INTERPROVINCEAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3010, 29 October 1891, Page 2

INTERPROVINCEAL.

(BY TKLEUItVi'JI -I'KKSS ASSOCIATION.) WAIPAW •>, List N'iulit. r IIK infjue-t 0:1 Hv* man R who died :Vi»rn i'ij ifi.is sustain' 1 ') at D mevirke on •Vh S [jt'-'iiiher, wx* continued to-day. hid met with an accident, but was lovkt'd up for being drunk, and though he linijiM'rd for sometime, i v-, tii'i illy died in the Waip.iwa i| j.spird. J.ihn MeYer-y .stated that U.j v-i -'d d-'O •:»<• 'd to take his J on ]~i'n S p'emb' ron account )! a nnvniv thar- he had beni ill- treated, d i-s.-s' f"}.!y w,v 1 h-51 Is;: had no complaint 5o •:»•*U•; n-'d what th-j po!«e<? had done '-V ;- rdmp'y in i"it of ih'iii* duty. ' Audiv dep >.od that he was .i]\—-if, wit : M the c ni 'L Jju; h id Rosa ami di'spi}' l his n , moi>>ir;m(.vs that he was J*nlf jo ooiist ihJo h iudl-'d him roughly Liid dr;>l him up the nud by the arm ••o in" lock up. The doctor hail said no I) Hies were broken but witness had reH with the c>nst»ble against thorough treatment and offered to take Kc 'iSfd to his hons«\ Dr. Sullivan ■•'id he told tlv constable not to use the :i iv»'wh?y '>•)t ho replied hotly and I: uli' to the look-up At the

•ck-o|) R i-s c inpl lined uf 'lis leg being •!e i ! Inil 'ho uonsrahjc mim'oUod liim, siyi'i-.', "Oh. you're dead drunlf" Jas. Me«! in,diorn (U'posu i to seeing rlcreased in the hands of the cu:istahlc and tlui 1.-.Uer ri'inonslrat.'d ivith u'itnesa for >i'inli!ig (or the dos-fir. Witness niado • h-.! I'-m-ii U that it was ten to one if Ross w i.s lakon to the loek~ui) he would be dead in the. iiioniin'j. After other evidence was taken the inquest was adjourned. PICrOX, Latt Night. 'I lr; Ship Hotel ( 'liarles Uodfrey, lie. us" ). >•.13 destroyed by lire at two oVlni'k this ino'-niiio. The orii;iu is unknown, and tlie oeeunants had barely tiui" to c.<ea})«. The building is owned hv Mr Mead, who is in Melbourne, nud wr- insured for €'250 ill the Victorian ilii .v, and tile furn tun; for £100 in the Nurwieh Union. A snrill stitionery aud luiber's shop mljo uiog was also destroyed, It was insured for £U0 ill the London, Liverpool aud Globe Otlice. TlXmiU. Last Night. The Governor and Lady Onslow arl i .'C I here this mo -iiini?. An address of wV'i'orne wai prrsonti'd by the Mayor ai'd councillors. The party visited the -j'n ni Catholic Inzmr, the arjricultural and p istor il show, aud return to Christchin.'h 10-aight. The I'remier also goes north It is fine disy for the show, and there is a lariii, at tendance. Tiiere are good curies lor sheep and horses, but other lines are poorly represented. (JISBORKK, Last Night. 'I'll.; Herald's Hast Coast correspondent wires ch it Mr Scott, the native dispenser, iias anived at Waiapu, and reports that there is no fever alone the Coast. Hiere aie '•<ane coin alescents, andone mild ease at W.-iapii Valley now. The C-overn--111.■ iiv are in uf the facts, and the ;fo:ue is OVIT. VVELLIiVtiTON, Last Night.

The depirture of "General " Kaoth tu Lyttelton by the steamer Takapuna at tiiroo o'clock this afternoon was the occnsi.'ii of a large crowd assembling on the wlunf. The Army paradr-d at halftwo. ami formed a line down either sill.: of tie; whir f, between which the euriiio containing the "General" and las ollicrs drove up to the steamer's sMc. When uti-.e on board the •' General " nM'iu bis way to the upper deck, and, !";i!iiiiLC the. rail, calmly surveyed the croud, who gave cheer after cheer as the Takapuna slowly backed asteru. 1 h'- 1 " General :I n.ade no lemarks, but ill response to the cheers and " Hallelu> jihs," called out " Good-bye," and waved his hat. The steamer was crowded with passengers, principally Salvationists, on their way to Lyttelton.