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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3055, 11 April 1881, Page 3

OUTHNa THE GORDIAN KNOT! NOTICE, THB County Council having apparently (at last) come to tho conclusion to appoint a Kansrer, but over a limited area, I, JAMES H. SJJYTHE, hereby give notice that I intend to undertake the duty of BANGER for the whole of tha Wairoa County, situated in the Provincial District of m-' Hawke's Bay, without their appointment, duties commencing next MONDAY, 11th instant. N.B.—See Section 1, " The Cattle Trespass Act, Impounding Act, 1869." JAMES H. SMYTHE. A mob of about 1500 sheep from Napier, under the charge of Mr Luttrell, passed on Tuesday en route, for Poverty Bay, via Te Mahia. Up to now I always thought sheep could only be legally driven from Wairoa County to Cook County via Te Reinga, but I am probably mistaken again, as usual. We are troubled with an epidemic of what has been medically termed " bronchitis of a diphtherial nature." It turns out, however, to be simply sore throat, and not diphtheria at all; but we don't appear to care much which it is, we have declined to subsidise a doctor, but have spent a lot of money in beautifying our cemetery. I don't think it much matters to a dead man whether manuka or rye grass grows over him,—in reality the absence of the manuka will be more felt by the living than the dead, as the cemetery used to be a favorite place for appointments. The nucleus of a new description of force is established in Clyde,—armed (?) constables without either arms or unid form. They are connected in some way | with the Resident Magistrate's Court House. The Ngatikurupakiaka tribe are a rowdy lot. Their latest freak was capsizing the ink bottle of the gentleman ■who is collecting the Maori census, and then defying him to write their names down. April 9, 1881. Henare Tomoana, Esq., M.H.R., with a numerous following, has arrived, and a large native meeting will be held at Kihitu on Wednesday next. One of the principal questions to be discussed is which hapu owns the Opoho block. If a satisfactory conclusion can be arrived at the land will then be put through the Native Land Court. As the block is a very poor one it is hard to understand why such a hubbub has been kicked up about it. Much amusement is anticipated next Monday, when the self-appointed ranger commences business. More heads than tails are expected to be pounded, which will result in swelling the already rather long lißt of cases down for hearing. From Mr Price's letter of the 7th instant, I judge be would like to see all hotels, where spirituous liquors are sold, closed altogether. Now I am decidedly not competent, nor do I wish to argue the temperance question with Mr Price, but I should like to ask him where travellers would get accommodation for man and horse at all hours if they had not an hotel to go to ? I may inform Mr Price that some three or four years ago I myself endeavoured to form a Good Templar's Lodge in Wairoa, and procured a number of names of parties willing to join, but when it was discovered that two guineas had to be paid for a dispensation the would-be Templars either could not or would not find the money, and the idea fell through. I trust Mr Price may be more fortunate. The fact of two of our ministers being supported by " foreign gold " is a great grievance to some people who really have nothing to do with the matter. The last time we were taunted on this subject we ■were told our ministers were supported by collection raised by English School children ; but foreign gold is quite a unique term. It is evident Wairoa has determined not to take the hat round to secure the services of any doctor, but if many Wairoa people have insured their lives it might pay the Government to subsidise one for us, even it they had to borrow some foreign gold to pay him with. It would take a very remarkably clever correspondent to please everybody, and I only wish I could write a letter so entirely free from bias as Mr Price's.