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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 104, 28 December 1868, Page 314

: ..Eowi xCcmtob is - receiving [ attention. tf 'lhehety^^afely-?said: V'gwTat cousini ‘‘l thoiight. was CharlfeaA* A ,3ron»a man ■whb was about ,jumping; froTh'ttiraitfWhiiedtt'm I btiqtf‘tralif' , dbtbjbred bnsiness, for an' item." ’’V"'' 1 ■ v ; ’ v ' : ; \

you cut : open avpenny fdr me, father,”; sdid a little, girl, .when shocamehombfrom: school 6he'day; G ?‘ Cttt opefi'a’.petmj? ! " What do youi-want me-tordothat -for -‘'-’Cause,’’ said the little girl, *1 our teaclier, says’ tliif in- every ipenny ’ see •-them.”-

vA niiiND MAN 'on theßoint- des*Arts. was : 6P “ Pfty ” thb'pdd r bliffd; ' frota^is ohdst ter turned’liimseU

round, and.to be intently gazing- into the water.'""’;" On * being'^teddretse'd’ P *th® "-(man torned.yrounriahd*pTOved^ndt>tGfbo ;i blind' at alii,. He explained the matter by .saying that he was fhel'fititnate frien'd bf- tfie’blipd maaVdivho lhad gohelto-'-the wedding'of-oae of his relations, hisTfriohd .to do ‘ditfy for hiin' duririg' his" absence. ‘“" - Ts'i iwas travelling in carriage; when a—blustering.-man exclaimed, 1 “I, sHduld I *like thTnect-that f of ‘ Lich* field! --I’d‘put aijueation to him -that would puzzle him.” . “ Very well,” eaid a yoipe out of another’Corne'r, “’now J for,;-IGamv-lhe Eishop.”/ Ther 'man ; viras ratherr startled, but -presently recovdredj and' said,'"** Well,'my ford, baiti you .tel! me the?.wiiy^io’diefcvon ?”' -’“--Nothingi; easier.” answered the bishop : _ “ you have only to turn to the right, and then go 'straightfor--ward.”- ’' ; - -•- 1'

v, We knew a'fellow'who,*; upon learning' that a- friend*of his had gone into the publishing'husittess at oncb’stib&fcribedfor the papery. .iThespublisher<was-rather'-delicate about sending the-bill* but after some 1 ten years had elapsed, : made bold to'dua his '‘constantreader/’when the-latter at once grew indignant,.refused to pay, and ordered the paper to be stopped,' alleging' that he had taken the* paper'for= 80-sndany r years just tokeep it-alpng; and now to. bealskpd to pay for itwaAtoo mean.’*' ... : ’ 'At the showof the Lyttelton Horticultural SGciety/held'On ampngst- were articles both, foruseWnd ‘ornament made in Jfew 2fealafnd wbods. articles are said-to-have displayed considerable skill in worksmanehip, besides evidencingithe great- bfeaiity of-tife'indc-genous‘woods :of the- colony, and-S-their fitness for ornamental purposes. . Thelfirat prize,'as usual", was carried land, where; greater ? attention, appears to be paid to this brunch of industry than in any other place irrNewZeala’nd. ' ' " "Mu ETTJTG-'OF' MAoEIS'iN WiIEA.BAPA;We- Understand, that a large- meeting of Maoris was held last-week,'at the Tupurupuru pa. ; The circular' 'sent" by" some Wanganui--or -RongitikeL -‘natives'under the name of- Tawhaio was read. . Many ofcthe leading 'Maoris spoke' aud.-iS’gairo 'siid : Wi*Waka WWtf’-prbmiabnt-iu dbhbipici ingth.e.idea-of having -the Wairarapa dis turb A letter 'from ;Karaitfana~.’of Ahtiriri Was also'-i*«ad ; tlirebtSiiing-thaMl. the wouldpome and force them.U'The urianir inousfuecision" tvas that tlio ; valiey'«ltould remaiti'fin peace -and -that iL Karuitiana they would ask the assistance of ‘to -expel' him. ‘"Another meeting: was held- at Wi- Wuka’a pa hear Rangituman on Tuesday.Wairarapa Mercury; T2tli 3>eo.- 1 ;

