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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 3, 21 January 1867, Page 16

/ /Ball.-- An invitation : ball took place hn 1 the-Couhcil Chamber on Tues- '! everiirig'lastv ; :: This riri *-doubf in ri' measure* aewurit^'for ‘lhe ? poqr atThritttle' thje same evening.

Native Meeting at Mataikuna. —The Wairarapa Mercury7l2th January, says Recently a meeting of the natives resident on the East Coast of this Proviriim was held at Mataikuna, the object of which was to petition the Government to supply them with fifty, stand ,of arms on the plea that the Superiritendrint of Hawke’s Bay had done the same for the natives of his Province. We trust that the Go* vernment \yill not grant their request, as we do not believe in arming the natives, unless in cases of great emergency, and then they would probably be more expense than profit.

Supreme Court.—The Circuit Sit tings of the Supreme Court; for the despatch of civil and criminal business will be holden at the Court-house, pier, on Friday, Ist February, 1867, at 10 a.m. A minor sitings of the same' court will be held on Tuesday sth Feb., at 10 a.m.; also; same day and ,same hour, a sittings under the Debtors’ and Creditors’ Act, 1862. The' Court will also; sit in 'banco on Wednesday, 6th Feb., at 10 a.m. ' Reported Find at Fox’s River a Hoax.—The Westport Times, of the 9th inst., says:—Last evening we received our Pakihi correspondent’s letter, but are obliged to hold it over till Saturday. The important item contained is that the reputed find by Fibree at Fox’s is a hoax from beginning to end, and, as may be supposed, the victims are furious and the alleged prospector took refuge in the camp.

Horrifying Case of Homicide and Suicioe.—Writing on the 25th December (Christmas Day) a correspondent of tkt; Sydney Morning Herald reports that late on Christmas.eve the town of Sbfala was thrown into consi

derable excitement by the rumor of a digger named Robert Gorf having cut his wife’s throat with a razor, and' immediately afterwards his. own! in dike manner at a lonely spot at,the upper, end of the town-near t.o the river. The report alas, turned out too ■ painfully true, and the hotcicidal spot, where' a large pool of blood was lying, was visited ; that evening and following day,, by .some hundreds of persons. A magisterial inquiry was hell at : the Court-house on Christinas Day, whei; a considerable amount of evidence was adduced. It appears the poor woman met her husband by appointment aboui 9 o’clock that evening; she was resi ding with, her children along with her parents at Sofala, and he was at present sheperding for Mr Smeed, at Two-mile Greek:They had been living apart; for riome'time, and very unhappily, ovdng to hers parents interference,, to whom alone.be attributes the cause of the diabolical deed. Aletter was found upon his person written only a few hours prior to the homicidal act, ad: dressed to Mr Joseph Wrilford, Sofala, making a: few requests as to the interment of his wife und self, and the dispdsal of his two brphan children to the Randwick Asylum, begging of that gentleman to carry out his dying request. ■ ; He also therein explained iriorri* fully hisreasons for taking: life, altogether throwing the blame -upon her parents fori their separation. From the strain' ,in which he wrote, Corf appears to have doated upon,his, wife, and his life had latterly become so miserable, from: their separation that he resolved to end both their days. The medical testimony of Dr. talker went to prove orie rif the most revolting and premeditated cases of .suicide and t murder ever committed; on the Western gold-fields. He appears, to have have first of all cut the-throat of his wife almost from 1 ear to ‘ear completely dividing the windpipe; the

jugular. veins, and carotid arteries',ori!: both sides of the neck. She survived < only a/few minutes, and her yonngestchild, : only ;a few months bid; in . her arms at the time,, receivfed a' ‘ superficial 1 cut 1 near the templp, but not at all darigrirpris. ! . He next ‘hurriedly with! the same ; razor cut his own throat making a frightful gash. but in a much more,'determined manner the windpipe* Was' dividfed in two places, and all the principal-veins apd arteries completely , but’ throrigh bare the tyertebraipf his death must have been almost instantaneous.- 'He j stfii retained! iriTiis right hand firm hold of the razor with vvhirih he lrnd'committed the fappalliug ( deed, ‘’jThi^! ! rnortalisouls-iauu.che;l into ; ptefnity to appear before their Maker.

