Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-19
The Monowai Brings South
. Sea Advices.
A Change Of Administration in
New Zealand.
Religious Mania Causes Man to
Butcher His Family.
Shipwrecks in Distant Waters Tho San
Francisco and Pensacola at Homo
lulu-A Whaler's Sue
cessful Cruise.
Associated Press DISPATCHES.

Associated Press Dispatches.
SAN Francisco, March 1S.--The steam
ship Monowai arrived this morning,
twenty-five days from Sydney and seven
days from Honolulu.
NEW ZEALAND AFFAIRS.
The earl OF Onslow, governor of New
Zealand, has been succeeded in Office by
Lord Glasgow, who is expected to ar
rive at Wellington about May. AS Lord
Onslow has left for England, the chief
justice, Judge Pendergast, has been
sworn in as acting governor.
Considerable speculation has been in
dulged in by the colonists as to the pol
icy of the recent changes in the New
Zealand ministry, and the transfer OF
Hon. A. J. Cadman from the Office OF
native minister, which it is proposed to
abolish, to the Office of minister of ma
rine, has caused some dissatisfaction.
Industrial statistics of the colony
show a good rate OF progress during the
last five years.
ILL-FATED VESSELS.
Auckland advices per the Monowai,
report the loss OF the brigantine Ryno,
off Flint island. The weasel was owned
in Auckland and engaged in trading
among theiislands. The crew were picked
up after weeks hardship.
The bark Star, of Erin, Captain Hop
kins, bound for London with a cargo
of oats, wool and tallow, went ashore on
Waipapa reef, and is total wreck. The
NJ al ,f
600. The crew were saved.
LUNATIC's TERRIBLE CRIME.
The whole town of Tauranga, Auck-
land, was thrown into state of excite
ment February Sth owing to the murder
OF his wife and four little children, by
Duncan Munro, stepson OF Judge Bodell,
late mayor OF that town. Munro had
three years ago, being afflicted with re-
ligious mania. He had recently been
acting strangely and talking OF
High, but his relatives feared
February Sth, Munro's brother spent
all we'll. When the milkmen called at
luC houeC Ill thC AOIuluS uC was uudUlc
to arouse the family, and opening the
kitchen door he found Mrs. Munro and
her eldest boy, 6 years old, on the floor
in a pool OF blood. their heads being
battered in. The milkman saw on the
beach at the back of the house, attired
in his night clothes, the perpetrator ol
the crime. The police were called and
placed him under arrest. Under the
bodies of the murdered people was
found a fatiron, covered with blood. In
the front bedroom the bodies of two
little boys, 8 and years of age respec-
lively, were found in bed with their
heads crushed. and in cot near by the
infant daughter also lay dead with hel
skull beaten in. All the victims W ere
alive when found, but soon died, with
the exception of the youngest boy, who
bids fair to recover. The jury at the in.
quest found We rdict of williul murder,
and also that Munro should not have
been released from the asylum.
HAWAIIAN ADvICEs.
The United States cruiser San Fran.
cisco and the frigate Pensacola were in
the harbor at Honolulu when the Mono.
wal left there, March 11th. The whal-
ing bark California from New Bedford
which had been out eleven months, dis
charged 500 barrels of sperm oil at Hon
olulu on the 10th.
Sir Edward Arnold, who was pas
senger on the Belgic, was presented to
Queen Liliuokalani during the stop of
the Belgic, en- route to Yokohama.