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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1217, 5 December 1882, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[per united association], NAPIER, Dec, 4. Sail ed, N.Z.S. Compun y’s barque Norman McLeod, for London, wit h a cargo'of wool, valued at £82,000 ; also I* »haw and Saville’s barque Laugstone, with a cargo valued at £62,000 Immense dissatisfaction exists with respect to the apparent efforts of the G-overnment to evade its decided policy in the matter of hospital maintenance. The Government says it will give pound for pound at the end of the , financial year. The Hospital c<nnmittee had ‘ collected £1,500, and during t«he past six months have disbursed that amount in maintenance. They now demand repayment to enable tlwsm to expend it on the erection of additional wards. The Government objects to do this, and requires the committee to raise half for maintenance and building. Under these circumstances the public de- ■ cline to aubsciibe for anything but building purposes, In most of the churches in'town and ! country collections were made for the Hos-

• pital yesterday, but in most offertories were I obtained. The Wesleyuns declined to give ! a Hospital service, and the English Church J in Napier deferred the consideration of the I proposal.

WELLINGTON, Dec. 4. I Intelligence has been received by Messrs. ! A. Moore and Co., of Christchurch, that the 1 barque Selim, chartered and loaded by them i in Lyttelton with 9,748 bags of wheat for ’ Plymouth, for orders, has foundered on the i voyage between Falmouth mid Dunkirk. I She arrived at Fabhouth on the 23rd Nov., i and was ordered to Dunkirk. The cargo is ! insured in the South British. | The following is Mr Bryce’s letter to Waj hanui, Auckland.—-Friend Wahanui: Greeting —This is a letter from me tv you which you will do well to regard as one of great importance. I address you because of Tawhiao's word that the decision had gone from him to you. My first word is in regard to Tawhiao and my recent visit to Alexandra ’ and Whatiwhatihoe. Now Tawhiao was willing to accept the liberal terms I offered him, and it was you, you yourself, speaking for the Ngatimaniapoto, which prevented him doing so, and whatever the consequences may be you will have to bear them. Enough that is past. There is another matter ; the hand of the law is suspended over criminals in your district. Now last session of Parliament an Act was passed which enabled the Government to issue a proclamation of pardon to the culprits, but how can these proclamations be issued while Tawhiao claims a sovereignty setting himself outside the i Queen’s law, and you support him in it. If the hand of the law descends on the culprits who will they have to blame but you. Enough of that. When you spoke at Whatiwhatihoe you seemed to desire to go back to the discussion of old matters, and the causes of the trouble between the two races in the Waikato. I am ready to enter upon that if you really desire it, but remember that the Ngatimaniapoto’s were as deep in that trouble as the Waikatos, and if so how will you justify that the same punishment should not have fallen upon them as upon the Waikato. I will not begin the discussion ; it is for you to say whcthei* these things arc to be dragged back from the darkness where they are now hidden. Here also, is another thing for you to look at; you have closed that part of the country in which you reside against travellers, but this cannot long remain so. There are three reasons why it should be opened by roads and railways, anyone of which is sufficiently strong : First of all, tho rest of New Zealand is open to the public by roads and railways. Your conduct in keeping this i part of the country closed is a. sign of enmity to the Colony ; if, indeed, you and your peo- ; pie were enemies of the Government and the i Colony, it might be right, but If we are to * continue friends as we are now, what reason I can you give for it? That is one strong reai son. Another is that the Government own ■ large blocks of land near Mokau, an<l it is i unreasonable to suppose that they must coni sent to be denied access to their own land, i The third reason is that the construction of such public works will greatly enhance the value of everybody’s land through which they pass, as well as benefit others, both ; Maoris and Europeans. These reasons are strong and should convince you that you arc taking a course injurious alike to others and ‘ to yourself. Now these are all matters of ; importance to you ; reflect on it; and I am ! willing still to assist you all in making pro--1 per arrangements. When I said so at Whati- . whatihoe I did not use empty words. The ■ question now is whether you desire to confer i with me for such a purpose'! If yon do,well ' wo can meet at some place I will appoint, and discuss the things which concern us all. If you do not desire to make proper arrange- ■ ments, still you will remember that I have ; made the ofier to meet you, and that I desire ; to m ike proper arrangements beneficial to all. Lt is my wish that you will eommuni- : cate the contents of this, my letter, to the . people so that they may know with whom the fault lies if trouble hereafter come upon i us. From your friend.-- Signed ; John | ; Bryce. This Day. ; The Government have received informa- , . tion that an additional 12,400 acres of the i continuous and other reserves in the Hawera , : district have been leased. This makes a i total of 20,100 leased. The survey of other j i reserves is being pushed on rapidly. A supplementary Gazette issued this day ; further prorogues Parliament until the loth 1 Feb. next. j In reference to the action entered by Mr ! W. J. Hunt against Sir Arthur Gordon, it is ‘ understood that an application will be made in Chambers to-morrow for a Commission to ' take evidence in Samoa on behalf of the dei fendant. The counsel for the defence ini elude the Attorney-General, the Minister of I Justice, and Messrs. Harper and Bell. Mr Robert Stout was also retained by Sir Arthur, but has recently severed his connection with I the case. Mr Edward Shaw is at present ( ■ the only gentleman acting for the plaintiff. The Customs return for the Colony for the ' month of November amounted to £127,618 ; for the corresponding month last year it was £116,378. The beer duty for this last month was £5,292, being a decrease of £63 on the coaresponding month of 1881. KUMARA, This Day. At the Magistrate’s Court, on Saturday, the charges against James Wylde, late Town Clerk, Rate Collector, and Treasurer of the Borough of Kumara, for embezzling sums of money from £1 to £5, in all £29 6s 6d, was concluded, and the accused was committed for trial. Bail was allowed, himselfin £2OO, and two sureties in £lOO each. CHRISTCHURCH Dec. 5. A lad of 15, named Clarke, was before the Court yesterday for trying to cut his throat. He was trembling violently and had to be supported into court. Seeing his state the Magistrate remanded him for niedijal treatment. Mrs Hazelhurst, residing in Prebbleton about. 12 miles from Christchurch, was knocked down by a calf about a week ago as she was lifting its tether peg, and received a slight injury to her thumb. Simple as it seemed the wound developed into luck jaw and she died last night in the hospital. At the inquest a verdict was returned in accordance with the evidence. The Cricket Match, Auckland v. Canterbury, was resumed yesterday. When the