Dangerous 4 Structures.-—We would draw the attention of the'-Go* vernment to the state of the bridges on the road between the Steam Mijl and the Spit. Draymen arid others have told us that when going ’across with heavy loads the bridges actually bend; and it is to be feared that- unless due precaution is exercised, we shall some day have to record an accident. The railing at the sides of !one of them is also extremely dangerous; and ought to be removed arid another erected for if any person happens to lean on the present rotten: rails, he will stand a very good chance of being immersed and as large boulder stories line the bottom, might possibly receive ..severe bodily injury, f We certainly, hope the Goverumerit: will not turn ‘a deaf ear to this friendly warning. ' , :

Gazettes. A General Govern merit Gazette published on the 10th inst, contains a schedule of postage rates under , the new. Act tp! ail’ parfslqf the world, as well as throughout the. Colony. The schedule gives the rates'oh letters, newspapers, and book paekets vritf Suez and Southapton, Suez and and Panama. Another. Gazette .was published on the 11th inst. . By it we learn that the Provincial Councils of Otago and Hawke’s Bay are dissolved; the powers of the Governor! Under the Marine Act, .1866, are delegated to the Superintendents of: the various provinces; the Orders in Counhil prohibiting the importation of cattlri from Europe and Panama are. repealed. There are other notifications in the same Gazette, but they are not of much importance.

The New, Church at Canterbury —The ; annual , .soiree of the : New Church was held last evening in tbe Forresters’ Hall, which was 1 most tastefully decorated with flowers and greenery. In the absence of Mr John Ollivier, who had promised to preside, but who was unavoidably prevented from being, ’present, the chair was taken by Mr., Allison. Several addressed were delivered, and the proceedings were enlivened- by choice music./The Misses -Rowley, - with Messrs Rowley, Drivis,' aiill Allwright bging. the vocalists., and Mi* ; .Zincgraff. and Mr Rowley, jun:; iustrumentalists. Mr Zincgraff presided au the harmonium and piacbforte, and Mr Rowley, jun., performed some! fine.!solos A cheerful dance, eyidently-.much en : joyed by the juveniles, terminated the proceedings.—Evening Mail, 3rd Jan.

, Decease of Waata ! Kukutai.---We regret (says,, the Zealand Herald, 10th JanuaryJ to have to record the. death of-this chief* who expired at Waiku at bdlf-past six o’clock on' the, evening, of the ,Bfh instant; Waata Kukutai, with the exception of Tamata WakaNene, has heen, perhaps, the' most’ 1 loyal 1 native in New. Zealand. 1 His' actionS;haye fheen 1 above suspicion, and during the, late /Waikato campaign he, with his followers, rendered the Government 'essential service in 1 assisting' jiFl&riljingf oh !? ;the riyqrtraffic, hy 'which ; a : regular Licoininissariat, supply . Wjas; kept up to the j troops'. For . some -timediis health has beeii failiug, and to this we may ih a great measure trace 5 the'cause 1 of : the . increased. demoralisation of the Raglan natives as some months sin&e; depicted by our correspondent from th t piace. -'As wad 'the case with Willidra Thompson—not L that we mead‘any disrespect to. tfig ioyai‘J\Vaata Kukuthrbif naming him. with; the late chief of the,'Ngath haua-?—we do not apprehepd , that. his decease;will any way affect the existing peaceful relations ’ between the : two rpces., Thbmson’b died ont, or at most was. onlypowerlul byCr the -minds- of the feast i violentlydisposed oftheKing natives, for he! was as ! ",by fjtbe*' more ‘‘active rebels as he was. reallyh^artjhy; thb Government*;' : In : the, case t .of Waata Kukutaiy bis very loyalty -sbut'hihiioUjt from any power to‘ :! affefet ; the mind hey odd the 1 people ‘ bf v hik ‘ bwh settlement,;who/ a#e ~ hpt lively, now that he has;.gone;fromi>ambpg4^ them, to' be lesb^lOyal l thdftbey were. We xegrs|»,;hd^V^ )^ [^^:^ o!l ;^ adopted our“ ha.piis^at(^ ( c)is.|p)tus, ! lth'a greati extent*,.and whese l! ppjsition'‘as ;; a leading chief,- would -im times of h4ve;.''pdhi^‘' i example io the J rest of jhijPfacby should have been taken awdy in life. * . ~i;

