THE Iuangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY DEC. 3, 1890.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 3 December 1880, Page 2

THE luangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY DEC. 3, 1890.

„. A poll will bo taken fo«morrow between tbe hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and 6 o'clock p.m. for tfee return of one member for the offico of County Councillor for tho Riding of Reefton. As recorded by a* in our last issue only two*candi dates were nominated, and it seems that the usual electioneering excitement will be wanting on this occasion. The inquest held by the DeputyCoroner, G. C. Bowman, Esq., J.P., tWihiog the death of shard Hunter; commenced at the Court House, op Tuesday, the 30th uit., and wa! after a deal of evidence bad been taken ad* journed tilt tbe following' day to give tho jury an opportunity to visit and inspect the mine. On resuming on Wednesday "additional evidence Was taken, and tbe jury, after retiring to conpolt, returned , the following verdict i " That Richard ! Hunter was killed on the 291b of Novemn ber by the falling of a stone whilst working in tbe Energectic mine, and that his death was purely accidental." The ball end supper given the other evening at Dawson's Hall turned out a , very recherche affair owing principally to tbe exerrions of . Host Dawson, tbe caterer, who almost excelled himself in providing the good thing* necessary to make an evening enjoyable and happy. The supper and wines cannot be too highly praised, as no expense was spared to make, them the grand feature ot tbe evening. Tbe taste and artistic skill, wi b which the tables were laid, could not fail to be fully appreciated by tbe guests, who did. ample justice to the feast, aud maintained the laudable custom of " not going home till morning." In fact some have not gone borne yet. The re- union derided anon on the sth of November by a general meeting of New Zeabnd colonists held at tbe court of that colony in^the Exhibitions buildings came off on the llth November in the form of a dinner gi^en at the Melbourne Atbeuseam,- and was|t^r£j|, success. Mr Justice Gillies, jrif^JK tamed from England presided, *°BbH| : Vice-chairmen were Mr B. C Elh£ M.U.8., aod Thomas Peacock, mayor of Auckland. The company, which included both ladies as well as gentlemen, num« bered 70, including Messrs Potts and Caples from Reefton, Messrs Reid and Purkiss from Hokitika, Mr Blake from Kumara and Mr W, Evans of Timaru, bosides other well known West Coast men. The hall was tastefully decorated, and the attendance of Mr Thomas, tho harpist Was secured, who executed some beautiful solos during the evening, Mr J. H. Blackwood, in responding to the toast of "The Colony of Victoria/' stated that the Commissioner of Railways had invited, tbe visitors from New Zealand to join in the excursion on the Gipps Land railway line on the following day. Mr Brodie, chairman of Thames County, on behalf of his fellow New _Jealanderg, acknowledged the hospitality whioh had been shown by the Victorian Government in connexion with this and other matter since tho opening of the Exhibition. The toast of the Press was given by Mr E. Stafford of Wellington, and replied to by Messrs Potts and Reid. A very harmonious and pleasant evening wa* spent,* and tbe company broke rjp in the best of spirits to meet again on" tbe morrow at the excursidn to Gippsland. Our people are evi* dehtly having elorions times of it, and making the best of their opportunity. Thdmas Fuller, a chemist assistant, Who was suffering from the effects of drink, escaped from tho Christchurch Hospital on Monday night) and was found drowned in the Avon on Tuesday morning. ; A la'e Auckland telegram says: — Stannard, who was wrongly accused of the murder of Miss T>obie, was formerly employed at tho Manutcnn siwrniHs. He Was gOod-hatUred and obliging, and was very much liked. A large number ot men bearinsr Rwags left Auckland bv s'esimer for Te Aroba on Monday night. Tlie Conference of tbe An«trs:li»nColonies is making very favourable pro* gress. arid its 4cnpe is extending. It is proposed to form a Federal Couneil to deal with >gnl questions* mail and de* fenre matters!. Proposals have also been nndo for the putfose of establishing a iFedernl Court of Appeal. An Opunaki telotiram. dated November 29 sayß !— The inquest on the body of Miss Pobie was continued to«day, when a number of other witnesses were examined, whose evidence pointed conclu« sively to TuM as being the murdorer. After tho evidence had been taken the Coroner read it o^ er, but the jury said this via unnecessary, and further said it was the unanimous opinion of the jury that there was* no evidence whatever against Mr Stannard, and that it was their wish that he should at once be released. Sergeant Mtijoi- I3iil!en produced an affiA davit from Mrs Cook of the Empire Hotel, Hawera, accounting for somo of theblool foim& on the clothes of Stan« nnrd. The Coroner addressing Stannard said — "I congratulate you. You leave this Tcom "ntirelr free without any slain on ycur chiiTacter." At 9.20 p.m., the * Maori cctfessed s ijiu,& :" I did it," v\\ea

