TELEGRAPHIC

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 23 March 1881, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

[BY ELECTRTC TELEGRAPH. [FBOM OVR OWtf COBBE3PONDENT.] Dunedin, March 19. It is rumored that Jones, late landlord of the Pacißc Hotel, who is supposed to have suicided nt the Ocean Beach, has been seen in Melbourne. Oamarf, March 21. An hotelkeeper named^ames Campbell returning from the races) got pitched off bis horse ; be fractured his skull and died. A coach with passengers capsised and the driver's leg was broken, Wellington, March 22. Dr Skae is his evidence yesterday ad« mitted that he appointed Whitelaw fo the office, knowing be had never 'had any asylum experience before. Whitolaw was railway clerk at Home, and Skae said he wanted a man he could educate f> his own views. Great; indignation is expressed at this disclosure. Supz mail news to hand tcsclay at Russell describes the scene in the House of Commons on the occasion of the wholesale expulsion of tbo Irish members unparalleled. Gladstone's speech

on the occasion is said to be his grandest oratorical effurt. . / Oamaku, March 21. A commission agent named William Spain committed suicide by hanging him* self on Sunday morning. Verdict—temporary insanity.-* Cheistchubch, March 22. Lirg<» numbers of shares in the proposed West Coast Railway Company have been applied for during tbe past few days.