SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
(Per Anglo-Austra'iau Telegraph Press Agency.
Auckland, Monday, 7.50 p.m.
The inquiry into the Orakei murder lias commenced. The native evidence " J regarding the previous relations between the parties was taken. II will probably bo concluded to-morrow. Sharemarket: —Sales; Union Beach, 10s. Sellers: Golden Calf, new issue, ss. Buyers: Caledonian, £5 10s. Tauhanoa, Monday, 10.25 a.m. The Government hare issued a reward for the conviction of the incendiary of the Maketu Hotel and stores.—lntelligence from llotorua mentions the death of the chief Te Muera's wife. Lamentations and feastings had began in suitable dignity for the.deceased. The carpentersi unfortunately, commenced making a coffin alongside the corpse, and whilst lliey were hammering away regardless of noise, she arose, to the great consternation of her husband and a mob of hungry supplicants who had congregated. Four days after Bhe actually died. The sorrowful chief is now taking precautions to prerent interruptions to her peaceful repose.
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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1882, 20 October 1874, Page 3
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153SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1882, 20 October 1874, Page 3
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