NATIVE INTELLIGENCE.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XII, Issue 492, 15 July 1867, Page 2

NATIVE INTELLIGENCE.

'Ae take tire following items of native intelligence from the ‘ l)uily Southern Cross,’ Igth July ; stated a tew d.ivg ago that soma■ihinn wu3 felt at Opjt Iki for the safety o!_ -Mr Lawson. of toe 1-p Waikato E,-gt. vV e are ".an to learn, by the late mail, that Mr Lawson, who was out, of Opotdii, had arrived in camp safe. Hie h-tterj ol our 0;ootikI correspondent in another column complete the natvatL'o. ■of tee eircunist mes attending lite murd-T of Mr l!cnn.-U Wlmo and Wi IMpata. b> 1 111: 1 1) tuU ■i; I ifl ;j S ‘KMlki * ■*] f "iitila’ed condition, with the ll.sh siiJed •)!i', probably for the purpose of cam.ibalis:n, A.i doubt is now at ;m end as respect* r;m fate of Eeggs and Moore, the hodi’s o tie s»e men h • vt. ;u b.-en 1,.,un lin a frightlul condition, and brought into camp. -Nor uocs t;i_‘ laic oi horrors from this unlorlunr.te [doc end lure. One man had been burned to death in his whaiv, and aimlher dtowned U! the W.-doka, in one : ' 1 - 1 c.viftr-ns, it would up iear now io be quite c Wain that these four murder* oe, :i committed by men of tme. Uri-

" vra (hi wil l mountain•>,w country ul ill.- I>K-k of the O-jotiki plains. W’e are nfrai I tie re is ‘little eiiaiiee of the sp- eilv punishment of the :;tar il-revs. A month or t.vo aw, a truck was brought to th.* knowledge of the aa-

thoiEies at t'tvjtil;l ) by w 11x-ii it was lO'Oi.th: 11; at any in ami lin - p ir ty descendil1 -.' Irmti thvir f:\stMes«-s to ihe beach niiaiit he intercepted on th.ir way back. Inis was at the Meat only a chance. It

i.i pivlty ch-ai-that tlu mu tiering taua had L-nuio down liic \V detain valley, remaining coucea'e i on the cast or Ojxitiki -id-, il l Mr idle mi 1 iiia companion had cross, d tire nvi-r wen retreat, was impj«sinle. Jt would tcnn that communication at mg tiio be.i -h is m-w carried on by strong-armed p irt.es, so that. Up itiki is now quite cut oil unless Oy such inc-ans Irorn coumiumualioti by land with any other place. Our own correspondent, writing from the Tnames, say?:—“lie natives at ■Eniu-.nuri say will no' allow any of the 0 gat imam, or any policeman, to go up ‘ hat river to catch any native or European oil’i-n.id's; the boundary between the friendly and the King natives they have tlxed at liiku. Any ualiye c-tminitting a nitihevy, dr., amoirut t!io fi i-ndlies, and iiecinn to Vue ivittg natives, will bo punh: 0.l by a light line, but lie will not be given up to his own peoplebu! in tie case of a murderer he will be told to 11-e a way and hide himself, as tiicy will not protect ium. 1 i ad other cases inch-laud is to be a laud ■ f refuge, and they will kindly treat tlia Europeans living amongst them, accordin'?to the words ol Vv u.iam Tn uroson. do ilira says the tilings fay arc mo-t dark Enout i' cor.H cad -g of I heir (the Miorish la il. un i h -isdug of a ll ig of truce whilst , a.g'iii i.tg. and under the tl ig of truce catcli|i;ig rlie jlaoris an ! h.iuisning .ir-tn oil' to |\V,.uivkauu (I. ii A-am Is.an, is); and iho jla oia-rnor by snen [ work has aJegi'.i lid hiuisek to t;0 level ot a slave, laud th.t not tul .i Governor mi; of such