; ''^sfa6.ki.a'APA.-^Tt : isj ifc appears, : tlie intehtipn'*Jof- the'■Government’ to •*; erect* a ‘stockade at Masterton for the. better pro of the “Settlers. "Some,7 however, doVnot seeni to' relish theidea, as weiearu fiom the Wairaiapa Mbrcury that, “ the followii g letter: addressed' to - the lion.' E.'W. ‘Stafford,-'Colonial Secretary, ‘‘ has beonJ signed bysoine of the most influential settlors in the valley, and'copies for signa-

ture havo been generally circulated Sir, } r^We : : , tlie''hnd6rsigne^Blebt6‘ri,' 1 residents < ani-owtfers.'bf 1 property i hhy&'hea&B with regret that ifc is the in ten- < tipnjofthef-G-overnment-tperecfr stockades, < ancfca inUhis 2. We « ■con^er-robh:4&fijj^teT®®l® ,:^’, W-ptb: i < the natives, and would-«6t 'givoiaiiy:febl'hag, of security --to the -Europeam; ’ 3. sytei J opnsidertthat it ■'woukhbeafar wiser,plan | toThtiVe a'.depot m Wairarapa, of'aibopfljO 1 Armed Constabularywho could bediilled i frqnt ; i to --warnlthe. outßettlCTaJin'Case; of . dagger, \ an<hwho £i-tbev-meantimo r actfas'a ■ guard brer-, the-rbserye ammunition 'and i arihs jn J 'tlie Vtfh?y. v * ih'cß‘e'- i ] enlistrea'in i wh«iljrbndtonly‘heib*dtightta?tbesWaha.<>Jn anotherpart of the oame .paper, under the heading ; i‘ > a 'fhreatln;'wp 1 n ;'wp 'fih l (l ; ‘the ; teHowii^rrc^ i^ s i«pre#S!»?hib bailey renrp*ami‘iittrtvdtirftiirbedy ithflt-if^hb 1 I thb%iHM^dihi!B ; 'b?si;hb‘ f @b'Sf , ei!^idiftS¥t* r tS?ire !

= Affaira, fromi Napier yrith Mra Cooper jand-family. This gentlemanfmainy yeira ' ago Private Secretory to Sir'Ceprge Grey* aabsequf nfcly fenteredthtf/Nat^e^Depajrfaattenfe^irhere, Frßra^M^^'time' ! MrCooper,' years. -WMBeluleQt Magistrate in VSrritaenih] fill the post vacated Superintendent' of Canterbury,,;/ i)anng while. - always ,by , the natives pver'fwhdtn ; Ke dpfluence, was diatinguislied by a firmnesV and de*. cisibrt fWitbfftifetnj’ the trbsfenee-bi -wbibh in dealing with; the. Maori race, has notoriously jeopardised our present positioners -WellingtPhlhdepSbdeh£, r ?De6yd2. ’■>■- " : ~* 1 -fMiiiTAii'r-oi-THE ’Monday afternoon' .Colonel 'll.' S/Beatsbn, R.E., t 1 th&^colSfmaiid' oi her-MajesJy’B. troops in. w-Zealand to Lieut.-CoL G. A. .Eiliot, 2nd battalion dfitlis'bf | bf-Bngineers < tp'LieOt.H; | -The offic'er commanding in New Zealand ! ft Wreceipt - df'fbnilCol. Wetherall at the Horse';’ Guards,in.which ' the. intended movements pf the transport 1 .fi.’M."SrHUna; . fayar.was.' ta leave on ; the:‘23rd September for Hong, Kdhg, i b /n?? I -pfbiu : 1 tire‘fatter [ place she'- waar/ to proceed to this Tl .port, when the 2nd battalion 18th Regt, will be 1 embarked in ,3 the'ship fbr tp.’Queenstpw'n for-orders ffs tp c port oi

