SUICIDE AT GREYTOWN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 889, 3 October 1881, Page 2

SUICIDE AT GREYTOWN.

Our Greytbwn'correspondent' writes : Yesterday morning, about 11 o'clock, as Mr Norman was riding through the Morrison Bush road, he discovered a man hansing by his neck from a.small whitewood tree; about 20 yards from Hhe road. On close examination it -waa- found that he had been, dead about 24 hours. He al once despatched'a'li'orsemah-to Oartsrton f«r the constable, who ,did not arrive in Greytbwn before' io'olock," (Thel. body all this time, was.jleft'hanging, jas nobody cared about taking, uopn. themselves the responsibility of moving it. The question may be asked "Where was the Coroner?" »nd ."Why he did ifyjjaye the body removed!"; It is a diigraoe to a civilized oommunity to to hang 5 hours after being -found—to be stared at by men, women, and childrepi and covered with fly blows—just Greytown has not a eons'tahle. Siirijy the Coroner, orany.:J.P,,,hii pmr.:«notu»h.'to order dead bodies to be removed; if not, the sooner this kind of th'ingjis altered the better. On arrival, he immediately cut the body down, It was that of a man abpu't 5 feet 8 or 9 inohes in height, fair complexion, n new suit ot dark twsed.on, and a swag strap hanging ' l.onsely'.'ini more than six ground. A stout, strap watjwhaiYhtffiiing/himself with, Nothing but a box of Holloway's pills; and'"two cuff itudsyerefinind upon him,- On searching, theswa'g ft Scandinavian Bible; some photographi, letters, andelothes werejound,. By the letters it wasfoundhis name was'; John Johnson, who had been working on Mitchell's run. He had.left^boliTft'fortnioht'ago,'been in Wellington,' and returned; jo.Greytown, last weefccjte .wasieeh ; passing, through' (found :wjtJ!j't^e. : iwag;„.on;..hi»j>h'nul'dpr. . The l 'vhp' i dy,.. Arms Hotel, where an inquest will be held to-day.

■ MASTERTON IiG^AY'BOARD';''' A MEKTiNO ! of tlia above 'BoaYa% B ' held on Saturday [last,, Present—MessrVW... •Cißuchahdn;(cl3airlnanj,Jennett, Meredith, Chamberlain, McQuarrie, and.Vallanes.- '.,-->'../ : ■",. ■';

the previous meeting were read and'eonfirmed. -,"

Tne following correspondence was then:, read:—From * the.' Taratahi.: Highway,: requesting payment of the "sum of £6O voted some timd ago for repairing road leading Jo ; , Gladstone, aridi copy of a resolution passed re eroctioiiof a small bridge on ,ihe same line of road; ■ —From Messrs Beard and Gray; re Miss Jean's claim for land taken for a road.— From proprietors of Wairarapa Dauy find Star newspapers, re Board's printing and advertising.- From clerk of East County Counoil, forwarding a, copy of a : resolution passed at a meeting held on 17th ultimo re alteration', of boundaries, of Masterton and Castlepoiht Highway District. A tender was received from Mr J. "W. Lang, offering to pay the Board the sum of 1350 for the Te-Ore Ore toll for one year from the 4th- day of Qc'tober next.; > The following tenders' for; cutting L a drain and erecting culverts bn'MrJMc-' Kay's property, Opaki, were received from Messrs Scroy, and Co.; 'at ; Bs, and from O'Sulhvan and Co. at i34'6d.' :

