TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] TE Aroha, Friday.

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TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPOND E NT.] TE Aroha, Friday.

An inquest wps ':eld v"P e teiday afternoon before Mr Sfcnt'<>i*.J, U M., and ,i j .»v, on the remains of ilr-, L i/.ibeth Me Li\ei, who waa foun ! diowm-d in the mer on Wednesdiy. Hugh Me Liver depo-ed that he had .sivi>i the body, and ideutiued it a> that of his wilV. The h'st time he -aw her alive was on th" Sfch inst., <<n which day she started f r >tn Te A roha in Bradley* coach to visit soms fr.enJs at the Thames. He did not hear from her after she k-ffc. It was her custom to write to him when she was away from home more than a few daja hut her silence on the last occasion did nut give him any uneasiness. She was in got id health and spirits when she went away. He was not aware that she had left the Thames until the previous evening, when Sergeant Emmersoti anno to him at W.iiorongotnai and mfoinied him that the body of a woman suppo.-ed to be his (wituess'j wite had been found in the liver that lifter noon.— Murdoch Mr.nio stated that he was the du.er of Bradley and Co's coach between Te Aioha and Paeroa. Deceased waf a passenger in the coach on the Bth mat., on her way to the Thames He brought her back again fiom Paeroa on the 10th inst., on which date she returned from the Thames. He noticed something peculiar in her manner, for at times she would cry and begin talking to In r^elf. When ha 1 etched Te Aroha he mentioned this circumstance to one or two per-ons, and said he thought there was something wrong .with deceased. She said she did not wish to cotue to Te Aroha and that she would aro away by the train. When near the railway she got out of tho conch and went towards the station. He afterwards saw her walking along tho line towards the bridge, where a number of people were assembled witnessing the b >at race on that d.iv.— Maiy Everitt deposed that she knew the deceased, but had not spoken to her for .some years. On the day of the boat nice she saw her sitting' near theiiverwith her hands crossed B3emingly in a dejected btate. • After a tune deceased took off her hat and undid her hair, but presently rolled it up again. .She then rose and walked up the road. Witness observed her stumble twice in walking. That was the Ust she sxw of her.— VV. H. Bagnall gave evidence regarding thy discovery of the body in the in or and reporting the matter to the p>l'C", with whom he immediately returned in his steam launch to reoo\er the body.— Seigeant Emmerson deposed that he proceeded down the river in the launch with Mr Bagnall to where the body had been last seen. It had by that time floated a mile or two further down, and was recovered in a bend of the river near Smalhnan's, about five miles below Te Aroha. Biought the remains to Te Aroha in a boat towed by the launch. Had examined the body carefully, but could not see the slightest mark of violence. Ou the fouith finger of the left hand were three gold rings, one ef which (a keeper) had been identified by deceased's husband. The only money found was one shilling, and all else the pockets contained was a pair of'bl.ick cotton gloves— There was no other evidence of .any importance, and nothing was adduced to show how deceased got into the river. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict ot <% .Found drowned." At the meeting of the jockey club on Tuesday tha following gentlemen were appointed office bearers tor the year :— 7Ai J. B. Whyte, president ; Mr Downes, judge ; Mr McNicol, sUrter; Mr Lipsey, treasurer ; Mr Pa\ itt, secretary : Mr Fi-azer, clerk of scales ; Mr Parr, cloi k of coarse; Messrs Downes, Quinlau, Mbiuio-', Don, Quinn, Randolph, and Hethenngton fitewaidsjand Messrs Cleary, Quinn, and Hetherington, handicapped, ihe committee met on Wednesday evening, and arranged the programme of events, the two principal of which are the J.C. Handicap of £80, and the Hurdle, Handicap of £20. Friday, November 2dth, has been fixed as the day of the meeting. Another change has been made here in the police. Constable Hinton has boen shifted to Cambridge $o relieve Constable White, and, Constable Berriman has taken his place at'thia fetation! The weather for the la*t few diy< has been very inclement, and of gentle spring with its ethereal mildness we have so for had but.aj»iio<t atptjuenoe-ihiH reason.

Mr H. Fitagerpld has* been appointed Waikato agent for the Accident Insurance oi $aw Zealand.