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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 29, 11 December 1872, Page 3

Mr Commissioner Clarke left town yesterday morning, accompanied by Captains Turner and Mair, for the purpose of inspecting the native in the "Rotorua district. He expects to return in a few days, £ome little excitement was caused in Te Papa on Monday last by a runaway horse with cart employed on Mr Jordan’s contract. There was no one in the cart at the time, and we are happy t° say that about 10s will repair all damage done # tVinative committed to take bis trial at e nest session of the Supreme Court lor alleged ete^ n g» "will b© conveyed to Auckland by s> 9 Cross this evening.

ft “>» south.™ h. ha, greatly impro.ed" W at ft"/ T " wi » be h.W thi. evening, at the Tauranga Hotel, at 8 o’clock. Our reader will perceive by advertisement that ’ °* tb6 Hotel, intends □ ng f® r a Bfcsain excursion to Motiti, by the fnd U u^r e nt te * °W -ffiUnt "odi b i °^ red ' rbe Prices ere very moderate, and we hope the project may be carried comn,: SamUe]B SndMr Mnr wn received their oomnussions yesterday as lieutenant and s„hfel reßPeCtiTC]j th ° **• at under . Btand th at the contract for the bride© riret S n S?"’ "Z aikat ° beS Tauransa a ind r T McC * ull V ? nd Bumpus, and the that lo?alitv d T rpH P °n?? ad 13 completed to bridges bv the rhe lokoman g“ aud Waikarahiti MrW?- ■ tb c same contractors, are completed! men? g Pressing with the improve ments on the horse track to Tewhatu. P j ‘h P °l (h 8 B ° n D ' “■*■«>> on .h,\ X-ast Coast has been a complete success The \ dispute amongst the natives of tr a : ap „ satisfoctonly. Mr McLean held a meeting with the Ngatiporou on the subject of the land quar-el at Waiapu. Ail the Ngatiporou chiefs were present. Affairs were settled to the general satisfaction of the assembled tribe. The Patutahe land question at Poverty Bay was also brought forward by the Ngatiporou, and the claims will be settled by fixing the acreage they are to receive at a large meeting to be held at Poverty Bay. All the Chinamen on'the Clutha rail wav have been discharged, not being worth their wages. Mr Creighton, M H B for Eden, delivered a most exhaustive and able address at a meeting of his constituents the other the Newmarket school room. Amongst other matters he said ;~ i recognise no superiority on the part of any gentleman in the Assembly, except a moral and intellectual superiority ; and I consider the balance is almost entirely in my favour, morally and uiteUectually, as compared with Mr Gillies or Mr BoUeston. And speaking of Mr Sewell; -there is one faculty, however, which he possesses, and that is the faculty of making up his mind st a single instant whenever office is at stake. (Laughter and cheers ) Mr Sewell, lam quite sure, never inquired into the policy of the gentlemen he was going to join. He simply sought office, and when it was offered, accepted it with surprising alacrity. There we have an instance of the pliancy and subtlety of his mind ; he was willing and ready to adapt himself to any circumstances and to any policy. ” We are glad to see that a vote of confidence in Mr Creighton was passed, as we believe he justly merits the hearty support of bis constituents. A writer in the Charleston Herald says : “ People would grumble if telegraphists told the secrets they entrusted them with,to he wiredand yet some are so careless as to leave copies oi their heart’s secrets laying about the outer office. Within the last week,'business calling me to the telegraph office, I found no less than three copies of messages lying ab >ut, and as a caution I’ll publish them. The first was— * T , Nelson, Send ergs and butter. Cannot do with eggs at more than seven pence per dozen, and butter seven and a halt.’ Well that’s a secret worth knowing, as showing what profit good marks have to contribute for doubtful ones. The second was signed by one credited in social and commercial circles for being well in. * F , Greymouth. Do not press me for a day or two, or must file. Will positively send you £5 end of week.’ Here is what would not let his left hand know, yet carelessly it was allowed to fall into my hands. A third was— ‘B , Napier. A boy, both doing well. Tell Liz.” This last was not so important. But it shows what fools people make of themselves by a little thoughtlessness, and on what a man may be ruined ; and not be able to fathom the mystery of his fall, whilst often the telegraphist may be blamed for telling what has become known to others, for the want of exercising a little necessary caution.” The Right Rev Dr Moran has arrived In Wellington. His Lordship has come to take charge of the diocese of Wellington, of which he has been appointed administrator by his Holiness Pope Pius IX. Some gentlemen, clergy, and laity went on board the steamer to salute his Lordship, and he was received with due honour at the Cathedral of St. Mary, where he offered immediately the holy sacrifice of Mass, Mr Creighton, in his late address to his constituents, said : —“ The native policy was not at all impugned. Mr Stafford pointedly excluded the Native Minister from the condemnation which was being passed both by himself and by the House upon the Government. lam sorry to find that a gentleman who was present upon that occasion, on Saturday evening last, took upon himself to sneer at the expense of native affairs under Mr McLean’s management, X assure this meeting that the recognised the necessity of Mr Mexican continuing aa the manager of native affairs : and, although it may have cost £484,000 during the last three years to keep the natives quiet, it coat the colony and the Imperial Government over seven millions of money in the same time to fight them, and they were not able to beat them. (Cheers.) I think, ab all events, that Mr McLean’s administration and expenditure can be favourably contrasted with the expenditure and administration which brought about that result. We learn from Wellington that Mr Luckie, of the Nelson Colonist , has been offered the editorial chair of the Auckland Southern Cross at a salary of £BOO. It is said, moreover, that this talented gentleman, who is deservedly honoured moan out of hie own country, intends to avail himself of the offer. A correspondent writes to an American editor to say he has got so far in politics as to hurrah for Gr but does not know whether to end with “ ant” or “ eeley.” The editor replies by referring him to the'sixth chapter of Proverbs, where it is written, “Go to the ant thou sluggard,”

Wi Parata haa been formally aworu in as a jmber of the Executive. The following telegram appears in the Ji'eeklg rrald of Saturday last : —“ A night attack on media by fhe Dido is contemplated.” Brigham Young delivered a harangue before 3 Mormon Conference in Salt Lake City on the In day following his release from custody, in rich he challenged the world to show any stigma ninst his moral character, denounced the Jryers, and showered his indignation upon the Entile world generally. The Timaru Herald is an out-and-out supporter iMr St afford ; yet for once in a way, it buries i prejudices, and says;—” For the sake of the ilony, which now requires a stable and firm ■overnment, ttie present Ministry has our best ishes.” The following announcement appeared lately in nc diuninpoiifj Telegraph (Australia): —“On the /th instant, Mrs William Walrn of a eon ; father ba ppy ; child’s weight sixteen pounds two and a quarter ounces.” _This is Mr Crcigh ton’s opinion of the conduct ot Mr Gillies during last session in the House of Representatives : I will say what I had rei«-a,ned from saying ; that I saw on the part of Mr Gillies the most transparent attempt, the most ardent desire, aud the most earnest wish to attain office at any and every sacrifice of principle. I now say that Mr Gillies, during the progress of th> first no-confidence debate, assured me that unier no circumstances would he take office. Hut wten that debate had concluded, and there was a ch.nge of Government, there was no man who anjled and manasuvred with more pertinacity for pl;ce than did Thomas Bannatyue Gillies. He toik office at the sacrifice of every principle, and by the betrayal of the interests of the province wlich ho was loyally bound to uphold.” Sultry, ra her !