INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2931, 14 February 1884, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Pbbbs Association Tblkoeahs.] ATJCKTiiND, Feb. 13. William Henry Morgan, a foreman on the railway works at To Awamutu, committed suicide yesterday under extraordinary circumstances. He was iv the railway buildings m tho afternoon, and taking a muzzle-loading gun charged with powder and shot, ho placed the muzzle m his mouth, and pulled the trigger with his toe. Tho sku'd was badly shattered, and his death was instantaneous. Deceased, who was a young man, is supposed to havo committed tho act through jealousy, bi9 sweetheart having gone to the railway employes' picnic with another young man. Hi« father, Bobert Morgan, is lessee of the Domain, and resides at Newmarket. A coroner's enquiry was commenced to-day into tho circumstances connected with the firo on tho Mount Eden Boad, originating m tho premises of Edwin Jones, grocer. Two witnesses wero examined, ond there ore eight moro to come. The enquiry is being held at 1 tho instance of the Insurance Companies. Tawhiao, tho Maori King, Tv Tawhiao, 1 his; son, Wi Te Wheoro, M.H.8., and the ' rest of t'. c party who havo come down from ' Woikato, wero entertained at dinner to-day at the Auckland Hotel, by the Bey. W. • Pomaro and Te Hemara, of Mahurangi. ' After dinner tho Bey. W. Pomare, who ' occupied tbe chair, rose to propose tbe first [ toast. Ho was apparently m somo little ! difficulty about the order, but at [ length he compromised by proposing "The : Health of tho Queen and King. Ho hoped > tbey would both long be spared to reign over • and to take care of the Maoris and ■ Europeans. The toast was drunk cordially, 1 all standing, but not noisily, thero being no ' "Jolly Good Fellows" business. Tawhiao ' then passed soveral timoj up and down tho room. Apparently he did not feel his dignity , hurt at being placed after tho Quecu, and no • doubt be is willing to give precedence to i her as v a lady. He said: "I am moved, , and my- heart iB breaking on account of ; tho sentiment I feel. I oin a dork ' skinned man', and my utterances are dark also, but let us all be equal, Maoris and Europeans. If I pass away without c-irry- , ing out my projects, then thoso who come after mc will surely be able to do something for tho well-being of my people. Although my face is block, yet my heart is like jasper. I desire m all my actions to adkero to great principles. I shall journey onward myself , and with my Bons — these aro my sons Bitting hero — I nliall cross the great ocean that lies 1 between this and England. I will go m the canoos Te Aparangi and To Aturohia, because ■ they belong to your ancestors. (These aro two canoes belonging to the Ngateratau, and i probably Tawhiao meant that ho was going for the cause of the Maori people.) The great thing for us all is to adhere stoad- ■ fostly to principle. As for tho old lady to whom yon have referred, it ia quite right you should speak of her m connection with myself. lam tho samo as those great 1 men To Kawou ond Te Hemara. Here I stand alono. (To Hemara and To Kawau were amongst thoso presont.) All the great ancestors of tho people have disappeared from tho face of the earth, and only theso are left. I say let us all stand on tho name level, whether wo be whito or black." To Honiara again proposed " The health of tho Queen and of Tawhiao — may thoy both be presorved and keep together and protect tho Maori people and pakehas for over and over (aire ake aire)" To Wheoro iipoko a fow words, and the proceedings terminated. At o general meeting of the Bogntta Club the report showed that £612 was apont on tho last regatta. Tho Club commences tho year with uholouco of £11. Tho (Sty Council award tho first prize for tho design for a publio library and art gallery to Messrs Granger and Dobbo, of Melbourne, and the second to Mr Wales, of Dunodin. Tho awards, aro, howevor, made subject to tho tenders boing within tho stipulated estimate of £21,600. Tho estimates of cost mado by tho Council's Arcliitects i 3 £40,000. Napibb, Feb. 13. Mr