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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 220, 17 September 1877, Page 2

The following respecting the last will and testament of a famous Maori chief who died a few weeks ago, is from a correspondent of the Bay of Plenty Times:—" Your Ohiueuiutu correspondent, when relating an account of Temuera Te Amohau's lust moments omitted to state one of his dying requests' which was that his head should be°preserved] and placed in Tama Te Kapua, the carved house afc Ohinemufcu, that hia body should be divided in three parts, one leg to be given to Ngatipikiao, the other 'to Tuhourangi, and the trunk to Ngatirangiwewehi, he kai ma ratou, to be eaten by them; thafc as. he had been their ito (object of dislike) when alive, they might partake of his remains when dead; or, if this was not done, fco bury his body by the side of the Ngama tukunga hia (boiling spring used for cooking), "with a post over ifc, that they might hang on their, baskets containing: the, food to be cooked in the ngawa." ; " Merchant" writes fco the Otago. Tjimes— "While people are discussing theVeifcrabrdiuary fast passage of the Lusifcauia,' perm't me to Call attention to a lesson in stevedoring which should nofc be lost upon the good people connected with the shipping of this port. The Lusitania arrived on the morning of the Bth and dropped anchor afc Port PhiTlip Heads, pending a decision re quarantining being giving. She got uuder weigh again at haif-pasfc ten o'clock. I cannot find from the Melbourne papers the exact time at which she got alongside the pier, but I notice fchafc by three o'clock ou the afternoon of the day on which she arrived, the whole of her cargo from Melbourne was landed. This Melbourne cargo amounted to about 1000 tons and cousistcd of 1179 rails, 622 bundles, 775 bars aud 29 plates of iron ; 40 wheels and axles, and 2019 packages of general merchandise, chiefly soft goods. She also took in 1000 tons of coal in the same time. Au Auckland telegram of Tuesday last says:— As the Waikato train was entering Huntley station fche engine-driver saw a cow and calf rushing from the road to cross the line iu fronfc of the train. He reversed the engine and blew the alarm whistle. The engine, however, knocked down the cattle, and ran on to them, one being thrown into the air by the concussion. The stoker was pitched head first out, while the engine was driven several feefc off fche rails. None of the passengers were even shaken. They thought the train had stopped afc the station. A similar iustance which lately happened was as follows.-— A mare and foal leaped from behind a furze bush just in fronfc of the engine. Both beasts were knocked down by the buffers ancl crushed iuto an iulistiuguishable mass by the engine. The San Francisco correspondent pf the Auckland Herald says:— The visit of the Hon. T. Russell to this city has not been withont results. Ifc has beeu decided to extend the operations of fche New Zealand Insurance Company throughout the States and British America. The company ought to take the octopus instead of the kiwi as its representative. Is not the kiwi a hermit? It is said the South British are about to open here In reply to a letter which appeared in the Melbourne Daily Telegraph, requesting information aboughfc Sulieman Pasha a correspondent supplies the following bit of choice biography:— "Castlemain, 3rd September.— Dear Sir— l can give 'Inquirer' fche information he asks for relative to fche nationality of Sulieman Pasha, as he happens to be a relative of my own. His real name is Pat Sullivan, and he was born in the county of Monaghan. When a young man he enlisted in the 97th Highlanders, and soon rose to the rank of color-sergeant. Dnriug fche Feniau excitement he got involved in that foolish movement, was arrested and kept iu prison for some time, but for want of evidence was never brought to trial. In prison he made the acquaintance of James Murtagh, another soldier prisoner; and, oh their release from prisou, being dismissed from their regiments, they got into the Turkish service. This was through the iufluenco of O'Reilly Bey, a '48 man, whose chequered career is so well kuown. James Murtagh is now Muktar Pasha, commanding the Turkish armies in Asia. I may add that Sulieman Pasha is still a Christian, and thafc b,e contributes handsomely towards the support of au' aged mother in Ireland.— lam, &c, John Sullivan. i hough in the last week or two a considerable amount of petty business has beeu transacted in the House, the Order Paper still presents a very formidable appearance. For to-day there are 31 notices of motion 53 orders of the day, and 9 other items of business. Mr Mapandrew's motion, « That, iu the opinion of this House, it is expedient that the uext session of .the General 1 Assembly be held at Christchurch, and that a respectful address be transmitted to his Excellency the Governor, requesting that he may be pleased to give effect to this resolution," blocks the way at the head of the list, and, though the motion has not the ghost of a chance of passing, its advocates may keep Ihe floor of the House for the whole evening if their wind holds out. — Pott, Sept. 13. ' An Irishman playing cards, and finding the pool deficient, exclaimed, "Here's a shilling short ! Who put it in ? "