Interprovincial Items.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 804, 14 July 1870, Page 3

Interprovincial Items.

It is stated by the local paper that at Wairarapa 20,000 sheep have been boiled down at an average cost of 5s each. The New Zealand Herald, July 2, says : —Sorrow must be the predominant feeling in the mind of every right-thinking person at the news of our Raglan correspondent, published to-day. But sorrow that the natives will not allow us to live at peace with them must be mingled with a large amount of indignation at the lawlessness of.their proceedings, and regret that former lessons have made so small an impression. On the morning of the 23rd June Messrs llbury and Higgins' stores were broken open, and cash box and goods carried off by a band of Hauhaus, under Maneha, Hone Kiwi, and Waata (Kingite chiefs ) It seems a matter of doubt as to whether these acts have been done with the approval of the whole of tho King party or not. Hone te One and his friends are annoyed, and at a meeting of natives it was decided to erect a pa at Aotea for the defence of the Raglan district.

Forty-five of the Armed Constabulary Force left Wellington for Wanganui in tht Luna on Tuesday last. They are to b( stationed at Waihi. We (Wellington Independent) are indebted to the Governm nt for the follow ing telegram : "Taupo, July 5. Tongariro has been in active operation for about two months. Bumbling like distant thunder is heard at short intervals; accompanied by very slight trembling of the earth. During the day dense columns of black smoke are emitted sometimes to a great height. At night as many as three streams of fire have been seen descending the mountain side, from the crater to a considerable distance. The prospect of this mountain on a clear night is very grand. That which appears to be smoke during the day, is seen as a column of fire at night lighting up the whole mountain. Part of the mountain has fallen in." The measures for lighting the city of Wellington with gas are proceeding favorably. The necessary apparatus was shipped in May, and a site has been selected in Courtney Place. An Auckland paper of July 6 says: — During the last few days a large flock of sparrows has taken complete possession of the Post Office, and may be seen in numbers on every pinnacle and projection of the building. A correspondent of the New Zealand Herald suggests that the million loan should be equitably divided amongst the whole of the European inhabitants of New Zealand, which he says would give some £3 each. This notion of appropriation, to say the least of it, is novel. The following telegram from Dunedin appears in the Evening Post:— " Great dissatisfaction is expressed at the proposed increase in the duty on blankets and rugs to ss; it will be from 20 to 22i per cent, advance per pair on ( invoice cost, which, together with import charges, will be a considerable tax on the consumer."

The Auckland Evening New?, July 4, sajs: —"There was a meeting of Mr S. Hague Smith's creditors this morning, and an arrangement was proposed and accepted with general expressions of sympathy. In January, 1867, Mr Smith had a balance in his favor of £22,838. Since then, his lossss have amounted to £33,106. His assets at Co3t price at the present time, after disallowance of mortgages, are esti mated at £21,000. His losses this year amount to £II,OOO. Total liabilities, £29,000. We deeply regret the necessity that Mr Smith has felt himself under to yield to the pressure of the times after so protracted and energetic a struggle against adverse circumstances."

The Evening Post saj s : —The Union Steam Navigation Co. is now an established fact, having been registered as a joint company, with limited liability, only a few days ago. The establishment of a paper-mill in Auckland is advocated, and preliminary steps have been taken. Prom Taranaki we learn that a great native meeting is to be held at Pariaka or. the 18th September. Messengers have been seut to all parts of the island. The object of the meeting is to re-establish ge» neral peace. Te Whiti says Taranaki commenced the war, and Taranaki must end it.

A seal was recently caught at Castle Point, measuring 8 feet 6 inches. The country press of Otago, as a matter of course, supports the financial proposals of the Government, especially the protective duties.

The Thames Advortiser says:—Mr H. M'Kenzie, who returned from Tauranga yesterday, via Ohinemuri, informs us that a fire broke out there on Monday, June 27, on the premises occupied as an orderly room for colonial forces, which was totally destroyed. The building was detached from any other, consequently the flames were confined to it. We have not heard the cause of the conflagration.—We. learn that the telegraph works are progressing satisfactorily. At the Auckland Police Court recently Mr Robert Graham was charged, ou the information of Mr John Lundon, with a breach of the Marriage Act, by making a false declaration to the Registrar of Mar riages, on the 2nd June, for the purpose of procuring a certificate. The bench wa> occupied by seren Justices of the Peace, who, after hearing the evidence, decided by a majority to dismiss the case. It wat alleged that the lady, Miss Jane Home was Mr Graham's niece; but the Court held that the evidence did not establish the statement. .

The Wellington Quartz-cruihing Company is embarrassed, as the subscriptions are greatly in arrears. We (Wanganui Herald) have been *hown by Messrs Anderson Brothers samlies of glue manufactured in Dunedin. The qualities are numbered'l, 2, and 3, and we are assured that No, 2 is equal to the best Imperial glue, while it is 30s per cwt. less in price. This is worthy of the attention of the cabinet-making and carpentering trades. On the 15th ult., at Stoke, Nelson, a fatal accident occurred, the circumstances of which were very similar to those attending the death of Mr T. Potter in this Province, only three days previously* The deceased, Joseph Spink3, butcher, and one or two others, had driven some cattle into a slaughter-house with the intention of shooting one of the cows. Spinks loaded a gun and leaned it against the door. Shortly afterwords the gun fell down and went off, and the bullet, after passing through the door, shot him through the heart, causing almost immediate death, lit transpired in evidence that the gun was faulty, and would not remain at either cock or half-cock. At an inquest held on the following day a verdict of " accidental death" was returned.