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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XIII, Issue 567, 6 April 1868, Page 2

Metalling.— Tenders, receivable at the Superintendent’s office up to noon of Saturday, 11th April, are invited for rnetailing 102 chains of the Te Ante Eoad. Chignons have fallen ; those abominations have at last come to grief, and there is scarcely one to be seen in all Paris. The fiat of fashion has gone forth, and chignons arc abolished. The new way of doing the hair is to roll it up into a large flat cart-wheel on the top of the head, coming to within an inch of the forehead. It requires no artificial aid. —Ladies’ Own Paper. Stoppage of the Eoad feom Tauranga to Patateee.—Seizure of Messes Buckland and Fieth’s Cattle.—The Daily Southern Cross, 28th March, has the following :—We regret that the attempt to drive the mob of cattle, belonging to Mr W. Buckland and Mr Firth, across country from Tauranga to Patatere—already noted in our paper—has been unsuccessful. Some time ago we gave an account of the stoppage of the cattle by Hauhaus, when in charge of Mr Buckland’s storeman. It was believed, however, that Mr Buckland had sufficient personal influence to allow him to pass the cattle through At all events he made the attempt, and the entire mob have been taken forcible possession of by an i armed band of Hauhaus. Mr Buckland has returned to town. There were 190 head of cattle—llo being the property of i Mr Buckland, and 80 belonging to Mr Firth. Tho cattle were placed under the charge of the old chief Hori Tupaea, and > other influential chiefs, and they travelled over ground .belonging to the Tauranga 1 natives until reaching the verge of Mr Buckland’s run at Patatere. At this point between 40 and 50 Hauhaus, armed u> the ' teeth, made a sudden descent upon them. One cow was shot, and the rest confiscated i until a meeting could be held to decide what should be done with them. They t are at present confiscated in favor of Tana (William Thompson’s son and successor) ‘ j who has declared all roads on his land to tj be stopped—in accordance with instruc-

tions trom the Maori King. There were two Europeans (Mr Buckland and his sctrant) and twelve natives driving the cattle across the ranges. Hori Tupaea was sent back to Tauranga greatly affected—crying bitterly—because he had induced Mr Buckraiiu to imuv* ever the cattle to him, saying that “ Then they will be my cattle, and if they touch them they touch me," Upon arrival at the run they were to be again handed back to Mr Buckland. The Hauhaus treated him like a child. The leaders of the Hauhaus were Hakaraia, from Tapapa, and Wiremu Houmu, from Kuranui, Patatere. The ungrateful rebel Houmu had been receiving rent for the past two years from Mr Buckland for a part of the very run on which the cattle were to be depastured.