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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3184, 12 September 1881, Page 2

We understand that the Maoris at Te Aute have dispossessed Mr Hugh McLean of his house and station. A little matter of unpaid rent appears to have been the difficulty.

Messrs W. and G-. Heslop, sheep farmers, of Chesterhope, have dissolved partnership, the former selling out to the latter, who takes over all liabilities, for the sum of £15,000.

The session of Parliament is not likely to be brought to a close without some further trouble for the Ministry, if what we hear be true, that Mr Ormond's return to Wellington was due to the request of his party.

It is reported that Captain Russell will stand for Hawke's Bay on the " Ormond ticket " at the next elections, and if such should be the case he will get a support that otherwise would have been given to Mr Sutton.

Another melancholy and fatal accident has occurred at Norsewood through the careless handling of firearms, by which a boy named John Todson, aged 13 years, was shot by his brother. No particulars are to hand.

The following deed wae submitted to the Trust Commissioner during the past week for examination: —Paora Earepou and others to John Sutherland, an agreement to sell the Wharerauiakaw block at VVairoa ; dated the 26th of January, ISBI. The applicants appeared in person.

It is not unlikely that Mr Sheehan, M.H.R., will make Napier his head-quartera after this session. Hia acceptance of the trusteeship of the estates of <ha late Kdraitiana Ta&amoana will necessitate such constant attendance in Hawke's Bay that a residence here will be found, he thinks, the most convenient for him.

Mr W. C. Smith, of Waipukurau, is actively canvassing his own candidature in opposition to Mr Orraond for the representation of the Waipawa constituency. Mr Smith, we are assured, is acting in this matter against the wishes of his own party, and will not receive either support or countenance from the Liberals of Napier.

It is computed that fully 130 people left Napier on Saturday and Sunday by the northern and southern boats. The passenger traffic on this coast is rapidly increasing, - and every week it i 3 becoming more aud more apparent how huge was the blunder that refused to go in for more than " half-a-loaf" when, the harbor improvement was resolved upon.

A meeting of those interested in the formation of a company for the purpose of securing , a recreation ground for Napier will be held at the Masonic Hotel on Wednesday evening next at 8 o'clock. The importance of the object in view cannot be overrated, and we trunt a large number will attend, and that some practical suggestions will be put before the meeting.

A question has arisen as to whether Mr Renouf is not disqualified from taking his seat in the Council through having become surety for a firm now under contract to the Corporation. Clause 61 of the Municipal Corporations Act specifies as those disqualified from being Councillors any person concerned or participating in any contract with or work to be done by the Council.

At the Napier baths on Saturday last the season was opened by a number of swimming matches. The swimming championship of Hawke's Bay, with a silver medal, was won easily by Lanauze ; Bich and Simpson also oorapsied. For the diving championship, with a silver medal attached, Bich was successful with a splendid dive, two lengths of the bath being gone over before the diver came to the surface. For the boy's swimming match there were four . entries, and after patiently waiting upon his adversaries until near the finish Tom Richardson went in and won easily. The greasy pole and the tub race added a considerable amount of fun to the day's sport, Newbiggen winning the latter event. Mr Swan officiated as judge, and Mr Fletcher as starter.

The opening day of the Hawke's Bay Sailing Club was a most decided success. On Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, about half-a-dozen boats of various sizes, builds, and rigs, laden with members of the club and their friends, left the Western Spit for Petane. The wind throughout the afternoon was very light and progress along the lagoon was comparatively blow, but the little fleet kept tolerably well together, and as it r.eared the mouth, of the Esk, the sails glistening in the rays of the setting sun, that portion of the lagoon presented a remarkably pretty sight. On the arrival of the company at Fetane they assembled to the number of over fifty in Mr Villers' hotel, where a cold collation awaited them. After due attention had been paid to this portion of the programme music and dancing occupied the company till a late hour. The preparations made by Mr Villers for the reception and comfort of so large a company elicited general praise from tho&3 present.

