TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1266, 2 May 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

-♦■ (filoji our own correspondent.) Invercahgill 80. Some months ago a man named William Chiun was found dead with a gunshot wound through his head, near the Wairu Kiver, in the Western District. After the inquest and interment rumors spread that Chinu's death was not the result of accident,, and after much circumlocution, authority was got to disinter the hocly for examination. This elicited nothing, and the matter died out. A man named John Wylic, who had recently arrived in the locality, and who was of peculiar habits and disposition, was hinted at as having something to do with Chirm's death, and made himself conspicuous by endeavoring to get an j enquiry, with the object of clearing j himself. Tho strong coincidence is now reported to the police thnt Wyllje has been found dead at the Woolshcd hut on Belmont Station, Waiau, with a gunshot wound in his head. The district is very isolated, and particulars are not yet to hand. CjlttlSTU-JTTttC'II 30. At tho Resident Magistrate's Court, at Kuiapoi, yesterday, Dudley was

committed for trial for embezzling certain sums of money belonging to the Harbor Board. A case is also pending against Dudley for malpractice while acting as Town Clerk. The Press of this morning says that 1 " Belief in the genuineness of the stones discovered by Jacobsen, at Alford Forest, is gradually gaining ground. Five pound premium is now offered for shares in the prospecting company, but none are obtainable at that low figure." By yesterday's mail the Secretary of tho Canterbury Diamond Pioneer Company forwarded some specimens of Alford Forest gems to Auckland to show the vast difference that exists between the supposed veritable stones found there and those obtained in this province. Wan'oanui, 30. The charge of child-murder against Phcebe Veitch was continued in the Supreme Court. The jury returned a verdict of " Guilty," with a recommendation to mercy. There was a dead silence in Court. Immediately on the verdict being given. Mr Hatcheson informed His Honor, on prisoner's own statement, that she was pregnant. His Honor remarked that if ho" had Imowiji ;tihat before he would have proyidedlfonthe presence^\of^a—woniaa"from^Wliora he might get a jury of matrons. A discussion then took place as to the procedure, as to whether prisoner should bo sentenced first and be examined after, or whether a jury should be sworn next morning to make the investigation first His Honor eventually produced authority to show that sentence should be given first He then assumed the black cap and seutenced prisoner to be hanged. Auckland, May 1. Henry Mills, stove-maker, has taken preliminary steps to secure a divorce from his wife on the grounds of adultery. The co -respondent is alleged to be a leading medical man. The petitioner, who has been married since 1853, alleges in hi 3 affidavit that he has lived with his wife until the last few days. On the 15th of February, he became aware of his wife's bad conduct. She was il] and fearing death, confessed to a friend that she had for some time past been improperly intimate with the co-respondent The petitioner claims £500 damages from the co-respondent. A Chinese gambling house, in Wakefield street, has been discovered by the police. One of the Chinamen having lost £70 at fan tan to the keeper, refused to pay up, owing, it is alleged, to his having been cheated, and the keeper of the house detained him a prisoner, until the police hearing of the matter liberated him. Tijiaru, 1. It has been raining very heavy here for the last thirty-six hours, and there are extensive floods north and south of i imaru. There is four feet and a-half of water in the main street of Temuka, and a number of houses are inundated. The express train from the North. could notrget beyond Oiviri, owing to the damage to the railway line. The South train is stuck up at Makahiki, owing to tho same cause. At Albury the line is also damaged, and communication is stopped. The rivers are all overflowing their banks, and a deal of damage is expected. It is still raining heavily, Wellington, 1. .The Frisco Mail is being brought down to Wellington by the s.s. Wanaka. She is expected to arrive here some time to-morrow night. No information, has been received from the Agent-General up, to this afternoon with regard to the tendering for tho direct steam service, the time for which closed yesterday. Tho tenders it may be mentioned will be gone through carefully by Sir Dillon Bell in company with an expert, the result of whose deliberations will bo promptly cabled to the Government by cable. It is therefore probable that a day or J two may elapse before the name of the i successful tenderer can be made known.