[ Messrs Welsh and Stewart again waited an the Board vela'ive to tlie.oyevflow of, the Waipoua river at Pirau. Mr Stuckey likewise to. road leadingthrough Brandon's clearing. .The following resolutions we then' passed :-rThat Mr Cockburn' be again requested to remove the stones laid down by bind on the Manaia road, and failing his doing so immediately, the Engineer be requeued to do so at. his-expense; That the Engineer attend to MrVallance's' application for the completion of the deviation on the Hnrnnuiorangi road immediately.—That the removal of the fencing on Mr Meredith's line of road at Waihoara be left to the Engineer an.l Mr D. Donald.—That Mr Meredith be authorised to order. 1200 feet of timber for the purpose of erecting culverts over Twisted Creek, in No. G Ward.-That the Clerk write to the West County Council,' and ascertain if they will agree to the Board expending the balance of the siim voted by them for repairing road leading to the Camp on works necessary to stop the overflow of the Waipoua river at Pirau, and inform them that the Engineer estimates the work to cost!Jl26o, 1100 of which amount the Board are willing to subscribe and.ihesettlers.in-. terested from £35 to £4O, which,- together with balance of vote still unexpended, would about complete the necessary work, and at the same time inform' the Council that from damage done to the main road fa the late rains it is absolutely necessary that something should be done immediately, otherwise the whole of the traffio on the Forty-Mile Bush road will be stopped when another flood comes,—Should the application made to the West County Council be favorably entertained, Messrs Bennett, Meredith, and Chamberlain be requested to meet on Tuesday, 11th current, to instruct the Engineer to prepare plans and specifications for the work and call for tenders, and at the same time open and decide on the tenders, that may be given in for work on the Upper Taueru road.—That a sum o from 130 to £35 be expended in repairing the road leading from Alfredton to Ekotahuna, and that the overseer of works be instructed to visit the locality and confer with Mr McQuarrie as to the most beneficial way of expending'"the sum; that he also visit Maiiriceville and ascertain what repairs are necessary on rpads there, arid report to next meeting.— That the sum of i'so be expended in making tlio mad through Brandon's clearing passable, and that the Enjjneer be requested to make the necessary arrangements for carrying out the work.—That the Engineer's salary be raiaad from £250 to £3OO a-year,—That the Emmicor ascertain if "•■"' "••-■"'iodationoah.be given to Mr Donovan and others without encroaching on Mr McKay's land.—That the present arrangements with the Daiw be continued for the next twelve months, and that Mr Payton be requested to ounfirm the same—That Mr Lang's tender of £35() per annum for the Te Ore Ore tolluate. be accepted.— That Mr Begar be appointed pnunkeeper te tho Board, in rnmn •if Mr Ganrsje Smith, resigned.— That iho Cashpoint Highway Board be informed that It is necessary to define the road leadiii'.' throuL'h Mr J, Morrison's property at Blairlosfie, and that the Engineer estimates the expense of doing certain work thereon at £lB, and request to know if they are willing to expend that sum, provided this Board expend an equal amount nn the same road.—That the Chairman be requested to see Mr Bunny re Misj Jean's claim for laud said to be taken fur a road leading through her property, and inform him of tho Board's decision relative thereto. PAYMENTS MADE. A, Ritoninghnm, advance-on comraot, No fj Ward ... £6O 0 0 Jame«McManaway, repairs No 4Ward 7 16 0 A. MoCormick; repairs No 5 .Ward „. ... ... 716 0 A. Peterson, repairs No fl Ward M 6 0 C, L. Propbett, repairs No 2, ' 3, and 5, Wards .. ... 52 0 Geo. Fannin, preparing plans, general account ... ... 17 2 0 Taratahi Highway Bwd, repairs No 5 Ward... ... 50 0.0 0. E. Bremnet, Balary &c, ... 22 4 9 J. Houngan, wages ... ... : 12 0 0 R. Wilsone, advancesalary and expenses ... ... ... 64 12 ;8 R. Wilsoiie, to pay accounts 18 0 J. Payton A Co., advertising, general account ... ... ; 36 6 J. O'Connor, repairs, and Toll gate account ... ... .7,16 0 Geo. Duncan, repairs No 8 .Ward ... 16 5,0 Wyley, clearing bush N« 3 Ward 3.18 0

The next meeting to be held on 29th October, at 10 o'clock a, ra. .