The return football match between Napier and Waipawa, to be played at Waipawa next Saturday, is not exciting , much interest as would have been expected. It is certainly late in the season, and players no doubt think they have had enough, but they ought to remember that Waipawa is anxious for revenge. We are told that great difficulty is experienced in getting a team together. This should not be so ; those playere who took part in the late Gi.sborne struggle and other good matches ought certainly to be the last to back out of going to Waipawa next Saturday. The present team as near as possible will be Messrs Begg. Gibbons, Barclay, Dovo, Murray, Mowbniy, Sewel, Price, Tilly, Hanna, Pott, Thomson, St. Hill, F. Kennedy, and JLe Quesne. Mr Dobson will go up with the team as umpire. The Napier men will leave by the early train on Saturday morning, We trust to see a good muster at practice during the week. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before H. Eyre Kenny. Esq., K.M., Eliza White was brought up on remand chargfid with lunacy. Sergeant O'Mallev stated to the court that JJr. Hitohinwfl had examined the accused, and found that she had been suffering from delirium tremens, but was now all right. The prisoner was discharged.— John Howard was charged with stealing a dog. It appeared that the dog had been lent to accused, who bad sold it at Pohm for £t>. The accused pleaded not guilty, and Sergeant O'MTalley asked for a remand on the ground that the most important witness was up the country. Remanded for a week. —Gustav Nauman was charged under the Impounding Act with rescuing eight head of cattle which were beiner driven to the pound. Mr Ootterill appeared for the prosecution. William Fairbrother, ranger and impounder for the H.B. County Council, / gave evidence that, on the 23rd of Auguat,! he found eight head of cattle Btraying on \

the public road, roar defendant's Hβ had diiveu thcai -i>ht or ten clivu* townrds HaNtiagH, when defendant came m> and a*ked him to give up the cattle. He also offered witness money to give them up. When witness got the cattle close to defendant's gate defendant took up a lot of stones and pelted the cattle until they ran through the gate into defendant's paddock. Witness warned defendant that he was running the risk of a heavy fine and punishment. Defendant stated that he was a German and had been five years in the colony. He had let his cattle oat of the paddock on the 23rd August to take them to water, as there was no water in the paddock. He was in charge of them himself, and told the ranger so. His Worship said the aocused wae guilty; it was very foolish to persist in rescuing the cattle after he had been warned by the ranger. This offence was looked upon as a very serious one, inasmuch as it might lead to a breach of the peace. The accused had made himself liable to a fine of £20 ; he would take into account the fact of the accused being a foreigner, and the possibility that he might not have understood what the ranger said to him, and would fine him £1," with, costs, and counsel's fee, the amount to be paid bySaturday next, or accused to go to prison for seven days.

A cat was struck by lightning at Wellington last Tuesday, and* was killed, the fur on its back being singed off.

Lord Chief Justice Coleridge has deoided that the tricycle worked by steam oomes under the operation of the Locomotive Act, and must therefore be attended by three poreons, must not go at a greater speed than two miles an hour, and must have its tires of certain dimensions. The decision of the Woolwich magistrate, which imposed a penalty on a gentlemon named Parkyne for running such a machine on the public road at the rate of five miles an hour, was therefore confirmed. We expect this will cause a considerable check on inventiv efforts in the direction of steam bicycles and tricycles.

An incident of an extremely interesting and peculiar kind occurred to those on board the barque Alexa just at the termination of the voyage. Captain Robb states that when he was off Stephen Island, and at a distance of 20 miles from land, he was surprised at hearing the warbling of a pkylark, which kept the vessel company for at least 10 minutes, during which time it treated the crew to most excellent music The singing of the lark was joined by that of a canary, in the saloon, and a duet of a moat enjoyable nature between the birds ensued. After hovering over the vessel for several minutes, the lark flew off in the direotion of Mount Egmont.