- j*nm*mmmm ■_—■»— _»»— — — — — — m^m _— _— _— — — — • ■ ...--..._. - idt Ffursthnuse, the interpreter, asked | liim il bo had any statement to make. Ho was fairly warned before he confes--8?d, and he siid it was done by me. Mr Hnrsthooae said "Do yon know what yoa have really said— do you know your position." Tuhi said " I know I killed tTTe woman, it was a great sin qr crime I know it." The Coroner then said "I do not think under the cironmstanees I can ask you, gentlemen of the jury, to do anything farther. Tbis is not like a Court of law or Supreme Court, and I think I can hardly ask yott for anything further." The excitement was intense. The interpreter faltered, and was deeply moved, as was the Coroner. The mor,derer appeared more calm than most in the Court, and Tuhi throughout the day was calm, and looked each witness straight in the face, and seemed quite col lected and cool ; be asttfed a few questions which seemed intended to teat the reliability of witnesses on points where they conflicted, but in no case did he endeavour to dispute the ownership qf the trousers or question the accuracy of the evidence given against bim by men of his own race. Tuhi was again asked if be had anything more to say, he replied "I desire to be questioned," but this heiner inadmissable ha said "I have nothing more to say, except that I committed the mnrder." The jury were then called on to give a verdict at exactly at 11 p.m. by the Coroner. After a few seconds of whispering, the forcmad sa»d that the verdict was that the deceased Miss Mary D'obie wis willfully murdered by tbe prisoner Tnhi {or Te Karere) on the afternoon of November 25tb, between the hours of two and five p»m< After committal, the prisoner said *' I $p not wish for.eny more triitl*-»I -want th meet my d?a<hbei'e now," The hand|iffg were then put on biro. The prisonerare'ierved tbe same calmness, looking aJWI straight in the face. If is urideralooA that the Coroner sent to the Minister of Justice at Hawera to know whether Tuhi could not be sent to New Plymouth in- the Hioe» niia, otherwise he wHr^o^nbdar a sirong escort of no fewer ; thajiAtw&tity men. There U general rf joicing .ill along the . const at the result of tbe inquest. ,Jfrotn tbe Giey Argus we learn that good colct has been struck on the south bank of the Tereraakaa, . between M> Dan Hughes's station and Koonon's Hotel. It is believed . that it is tbe long lost rich Lamglqugh Lead, which has been so long prospecting for iu vain. We hope it may be so, as it means the opening up of miles ot easily worked alluvial gronni. The prospectors have made application to tbe Warden for an extended area under the prospecting claure of tne Mining Regulations/ Tbe first eentmwv of the cricket season was made by H. H. Secretan tbe' otber day in a eeoond rate match played at Cbrist?bnrch. TTe scored some two hundred runs in two innings. - We are informed by telegram that a new rush has broken oat between Kumara and tbe beach. The prospects are verv good, averaging from 1 to 4 grams to tbe dish. Mr Dot ton left FokUika for Christchurch, where' be intends to reside, on Tuesday. According to the West Co3«t Times an attempt will be mado to upset the reoent election for Mayor in Hokitika, on the ground that a Supplementary electoral roll, was pre* pared for the purpose of such election, suoh being contrary to the Act, therefore the pro« ce6'lin«s were " ultra vires," add tbe election null and void. A telegram was received on Saturday, in Dunedin, frona Mr Alexander, agent fov the Austah'an eleven, accepting the terms offered by the New Zealand Clubs. At the Dunedin Police dour*, On Saturday last. &. C. Matbesen, crockery merchant, Was &ned £5 and bound over to keep tbe peace, for pulling the nose of 8. Debeer, another merchant. A nugget weighing 9oz 18^wts WM found at Longwood in alluviat ground, about six ftet from the surface. Mr J. T. Brown has been elected Mayor of Sydenham. Mr H. Allwifcht Was elected M»yorof Lyttelron, There was a good deal of excitement over the Cbristehurch eleotion, which resulted n favor of Mr Gapes for Mayor. Captain Hume, the recently nppointed Inspector of Pi'noiis in New Zealand, was a passenger by the r.b.^D >rham. Mr Monihan. who has filled the position of assistant clerk to tbe Resident Magistrate's Cou>"t,Ncl?on for sometime, h. s been promote 1 to tbe post ore'erkin Supietiie and D'striat Com te office nt Napjer. ' *Mr C. Q. Tupp, was unanimously reelected Chagrin of the Geraldine County Council to-day for the third time. Tbe value of the Melbourne Cup of 1880 was £1785. The extensive tail-race commenced at the Seventeen-mile Beach some eight months ago has came to a stand-still owing to a hitch b?« tween town and country shareholders. The diftjoulty will probably be arranged in a few days. - Over £1.009 has been subscribed in New South Wales to defray tbe expenses of Mr E Tricked 1 s visit to England. It is considerably beyond what wan expected. The steamer Victoria has been detpatched from Melbourne to King's Island, in Bass's Straits to searoh fo r . the J, L. Griffiths, a brigantine of 200 tons. Tho Vessel left Port Adelaide for the River Don, Tasmania, on September 18th last in command of Captain D. Browni Mr Chambers has had an extroardinary swarm of bees at Te mata, Hawke's Bay, this season. The swarm was at least four feet long, atid average about eighteen inches in diameter — a solid mass^of bee3. It. was so heavy that tho branch <«a bluo gum on which tlio bees settled was j&orne down almost to breaking point. The Iwarm filled a large bartvl and a box, atjrahen thousands wer*

