The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4042, 19 February 1892, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1892.

The developments in connection with the death of the late Mr W, L. Lucena disclose a phase of the Coroner's Act which most people aro unaware exists, and illustrate the ease with which people can obtain an inquest on anyono dying from natural causes when no auspicious circumstances are even alleged. It appears that Mrs Lucena was twice married, and that differences.occurred between some of the children of the first marriage and the present Mrs Lucena. The children, while (heir father was lying unburied, demanded that the will should be read to them, and threatened Mrs Lucena that if she did not divulge the contents to them they would demand a post mortem examination, This threat was afterwards made to Mrs Lucena's solicitor, who deelined to accede to the request. The fact that a certificate of death from natural causes had been given by the doctor who attended Mr Luoena, was, at the time of the threat being made, fully knowT'to the parties. The parties thereupon went to Mr Burton Boys and Mr W. 11. Beetham in succession, (the ResidentMagiitrate being absent from Mastcrton,) and applied for an inquest, but these gentlemen being satisfied of the cause of death, and that it would not be proper to grant the application, refused the same. Mr Renall was the next Justice approached, and he forthwith granted the application, and authorised Dra llosking and Bey to make a post mortem examination, This waß made yesterday morning in the presence of I)i' Beard, and with the result dis* closed by the evidence given at the inquest, viz., that the jury endorsed the certificate of deoch given by Dr Beard, It does appear to reveal a curious state of law that in the absence ol the Resident Magistrate application can be made in any case, and where no suspicion is cast upon anyone, to one Justice after another to grant an inquest In the present instance the post morUm wan apparently applied for not to ascertain the cause of death, lint to endeavour to rake up information for the purpose of enabling the parties to contest tho will if they thought proper so to do, If families are to be put to the unpleasantness of such proceedings, and the public is to be involved in heavy expense simply for the purpose of gratifying the desires of those who. wnt litigation, it is time the law was altered, or that Justices understood that inquests were to be held {of the determination of the cause of death.

. Mr J. lorriß reports a most succe§sfu} sale of sheep at his yards, Pahialua, an Tuesday last. 3000 wore yarded and the attendance of buyers was pood; 2 tooth Lincoln and Eomney ewes averaged 12s (id; fresh lull mouthed lincoln' and Eoniney averafed 10s; 2,4 and 6 tooth Eom'neys, 12s;good lambs in wool, Bs. Tho Examiner says Mr Cox, of Ma» harahiira, intends skirting a creamery at his large property in the Wairarapa Valley. . .. Owiug to the inorease of work, at the Masterton poßfc oflico it has beau fouud necessary to . increase the staff, Mr ; Arthur Bennett, who has been telegraph messenger' for some time, has been promoted to the position of assistant, and is'to he succeeded as messenger by Mr jMaciiitosh. ' ' :

Ip addition to tjie nujoaberpf Mjnjstora jwiding p/)rtfo|ios ; t|iolaw allows of the apppintnieiifc of two 1 members of the pative race— or Maoris—to be jnembers of the Exegutjve poun.oi], at a salary of £4OO per aunurn, Tlijs power lias not beep ected on by aiiy Ministry! Binco ;18Ib, whei) Henare Tomoana, who was a member of the Hall Cabinet, ceased to hold offica.. The Poßt learns that the present'' Ministry intends ta revive the practice of having; a native representative in tho Cabinet, an,(j tljat |t has been decided to offer tlie position to Mr Jjjrnoa Oarroll, the representative in Parliament of tho Eadowi Maori District,

yery heavy rain fell in Maatofton last night. The streets wero flooded with water and the riyersconsiderably swollen, .The Native Offlqo as it distinot Miniaterial department is/to be abolished. The Hons. Reeves and M'Rehzie will in future control Native affaire.." The order recently made by thePost-master-Genetal, altering the cbargo on telegram?, has been rescinded, and the old system has been reverted to. Tenders are myited by tho Etotahuna Road B;iard for painting two bridges, road formation, &o. The remains of the late Mr W. L, Lucena were interred in Mastorjon cemetery yesterday afternoon, and were followed to the grave b,v a largo number of friends from various parts of tho district. The coreuiony at the grave was performed by theEey. W. E. Paige. A terrible explosion ot a blasting compound known asracurock is reported from Broken Bill, A man named George was killed and four others horribly mut'latcd, One of them, who had the whole lowor portion of his body blown away, still lives.

! Theheadmaster cf the Masterton school stated at the meoting of the School Committee I.iet evening that several of the ohildren who absented themsolyes were fit subjects for an industrial school, The Woodville Examiner asserts very modestly that the personalty of the late Hon. Algernon Tollemaoho has, been proved at£1,200,000,000, £1,000,000 of which is in new Zealand. The Examiner readers-must be easily gulled.

The Masterton School Committee'has decided to ask the Education Board when they intend to proceed with the erection of the side school.

The advisability of fixing a definite sum for eaoh winner of a scholarship has been suggested to the Town Lands Trustees by the Masterton School Committee. It is thought that such a step would be an extra inducement to children to compete for the scholarships. A number of Wairarapa sheep breeders wore represented at the Woodville ram and ewe fair on Wednesday. The prices obtained were fairly good. A grand soci.il gathering is to be hold at Pahiatua next month by the Knights of Labour, when speakers will be present from all parts of the district. A telegraph lineman of Auckland has been suspended for cruelty to a horse,

Tho Hon, W. P. Beeves addresses his constituents in Chistchurch in a day or two.

