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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 831, 3 October 1870, Page 2

The Institution of Engineers have awarded! a Telford Medal and a Telford Premium in books to Mr Edward Dobson, Assoc. Inst. &E. for his' paper on "The Public Works of th? Province of Canterbury, New Zealand/' Eeferring to a great native meeting now being held at Tokangamutu, the Southern pross says: —The natives generally contrive \o wrap up their intentipns in filO much mys« tery fhat it is rarely possible to forecast the ultimate issue of their meetings, The former V great native meeting" at Tokangamutu ended, so far as we were able to learn, in nothing. ' An immense quantity of pork and potatoes was consumed, and a good deal of speechifying was Saving certain enigmatical utterances by the King abou,t (•.the' right to the right," a,ud (as a matter of course) V the left to the left," we were not jpuch enlightened, and i,t seems doubtful whether we ever shall be. It is satisfactory to know, howeveri that at the* latest advices, by way o,f Qiiinemuri, everything was quiet, and there was every indication that the' meeting would terminate peacefully. But it i§ only ij.ight $o state that from a ic§e reliable source Tgre have the information that the real object of this meeting is to form a coalition between the Hauliaui and the friendly or the neutral p. r .te