stumps were drawn for the day the position of the match was—Canterbury, Ist innings, 130; Auckland, Ist innings, J6O. In the Canterbury 2nd innings five wickets were down for 155. The game will be resumed to-day. The Chinese residents of Christchurch have subscribed nearly £6O towards the Destitute Patients’ Relief Fund at the Hospital. At the Magistrate’s Court this morning Samuel Grindrod was fined £1 for breaking a pane of glass at one of the new fire alarm boxes in the city, and giving a false alarm of fire. DUNEDIN, Dec. 5. The Garrison Hall was thronged last night when Mr Archibald Forbes delivered his first, lecture. Fully 2000 people must have been present. On coming on the platform, wearing bis unmerous decorations, Mr Forbes was received with a most enthusiastic ovation. The audience Were highly delighted with the lecture. AUCKLAND, This day. The s.s. Hero arrived yesterday morning Mairs remains have been recovered and are to be brought to New Zealand. The Government intend laying off a township at Kawhia Harbor, early next month, on a piece of land purchased two years ago by the Government. It is also intended to buoy the harbor so that it may be used as a Harbor of refuge.

Account of the Murder. i Mary Crowley, aged 16, daughter of the ' Howick murderer, has made the following i statement ;—Father went, to the shelf where | his shirt was and put it on the table, it was clean, but not starched or ironed, and he be- ! gan to iron it with a cold iron. He seemed j very quiet when ironing the shirt, and when ! ho came into the kitchen all he said was that ! I must not go to Howick. I went into the front room to go into the bed room, to get a | necktie. He was still ironing the shirt, ana ' mother and father were not talking, I went j into the kitchen and heard no quarrelling between them. Then I heard her ask him why he did not put on the white shirt that was ironed. This was a new shirt that had never been worn, and he said “ No I will not put it on ” he made no remark then, and I heard no more quarrelling, but abont ten minutes after that I heard blows, more than one, and I heard her screaming before I heard the blows, but heard no quarrelling or nagging. She was not scolding him that morning when he brought in the iron. He said to mother “ here is your iron, put it away.” She did not reply. I did not hear them speak after I that until I heard a scream five miniates after, ! and then from the sound I eonld till he knocked her down. I ran into the room and I mother was then stretched on the floor near the window, and I saw father standing up i alongside her with the iron in his hand, I 1 noticed blood on her face, and when 1 saw it . I ran. 1 saw him strike the blow before I tan. When I ran from the kitchen on hear* 1 ing the scream I could sec int® the front room I for tho kitchen door opened into the front room. I only heard t':c first blow for I did not see him knock her down, but she lay with her head towards the bedroom, and when I got in he was standing near her head, and I saw fathor strike her with the iron on the fa'-e. I only saw one blow and then I ran out. She was making no noise at that time, and did not ufuer she screamed. I ran out and went to Fritter’s, and told him I believed that father hud killed my mother. He was queer ■ in his manner, and wore his Sunday clothes to work. It is not true she was constantly jawiwg and nagging at father. It was he who ■ was constantly jawing her. She used to say that he spent his money when he went to Howick, and he used to answer herback : he ! seldom got drunk. Ho had no drink lately, i and hud none that morning. My stepmother . used to treat me very well, and father had no I rensun to complain of her canduct to me. i She scolded me sometims, but on the whole ! she treated me kindly, and 1 have no cause to i complain of her treatment.