A CCIDENTS AND FA TALITIES

THE MO URN ING OVER MAJOR KEMP.

* THE PENCARROW BOATING FATALITY. Mr. Ashcroft, District Coroner, held an inquest at the Morgue yesterday afternoon on the bodies of Thomas James Enieny and Arthur Emeny, who were drowned at the Heads last Sunday. Mr. Ritchie was foreman of the jury. The evidence as to the occurrence was on all-fours with the account published in Monday's EvENiKa Post. Constable Jackson, who went out and recovered the bodies, gave it as his opinion that one of the deceased tried to pull the anchor up and tilted the boat over, swamping her. The father of the deceased identified the bodies, and stated that one of them could swim well, and the other onty a little. A verdict of Accidental Drowning was returned, no blame being attributed to anyone. This afternoon the relatives, friends, and members of the local Foresters' courts, the Eight Hours federated Union, United Furniture Trade Society, and the Wellington Trades and Labour Council, attended the double funeral, which took place at Karori. [BY. TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Auckland. 26th April. John Hamilton, who has been missing in the Puketi bush, was found by a search party lying dead at the foot of a kauri tree, lie had climbed the tree to get gum and fallen and broken his neck.

We notice in a paragraph in the Mercantile and Bankruptcy Gazette for March that Mr. T. G. Russell, solicitor, of Christchurch, intends dealing very promptly with all cycle dealers in New Zealand who are using the word " Humber" either alone, or in combination with other words, in order to induce sales of their machines. As this ">■» ill interest cycle dealers, we give a copy of the paragraph referred to :—": —" It having come to the notice of the Humber Company, Ltd., that some cycle dealers in this colony are using the word " Humber," either alone or in combination with other words, to designate cycles offered by them for sale, which have never been made by the Humber Company, Ltd., and in resipect of which the Humber Company has not authorised the use of its name, instructions have been given to me by the said Humber Company, Ltd., to institute proceedings at once against all persons usiug the name of ' Humher' without authority of the said company or their attorneys, the Austral Cycle Agency Co., Ltd. I now intimate that I shall take legal proceedings without further notice against any and all persons advertising, selling, or offering for sale any cycles under the name of * Humber, 5 whether such name is used alone or in combination with any other name or word." — Advt.

' * [By Telegraph.] (From Our Special Repobter.) Wanganui, This Day. The feasting at Putiki Pah commenced in real earnest yesterday with a, great korero, the whole of the day being taken up with the speechmaking. Amongst the speakers were the great Wairarapa chief Tain ah v Mahupuku, Wi Parata, a high -Wn Maori womau, and the Hon. llimi Carroll. It was quite a treat to see and hear Mr. Carroll, grasping a taiaha, or chieftain's staff, walking slowly up and down the tereranga (an open square in the centre of the pah), with that fine voice of his haranguing the great gathering of natives in the best style of Maori oratory. He is an adept in the old idioms and metaphors of the Maori language which are fast becoming a thing of the past, and the old chiefs and warriors who have come from far and near were delighted with his oratory. Ibout 1000 natives were expected down the Wanganui River in their war canoes but owing to the serious illness of Topia. one of their great chiefs, they had made but tJow progress down the river and did not arrive. At the pah yesterday morning a wonderful scene met our eyes, for great preparations had been made for the hakari, or distribution of food. In the centre of the square was a great pile of provisions 80ft long, 7ft high, and several feet in thickness, and on top of this, attached to sticks, no fewer than 199 one-pound notes, to be given away as presents to the representative visitors, fluttered in the breeze, while in front of all ten. splendid porkers, tethered to stakes, grunted contentedly and rooted up the black earth. There were also 83 Maori mats, some of them very choice and handsome, ten large and beautiful greenstone meres, six patu-paraoas (whalebone meres), five aus (smaller greenstone curios), and a rare greeustone panehe (axe), with carved handle. With the exception of two tons flour, twenty bags sugar, twelve 51b boxes tea, and some mutton birds and candles which were donated by the Government, most of the provisions were v contributed by Kemp's people at Putiki and a number of the Wauganui natives. The whole of the provisions, the mats and meres, and the £199, were presented to Mr. Carroll, but this, though according to Maori custom a great honour, was purely a formal matter, for at the end of a fine speech' he handed them back*again to the committee. Everywhere throughout the great camp there was jubilation and laughter, save in the tent from whence, but the other day, was borne the corpse of the dead warrior. Here the women aud the nearest male relatives still sat sedately, though they were now able to take food and enjoy an occasional smoke. At 5 p.m. the korero terminated for the present, the distribution of the great pile of foods and presents being deferred till tomorrow morning.