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Evening Star, Issue 4251, 11 October 1876, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

Wellington, Octr’ i. The following tenders have received for the Lowther contract of che Wiuton an(l S U o g .A : -A rjCepted; Th J? e . clm T ed: Whittaker, Dunedin, L 2,030; Blair, Invercargill, L 2,03«; Menzies, invercnrgiU, L 2 ,0i4; Proctor, DunL 2761 L2,40Q } Macart hur, Invercargill,

Christchurch, October 11 At a meeting of cricketers last night it terms of the *n4 allow tjjom the gate and booth pn-

vilege. It is intended, if possible, to play the match with Otago the same week as with the English eleven, and also to try and get up a combined team of Otago and Canterbury men to play them. The Christchurch team against England will number •ighteen. Tatjranga, October 11. The Bay of Plenty ‘ Times ’ publishes a remarkable proclamation from the Maori king to the tribes resident in the Bay of Plenty, Hotorua, and Taupo districts. It is the most unique specimen of the veritable ancient Maori language document, and has been translated by Mr Young, assisted by Marsh, an Arawa chief. The king urges the maintenance of peace, deplores the want of unanimity among the Maori tribe, invites Manderero to return to his fold in his country, consequent upon which a new era will dawn for both races. {From our oioa Correspondent ) Napier, October 9. A correspondent of the * Telegraph ’ states that a land dispute has arisen among the Takapna Natives. One party is busily engaged fortifying a pah within one and a-half miles of the proposed railway station. Henare Tomorana still holds possession of the Oamarunui (Sutton’s) land in defiance of the Supreme Court, and the Government is perplexed as to what steps to take. The Northern settlers bitterly complain that, although they gave a block vote to Sir D. M'Lean and Captain Russell, on their promise that they would take steps to get a bridge over the harbor to Port Ahuriri, and to otherwise look after their interests, the members for Napier have not yet attempted to redeem one single promise. Six vessels cannot get into harbor, owing to the bar being bad. There is only six feet of water on it now at high water. The Southern Cross, an Auckland vessel, is not .able to load in consequence.