The Te Aroha Murder. Grahamstown, Last Night.

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1349, 22 February 1881, Page 3

The Te Aroha Murder. Grahamstown, Last Night.

Mr George N. Brassey, who is solicitor for the accused man Procoffi, has been threatened with violence if he defends the prisoner. Intimation was conveyed to him by Fineha, chief of the Ngatihako tribe.

The obituary of the Times of December 1 6th contained some remarkable illustrations of prolonged existence in nine persons — viz., five gentlemen and four ladies, whose united ages amounted to 787 years', giving an average of 87 years and over five months to each. The oldest lady had reached the great age of 95 years, the youngest of the same sex was 81 years oldw Of the gentlemen, the oldest was al»o 95, the youngest 85. The following were the reHpeotive age-* : — 81, 89, two at 85, one each at 86, 87, 89, and two at 95. The name obituary recorded the deaths of half a score of septuagenarians at agea ranging from 70 to 79, and giving an average of 74 years and over two months to each, According to the Government agricultural returns for the United Kingdom, the Engineer remarks that they show during the - aRt teu years 1,694,000 acres haw been reclaimed for cultivation, but 2,500,000 acres have been laid down to gra*3 and meadow in the name time. The land under wheat has decreased over half a million; acres, or 17 per cent., and the land under grain crops generally has decreased by 1,000,000 acres, or 7 per oent. These changes are of considerable importance to the agricultural engineer, and to others who produce farm tools and implements; 7 per cent lew land under 'grain cultivation means a considerably less home consumption of grain tilling, and, gathering, and_dresning machinery and appliances. Two and *"-half millions more of grass land, on the ojbher hand, means a considerable increase in the requirements of machinery and implements for gathering in grass orogs, and in wirter food preparing machinery for the increased'quan- , tity of stock which will be reared on the .grsea laua'ftrmV ,*&* : [ - ' <>: x?x ?> ' • "