unable to get inside. It is estimated thiit there were over 50,000 berg. When they baje a 'funeral in Leadville they end it with a dance, and when they havo a dance they kill two or three men* and of course the remains demand funerals so it's hard to see why an undertaker shouldn't prosper in Leadville. A great deal of eicitemont has existed in the vicinty of Oalistoga for the past two weeks over the report that the hot springs at this plaeeacarry large quantities of gold in solution. A.O. Tichenor, of the firm ofTiclie'iorfc Dudley, who recently bought the Hot Springs hotel property, has been at work for the past two weeks extracting gold from the water by a process known only to himself and a few other persons. The clean-up recently showed that he had succeeded in extracting 1.060d013. from ten barrels of water. The gold is of the highest grade of finess, and as the springs in the localty are very numerous and tbe volume, of water exceedingly large, it would be useless to attempt to estimate their value. If they continue to yield as iioh t. return as this. Thus far Mr Tiehenor says thut the dirt adjacent to the springs in the track known as the Hot Water Field, will pay 60dols to the ton. The owners will erect sa it able work within the ney t tew weeks for oarrying on operation on a more extensive scale. San Francisoo Bulletin, Sept 10. The richest scene that ever took place in the The Viotoriin Assembly, oceured there, writes the Melbourne correspondent of the Ararat Advertiser on a recent Tuesday night. Prior to the assembling of the House, a tame pnrrot which had lost itself or had a mind to see Low its human congeners eot on, hopped in through tbe skylight and fluttered about. The officials were soon in an uproar, and various was *he plans devised to pet rid of tbe bird. Mr I*ayor was taken into their counsel, but he could suggest nothing and Mr Berry was as helpless, while Mr Ser» vice shook his head at the«omen. The a?ed Sergeantsat«armß, Mr Palmes got on the highest seat and whistlod sweetly, but 'Joey'was'nton. It merely roosted on the covered parapet end chirped. The House soon a&embled and tbe risible faculties of its younger members were sorely tried. All the while members spoke, poor bewildered * Joey ' kept fluttering about the Chamber. Tt tried to settle on the gaselier, and made tbe pendants emit musical sounds, not at all pleasant to members underneath, who bobbed tlieir heads in fear that one of tbe lustres would drop on their bald pates end put an end to their legislatorial careers. Occasionally * Joey ' would whistle some familiar air, and generally brought down the House Just as Mr McKeanwas firing off a series of (piestions Dt tho Attorney-General in a white heat, for he had a tussle with tbe Speakor, 'Joey* perched on tbe parapet above him and Whistled in the drollest manner 'Pop goes tbe weasel." Mr McKoan was too excited, or he would have laughed as heartly as tbe rest. Presently Mr Wrixon arose to rtis--course of closed roads, and ' Joey ' fluttered to his corner and chirped, * Pretty Joey, pretty Joey, Pretty boy." Tlie member for Belfast looked as if he would have wrung • Pretty Joey's ' neok. and evidently wished that tbe roads out out of the building had not been closed on tie bird. Subscriptions amount to £351 towards making up stakes in a souiling match between Laycock and Hanlan for the championship of the world has been subcribed at Sydney. ,The sculling match between Triekett and Boss came off to day. The former won by four boats ' lengths, but owing to fouling, -tbey have been ordered to row again. . -Laycock and Hanlan have now agreed to .pull a match fof the Championship and £500 a-^ide. in the cricket match, Australian Eleven r. Adelaide, the former won by six wickets. Mr Gebrse Aickin, C£, of Auckland, former of tbe West Coast lias come to the '> front »s the inventor of a new style of wire bridge. On this plan bridges can be made from Sfift span to 500, and may be used for, horses and cattle, es well as foot passengers Tbe Auckland Herald says that the materials of construction are exceedingly portable, eo that places the most inaccessible dan be dealt with, and adds s— " Por crossing wide ravines aud fiversj when it may not be desirable to introduce piers j'^tbey Will bo found, inva'uablej also ns forming a communication with the beads of wharves where depp water is a long distance from the shore nothing can eicel tbem. when such simple, economical, and valuable means of communication can be provided, human life should not be jeopardised by omitting to erect tbem at aU dangerous fords and cross! rg places, the cost heing but 10? per foot lineal, with, under Orlinary circumstances cost about £50 for uoutments."