The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-12-18
COLONIAL NEWS By The ALA
MEDIA
The Erear Barrier rursIer-

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The treat Barrier Murder
Cafr-v AMI Penn. charged with the
murder Of Mr.. Robert Taylor. Al the
Gr-a. Barrier Island have been com
Ln.-ced .or trial From the proceeding
AZ the preliminary examination, = would
appear :ha- the defense u Penn VII -
that be id 10. anticipate cle murder .
Taylor. OH merely that he would D
tied Up that che girls might o taken
away. and that he mad no hand n the
killing Both prisoners VII Ue de-
tended bv counsel IN -h- trial before rne
Supreme Court
The Murder Of Captain Cain.
Thomas Hall. who vas convicted In
Christcaurch Of The attempted murder q
his wife. and sentenced % Imprisonment
for life. has now been arraigred fer the
murder u Captain Cain. hiz fa,her-in-
law IL T.maru. Captain Cain died IN
January last. and since the trial for at
tempted murder suspicion vas aroused
that ne had been murdered The body
Wa ezhumed, and found 70 contain a
large quantity Of anthony. There are,
however. nov many difficulties in the
way Of proving gvho administered the
poison.
The New Hebride~-
The latest news from the New Heb
rides l. that the French show no inten-
tention Of leaving the island The roads
and bridges they have CONSTRUCTED pre-
sent a permanent appearance
miscellaneous.
Nr. Devore. s,Iicitor. has been elected
Mayor Of Auckland
The Native Land Court has settled
the tribal title 10 the whole u the land
Of the King Country, y T.. comprising,
over million and a half Of acres.
Lord Brassey, who visited Honolulu
some years ago in the yacht Sunbeam.
l. taking another twelge-months' cruise,
comprising India and Australia
The South Australian Parliament was
prorogued November 18th.
A want Of confidence motion in the
Victorian Government has been mega
tiyed.
The Queensland Parliament was pro
rOgued December ID.
Il i understood that the prosecution
Of Captain Webber in connection with
the Ly-ee-Moon disaster has been aban-
doned
Auriferous deposits are supposed 10
exist at the Great Barrier.
Petitions praying for the dissolution
Of the New South Wales Parliament,
signed by $4,000 persons, have been
presented 10 the Governor, but His Excel
Iency has declined to grant dissolution
at the present time.
Mr.. Thomas King, a Commissioner
Tor South Australia at the Indian and
Colonial Exhibition, Is dead.
4 young man in Sydney named
Arthur Blythe, engaged a. teacher oi
mathematics, cut his wife's throat with
a razor, and then took his own life by
similar means.
\ crime Of ike nature took place at
AIbury the same day, when a man
named Siedbert shot his wife and then
himself.
\ very heavy shock oi earthquake has
been experienced at Wellington, It's
duration being fully thirty seconds. The
direction was east and west. Severe
shocks were also experienced about the
same time over large area in the coun-
try districts Of New South Wales, when
walls Of houses were cracked and cell
ings fell in.
An International Exhibition viii be
held in Melbourne in 1888.
The Duke Of Cambridge IS taking an
active share in promoting the Adelaide
Exhibition.
The Council OF the Cambridge Uni
versity Senate recommend that the Uni
versity Of New Zealand should be affiIi-
ated 70 Cam bridge.
It Is stated that the gold obtained from
Kimberley up to the present has been
unearthed at cost OF =, 800 per ounce
Favorable reports still come from the
Teetulpa gold fields, South Australia,
but diggers are returning owing 70 the
scarcity OF water.
Mr. Julian SaIomons was appointed
Chief Justice Of New South Wales TO fill
the vacancy caused by the death Of Sir
James Martin, but afterwards resigned
owing TO the hostile attitude Of his
brother Judges Hon. F. VI. barley,
Q. c., has since accepted the position.
The premises OF Precious x Co. in sgd
ney have been totally destroyed by fire.
They were insured for $4,000.