Shocking Death of a Child in Auckland from Suffocation Night Soll.-Ad inquestwas heldfonfLe 31st ult. at the Wynyard Hotel, Auckland, before T. M. Philson, Esq., coroner* on view of the body of-a little boy namfed Henry Hurricks; who was found dead in a privy in the Albert Barrabks' on Saturday, 28th ult. After hearing the evidence, the jury recorded k verdict to the effect that the deceased died from suffocation; He was aged 2 years and 5 months. . His father said, “ I missed the child about half-past one o’clock on Saturday last. About a quarter of an hour before, the child was playing at a bucket of water, in front of the house. When I missed the child my wife sent my eldest daughter, Harriet, to the closet to see if he. was; there, thinking he might have fallen asleep. She immediately came back’ and said, “ Oh, father, I saw; his cap there,” meaning the closet. I went and tore open the trap lid. of. the soil pit, and saw the child lying in the . pit. The head and feet were underneath in the refuse. The pit contained about about four feet depth of soil.l took the body out instantly, and laid it 09 the ground. Life . was then extinct. The hands and. feet- were cold.. There was a little warmth about the body. I sent for the doctor on duty. Dr Tomlinson was immediately in attendance. He used every means to restore life. He told me that it would be unavailing. I believe the child could not have been ten minutes in the pit. Shortly after I had seen him playing at the bucket of water I heard a shriek. lam sure it was the child shriek. There are a great number of children always playing. about at that place. I did not pay any attention to the shriek, as I thought he was playing with the other children. It was a common occurrence for the children to go to the closet alone. ' The deceased never went to the closet without his sister beiug with him. The closet is about 25 yards from iny house. The deceased could not have ’ fallen through the hole if lie i.had been, sitting 011 the seat. L believe he fell through head-foremost. There is no : fastening to the closet ■loor. 55 ; HarrietHurricksdeposed: “L uni the daughter of last witness. I saw the’ deceased about half-past 12. on Saturday iu front of my father’s, house. I went into the house for diunef, and did not see the deceased after that time. , I dined with my father and mother. He should have come in to dinner. We soon missed him,, and went to look for him. I went into the closet, and on looking down the larger hole I saw his cap. ,1 ran out and called my father, who came and saw him in the soil-pit. I have often taken iny,/deceased brother to the closet.; I neve? knew him .to go there alone.. The door of the closet has not. been locked or fastened for about three 'months.: Edward Denham, Tomlinson deposed: I! am. a. meitibef','pf the Royal College -of Surgeons/of London, and Assistant-Surgeon oftheMilitary Train, ! and am at present 1 quartered in' Auckland., ' I waU oh duty in the bn Saturday' ldsti',? o’clock I was called by !one .of, the orderlies to ; see the deceased. I saw the deceased lying, on thq ground near the Sappers’ quarters. .child appeared to jbe idead. I examined him and found- mo sign of life; whatever.. The bbdy was cold> :: I think the child;must I;aye^^n/deiad : half-an:h6iir.' He died '^m The child might :readilyhave fallen through the larger ' hole;yin ; the' closet-seat There were no-marks'of violence on the body. Ido hot think the privy is in a, more ’ dangerous state than the generality of such places.”

SteamLNavigationAct, 1866. — We would draw the attention of owners and masters of steam vessels'above fifty tons to the Steam Navigation Act* 18@6; .which,.came intqV;force on the first'ofathe year* and requires that sea'going steamers above fifty -tons register shall be provided with aft least ope boaf fit ted with " .Clifford’s ’patent lowering apparatus,, ofapproyed form.

