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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1500, 7 December 1872, Page 2

Mr Reader Wood, M.H.K. for Par- < nell, addressed his constituents on the i 28th ulfc., and "of course received a vote of confidence." \ A Greymouth telegram says that "there is groat dissatisfaction that Mr. Harrison will not meet his constituents. Manv threaten to demand his resigna- ! tion." [ A contemporary states that the Auckland Volunteers seem inclined "to earn a reputation for being the worst ; and most reckless shots in New Zealand." ! A correspondent of the Southern Cross wrU.es that a poor fellow named Duncan Matheson, A-as killed at Mercury Bay accidentally on November 29, by a limb of a tree falling oft from the main trunk, which lie was felling, and fracturing his skull. He was a steady sober industrious man, and much respected by his fellow workmen, He had saved some money, and likewise bought a farm, when Vie met with the unfortunate accident which deprived him of life. An inquiry was held on the remains at the Mercury Bay Hotel, before Dr Agassiz, J.P., and a respectable jury, of which Mr Fergussou was foreman. The jury agreed that the deceased, Duncan Matheson, met his death accidentally by a limb striking him on the head and fracturing his skull. The Evening Star, November 27, sa y, s . —By the arrival of the schooner Merlin yesterday, from Levuka, we have received information that the five Green Harp conspirators—Howe, Cummins, Walsh, O'Reilly, and Sheehan had arrived at Levuka from Auckland Captain TJrquhart, of the Merlin, met them several times theie, and before the Merlin sailed for Auckland, one of them had left in a small schooner for one of the neighboring islands. From inquiries made by Captain TJrquhart in Levuka he gathered that the conspira tors had anived there on the 9th inst iu the schooner Sea Gull, Capt. Oakes. Upon reference to the Customs papers here we find that the Sea Gull cleared outwards on the Ist November without any passengers, and we observe that her ai lival is reported at Levuka in the Fiji Times of the 13th inst. h< conveying six passengers. This confirms Captain Urquhart's statement. We understand that there was no concealment as to their identity at Levuka, the men boldly declaring they were picked up outside the haibor on the Sunday morning, and had a fine run of seven days to Fiji It is reported here that they have left a sum of £.250 each for the benefit of their less fortunate rconspirator, Sheehy, who is now scoriareefing at Mount Eden, and is likely to be so occupied for three or four years to come. Canterbury is so largely increasing her school teachers that the schoolmasters have formed a " Mutual Burial Association," the leading idea of which appears to be that all members, on tho death of a schoolmaster, agree to pay his widow ot representative £1 each.