Select Poetry.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 32, 5 August 1867, Page 191

Select Poetry.

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Peince Aetbed-Ini) theAbawas.— The following: ,information t we, take r from the •Tauranga nontemporary ' says^:—“Jt-is not perhaps s generally known .that, a.kouse.has for some months past been in course of erection by •the Arawas ‘at' Tarawera, 1 near tlife lake, for the reception,.of the Duke,qf -Edinburgh when he shall visit this part of the colony, ■ which it is believed he wilt do. While- he is in the‘Bay of Plenty it ; is not unreasonable to expect that Tauranga may be honored by a visit from 1 his Royal Highness.”

Maobi Tangi.— The Tauranga Record, 13tlvJuly, says :—‘‘ißawiri Taipari, a quiet inoffensive chief at Maucgatapu,.much,respected .by, all who knew him; died on the Ist irist. - The feast on the occasion was the cause cf a. great gathering of the Ugaterarangi tribe, who took advantage of the liberal supply of provisions which had been prepared. Tor the . tangi., From, a reliable source we learn that there we’re not fewer than forty-seven canoes and boats from the •different, settlements.; of. Tauranga on the beach at one time. The outward demon-’ strations of grief made by visitors'on landing was not so great .'as might have been expected. Probably tiie preparations made for rejoicing and otherwise satisfying their voracious -appetites^had a magic effect in moderating their sorrow. The. bill.of fare consisted of 2000 loaves, 600 kits of potatoes, and 50 pigs;; -There were about-600 natives .’present, and. a sprinkling of Europeans induced by curiosity and a cheerful wiater’s day to show their .sympathy with thefttiourners, -and exchange greetings.with Their Maori friends. Mr Mack»y, 1 Civil Commissioner, was present/’ • ‘ ;

The Adtentub:es : of Willis, the Bank MaNa!GEB,t—A correeporrdcut fu'rnishes to a Daylesford, journal ; the following particonnected with ’the search'for, and the apprehension,of,'Willis,'whohas;.been committed;.-for, trial on three separate charges.in connection _w ith the defalcations in the Tarnagulla branch, of the Colonial Bank:— ** W lllis left Taynagulla on Thurs. day, 13th June; on Saturday, the 15th, he arrived at Gisborne,-arid stopped at Mr Gardiner’s . Hotel. From , that house he sent a boy with his horse and a note to a Malmesbury hotelkeeper. t Ho then walked from Gisborne to Melbourne fin foot. When near-the Diggers’ Rest toll-gate, he .asked permission from a shepherd named Br‘own,;td;lie. down for a few hours, and was refused. Although very weary at the time,’ he walked on to Keilor, aiid called at the Waggoners’ Arms Hotel, where lie said he had made a bet with a man 'in Ballarat for a walking match. He remained there that night., On Sunday he walked into Melbourne, and stopped with a friend in ‘ Fitzroy three nignts. i On Wednesday, 1 the 19th, he weut to the house of hip mother-in-law, on Emeraldhill. Willis had a narrow escape at Gisborne, on Saturday.’ Detective Black was .thjerei .on .au arson case., at Tea-tree Flat. Black did hot .mention to Gardiner anything about' Willis, otherwise;he must have been, at once; put on : Willis’s track. Mr Inspector Green traced Willis on the road to town on -Monday, the 17tli, and gave ■.'.information .that, Willis had been seen, clean shaved, near Kyheton. The bank authorities, hot having been able to get any positive information. up to .Tuesday, the 18th, engaged Mr Otto Berliner, who traced Willis into Melbourne. The detectives did. not seel Willis enter the house—rhe. was there from Wednesday to Saturday. Wheh’ a telegram with the proper-description arrived, search was at once- made,,, and Willis found.” We may add that Willis’met his wife at' Emeraldhill,- and: that he. urged- her to go and -inform upon him, that she-might obtain the reward for herself and’ her children, but Bhe declined ;to ; do so; M :

Thames Goid.—KTo fittle excitement was .causedjfnjitowinon; Saturday, when it •was currently reported that there was on view, .at the premises of Messrs'. Gilberd and Manley,- Wyndliam-street, a sample of gf>h| ranga. _ * The sample produced' showed sootethihg less, than; a -couple ,of grains • of Te s-£9s»- “ternuxed with, black uon sand. After la careful investigation into i.thei - matter,, iwe have..the ■- very • best authority for stating that the gold in question is a portion of Wliat Was taken out of the Karakav Cheek in July, 18(55,i ial jthe of which two young men of the Middleton assisted Mh 1 Waiter WilliamSon’d party;; 1 i .Wfieri the tmen jleft the district:;th.ejr:, .took ;away with them a .sarople to show to their friends.—sduthern JprOSSjJ uiy.29i I'-i ,v>: <-! ream that -you have yourself an eclnor.—Yankee JfftjwrT’'