Smith addressed his constituents at Waipawo yesterday, and received a vote of confidonco. Tho victims of tho Ormondvillo tragedy wore buriod to-day m tho presence of a largo concourso of people Tho murderer Edwards was brought before tho Court, but i was remanded without any evidence being takou. ' Six defendants charged m tho Ormondvillo ] Court with holding lotteries wero fined from £2 to £10 each. ' Moat freezing at Nelson Bros', works at Toinoano is now iv full oporation. Wellington, Fob. 13. ] An information has been laid against i Phiilp King Combe Wattio, o woll-lcnown oommiiwion agent bore, on a charge of having obtained from E. W. Jefferd, tho sum of 1 £25 on a bill of oxohango, togothor with £3 1 In money, with intent to defraud. 1 It is understood that tho amount ombozzlod by W. O. MoDormott, of the Government Insurance Dopartmont, oxcoods £300. ' Mrs Phccbo Hammond, aged 63, died sud- ' donly to-day of heart disoaso. A mootiug of shareholders m tho Titanic ' Stool and Iron Company was held last night to considor tho affairs of tho Company. Tho ' ilobt of tho Company was stated to bo £1792, ! due to tho Chairman on account of his hay- * ing taken over tho liability of tho Company to the Bank. Correspondence with tho Premier was wad, and t), is anticipated that * tho affairs of the Company will bo finally Bottlod by tho shareholders authorising tho * acoeptanco of £3000 from Govornmont, and omitting tho matter of penalties. _ , A man namod Kennedy, who was assisting * m shipping frozen moot on board tho Bombay * this warning, accidentally tripped and fell a

:lown the hold, a distance of twenty feefc. lie received sovoie injury to the spine, which is probably fractured. Ho was taken to the licspital. Power's boavcing-house was total'.y destroyed by lire tlh morning. Thc insurances lire :— On tho building £300 m thn jS T ew Zealand oflico, tnd on tho furniture £50 m theColonial office. Hokitika, Fet. 13. At the meefi lg of the Westland Hospital Committee lust night twelve applications for the position of surgeon-superintendent were received. Xhe choice fell on Dr King, late of Wellington, now residing here, who was thereupon fornu.lly appointed to the cfliee. CnicisrcntniciT, Feb. 13. Twenty truck » of wheat, the first of this season's harvest, came from Kaiapoi tonight. Captain Cotton, Master of the Christchurch Hounds, succeeded ih walking from Stonyhurst station to Christchurch, 72 miles, within 18 hows. He started at midnight, and reached town nt a quarter to si:: o'clock this evening, The walk wa3 for a -yager of £150. A monster toi meeting was held yjsterday to celebrate the removal of the headquarters of the Salvation Army to Christchurch. Over ! 100 partook of tea. During the evening Major Pollard announced that 18 stations had now been opened m the colony, and that they wero all prospering. ' Ashburton, Fab. 13. The cricket inntch between tho Taunanians and an Ashburion eighteen conclude! to-day, the former winning by thirteen runs. Dckedin, Fob. 13. Tho Tasmanian cricketers havo accepted the terms of the Otago Association, and play a return match Egainst Dunedin on Friday and Saturday neit. The Dunedin team if different m some respecls from the former one . Cargill, Fitzgerald, liens nnd Parker wil. play instead of Eose, Austin, Sontag and McNeil. Theeharge egainst Thomas Marr cf robbery from the cricket pavilion dnring the Tasmanian match was dismissed witliout prejudice at the City Pdico Court to-day. The other cases were then withdrawn, but subsequently fresh informations were laid by tho police, and these will be dealt with on Friday. iNVEnCAHGIXL, !?cb. 13. The Chinaman who hanged binself near Riverton was not the man who ivas under quarantine ai a leper, but another who was suspected of leprosy, and had fallen into destitute circumstances. Mr Don, tie Chinese missionary, does not think the deceased was suffering from leprosy. The harvest has commenced iv several parts of tho district, but will not be general for somo time. The weather, although reasonably dry, 23 constantly dull, with heavy clouds and low temperature.