll at the end of the quarter was 15,536, showing an increase for the qaartor of 1005. There arc a large number of entries for the Garrison Races, which taka place at Forbnry Park Review. [feoji the coeeespondent of th* mbbss.j Auckland, November 4. To-day’s "Herald” says-. "For several days past the community of the Thames goldfield has been agitated by rumors of a serious crime having been committed by a well-known and influential Government official.” That, there were some strong grounds for the rumors was apparent from a paragraph in Saturday’s " Thames Advertiser,” which stated that a serious charge had been made to the police against a gentleman holding a responsible position on the goldfields. This however was premature, as no such charge had been made at the time of our contemporary’s publication. But a few hours subsequently an information was laid. As the sequence is of the most terrible nature, we lay the whole matter so far as has been gleaned before our readers. The person charged with the crime was Captain Goldsmith, Mining Inspector of the Goldfields, who was charged with criminally assaulting a girl ten years of age. Information must have reached Captain Goldsmith that proceedings might be taken. On Monday or Tuesday last Mr Miller, solicitor, was consulted, and ho was very anxious to sec Captain Goldsmith. His whereabouts, however, could not bo ascertained, and it was thought that he had left the place. When the case was placed in the hands of the police, Inspector Bullcn telegraphed to Auckland for the police to be on the alert, us it was thought that Captain Goldsmith was in Auckland or had passed through to parts unknown The last seen of him was at the Pacific Hotel, where he boarded. On the evening of Friday he stated to the landlord that ho was proceeding to Auckland for a few days. Curtis at the time noticed nothing unusual about Captain Goldsmith, nor was ho aware of the serious charge hanging over him, and hence the notion that ho had come on to Auckland. Captain Goldsmith, however, must have received some information of the charge against him. Ho must hare retired to his house on Friday afternoon and committed suicide. Ho was a widower, and lived alone is a cottage on the beach, near tie Grabawetowa WbwL About

night on Saturday it was determined enter the house and see whether he was there or not. This was done by the police and several others, and the door being forced the unfortunate man was found lying dead, and the means by which he had committed suicide were at once apparent. He had cut the artery of his left arm, from which he had bled copiously, and he had also fired a pistol into his mouth. The deceased had seen considerable service in the field, having fought in the Schleswig-Holstein war of 1848-9. He was captain of the Ist Waikato, and at Tauranga. Shortly after the discovery of gold at the Thames he commenced business as surveyor, and was in that Hue for several years, until he was appointed Mining Inspector. He must have been over fifty years of age.