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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 14, Issue 715, 6 September 1869, Page 2

HOW THE REBELS GOT THEIR AMMCJXI TIOM. "There is nothing," a native tells us, whose present position should sho iv him to be a good authority, "serves nur purpose better than a good fiiflit. After the pakehas have retired, wliich itny generally do, wj pick up hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition. VVhole packages we often find oh rust under tin j-oots of.trees and all sons of out-of-the-way holes and corners. This was especially the case at several o f ' the engagement on the West Coast. We used to buy from the soldiers, too, sometimes, and once got 200 rounds for Is 6d and a tin pot." Bu these sources of supply are failing now, and the e is reason to believe that the want < 1 ammunition is the chief cause of the surVender of themselves by the natives. When Titukowaru was surprised at Oioutu, ■whence he decamped so hastily that he lets his coat behind with £l2O in cash in ih pockets, several packages of ammunition were foun..l with not more than o;ie teaspoonful of powder to a dozen bullets, an the small package of powder wrapped Uj inost carefully in almost innumerable 10l s of paper and cloth to preserve it from tin damp —Wellington independent, 31s August. Flax Report.—The following repott on JNe-v Zealand flix forwarded to a gen tlemun in Tiuiaru by Messrs A. and i ; . Edward and Co., of Dundee, is of conejderable public interesi : —" We hav examined the New Zealand flax. It i nearly thirty years ago si ce we wrought some of this flax, at the request of Q\»verupient. We had ir. made mto sail caivas. and sent to the Government, but we neve, learned what was the result in the weai of the canvas. It was feared it, would no Wear well, being hard- in the condition ul the sample bale th> flix is almost useless the woody matter h snot been separated from the apparently the result ul imperfect steeping or want of scutching Jf it can be prpj.erly cleaned, the mateiiit Would have a considerable va'ue, say £43 or thereby per tou, here. Enclosed is a sample to show the condition in widen the lowest mark of Russian flix is received here. There is no doubt it the New ZeaJanu flax can be cleaned in a simi ar manner that largely used here." Mb. Busby's Land Claim.—The following resolution was carried in the House pf Representative* on the Ist September, by 24 votes against 16:—That an award having been given against the colony by the arbitrators appointed under the provisions of Land Claims Arbitration Act, 1867, it is incumbent on this liouao to Satisfy the same without further delay, and that the tjr'ifeTr.ment be requested to faltf jawwdiatv steps to effect,