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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IX, Issue 486, 20 June 1867, Page 2

Repoeted Hostilities jt the Bay oj Islands.—The New Zealand Herald, June 8, regrets to learn that a land dispute between certain natives, to the westward of tho Wain, ate Block ha* actually led to open hostilities between the two parties. That journal says:—“The information we hare received is meagre, but, as far as it goes, reliable. It appears that a parly of twelve natives built a whare upon land | which they either supposed to be or claimed :as their own, and that having done »o they were forcibly ejected by a party of somefifty or silty natives, who differed in opinion with them as to tile ownership of tiio jlaud. The weaker party made a run of it, | and were fired upon by the ejectors, happily i without effect. Tuesday last, the day on which our informant left the neighborhood, had been appointed as the day on which the matter was to have been settled by a resort to the rifle, but being a very wet day as our readers will recollect, the affair had not come off. Mr Edward Clarke was, wo understand, on his way to endeavor to try and arrange tho matter, and prevent any further violence.” 1

Disiukdiku Voi.rKTEES3.~A notice 1 has appeared. in the (Jrazette, disbanding ' the W aimea-ilast company of Volunteers. Tub Dot* cakcies. — ilosos AsroxGt | riiEiVES. —The South London Journal has | the ‘allowing : —“ There lives, or lived only | a short time ago (and if gone to his fathers !no doubt his place has been supplied) an jancient gumn.ikcr m Mayfair street, who is fashionably known as “ l!»e kinu of the dog-jie.ilers.'’ A mysterious oracular old gentleman he is, as we can lestify. Nearly all the old ladies in the West end, who rej nee in large families of pugs or Charlie*, pay him regular black mail and live in peace ; but woe betide the restive ones w ,o object to be robbed “decently and in uricr. bhomd one of these lose her dearly - oelorcd Ftdo, happy will she be if, after going down on her knows to his obdurate .Majesty, and paying him a fee equal to three years’ black mail, she receives back into the bosom of her family the unfortunate Fido with a whole skin. And yet, even dog-stealers sometimes have a conscience j and to prove this, now that we are on the subject, we will tell a story “ as (was telt to us." A friend of the groat

animal painter, Sir E L . lost a valuable dog. Ho iiiitant.lv applied to Sir ill , knowing ho had n large acquaintance among dog—well, let us s*s—fimcisrc Sir E. promised to do his best to get bark his friend’s dog. Tiiere happened to call on Sir E. that day a dog fauc.er who was at the head of his profession, i’o him Sir K. described his friend’s dog, and told tne man plainly th it £lO was the sum which would bo paid for his return to his owner. Bill said he happened, curiously enoum, to know who had the dog, but ho could not bo restored under a fortnight ; in a fortnight's time he could answer for him, but sooner than that the tiling was impossible. “ vVell, my man,” said Sir E., “you know your own business, bur mind, I cannot answer for ray friend not changing his miud in that time, a.id not one penny wil bo paid in any case should the dog be injured. Ihu friend did nut change his mind, however, and at tue end of tue for:night the dog was returned safe and sound lo Sir E., and Bill received his illJ. Some little time after, Bill had occasion to call on Sir i£. on other business. After this wag despatched, Sir E. said, “ Look hero, Bill, I warn to know for my own satisfaction why your friends wont to the expense

aud risk of keeping mv friend’s dog t'l other day for a whole fortnight, when you must hare told them that the money was ready for them, and the thing was safe." Bill scratched his head, but at last ha made answer: “Well, Sir K., yon have beau a good friend to mo, and I don’t mind telling you. The fact is, dir I took yon;' friend's dorg myseii, bat I sold him to a gout, as look such a fancy to him that [ couldn’t find it in my heart to take him from him unjdr a fortnight.” Now, if that is not hotK.r among theives, pray what l* it? ”