Tamati Waka, the oldest Maori Chief in the Wairarapa, died at Moiki last week The deceased was much respected by both. races throughout the Valley. Respecting hia age, it is reported by his people that the old man often spoke of his beim? " so high," indicating with his hand the height of a child seven or eight years of age, when Captain Cook visited New Zealand, though this is probably an exaggeration. Wakea was present at the Land Court recently held in Greytown, and the old Chief then had the appearance of a hale old man, rather tall and stout in proportion, with a full tatooed face, and an absence of that expression of latent savagery so characteristic of the ancient Maori.

An evening paper has been started at Patea, and in his first leading , artiole the editor makes the following naive announce* ment:—"Our advent has been somewhat sudden—so sudden, indeed, that no effort has been made to secure advertisers or subscribers beforehand; we would, therefore, ask those whose advertisements appear without authority to excuse us, as it was a matter of great importance [to us] that this journal should make its appearance in the manner it has done." In politics the editor does not feel safe in pledging himself to anything beyond this :—"We do not feel justified at the present time in pledging ourselves to any particular line of politics, but this much we will say—that whioh is right will be strongly advocated."

The latest 'new departure' in newspaper enterprise is reported from New Orleans. The Democrat of that city has fitted up a branch office on a barge, which, having been towed up the Mississippi River to Mephis, is now floating down to New Orleans again, stopping at all points of interest on the way to gather information concerning the country along the river and for some distance back into the interior. The barge is 60 feet long, with 12 feet width of beam. Its interior accommodations comprise business, editorial, and job offices, composing and press rooms, sleeping apartments, dining-room, kitchen, and stable for the horses used in making land trips back from the river. It is practically a fully-equipped newspaper establishment afloat.

We (New Zealand Times) nnderstand that the Government have received satisfactory information concerning the action of the Maoris near Pun gar ehu. The reports circulated of their rebellious attitude are clearly much exaggerated. It is true that the Maoris have been erecting fences, and, on some of these being pulled down by the Armed Constabulary, they re-erected them; but, in many instances, they made no second attempt, nor in any instance haa there been any violent conduct. The latest report received by the Government is that the excit3ment first occurring has abated; and it is worthy of remark that none of the released Maori prisoners have taken any share in the fencing. They are all peaceably at work on their cultivations, inland from Parihaka, on the other side of the road from where the land is situated whereon the recent incipient disturbance has occurred. Saya the Poverty Bay Herald:—"The necessity for an office and a properly constituted officer in Gisborne to receive deeds and other legal instruments for registration under the Land Transfer and Conveyancing Acta is becoming more urgent every week. The business done under the Land Transfer Act more particularly has been very great during the last few months, and the delay caused by sending deeds to Napier is productive of much inconvenience. Clients become angry with their lawyers, who are blamed for delays which are altogether unavoidable on their part. An application was a few days since made to an officer at Napier to ascertain how soon after a deed was received in the office at Napier it could te returned. The reply was that it was needless to think of getting deeds under the old system in less than six weeks from date of registration. Land Transfer deeds are ready in abont three weeks. Such a reply as this shows the neoessity of an immediate change.

Evangelistic service at Trinity Wesleyan Church to-night. Mr C. L. Jtfargolioutlr has £500 to lend on freehold security. Messrs Langley and Newman hare just received Brussells carpets, and expects in a few days a stock of linoleum. The Sisters of St. Joseph's Monastery thank the ladies and gentlemen who aseisted at the laradale bazaar. • Messrs Banner and Liddle will sell tomorrow apples, pears, oranges, etc., at 11 a.m. A number of new General Government notices will be found in our advertising columns. Messrs Price and Innes are now opening new spring goods. The nightsoil and dusfc contract has been taken over by the sureties. , Messrs Neal and Close have special value in carpets and linoleum. The monthly meeting of the Victorian Lodge of Freemasons takes place to-morrow evening. A meeting of those interested in the formation of a company for the purpose of laying out a recreation ground in Napier is convened for Wednesday evening at th# Masonic Hotel. A number of new advertisements Trill be found in our " Wanted" column.