NAPIER NEWS NOTES.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 422, 27 February 1890, Page 2

NAPIER NEWS NOTES.

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CAPTAIN WINTER AND THE H.B J.C. Nahkr, last night. Mr James Lyon has resigned his position as starter of the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club, and Captain Winter, of Poverty Bay, has undertaken the duty for the Autumn Matting, DEATH BY AN ACCIDENT. At an inquest at tha Napier Hospital yesterday on the body of Simon Guptil, temporary master of tbe steamer Fairy, tbe evidence showed that while the Fairy was transhipping wool to the barque Seiriol Wyn last Saturday the fall suddenly broke and a bale struck deceased on Che head, knocking him down, He was taken to the Hospital where be died on Monday night from fracture of the vertebrae of tbe neck. Tha verdict wae aooldvntal death, with a rider that more tears abould be exercised by stevedores in examining the gear given them by ships for working cargo. A PAINFUL CASE. At an inquest on Tuesday at Porangaban on the body of an infant child ths evidence showed that last Sunday .a girl named MoOsulay was found helpless in a garden with a dead baby by her side, it having died through neglect at birth. A ver.liot was r-turned tbst the birth was unexpected, and the condition oi tbe mother was such that she omld not render any assistance toprsnrye tha life of the child,

A LESSON FOR SCANDALMONGERS, Tbe Herald this morning says:—“lt is possible a sensational action tor libel and slander will shortly come before the Supreme Court here. A short time ago the Hampden School Committee received letters charging Miss Hatton, assistant mistress, with misconduct of a very grave nature, and the Inspector with the Committee held an investigation, the upshot of which was that both the master aud Mies Hattan resigned. Miss Hattun determined not to lie under such a grievous imputation and consulted her friends, who advised her to undergo a medical examination. To this she at onoe consented, and received a certificate entirely satisfactory to herself and friends, as it shows conclusively that the charges made could not possibly be true. Miss Hatton has been advised by her friends to bring actions for criminal libel against those who originated the reports which caused her such acute pain, and which threatened to cloud her whole future life, A FIRE: BANKRUPT ESTATES. A fire on Monday night at the Oringa sheep station destroyed a flour mill and sawmill, blacksmith's shop, and seven pewly built stacks of oats. The amount of unsecured liabilities in bankrupt estates iu Hawke's Bay in 1889 was upwards of £130,000,