PROVINCIAL NEWS

Kumara Times, Issue 3033, 23 July 1886, Page 2

PROVINCIAL NEWS

[united press association. 1 Dunedin, July 21. A labourer uamed Adron Robert Bloomfelt was found dead against a fence at Pine Hill, near town, last night. He appeared to be in good health when he left borne at dinner lime. Heart disease is supposed to be the cause. July 22. A fatal accident occurred at Kawarau Gorge last night. Alexander Cameron was working in a lunnel when it collapsed completely burying him. A boy aged 12 years, named Hansen, was with him, and there is no hope that the latter will be saved. Willing hands wete promptly engaged in the work of rescue, and although Cameron's body has been reached more than once, additional slips have prevented it beinw extracted. He is known to be dead* but the boy may be further in the tunnel and yet alive, although that is very doubtful; relays of men are still at work and trying to effect the child's rescue. Nelson, July 22. Frank Brown, a journeyman bootmaker, was found dead at the Britannia Hotel, Riwaka, this morning. It, was a case of suicide from " Rough on Rats." He had recently arrived from Takaka on a visit to his wife, who was living at the hotel named. He took tlio pofson last night in a glass of beer and went to bed. A verdict of suicide whilst uuder the iuflaeuce of drink was re-

turned, with a rider that Lafner, the proprietor of the hotel, showed great want of feeling in not giving proper attention to the deceased, knowing he had taken poison. A remarkable de»th occurred at Motncka on Monday last. Mrs William Taylor, sen., when passing near some bee-hives, was stung on the face just below the eye by a bee. The sting was extracted, but the deceased complained of feeling bad, and twenty minutes after she was stung, she whs dead. She hed. suffered from asthma, and, the blood being poisoned by the sting, affeoted the heart. Wellington, July 20. Te Whiti was arrested at daylight this morning and sent to Opunake. fie offered no resistance. Manaia, July 20. Nearly all the cattle and horses have been released. The police and a few of the settlers have been on guard all day. A general feeling of security is gradually being reslored'by the prompt arrest of the ringleaders. Later. The Natives are now releasing their bullocks and horses in small lots. Tuke, an old Native who has got a considerable interest in leased land, says " No more plough now that Te Whiti and Titokawaru are arrested." The excitement has quite cooled down. CHRisTCHURcrr, July 22. A man named John Henry Woods was killed this morning in Mr Wilson Fisher's bush, East Oxford, by a tree falling on him. He leaves a widow and nine children.