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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 13, Issue 660, 1 March 1869, Page 3

A W ollen Manufactory tor Can- \ terbury.—The Lyttelton Times says : ■ We called attention some time ago to the ' fact that about 250 Welsh emigrants were ' intending to leave for Now Zealand with - the intention of starting a woollen manu- ' factory on the co-operative system in this ' Province. They are expected to arrive in ' the next ship from England, and we hear ' that their compatriots in Canterbury in- 1 tend giving them a most hearty welcome { in the shape of a special demonstration. < Death from Smai/l-Pox at Wanga- j NUi. —Francisco, the negro who was lately , attacked with small-pox, died on the 13th , February, at Wanganui, and was buried in the Quarantine ground. He must be well known to many of our readers, having formerly beat the big drum in Foley's troupe. It appears that the poor sick man was pulled up and down the river at Wa- . nganui in a canoe by a couple of men who got drunk and allowed tho man to lie ift the canoe unprotected, and under a fast falling rain for a whole night and part of the preceding day. That death followed soon after is only natural and has nothing wonderful'about it, but it seems a question for enquiry on the mere score of humanity. | —Evening Post. The Amende Honorable. —We extrac* tho following from the Canterbury Times' which has itself bitterly assailed Colonel Whitmore, and, as it rather innocently admits, "unjustly." Wo cannot understand the last two sentences, which mean if they mean anything, that wa are to " cave in," and allow Titokowaru to reap the fruits of his cannibalism : —" Tho news received ' from the North Island during the week is satisfactory. Colonel Whitmore appears to have broken the neck of the l'ebellion on the East Coast. We are of course glad < that this has been done, and we may be permitted to say that we ure especially glad that Col. Whitmore has done it. Through a very trying period, in which he has been very hear'ily and very unjustly abused, he has displayed indomitable pluck, perseverance, and determination. The capture of Ngatapa is a feat of arms in which Colenel Whitmore has every reason to feel a just pride, and the Colony every satisfaction. The latest war news is to the effect that Colonel Whitmore, having been successful in the Poverty Bay district, is going back to Wanganui, there to Btrike, let us hope, another decisive blow. It is with some alarm that we notico the intention of the Government to re-capture the whole of the land overrun by Titokowaru. That we believe, will bo found to be a grave error." —Wanganui Herald. Poisoning by Eating Tutu. — The Weslport Times, 4th Feb., states that " Information was received at the Police camp ou iuesday of tho discovery of a man in an insane state some distance up the Builer, and of another man, his mate, having died in the bush frem the effects of eating the poisonous berries of the tutu plant. The account given was that one man had arrirod at the Ohika ferry in a state of mania, and that, when he recovered his sanity, he was able to relate the worse fate of his companion, Constable PrLe was at once despatched up the river, and tho body of the man, which in interval had been searched for and found, was brought to Weslport last evening. An inquest will be held this evening in the Occidental Hotel. The following narrative of the circumstances, so far as they are known, are furnished to us by a correspondent, who wrote previous to the discovery of the body ; —' On Saturday morning the ferry-man at the Ohika River, on the T> idler Road, observed a man in a most frantic state on the opposite side of the- river. The ferry-man, Moore, made all haste to get him over to the house, when it was found that he was in a state of the most abject insanity. After a good feed and resting for an hour, his recollection to some extent returned. He coulu then remember that, four days before, lie left Carlton in company with another man whom he called 'Little Tommy/' that they arrived at x'ackers' Point by coach, ana proceeded up the road towards the Lyell; that they called at the Junction Hotel and had each a glass of ale, aud then pro ceeded on their journey. He remembered walking some miles, when they sat down to rest in a place where there was abundance of tutu, the berries of which the ate freely, as "Tommy' said they were good for food. Aftor eating the poor fellow could remember nothing beyond walking on for some miles. Both of them falling very sick, they put up their tent, when ' Tommy' was seized with violent fits. He was lying on his back and frothing at the mouth. The other became alarmed, and in his delirium rushed off for assistance, and for three days and nights was rushing through the bush perfectly mad until Saturday, when he happened to arrive at the ferry. On Sunday a party left the accomodationhouse and searched the bush for the tent and missir.g man, but without success j and on Monday another party, accompanied by the sick man, who was then much better, started off in search. The body, wo understand, was found in a creek, with the head resting on a boulder. It is now very much decomposed.'"