AUCKLAND.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 14, Issue 699, 12 July 1869, Page 3

AUCKLAND.

By the Wellington and Star of the South, both of which steamers arrived from Auckland on Saturday, we have papers to the 7th inst. We cull the following items : Te Kooti Again.—The correspondent oftheNew Zealand Herald at Alexandra, under date July G, 4 p.m., telegraphs as follows:—"I have now received intelli gence that Te Kooti is to arrive at Tokaugarnutu this day. He has thirty of his own followers with him. The rest are left at Taupo." The Thames.—AsTONisnriN-a Yield the Lokg Drive Claim.—We are indebted to a gentleman who returned last evening from Shortland for the following particulars of the crushing of speci mens from this celebrated claim :—55 > lbs. weight of specimens were crushed yesterday, and resulted in the astonishing yield of no less than 2,082 ounces of retorted &oid. As the work is proceeded with, some very good stuff co-itiuues to be met with ; and up to yesterday evening something like an additional 15U lbs. of specimens had been set aside for another special crushing on on early dale.—Daily Southern Cress, July 7. A Bullock Alvestuiie.—The Daily Southern Cross, July G, says : —An adven" turu with a bullock occurred on Saturday, which, however amusing to lookers-on or those who merely hear the story told, was a rather serious matter to the gentleman immediately concerned. Mr M'Solvin was engaged in diiving the cattle ashore from the b.s. Star of fhe South at Xohimarama, and while urging one particularly stubborn auimul on shore, was thrown from his horse, when the bull immediately turned round and charged him. He succeeded iD %ing hold of the animal's tail, which was reoiark-ibiy long, and as the bull turned round in its endeavors to core him, he was flung rapidly round, reminding him no doubt of his schooiboy days when he used to devote some of his spare time to a turn or two on the circular swing. He was observed from the steamer to be indulging in this exhilarating exercise for some minutes, but finding that owing to the length °t" the tail his catching hold was not incompatible with being tickled with the buds horns, besides running the risk of Pulling the the tail out, he let go, and a dumber of men came to his assistance«and Grove the refractory animal on shore.