LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH -- OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Auckland, Wednesday Night.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2005, 14 May 1885, Page 2

LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH -- OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] Auckland , Wednesday Night.

TnoMi-» Wii.mvm Btii'LTOv, a piisoncr in Mount Kdon, sentenced in 1882 to ten years' imprisonment on several charges of forgeiy, utteiiug and embezzlement, is suffering from a suicidal mama. Yesterday he in some manner opened the veins of his arms. Owing to the strictness with which the secrets of the prison house are kept, no particulars have been divulged. Quite a sensation wan created it the usually quiet township of Mercer, yesterday afternoon, by the antics of a demented native named Heuaie Topi, who had arrived by train from Hamilton. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon the Maori entered the Railway Refreshment Rooms and having purchased 3s worth of biscuits, deliberately set fire to a pile of newspapers lying on the bar. He then proceeded to the train, where he terrified the lady passengers by his queer behaviour. He scattered his biscuits o\er a sleeping child, and then proceeded to pray most fervently. The guaulof the train refused to take so undesirable a passenger on to Auckland, and 'ie was subsequently arrested by Constable Ryan, who brought him to tow ii by this morning* train.

Natmnl g.is in Pittsburgh sells for ts\ eh c and one-ha f cents, per tne thousand feet, possible explosions tin own in. A littlk Williamstoun jjirl |had the whooping cough, and when she lecovered fiom it she said she was glad she did not die while she had the whooping cough, Ix cause "God would not like little coughing angels." She had had a hard trial with him during hib life, but she had meekly borne her lot. Now the end had come and he was passing away. As she bent over him he looked up and said, "lam going," and he went. " He's gone," she said, wiping hereyhs ; " poor fellow, it's the first time I ever knew him to keep his word." Fivh years ago on January 27, the Tay Bridge fell. Satisfactory progress is vow making with its re-construction. Sixty out of the eighty-five piers forming the foundations, are put down, leaving 25 piers to lay in the deepest part of the ri\er. Three workmen have lost their lives by drowning during the progress of the worki.