!, \ sincerely regret,:, to learn; Times, that Caj>t. M'DonnelFsiiwound disable him’ for:life. Our cqhtempbrary 5 says During the past ;>week seyerkl. piecesoLbone have been extracted, which, proves "that the is 'more' exteiisiveathan had |>ebn at .first : supposed; Heiulobliged upkeep - nkorb* v 'bed’'ai^US?^ ! f^ ; lv

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<<&ssful f prizefighter r r -will Osometimes WiS of tixob\ iMaSf® be heard no more. Public men, whose! names are distinguished in connection «sith tire jpSlfitp 'with ! ) liferattffej ' '£a&m, notw i%rf^d4 lection lafef twelve months considferfebly subsidedj It^al^ortmtu^ir^wayß~pcjralrr] nothing can^more'^stfrik] , meh a^an:l^he 'consent demand portraits, ofthe reigning family. Just about, the periqd jof f the - marriage oi Itlie. ’ißrij^ce, o ojf y7aies, ; -a?;- photographer fortune: dtp members J bf "tire Royal], family;"'intdu-! ding the Prince ' arid ltbfe! Princess Mexandfa7]and~tfie" sale - or thdsfe jcdpips.], .tins country^^’'3^| v ‘durmg years, issued hafea?imL]iqn, the Royal family, the f popular .states-' ]men far e' the] greatest favorites; 3|o|d! Palmerston;, during; ohiCnlijfee hndjffori some little time after his death: being! 'msn’s'' portraits' f afford hhyfmdicatipii! pfjthe.pppularity ; of their ijt! is tolerably manifest that 1 o btains very strongly-iathis - country,! the circulation of portraits in the ratio! of ten ;: of Gladstone toone of Derby, l who : is, ard, ’ the, most , 'pppidar pf.the ] ivatives. . traits of Louis Napoleon mid Garibaldi, 1 •haye’-about the-same- the 1 rage for the portraits of the latter being' nibre spasmodic, and of the former <inore .pteady., After statesmen] popular iiterary men and clergymen are most-in demand; - and lastly, popular actors i and singera. r ßishops seem -to; circulate, in: virtue of their rank, ~the Archbishops of Canterbury«having tbe ( most 1 ' - extended'. '* circulation, whilst clergymen and' mihi&Vets are r prised pnly-in .virtue .of ther popularity. Mr Spurgeon was.for. a time in very large* .circulation ; Mr Binney less extend •sively, ; but more constantly.—British 1 "Quarterly Review. ■

J.E. FiTzGEEiij) J EsQ.~Fromthe Canterbury papers, 'we.learn that this gentleman, has resigned'his : seat in t)ie ! General.:Assembly. r> ‘ Referring’tothisl the Canterbury-Times,,of .the st.h inst.;J ,says “ Mr. FitzGerald* ?who ;has occupied a prominent placeimthe affairs of this province since I 'its foundation,' in geieral Affairs of the poUtic^;life., In 1 •a 1 'letter publishediin. thejdaiiy papers on Thursday, he announced * to' ; the whose-repre I he has b.eerj Janice i had ; permanent -and hon-j political office »pf ’Cojdptroller;>of. the rPubiic-ReyenueSi-wMch-necessitated his withdrawals frcun publicilife., ;;Mr FitzGerald ? a-health s has 5 been Mlihg the p 7 dblib' t the. caused) of one who has devoted a service of the colony,; rndU rleam with, pleasure 'that !Mr :FitzGerald, l -iin the discharge of his may still enjoy- opf portunities observing the colony;"

~, • MaEEIAGE •]following ,is ,]|rpm J tbe Newi J Zealahd Advertiser, of the 11th instant holy bands of matrimony were celef brated yesterday morning in tEe liew -Scotch' Church* Lambton^Quayp.W i tvreeii v ’ohe/’of nSfosi respected settlers in this Cblohji -RobertHartr,--Esqv;~barrister-at-laWi and Honoi ithe r SuperintendentHOf] HawkeJs Myi ' The Rev; 5 Mr; Muir officiated ripon the occasion, arid y, great ,J to r be manifested-with regard to it,-not t pnly by ,the^personal r ‘ bride afso hy ,th 4 • public - thronged and we . that there: were present many of the ; <Wfa[iftn. qf^heweddifig]^^^^!,^^ o^^ Tesidence oflfe‘'St^gr^t^ . honeyinoohv'' /4l^;