A dairy factory is to be established by Mr Sorensen, the dairy expert, on his own account, between Okaiaw and Kaponga, on the Waimate Wains.

Final notices are to bo served oil the parents of several children in Masterton who have absented thomselves from school, These notices, as framed by the Education Board, read as follows; " This is to notify that your child has been frequently absent from school lately, and you are now finally informed that unlesß the child attends regularly the school ot his district henceforth, proceedings will be taken, in accordance with the Education Act, to enforce attendance, and you will have to appear before the Resident Magistrate to answer for breach of the said Act,"

Still another poisoning case comes from Pahiatua, MrOlose, of the Village Settlement, was carrying a toothacho tincture in his pooket last week, and some of this leaked out on to his tobacco, which he afterwards smoked. After n few pipefulß had been smoked violent abdominal pains with other symptoms of poisoning set in, and for a few hours he Buffered severely, but afterwards tho attack passed off, t Mr A, W, Renall, J.P., who conducted the Coroner's inquest yesterday, adapted rather an unusual courso by re> maining in tho Courtroom whilst the jury were considering their verdict, Mr Renall might not have heard any of the remarks of jurymen, but his presence would most certainly hampor their deliberations.

The Commissioner of Police in Brisbano (Mr Seymour) has filed his schedule, with liabilites amounting to £45,0C3.

A passonger by Peters' coaoh on Monday last informs the Pahiatua Star that the passengers from Eketahuna to Pahiatua on that day had quite a thrilling experience, Between Hawera and Tutaekaraa large bush fire was raging, and the flames wote leaping right across the road, which is extremely narrow in many places. The driver (Mr G. Peters) however, was not deterred by the dan> get, but brought the team through the fire in fine style, notwithstanding the great dread of fire some horses evince. Our informant says he thinks the drivers of the coaches (Young's coach was following behind) deserye a word ofy praise for the way they got through on Monday.

.At the conclusion of tho inquest on the remains of the late Mr W. L. Lucena yesterday, Mr W. G. Beard, on behalf of the executors, applied that the brain of the deceased, which had been proserved, should be handed over to him. The Foreman said the jury was cf opin« ion that the brain should be handed back at once to the executors, The Sergeant of Police, after heunng the verdict of the jury, said he was quite prepared to handover the portions of the body of the deceased in his possession to the executors, Mr Renall, Coroner, did not think this a proper course to adopt. However, he would consider the applies tiou. Mr Beard; "I believe the jury are unanimous in their desire that the brain should be handed over. 1 ' Mr Renall: " 1 don't care what the jury say. It is out of their province to say what shall become of the brain," Mr Renall eventually stated that he would give his decision on tho matter assuou as convenient.

Writing of the visit to Australia of tho 1 two "sailor princes" on H.M,B. Bacch> 1 ante, the lato Duke of Clarence ani Prince George of Wales, the Argw says i ; In all their joumeyings the younp princes seem to haye made warm friends of those whose pleasure it was to entertain them, and many residents of Aus> tralia could speak from personal experience of the pleasing unaftectedness of 1 Prince Albort Victor's manner at that period of his lite, In Western Australia, where he and his brother George enjoyed their first glimpse of bush life, witnessin? the trial of buobjumpers, hunting kanroroo," camping out, and sleeping on mattresses in a bare two'-roomed wooden building, he ehowed gratitude for the attentions shown him that quite won the hearts of those privileged to bo his hosts. In every page of 1 Tho Cruise of the Bncchante I ' dealing with this period arc to be fonnd kindly references to his epteijuiners and the companions of his adventures. Tho pame traits pf charap'" ters were obseryabje in Melbourne. Alter inspecting the Public Library, for example, the young Prince paused upon the threshold, and turned round to shake hands with, the one or two gentlercen who had been hijs guides over the building! "lhankyou," he said, with quiet simplicity, "for cing so much trouble over us boys," ; Our tot shipments of new goods. for tho Autumn and Winter season have now come to hand by tho latest'mail steamers, and. we have been busily employod in opening them out and preparing them for inspection atTe Aro House, 'Wellington. . .' We shall be happy to forward patterns of our new Dress Fabrics and other novelties free by post to any address, on application to James Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington, Our.'selection of Autumn'; and Winter Fashions has been made by our own buyers -pien of great experiencA, taste'ahd judgmSWn" J the : ' r Mielf/Moi I and ladies svouldjind.it Jo their' 1 advantage to" make their cboioo as sarly h possible, and splo have the qf gettipg their dresses inade lp good jiime bp the Season', at Te Aro Upuse,' Welhriglori; . 1 Wp will also fprwfjrd oiir Cpartg for gel/ measurement' to, anyone intimating tlleip wish in thiß rsßpeot to us, and will guarsi), tee to all customers the advantages of taste, fit, finish and prompt execution in our Celebrated Dressmaking Room ;«t .Te Aro House, Wellington, . .' ,