bad works leu; cs these scores will peace be restored. lie also says that. the Maoris are not so veiled with tiie Europeans ns witii the Aruwas, and luat wnen place is re-icred tney will turn their attention to thorn with the view of biottiuT their ■ ame cut, for against i ; • t ■ i>• oiva e it tr_. !!•,.•:; ; at) i, .h r. id.-, if the Gj- ■.-•)>>:• w : • r.v* to i.i vo Uleui, be hid better ;v:i.uw them lr >;;•» tiu**e idaul-. jl’ o tving .eiiive,- , e very bitter a a .d i-t the AWlVus tor a<sl-tillg the j> laeha. Amongst .dlicr p.-ae-. !.d signs of the limes is this that ti.e natives i.ave fOtiiiaen.Vvl building oeiter t.cdi.ig-ueuses, dtiere is also ,reat ivto• -dry lor seed wheat, every native L) i):g UiiXA'Uir t J [V-C*OlU til e?l:ce llu* o r '.’o'Vl'lg ■viioar. Tne -'■g.tipor.ius are sewing a htlle wheat, and building huts and e.ear,iug ground lor a Jocaa-m. Wisokt and jry.r.e oilier natives, woo wont a.ui jei.ied Ukaunuiru i, i.iolu.:i..g the Unihe-isle I j.in'o.ihy u.cMtu e i, nave returned to iOiiiiunniii-i. The he ter i i.lividu ti is uesjiuliy otiijiloyed at the illegal practice of repairing native guns, at ivniea lie dis f navs • i considerable amount of meona do d siu.J, j.vn’.eh ills a pity to see devoted to so unworthy an object. 1 would beg to suggest l ne advisability of trovermueiii completing the survey of tile Lauikati bio.k, as many of tiie natives do nut appear to know for certain where the north ra bauadary is. Now ihat a reward is otlered ter tiie discovery of a good gold-field, diggers may find their way on tnal block, and, should they find gold oa it in its present u,.surveyed state tiie natives will certainly dispute the boundary, and a large sum ba •demanded to settle I tie matter, which it would be well to obviate by at ones completing the survey, and thus save an immense amount of bother and id.feeling.

” U our duty to remove bv fair aud J'oiiorabl... means. Many of the r .n‘^ fti U ‘V u ®. northern boundary set fciih D .» tiie lagadcraugis.” GOLD AT THE THAMES. The following items of gold news are taken irom the ‘ Daily Southern Cross.’ 12th July Tarsia, sTham; s p 4 _ 4 __ yesterday in the schooner ‘ Sarah,’and re* ports Laving found gold on his land at *■n n u la^ r3, but ne S lecteJ t 0 bring whst . ' Id be » most desirable proof of his statement considering the prevalence of . o r a Tr Ur r S * ,)eci,nea of the preciou. ■ Uai. He states that he intended to have done so, but was informed by Mr M Cas--11 11 1 ? 0 Just retur,, -ed from Auckland 1 . the Superintendent was , absent at \\ edlngton, and thought it better to await his return before doing so. The ; master of the schooner confirms (he report, and adds that as a digger he is able to speak to the qualify of the gold, which I=. eicukmt. Hcpons from this quarter arc however, so stale that no inducement is ottered to entertain great expectations ot tlie auove.

TKEBriGHTBim— ThoDailjSouthcrn Cross, of the 10th July, contains the folparagraph, which, no doubt, will be rend with interest Correspondents from all parts of the province—from ilucoast settlements north and south, ami from the Upper Waikrto—have written lately about the appearance in their nei>'hbourhood of Hocks of a small bird, which has been named the ‘ blight bird,’i t p, is supposed to feed on the blight that do strays so many of our fruit trees. If thebe so we bid th > tiny stranger welcome for its usefulness. Even our readers in Auckland, in ‘populous city pent,’ mu.-t have noticed this bird making cheerful the dingy gum trees in dirty back var Is. '\\\. have abundance of birds in the forests of this province, and on our swamps, rivers, and coasts : but hitherto we have been (Jerlerci.t in what may bo termed ‘ social ’ birds, ot which the common house sparrow is the best known home type. It may bthat these pretty little birds heard tint we lurd established an Acclimatisation Son o'y. and came, thinking that they would be well used, to aid us against the insect tribe that seemed to be getting too strong foi us. And wo hope they will ho kindly treated ai.d regarded as tapued. from every disturbance and molestation. In the meantime, wo have never yet seen a quite sa isfaelory account of where they have come from, what are their habits, and if it may oo feared mat they will soon go away again, and disappear as mysteriously as limy have come.”