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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 69, 30 April 1873, Page 3

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I’EU AX a LO-A U S'i'li AX lAX PRESS TKhEGliA.l’ir AGKXC Y. THE LATE MURDER BY N v'UVES. FULL PARTICULARS. r _ l v:t ling von, Tuesday Evening. . murder took place about noon on the 2 tth instant. A p*-rty of men were placing fascines in a swamp near Putakura, on land leased by Messrs i onglis and \Valkcr, and were attacked by a band oi Hannans. Jones and another man rseaft Suiiivan dropped behind and was shot, lt * cu! ;ut ' boily otherwise mutilated. Ihe natives generally deprecate the murder in strong terms. Ihe Government arc using every exertion to detect the murderers. Mr Mackav is at Cambridge getting full information. The matter is regarded as local, and not likely to spread or to gain much sympathy. CORONER’S INQUEST. A Coroner s inquest was hold Friday afternoon upon the body of Timothy Sullivan, who was townd murdered on Thursday, about seven miles from Cambridge. A Per the jury had viewed the body, the foHuwirg evidence was taken : David Jones deposed : 1 was with the deceased on the 24th instant at Pukukura, between seven or eight miles from here, when four armed natives came on us. I stopp* d tor a minute to make certain that they were following us, and then said to deceased and Rogers to run for our.lives or wo were all dead men. Wo ran on together. Sullivan ran lor three-quarters oi a mile, and was then shot. he continued running, the native who shot Sullivan following us for two miles further and then shot at mo, and called out to the other natives to give up the chase. The native who shot Sullivan wl9 the same that shot at mo. His name is Poutururu, « This evidence was corroborated by the man Rogers. It. K. Walker deposed having received information oi Sullivan’s murder. I immediately proceeded to the spot. After a search I found the body, which had been horribly mutilated. The head was off, and the trunk ripped from the nock to below the navel. The heart was torn out, and portions of the lungs, liver, ami intestines were lying from one to three yards from the body. There were marks of a naked foot on the body, as if some one had placed his foot on it while tearing out the viscera. A verdict of “ Wilful and brutal murder against Piri te Poutururu, and three other natives unknown,” was returned, with a rider—“ That the Government, bo requested to take stops to prevent such horrible outrages for the future.” A pub ic meeting ia to ho held to-night to express indignation with existing state of things. Auckland, Tuesday Evening. The murder was commuted by Ngatihaua hauhau?, under Purukimtua. A man of small standing. Those hauhaus had been excluded by the Native Land Court from grants of two blocks wherein they had a claim, and grantees ignoring them leased to Walker and Douglas. liauhavis asserted their claim by driving off cattle and sheep, by burning a whure, by thrashing a ehcp~ herd with a taiaha, by shooting , and finally by shooting a labourer, Peoj .■ .bn district are excited, not with fear, but a:,.- Nine nnrty not implicated. It is reported Tawhtao is indignant at Ln-: Ct visit to Kawhia. Message sent to McLean not to repeat it. Green, a clerk in Bank of New Zealand, accidentally shot, himself in the chest with a revolver, and lies in a precarious state. Mackay has. returned from Cambridge, and reports scene of the murder outside confiscated boundary. No natives seen, another murderer identified, named Gabriel. Destructive floods at the Bay of Islands have washed away a number of houses. Over forty families rendered houseless. Grauamstowk, Tuesday Evening. The Una struck gold in low level. Caledonian has commoner i crushing. Hikutaia block, recently opened for mining, is completely deserted. Nelson, Tuesday Evening. Provincial Council opened. The revenue shows a decrease of £7,133. £22,C03 are on the estimates. Dunedin, Tuesday Evening, Reynolds has telegraphed to the Chamber of Commerce regarding Suez mail, that Parliament are decidedly opposed to heavy subsidy for Melbourne service, and Government are trying to arrange it at moderate cost; but if offer is not accepted, negotiations fall through, and mails forwarded as opportunity offers. The Daily Times says the true remedy ia to work cordially with Now South Wales for the reestablishment of new San Francisco service, and that, when got, they may snap their fingers at McMeckan, Blackwood, and Co,