- ■ 'V'” ~ - ,3 ir ,V . . ; landing. AssißtentCommissary'Geri&ral F.- IT. Ibbetsoh ’iauhder orders to'proijeed 1 to theMrauritias -to 'assume.'ch’a'rgirthere; : )ur .contemporary, th e_ . Cross,-has. a para-. graph 1 Of notifj/irig ! “ that a change in “the"office pfrComrhan- ■ danfc of. the; is likely > to”'fake 'place shortly,'Colouer Beatson 1 and- the: Kroyal’-Engineers being abojifto l leave New Zealand, for England .br the J next available" Vessel,’’ and stating' that 5 “the .removal' of the E&y fd' Engineers tat l this'critical juncture - in.tbe affairs, of New } Zealand,” '&c.‘ We'wer'e'uhder the imJ l gineers had “left New" Zealand - with - the other troops, and* on making" enquiry on ; the- subject, w& in sq thinking,:.as the E'ojal ’Engineers embarked in,March', iß63y J i'tf * the 1 sbi'p-Electric. wr ‘ZeulbncFKerald, ' 16th Dec.- ; . A who was in the habit of /con- ~ ■ sailles-road,-was: a'/few days.ago* obsetted by the.mistress toW sitting; with his glass empty befdrff'l)imF‘*JWhaii wiliyeu take ?” saidrthe woman. 'i/iGh;- nothing‘more,” ‘ was'the reply ; “I- have but'4o sous, and ?’ h niusf I b : i^ i sbihS : dhS^coai 0 to' stifle/nSVself : with.”- “ Obj-fhat’s veiyfobiUlj,”-Vejpihad' the ( landlady, who thought he was joking'; - “ with •fwdperinywortli of f hang you rselfy : audvby'th at arrangement - you could liayo some more moncy to spend e ih*jd'rihk.’ r ‘‘‘ u TJjfoifihy 'urojft you/re right,” r saidrthe'man ho WpJnt 34'dftiis v ret y maining sous in diink.' /The next morning a he "was discdvered/fiangfng to n !• lish Baper. r t ~'-" r ' v ' A New. Way toPay Old Debxs.-t----jf Settle them iu full. - ' . ' ‘

The att; MtifipEa.—Tt is • gratifying to'learA t'fli^ r 6ißi£f’"of justi'ca'-aro' riot' likely io bejrustrated bj tha.circumstarTce rliat tbe “ tnurderer' was" not r identified !, ;by bis victim: Thdeperidently• £he~'itesti • mony of hrs ; death;,; the; admissions made by’the" accused mau of Mr Knocks,"the are sufScient to bring the’ "charge home to him.: Et’en if given in evidence, - the fact of;the matwhich the prisoner.,wore on the day of‘the •murder being fobhd”tre r ar a T pSk)f' of : bio6'd’ on the banks, of'the Oliau river atr precise-, ly the spot' where the' outrago A was perpetrated; arid othercircrilristariffal'bVldCn’ce! which will be" produced, wiU be; Buffibierit. to r convict‘ the ehas;e. - fov tHe-pibseMtion will be complete. on:Saturday nexfc,' ; When there is no'ddubt the'prlSbrier'wiirije fu’llyi bdmmftted s ;to >: take v his* trtil r bt^tfie , 'nßxt i criminal session of, the: Suprcme-.-Cpur} bri the chargebf wiiful r; murder? It Vill ap‘pfear-Th /;r Svidbrica J 'fHafr ?; tlie accused: delihßKLb>]<r.ifll:anilA(]'tn:'.ToK.. Ill*, vifttim tiiii

on seeing bun rolling on tho groulid ifter ' tKe fatal frightened and ran aVvayf Withput-caTfrying his tdesign into Wellington idd^ma§nt; i l7Hr-B£c. ii;,iu - i iu J *';, . ??;2Ehe 35i0W9«®T£tt Sowra IWiKBSi ■ —The. folio wing distre^sine^)icture;of v tlii effect''of Wrought" ‘ ffouthT^fil^i r ■ -T-'f'Becorrt tfr^rn-the: stationlfhef . tweeir'.fHe Murrumtiidgee • as deplorable. r j v ; i > pDaeß to I pasture : theirHocka upou cfeal bhardsi or i; cHoiifb ijSiMoSPHjf 1 of Sahara ortheTS^dheyCemtaon..> ? Qwing