LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1757, 18 May 1882, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[new zualand press association.] Christciiurch, May IG. As significant of the increasing woollen trade, the Kaiapoi Company i.s advertising for 100 additional hands for the clothing factory. While Inspector Broham and a party of police to-day were prosecuting a search for a man wlo yesterday attempted Mr Dean's life in Riccarton bush, Constable Henry noticed a hag at the root of a tree, which, was found to contain the whole of the jewellery recently stolen from Montague's and Lnke's shop. The attendance a f the Exhibition so far (five weeks) is 107,470 persons. His Excellency the Governor, Lady Gordon, and sui e, left Christciiurch shortly before 1 o'clock for Lytteltou en route for Wellington. The City Guards formed a guard of honor. The Mayor and members of the City Council, the Primate, Colonel Packe, and a large number of ladies and gentlemen were at the station to see them off. On his arrival the Governor was received by the Mayor, who in a brief address expressed the gratification it had afforded the citizens to have His Excellency and Lady Gordon among, them, and thanked them both for the great interest they had evinced in local matters during their stay. His Excellency, in repl.y, thanked the Mayor for thus giving him an opportunity to express the pleasure he had derived from his sojourn in Christciiurch. Though he had travelled in all parts of the "lobe, there was no place out of England, and but few places in England, that he would prefer as a place of lesi-

dence: He concluded by referring to the many friends his family had made. His Excellency and Lady Gordon then took their seats, and were loudly cheered as the train moved off.

Waitotara, May 16. On Sunday morning at 4 o'clock a native named Poharama Takarangi, belonging to Kaipo, stabbed his wife and a man named "Wiu Poharama. Poharama and the native whom he stabbed are both chiefs. The wife received one stab, which is found to be dangerous, and the man was stabbed in four places on the right side of the chest, back, and left loin. Little hope ia entertained of his recovery. Poharama's house, which is destroyed, was a new one, and it is believed he set fire to it while suffering from delirium tremens. Patea, May 16. Poharama, the native who stabbed his wife and another native at Waitotara pah on Sunday, has been caught by the Maoris. The natives, after try. ing him, inflicted punishment by dropping boiling water on his face and applying burning rags to his back and spine. Wellington, May 16. The inquiry into th<i Ladvbird and Wiikatu collision concluded this evening. The Court hed that the captain was held responsible for the accident for not stopping the engines sooner, and ordered him to pay costs £lO. The engineer was held blameless. May 17. The Commissioners for opening Parliament to-morrow are—the Hon. F. Whitaker (Premier), Sir W. F.tzherbert, and the Hon. Major Richmond. The Governor will deliver his speech on Fiiday. The various representatives are arriving here by each steamer. THE DISASTER IN TIMARU HARBOUR. TiMAun, May 10, Three bodies of men lost on Sunday in connection with the wrecks have been washed ashore ne*r Whale's Creek, and been conveyed to the Melville Hotel, where they await an inquest. Two heve been identified, but one was so horribly disfigure I as to be beyond' recognition, and Jfeifeoii, who was formerly in the empby of the Harbor Hoard, has a calm expression. D. M'Lean, cirpenter of the City of Perth, is recognised, but much knocked abont.' The third corpse is supposed to be that of Martin Bates.

May 17. The funeral of Captain Mills to-day was the largest ever witnessed in Timarn, the town being closed after two o'clock. The funeral procession extended nearly a quarto- of a mile, and in it were Masons (including many members of the fraternity from Duuedm, Christciiurch, Port Chalmers, and elsewhere), the Rocket Brigade C battery of ArtiUery, Oddfellows", and about 400 private citizens, including members of the principal public bodies. The Church of England burial service was read by Archdeacon Harper, and the Masonic service by the Rev. Mr Beck. The streets were lined with people to witness the procession, and more deepfelt sympathy with any petson cowld not hare been expressed. Three bodies have been recovered, and a fourth is floating in the surf. Two have been recognised as those of M'Lean and Neilson ; the third is so disfigured as to be unidentifiable.