MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 71, 21 September 1877, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

? A cotTiwn'MirioMfc of i ho Westp^n Tnflt*- ' p-ndent, NW South Wak-s, wiiunt-^m •, Warren on Au jtiMt 10, snys :— t have j,u*f "%. refurnH fro'n « trip' down tlt«» !W»fqii»rii' and Oa4li>reit!ih. •This droutrKt is inrlefd fearful, nnd I fpif •• flip Pi,rJ is not ve h " who, 12* month Knee, couH draw a cheque fund s.">t.i! p rt id) ibr £10(100, . cannot draw one for £1000- InHeed theic are somp pnoi- Mlows, who. through hard vrork and fruimlitv, had noaHv readied the ton of the UirMer before this frightful drou'ln, risitfd tlipm. but, now they nr<> nearly b'gijnrs. f do not exonirerate wlu>n I tell vnti I know some sqnattprs Who, out of fl ><-ks of (s»iy 50,000 -hpor. hnva not a tenrh of tlu-m left and cattle owners on tnMnr stations are just as urett losers Tlip noise of itie axp and saw can -bn httrtril on many rum falling tlm hnndsoini' and dinning mvall'* to Mit^tniii b fg in Hie perishi •<» bciK^. wlio no^v «lrn»«f rffu«e it as food on nccontit of flip nil liut ini|K'rcepril)fe sprtrtt; in die youn<i Uvan< on some partly favoured spots on thp rmiH .Therp are some runs which are all right yet f'»r feed »nl \vx\er, hut for how long is another mittpr. The heat is now almost too .tji'pafc to boar down I lie rirers, and tlie sky is alwnys destitute of clouds. Tlip black catrrpillar-i in mvnads nre on " the l*"a f '." and eat up evprvr ve-diyo of Krepn feed. Sucli is my plain und unvarnished tale. The Murtmotulan 1 trrubbinpf o o*nfions nre perppfujilly cropniner up. According fo tli« Wiinganni J-fprald, tlie parties *' enrrineecintj" the Idofk nt "Wanuanui have made another mc-v-. arid ihis ittne an important one On Thursday thev paid over £1600 a» rent for the block for three yeurs, reukoninc one year hack and two years in advance. About one third of t e nnmes to the memorial of ownership (209) have boen obtained* and is to bpcome a struggle on ♦he part of the remainder between need and tbo sacrifice of tlipir land. It i« an tmeqml contest. On the one side there is a neap of sovereign*" bright and yellow." meaning food, clothing, and waipero in abundance for the time being, and on the other, a return to their set* foments empty han'led. Of course, the principle' of *' no signature, no money," will be «trictly carried out, and several of the leading ra.igntiras, to fchpir shame be it «aid, h-iving aeceptpd the pav of the spoilpr. will lend their iirfluetice in persuading the wretched owners to sign away their birthright. We. have heard much of the failure of tlic Government in the matter of purchasing native lands. Hpre is an ooportuniiv for the Government. Let them pnrchif" 1 thp block at a 'air price, and put a stop t • the present negotiation< which savour so strongly of monopoly. — Wellington Post. A private letter says, evetv arrangement, for playing in New Zealand is getting on satisfactorily. Their idei is to play only tue four princip-il cities, unless tim • should enable 'hem to take a small town or two en vmite from ow 1 place to another. After playing nt Duno'lin, Auckland, Chrirftehunjl). and Wellington they purpose challenging flio strength of tlio ' whole f'olony, lo p'av at Chfistclmrch, as the final match. Mr Sweet is to write to the different places to secure their cooperation. Conwnv will start in advance of the Eleven about three weeks, so as to fiave ample time to arrange all preli minaries. The High School of Ofcago Boems to have been an unfortunate institution, According to a correspondent of the " Guardian " the .first rector was ol' a " fiery fcempevament," jho sscond was " cruelly and cpitefully used," the third, " with his family, was drowned," the the fourth wis " hounded from theee shores by bigotry and cant," the fifth was literally murdered," and the sixth "resigned under j •very extroa linary circumstances."

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