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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2193, 7 March 1881, Page 2

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[TEH PBBBS ASSOCIATION.J NEW PLYMOUTH, March 7. Holiday. To-day is observed as a general holiday, on the occasion of the Waitara Regatta. Ship Signalled. A ship was signalled off Cape Egmont last night, supposed to be the Adamant, with the harbor plant on board. NELSON, March 7. Rifle Shooting. The thirteenth match, Wellington Ladies’ Cup, ranges at 200, 250, and 300 yards, seven shots each. The following are the prize-takers in order :—Harding (Oamaru), 78 ; Webster Otago), 77 ; E. B. Otey (Taranaki), 73 ; Payntcr (Stoke), 73; Foster (Wanganui), 73 ; Shaw (Wellington), 72 ; Hunter (Waimoa),Cameron (Thames), Purnell (Wanganui), each 71 ; Anderson (Olutha), Wilkinson (Dunedin), Laird (Wanganui), Bom. ington (Wanganui), Adams (Bruce), each 70; Thomas, 69. The following also made 69 without taking prizes : —Coleman, MoLeod, Bageraettow, France, O. Boss, E. Pratt, Sergeants Ballinger, Taylor, Richardson, Wilson. Later. In the Ladies’ Cup, Armstrong (Thames), 75, takes third place, end Thomas (Thames) gets no prize. WANGANUI, March 7. Demand for StockThe sale of stock on Messrs Owen and Lethbridge's Bualangota run concluded on Saturday, having lasted four days. The amount realised will prove about £15,000. Good competition prevailed for all classes of stock, DUNEDIN, March 7. Fire. A five-roomed cottage in Maneford Bay, owned and occupied ty Mr John Pearce, was burned down on Saturday night, and an adjoining cottage pulled down to save the fire from spreading. The insurances amount to £450 in the Colonial. IN VEliO ABOIL L, March 7. Settling. The settling on the races was as follows : Mr Prince, Derby, £9l; S.J.O. Handicap, £95 ; Tradesmans' Handicap, £3B—total, £227, Mr P. Butler, Cup. £ll2 10s; Hurdles, £3B—total, £IBO. M- B. Kidd Diitrict Handicap, £l7 10s ; Hack (Selling) Race, £ll 5s —total, £56 15s. Mr Chaifes, Maiden, £23 15s ; Consolation (w. 0.), £9 10s —total, £33 ss. R. P. Anderson, District Selling, £l9—tota' £l9. H. Goodman, Derby, second, £l9—tola), £l9. Grand total, not running, £535. Land LeagueThe Southland branch of the Land League numbers over a hundred. At the meeting on Saturday it was decided to invite Mr Robert Stout to visit Invercargill, and deliver a lecture on the land question. TIMAEU, March 7. PoachingTwo men, for trespassing on land at Washdyke with dogs in search of game, were fined £5 and £lO respectively at the Magistrate's Court this morning.

AUCKLAND, March 5. LunacyA young man named Henry Edwards, who threatened to burn down the offices of the Union Sash and Door Company, was sent to the Lunatic Asylum. Why? Tho Otahuhu District School committee desired to establish a penny savings bank, but the Education Board refused permission. The Purchase EnquiryThe Purchase inquiry re tho Auckland College is proceeding. Mr H. H. Lusk and Mr J. S. Pounds, manager of the Union Bank of Australia, were examined. Their evidence was unfavorable to Mr Mackao, tho head master. New Steamer. The steamer Waihau has been launched from Messrs Fraser and Tinne’s yards. She .y is intended for the Thames and Te Aroha trade. CAMBRIDGE, March 5. Native LandsAfter several adjournments of the Native Lands Court, Mr Sbeehan, as counsel for the "Crown, announced that arrangements hud been come to for the settlement of tho Pokawenua and Huiauatihi blocks. A thousand ■ Boros would bo out up for non-sellers and objectors to the terms, and an order will bo made by the Court on Monday. This will bo ■the second block committed. The WhaitiKurimiu block, another portion of Patetere land, will then bo gone into. An ExplanationThe reported Maori outrage at Horahora has been greatly exaggerated. The statement about tho bags of bone dust belonging to Messrs McLean having been thrown into the river, and other destruction caused, is false. The Maoris simply attempted to prevent the destruction of an old burial ground. [TOOK THE OWN COBBBSPONDENT OB THE PBBSB.”] WELLINGTON, March 5. The following telegram from the Wellington correspondent of tho 41 Southland News ” has been circulated by the Press Association:—“A new loon of £3,000,000 is to be raised as soon as time allows. The necessary papers left by the out going mail. It is stated that the Government have also prepared an exhaustive report re tho value of the property and works of the Colonial railways, which is thought to indicate selling the lines to the Brogdens, and the formation of a syndicate in opposition to Sir J. Vogel.” 1 have authority for stating positively that not one word of truth is in this highly imaginative story, which has not even the slightest foundation. Much surprise is felt at the Press Association making itself the medium of spreading such absurd political canards. Tho Government have received intelligence that tho Wairarapa Maoris are about to hold a monster meeting shortly at Te Ore-ore, and have issued invitations far and wide. They aro very anxious that it should be clearly understood by the Europeans to be merely a friendly social gathering, of no political •significance whatever. The Natives have been preparing for this meeting for a long time by collecting provisions and saving money to defray its cost. The idea originated with Paroa, on East Coast prophet, but it seized on the Maoris like a mania, and they have been full of it ever since. It baa been pointed out to the Maoris that monstrous waste and expense, and subsequent privations, would be the only practical result of the intended feast, but they refused to be dissuaded, and are determined that it shall surpass all previous efforts of the kind.