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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XII, Issue 537, 26 December 1867, Page 1

A Pretty Qeaekei,. —A very pretty quarrel has taken place in Wanganui between two clci’gytuen, both of whom we know and respect. “It appears,” says the i'imes, “that in August last the Rev. C. H. S. Kicholls, Incumbent of Christ Church, addressed a letter to ‘Mr Harding. Wea leyan Minister,’ in which he said that ho had been informed that ho (Mr Harding) had attempted to lead away members of bis church by offering his ministrations to them unasked, itc. Mr Harding, in reply, | asked Mr Richolh’ reason for addressing him in a manner quite unusual, and said—- “ It may bo that you do not respect my ordination to the office and work of the Christian ministry, and yet I think you will not take such unusual aclionfrom that stand point.” Mr Hicholls, in reply, said—- “ You claim to be addressed as ‘reverend,’ according to the ‘common usages of society,’ i.e., the world. This I cannot conscientiously do, and I will tell you why, kc.” Thus commenced a correspondence, which the Rev. Mr Harding, has had published, but which the booksellers of Wanganui refuse to sell! For what reason we know not, for the letters in themselves arc harmless enough. We may some day find room for the whole of them ; meantime the Rev. Mr Harding must act as his own bookseller.—lndependent.

Ekormocs Ckntii'Ede.—On Thursday morning, eomooftho workmen employed on the West Maitland bridge, dug out a monstrous centipede, about ten inches long, and thick in proportion, in removing a portion of the bank. The frightful insect was captured alive, and is now preserved by Mr Gilfillan in a bottle. When first' placed in the bottle, the insect bad with it a mass of what appeared to be eggs, but after having been in “ durance vile ” for some time, the eggs were found to have disappeared; the bottle having heed closely corked, the presumption is that the centipede itself had swallowed them.—Mercury.

Go 1,0. —Wc- have been informed or. the best authority that gold was found in the Poverty .Bay district as long ago as 1859. The party was digging a hole on the bank of the lurangauui Iliver, Makaraka, about seven miles from the sea, when near the surface a snrrmlo of gold, resembling small fish scales, was picked up. Our inIformant lias no doubt that a paying goldifield exists in the locality, if a proper 'search were made. Our informant also ;gtatcs that at llikurangi, near Waiapu, about 100 miles from Poverty Bay, minerals of almost every description are picked up in large quantities. There are also petroleum springs in the vicinity, which have been purchased by the Provincial Government of Auckland.—lnde-

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