THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY.

Grey River Argus, Volume 21, Issue 3045, 20 May 1878, Page 2

THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY.

MONDAY, MAY 20, 1878.

A very sad case of suicide occurred yesterday which, ' when it became known, cast a gloom over the whole community. For sometime past Mr Thomas Hunter, of the firm of Axnott and Hunter; carpenters and builders, has exhibited symptoms of mental perturbation, .which have caused anxiety to his partner ia burin- ss and -his personal friends. On Saturday evening be appeared to be in better spirits than usual, and retired to bed in Mr Arnott's house, where he has- been residing lor some time, shortly aft^r midnight. Aboat half-past seven o'clock yesterday , morning Mr Arnottgot up, and, finding that Mr Hunter had gone out; walked up to the State. School, where the firm had some work on hand, and Afterwards on to tie hospital, bat without seeing him. About 12 30 Mr Aroott went to' the workshop ia Terapuhi street, and not finding the key of the door in the place in which it was usually " planted," he looked through the window, and, to hia horror, saw Mr Hunter hanging by the neck against one of the walls. Mr Arnott immediately hurried away in search of assistance, and met Mr James, of the Dispa'.cn Foundry, who went to the shop, burst < pen the door, aad cut the body down. A few minutes afterwards Dr. Acheson, under whose care Mr Hunter had been, arrived, and pronounced lite to be extinct. The act must have been premeditate'!, as deceased had locked the door inside, and bad carefully laid a&ide his coat and hat. It appears that suspicions of a tendency toßuicide on Hunter's parb have for some time been entertained by his frienda, and that those who knew him most intimately are not surprised at his sad end. An inquest will, in all probability, be held to-day. . ■•■. Messrs Gird wood, Lab man, and Co, will Skll by auction to-day, at two o'clock, on the wharf, the cargo of produce ex Sarah and Mary. 'Amongst the passengers who arrived yesterday by the p.s Charles Edward, were Mr and Mrs fleber Newton and family, who were heartily welcomed by a large number of friends after their visit to the old country. We draw attention to the proclamation in our front page giving, a list of the land for Bale within the mining district of *Vestland. The English mail for Kumara and Hokitika, eleven bags, was despatched by the tram yesterday afternoon. A correspondent informs us that Mr Harrison had a very successful meeting at Nelson Creek, despite the inclemency of the weather, and that on Friday night he had reached the Ahaura and. was to address the electors. Mr Barrowman is following close ia his wake, but his chances of return are not looked upon as very glowing ox promising by a considerable portion of the electors of the Grty Valley. . The Inspector of Schools has notified hie intention pf holding; tho usual half-yearly examination of the pupils of the State School

on Wednesday, the 19fch June. Parents w-. uld do well to see that their children at tend regularly in the interval, and so assist the teachers to obtain a creditable result. We understand by the next direct steamer (the Albion) from Melbourne the gentleman appointed by the Education Board to teach gymnastics and military drill will arrive. We are informed that his time will for the pr>-Bent; be devoted to the Greymouth, Hokitika, and Kumara schools. The appointment; of this gentleman is another iustanco of the desire of the Westland Board to leave nothing wanting to make the schools of this dial rict perfect in every particular. , £ ; 1 he regular meeting of the Fire Brigade tak 28 place this evening at 8 o'clock. NJIr R. C. Reid, of Hokitika, and Mr R. J. -Sec don, Mayer of Kumara, are spoken of as candidates for the representation of Hokitik i, vice Mr Button, resigned. I'he following '.unique,- 'advertisement appears in the Riverine U-raz : er : — " I, Thomas Najghton, hereby publicly acknowledge tha t I wrongfully blackguarded my . wife, Majry Naughton, for which I apologise, and beg her to ; think no more of it.'' . : The Wellington Post says . — "A mostun eigptly structure has been placed on the rocjkß at the prettiest point of the entrance to Oriental Bay. It is a building something of p cross between a ship's caboose, a large sentry box, and a temple of Cioacina. It is labjelled outside, '• Office of the Brunner Coal Compauy. 1 ' ' : • The bread on the waters has returned to a yoking lady at Olappertown, Pennsylvania, after a few years. .On December 28, 1873, ehe met, on a railroad train, a lady who was very ill, and she kindly ministerea unto her and accompanied' her to her place of destination. When they parted, the sick woman offered to reward tbe young lady for her kindness and attention, but she would take .nothing. The old woman wrote down tbe name and. address, nodded familiarly to her, and said, " You will be paid some day." , T.hje. young lady never ..saw her chance acquaintance a.an, but the sum of 90 000 dollars has recently been bt queathed to her. Tbe old woman. has no relatives in this country, anl left all her money to tho girl who befriended her. I'he New Zealand Times says :— "There ire rumors of a pending change in the aspect >of New' Zea'and politics, anew party, it is j said, being likely to be formed under very able leadership, which will not give its adherence to the. present Government, at all events not to Sir George Grey.