COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 558, 17 January 1891, Page 2

COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

AUCKLAND. Last night. A scandalous affair came out at tbe Court yesterday. An Indian hawker sued a young man named Greenway for £52 for pocket handkerchiefs defendant had bought aod given away. Greenway bad recently come into a fortune of £30,000, and had sunk to a shocking life ; one witness expressed tbe belief that within the past three weeks Greenway had squandered £5OOO. His condition prevented bis attendance at tbe Court. Margaret O’Brien, a widow, died suddenly on Wednesday evening, aged 72. She had been attending to her ordinary duties, One of her granddaughters, Mies Bobinion, lived with her, but was out at work in the attar, noon. Returning bcme ehe got no answer to her calls, and assumed that Mrs O'Brien had gone to the grocer’s, on business. Miss Young went to look for her, and finding her suppos'* tion was not correct sbe returned home and looked into the different rooms, to find her grandmother lying dead in one of the rooms not usually occupied. She had apparently been stooping to taok some curtains on tbe side of the bed, aod had then gone off in • fit. She had been suffering from asthma and heart disease,

NAPIEB. Last night. An inquest was held by Captain Preece yesterday at Wakiamoana, on the body of Roderick Matheson (Ute head shepherd at John Moore’s station), found in a dying state lying on the roadway on Wednesday morning. Two wounds were found on deceased’s head, and it was at first thought he had been kicked by a horse, but Dr Caro stated the wounds had not the appearance of having been inflicted by a herse’a hoof. The jury returned • verdict that Matheaon was found dead with marks of violence upon him, inflicted by some sharp instrument, but how, or by whom, there was no eridenco to show. A curious circumstance in connection with the matter is that a station band named Chas. Chadwick suddenly disappeared about the time the body was found, and has not been seen since. The weather at Napier is bitterly, cold, with snow on the ranges. jThe petition against appointtnents being made to the Legislative Council until after Parliament meets consists of 63 peg. I and contains 4044 names. SOUTHERN NEWS, Last night. AU kinds of political rumors ere in circulation in Wellington. Among the lateet is that the Government will resign before the opening of Parliament. Sir Maurice O'Borke ia regarded as a certainty to( the Speakership of tbe Legislative Council, The Post considers that Mr Ballance can rely on the loyal support of n working majority, pledged to give him a fair opportunity. So tar nothing beyond circumstantial evidence has oome cut at the inquest on the infant murder at Christchurch. Il was elicited that Mtse Flannagan (calling her. self Mrs S'«Y«na) and btt D19lb«I tiok thj child from the nurse on tbe ground Chat the former's husband had sent for her to go to Wellington. She did not wrsb to leave the , nurse's house until dark. The following are the acceptances tor the Wellington Cup : Crnckehot, Freedom, St, Andrew, Dudu, Btrephon, Cynisca, Kotuku, Boulanger, Pearl Howder, Malo, Frolic, and Kapo. Metric England has been scratched for the Dunedin Cup.