Untitled

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 103, 21 December 1868, Page 306

The War on the East Coast.— -A lecture on the above subject was to have been delivered .in Aucklandon . the evening, of Thursday last, by EL Ellis. - ;

: Ladx -BpWEN.T—We understand that Lady Bowen and [family may be expected in-Auckland by H.M.SI. Charybdis, or the Colonial,Government p.s. Sturt, during the present week.—:New Zealand Herald, 11th [December.-. ,

! A New Zealand “Settler ” —Sydney Punch has a cartoon styled “A, New:Zealaind Bettier,'' or Mr Punches cure for Maori massacres, taken from’ah East 1 Indian' recipe” which was ’ foutfd’,* reni arkably effica--cious;abide y'ears ago.” 1 “It : represents; a truculent Haiihau tied to’ themuzzle'Of a‘loaded gun,; to which the fuse is he applied.' Three of thhNaval Brigade 1 ’ are looking grimly oh; The atraare. paralleled by those of Poverty ’ Bay, why, therefore, should no t a'Maori he , meted the same measure as a Hindoo? . ' !

■ of thßjTJppeb ,Thames.--We: ax)e enabled to rtlie fplioyving extract a letter received in Auckland on Saturday. The statements,, ve believe, may‘ i b'e thoroughly'.relied-nphn. -Y Mr Mackay has already goneup the Thames; andthe payment of thousand he would niake the natives who have already thrown their land: open tiy the gold diggerlwilhho doubt aid him • very rrconsiderably£in^epncluding : >hegotia^; natives.'. *;Of course Mr Msckayj pnbehalfof’theO-eneral him;to^yh^^^^ilk^sh^;aiiikp3ly. use'bfdtdbr/g6ldvdiggingtspurppsesi*cThfe • letter ! Te H ira* has pon : land? ! atrongest' opppbsitloriTV but baye v Te^Hir^4 : he j is" to ' manage thah ;V Sbiheth.fchersi ;! '- , .T : thihk' Fmay. ftfa'fely. i r ,wiU^eld^o!n:fb^hpEs^’df ; >hdt wlflSgiv.eJ.hp the: P December, , / - v ,

Death ob ' December/ ceasedwas engaged inseveral'of-Neison’e : was afl#rwards iion and/tiger-hnnting. in India ; and .until within the' last few years and After; allfhis hardships a few! dayß' bf Hia 'dbath,; to do u little gar* deuing;Aai-^-;^v^ ;V ; ; s "

■. / Death - 37, ; pEb I w^'a.^.]SrßiapK.—A A : fatal last," at the port, to a man' named Tb.omaa Lake; /late- ca£pbntef. Bmyaii: r^t a man with a large- family, and •/who! had been! in ; the'/employ of/Gaptain-Allen for the! liast ,eighteen ! months/was 1 /returning, in company: ■ with some- of his! shipmates, to. the vessel, whioh’ is lying; alongside'the Government. Vpharf, abobtibleyen o’clock' on the night stated, whemhe fell oyer the ladder into the /water. ‘ Ati •incjuest,;. was held yesterday,': wheh/;thV/fplhjwing evidence was adduced by one. of the witnesses, who is an apprentice on board the John Banyan The deceased was carpenter to t&e ship. About 10.30, or KX4S,- on Tuesday night, 1 was on-the poop by the side , of ..the, ladder, ;. The sailtnakercame oniboard first; he.,was/followed by the carpenter, ; who, i as., lie. was coining /on board, fell off ; the. gangway oyer the yope into the water. ~He was not sober. There was no, one, else .on the gangway with him. I,heard him coming down the !wharf with the sailmaker arid the Frenchman; they were not : quarreling. The ship wa3 quite still at, the, time. It wa'a quite light enough for him to see. .the/ gangway. 14 Efforts .were. made to save the drowning man, a rope being fastened round his body, but „it. .unfortunately, gave way, and the body ~ was not recovered, until yesterday ino.rning, when it. was picked up/ oil the side of the- Government Wharf—Nelson Examiner, Bee. 10. ;i / . /;.?• . / Gbime ih Axrcxi.ASD.^We. find/ the following in the New . Zealand .Herald, 16th December“ Deeds ofviolenoe seem; to be onthe increase- inthisoity, and; from the number of .burglaries or at* tempts at burglary whioh have: lately occurred, we fear that there must be;dn. existence an organised gang of., midnight marauders in our midst. -'The , police force is at . present so weak in pointrof numbers as. to be ; comparatively power* less 4o prevent th e depredations ofsuch characters; and, although a more efficient staff than the present one under - the command of our worthy Commissioner could hardly be found, yet,’under the, present state 1 of affairs, it is highly-necessary—«. nay, imperative—that: the; forces- should be numerically; increased,, and .that without.. delay/ •> The rebreaking / opCn of the stores' of Messrs Taile is..immediately followed,by. a, daring and determined rifling of the safes in M essrs Henderson & Maefarlane's.stores; and we learn tdsday that on Monday, ovei ing, a gentleman residing, ia the vicinity of Ho.bson-street had his door*, and windows .‘ tried/ Two or , three,men werp heard upon the verandah and upon tKe/adjoining/premises,.; but their evil intensions werC;; happily hippedinthe bud by the .watchfulness of some! neighboring doge, which; gave the alarm,.and, the rascals deoamped. Wo have/ heard, more-, over, .of certain suspicious , characters having been observed/hanging about the-; Upper Queen-streef after dark, in epianner that boded ho, good to by. “We believe that , the police have/gob. scent of some gang of desperadoes and we trust that, it-wiil h®t be,Tong before they are brought to justice, In the meantime it b'ehoves;al}: citizens to. Iteep their doora and windows fastened, during the night, and,. and, use all, reasonable' precautions against attempts of the above .nature.” '

■; SinottiiAß Accident.—The drama of the ; Siege of ; Magdata, now being, per* farmed ,at Astley’syVwas ;.on Tuesday night, 6th October, made more than jardinarUy realistic by au Occurrence which-'gave a lisfc'bf wo i dn l dfed , 'a8 ,i gfeat"aß; -that which re* ; suited from^^heVorigihah’siege'iti.Abysihia. To 'add*' to" the*-effect Of 'the* scene,, the r Tgatewajr,of tlio fortress'is i&saulted.iii the last’ act; by s a body of soldiersof the Scots FusilierGHiards, who charge acrosa the stage and heights amidst thethundering of Cannon" ahd the rattle of' musketry! The' discharge of ordnance is. imitated by: little v bafthrieis = 'placed behind BlrffiSk^bbp^ even thdl: wiro^^wei^'' / -wbunded. V fromTcidstvdf 6lddd*^fl«gmeit^cifltha todfe&g&ft p^pli^M^t^igbC tmgh/andicaused.aTery^baddaggecLwound. IftOfiPAnnff ifc tt) ionlo 6XtfiQt^kA:Rlil awl- q« j 7 >OB, >