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Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 55, 12 July 1878, Page 2

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[BY ELBCTIUC TBLKOItAPH.J Auckland, July 11. Pkjrthor particulars from tho crow of the- Barque- Jftortar, show that tlwy woro forty •eight days on tbo watsr- logged wreck beforo they sighted tho Inland: During that timo their suffering wm vory grent from want of water. Tho crow couU scarcely crawl about ; they snb sistod oil food ftahed wp froto tho hold, and water frotu a condenser made' o»t of ani oil cant Jatnicson, tho second mato and M-Gowan, soniuan landod on the island Tory ill and wore afterwards missing and not found. Tho barqun was (&(> tons* Tlae captain bdicvos sho was iusurod in a Molhourno O^Oco for £3000 i IKM. Sapphire sailed this afternoon foe New Caledonia* Tho schooner Lotilia. from tho South Sea Islands, brings tho Captain, mate, and pant of th* crew of tho Kodak owned by lieid and Co., Melbourne Tho cap* tain reports that tho barquo sprung i leak in a hurricane off Cook's Island* and notwithstanding that tho efforts of tho crow woro unceasing at tlio pumps, tho vessel bacoiao- waterlogged, a heavy soa broko over her and the crew clung to tho wreck till morning, they then mado a raft and floated aslwce at Kuu Island, to. which.

King George of Tonga w/is p-iying a visit, and lie resouol thorn. Ml tlio crow wor« eared oxcopt Charles Gnllin. a Frenchman, » carpenter. The curgo consisted of fonr hundred thousaud foot of timber for Melbourne. A warrant was insiied to-day for |Jo arrest of A. G- Howard, charged with it, violent assault on Woodfield, Inspector of Slaughterhouses. Tlio latt«r alkeos that Howard drove last night in n cab to the. Thistlo Hotel, and walk<idin to whero Woodfield was standing in the bur, and struck him two violent blows with a riding whip, one of which laid his lint open, and tho other made a cut over the eye. Ho alleges that Howard then walked out, Tho schooner Merlin Ins arrived, Tho Kaipari from Woitara reports that while crossing tho Wnitara a hravy se.i wished two penmen, John Murphy, and W. Doan overboard. Tho bar was so l)3nvy at tho tlrao that no attempt cowld bomado to rosouo thorn. CniitHTcnnKCit, July 11 An inquest wan hold on tho body of Mrs Hoff. The evidence showed that Hoff nnd wife and n man nnmod Barrett who lived in tho same house, winch only contained one room and belonged to Barret. Hoff was a In ay drunken follow, nnd constantly used violent Innguago to iWwu-d. who was a hard working wrnimi and took his nbuso very nuiotly. HolY whs very jealo»3 of tho deceased. Barrett uswortfld that lio never know the latter to give- any cause, for it. Bnrrot provided all tho foo«« for tho house nnd Hoff pnid notlnne for lumself and wife livintf there. H<.ll when nrrested admitted having killed decra^-.t ho said ho wa« cuttinir scraps in thonarden, and w Iked insicto when he was hnngrv and wanted somo ton and bn;nd, wlien his wifo would not uive it «o him ; ho then took n tniniihawk and walK«'<l 10 tho table nnd out some tobneco wUh tho tomahawk ; he was prowling *hnt, sho would not ttivo him his break fust. Deocasod walked inside and took nn iron and wanted to skriko him ; hetwnod h\% buck, nnd took a toranhnvk and gave liein olont on the head. AfterwnrU ho mu\ ho walked to tho fi<o and took a Imht and pnt it in tho b.'d and then clrnro.j out. The jury returned a ror.ixctof wilful mnrdor. A mr.r. nnmed Holshan has been ar* rested for i» criminal assault on a girl niuo years of atje.