LYELL.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 53, 15 July 1878, Page 2

LYELL.

(wnojfrA ooiinßHPONiwjNr.) i: Smknctj ax tw T^w<ni Tho above was tho rntlior poromptory command of tho proprietor af a wellknown hostelry, not a hundrari roilos from tho Lyollj and'< occurred at frlw* toa tablo a few ovcntng'&agoi .It would aoom that a. niombor of tho Fourth* E.'ituto,, sitting i&t tho ; tablo with t\n up«oouutry pnokor, tho former having intorrogatod the latter as to how a. certain! oflWal of i\w Innn* 'Rfthuu County Gouhoit wn* pro^rosßing jWtth, fiorao. pnrticullir work,, which wu jnrt ofihig duty to,j)orform»in tlvat q.«nrteiv Tho oilitor bciii«! a woo bit squiffy, jand tho paokor ravouously liun^ry d>id not inotioo tho prosoiwoof at»angora;jU tablo, ono of WilioraohnnoßdvtO'bo" the ftforosaid ofiibial. Tho p«ckon who wn« payinp; moroftttontton to tho Rood things boforo him than to any roninrksthooditor might l ,malio,, Idid1 did not hoar the quory whon. first [put, but on it boiiiK ropoatod a aooond timo, ho onsworod in. an undoniablo iCoclcnoy a«Cßnt,,and'wftß not' vury com* ijpliraenlafy in tho-opinion. o»prossod».and I'lionoe tho admonition of 1 tho host,, jj Amost ox-traordi nary attempt at kidnap^ rping oocurrod hero a fow. dnya-Biuoo, tho^ iparticulai's of which. aro a* follows :*-It appears that a party of MataJcitnlfti Huur tors or Trnppors having to' attend Court I'horo to-answor for flomo of thoir -nofarioua Iprnoticofi,, nnd"havii)R a> Riudgo against a 'jnoitfliboring lEun'eiv through, it is- sup— posod,. boing in tho habit of oncroaohiug on. thoir hunting grounds, two of thorn, doggod 'hih footsteps to tho wharf ot' J, ,K. Slowman aud( Co. whoro, through' futiguo* andhavjng a woe drop ton much taken ho wontto roost. While in a.stato of unconsoiousnosa and it boing Moonlight,, thoy Soon got him aboard ofiu small boat of peculiar construction lying alongside, thoir objoct evidently bojugjo havo him.

sent out of tho country ; they had uot pro* ooodod fur ou their voyage when the boat was found to bo fast filling with water ■ and their living froight at tho samo time beginning to show sigus of shifting, thoy determined to abandon thoir pmo ; boforo doing so howovor, tho man Rowing throw his victim overboard, being a good swimmer ho kopt ulloat till picked up by tho Grtsok brig Apostolo, when tho poor , follow allowed a vory woo-bogono appcaranoe. Ho states that ho is a down o«st ynnkoo and can assign no reason for suoh outragooas treatment except, that ho has boon a somewhat moro suoocasful hunter than tho others. Ho attributca tho groat quantity of wator in tho bout not to n lenk but to tho bursting of a Tank which was of Swiss manufacture and could not hnvo boon properly copper fastened.