SINGULAR; I?AT£L AcCIDENT.—The Tuapeka Press gives thefollowing account of a singular fatal accident which! occurred a shorttime back at the Tuapeka belonging 1 Messrs Co., to one David It appears that on! ( ilie decreased, wlpltf standing "on tbeT travelling bench*, reachedujverltb turn on h jef ofWhter; to cool the 7 sawy vhenonedf the other' men turned back~£he crank .casing! the^henji^ directioii withouthis bSidg aware/'of it.;" TlhsJ brought his?Ueft ; elbhw ;iiii! contact with the laYge revolving at a considerable velocity;! the bone was cut right through, laying! bare' the 'jbiht; ih'trying to extricate' himself,r;the;unfortunaterman "brought his other. arjn r against thesaw,-which' severed of the bloo'di <fcc. J- He;- was immediately' conveyed "to 1 thh' Tuapeha l Hospital fa; distance M 15. miles,),arriving s there by 4 o clock next morning. Tne re-i sident Br. •Stewart, sent for! Dr Halley,>the honorary -surgeon/ and they deeided upon-amputating the 1 lgft which was done; the, right arm but the! poor sufferer was so weakly* from, the immense loss of blood he' had shstaihed, dhat he sunk under the j^^^bddt f 2''p.m. i next ;(&$V and was buried 1 oh'the He f was foUowed to the grave by a lar^boudoiim^’bf^fsoas:'-^'-'

Funeral, of , the late T’seasueeh of Queensland] —Thh DdrlinglDbwns Gazette of the 20th'December, says: ir-The funeral iof the late Mr; M‘Lean took ’place ht Westbrook, on Tuesday There was ■] a "attend ance.-]of tp. pay fh'dir last] tribute of respect to the late Coloniai ] Treasurer; ahd : there would very'mhny inore hadl.t not been generally believed that the remains of the deceased’would have been removed to Sydney The pail-bearers, were the, Hon. J P, Bell, the Hon. J.'Watts, , and Mr Taylor, M.L.A., Mr j M.L.A., Mr Kent, of Jondaryan.; Mr Clark of Gdbmburra, v ahd ;Mr Deuchar of Glen-! ghllan; There wore also the representatives of the neighboring stations on the Darling Downs, and a large number-of the leading residents of Toowoomba. The funeral service was performed by the Rev. C. J. Clayton, M.A." The spot where Mr ; M £ Lean was buried" is, in accordance with his wish, on a piece of rising ground within view of, the Westbrook headstation.

The Retuiin of the Hau-haus. — We<(W airarapa,>Mercury, 12th January) received iaformation yesterday, from source," tbit tKe~Hau-, haus, about forty in number, under Wi Hapi,_returned_ficoruJhe West. jQoast on Thursday, and took up their abode at near : It is : said, that-.they. have only accompanied; to., t the: : natives of the Wairarapa, who had proceeded with to see their frienda on the Coast, may rstate for the information oi our readers outside the district, that the resident natives here are more in-; terested -in - having'the-Native Lands Act brought, interoperation, than they are in the fate of Hau-Mif fanticism] Givd'tlieih’titles to to 'thoir lapdv and we bind theiiQ ; dOwn lo keep'the peace by holding, in effect'. a, x material guarantee fortheir good behaviour. !

■ The -Planet Ventjs.-— This beautiful planet has of late unusually brilliant as an evening Starßand a corus fhat 'dunng ! the last/ 1 week' he noticed, i]b .seyeijal ,timeswhile,. the sun w^‘^ii&g Theiplanet ;Yenus : is; knows itp shme with a splendour. far exceeding any other ): planet/particularly when She is 40 degrees from thesun, or about twice in in ; February/y{L r 79oj ! jetnd J -in ’&prii; 1793, she was ; exceedingly splendid! so shUfe'Bbe«was:not- only. :seeß/in the day time, but cast a ' sensible shadow laftensunsef.;; .This phenomenon, 'how? ever, happens-:ten.timesi in the course pf eight years, thirty-six days befprel auadT J: '4acii j M Hei five inferior conj,unctions;/and we have no doubtthat,ontthe present occasion! it notice of 1 :our ;as j trchdinU^co^^^ pxplajmng ;> i phenymena rthe Australian public-tire so deeply inf debted.—Sydney*4lording ; Herald. 1