AUCKLAND.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 452, 4 March 1857, Page 7

AUCKLAND.

The Zingari brings us papers, from this pro vince only four, days later than those-pre-viously received by the Mary Louisa, " The f dead-lock' continued and no solution of the difficulty seemed likely to be proposed., The opposing parties in the House, seemed to enjoy the stoppage of. business which resulted from the position of the double election question, and members are represented as eating; sleeping and amusing themselves when.tired of talking. We shall be anxious to ace what is the Actual result of this very; anomalous statp of■ things. > We are infprined that the Superintendent has sought an interview^ with the Governor :hoping tof obiaih such advice as would lead tq a solutiou^of the difficnlty.

A.public dinner was given on .'Saturday, the 14th February,, by the Chamber QftCbmm erce'to Mr.- Wetton, the agent of the Royal <West India, Mail Company. In returning .thinks after the drinking of his health. Mr.' Wetton '^escribedthe position of the Company, and the facilities which' their present arrangements 'afforded for carrying out the line of communication with1 Australia via Panama. • The voyage to England could he performed, he*'said; within six weeks,'but its carrying out was a matter of pounds, shillings and pence and he referred to the Government of New Zealand and Australia for an answer to the, question whether this grand , scheme should be carried into effect. In'commercial matters, Auckland isVated to be in a very depressed condition, trade a id shipping falling off most perceptibly, so that the most gloomy anticipations.are. entertained by many of those engaged in business. The following General Government Reserves in the^ Province of Canterbury are made by notification by the Governor in the Gazette:—■ 1. 'For a site for public buildings and for Military defence, the'lsland of Motunau, containing 5 acres. 2. For Military defence, the top of the hill on the North side of the Town of Akaroa contaming,2o acres. . », • 3., For a site for public buildings, allotment No. 71, containing 34 perches.situated atßruce's landing place in the town of Akaroa. . 4. For a site'for public buildings, allotment No. 96, containing 1 rood and 4 perches, situate at the Middle landing place in the town of Akaroa. "~ •' ■ ' ' 5. For Military defence 20 acres of land at Patiti Point hear the town of Timaru. • 6. For sites for public buildings sections 25, 26, 30, and 31, containing 1 acre and 13 perches in the town of Timaru. , „ In the same 'Gazette' the following circular is published for general information:— Downing-street, 18th'September, 1856. ' Sir, —I have to acquaint you that the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury have decided upon exempting from Income Tax the Dividends' payable in this country upon loans contracted by Colonial. Governments,- and held by persons I wholly resident in. the .Gplonies to which such Loans belong respectively, upon an application j made to the Commissioners of, Income Tax accompanied by a declaration that the owner of tlie" Siiock, upon which such dividends are payable, is solely resident in.such Colony, and that no other person, resident elsewhere, has any interest or share in such Dividends. ' ' •." . ■ I have, Ac, H. Labopchebe. ' Governor Gore Browne, &c, &c. • Death- of Tatjbua Te Tawaroa.—lt becomes our painful duty- to record the: demise of the- Chieftaines3 of the! Potukirikiri tribe, residing at Coromandel. harbour—Taurua, Te Tawaroa Makuini. Our' lamented friend was one of the old Maori school, wedded to her native superstitions, owing to which, we presume, she was dignified by the appellation of The Old Witch. She was, however, most friendly to the European' settlers, and manifested the greatest anxiety in regard to the cultivation of kindly relations between her tribe and the Government,of the colony. The writer has had frequent opportunities of noticing her conduct, and he feels happj' in the reflection that all he knew of Taurua commanded his esteem. At the 'great Coromandel meeting in reference to the gold question, the speeches of the aged Chieftaihess excited' considerable merriment; but there were few of that assembly who were more willing' to give up their lands to the Government on'- that- occasion, than Taurua. The locality known as the Wynyard diggings belonged tp Taurua, and up to the time of her death not the slightest, obstacle was offered to their being worked, nor any advantage taken of her novel position £is Ch:effcainess of the Coro- J mandel gold' diggings. Taurua was venerated by the" tribes of the Thames ; and indeed her name was respectfully mentioned by remote tribes in various parts of the Island. Taurua Te Tawaroa Makuini expired on the 25th of December, 1856, attended by her weeping relatives, and, some days after, the tribes inhabiting the surrounding districts assembled to pay their-last tribute of re'speot to her memory. The following is a lament composed by one of berr friends in commemoration of the sad ■event :—• ' '•

The cloud is lingering o'er the Of Taururn, muy be it wastho path. , By which Mukuiui madu her exit.. Go hence in peace O Tawa,. since the fame ' ' Of thy great speeches has extended o'er the land. ,80 when the assembled Chiefs stood forth At Patapata, the people listened And.approvingly thy name \vm tittered by tho tribes ■ While the tidings were !>orue along to Grey , ■ F»r in the South. But where is now my Maire that'stooil So gracefully in forest fehades ?- My.cprert, The covert of tho people through Hauraki's shores ? The axe of death has felled it ' v' , Aud.now it lieth low. ' Lo, in the great assemblies of tho people The friend w absent now! But rUe again And iet'uti nee thy fuee marked o'er ' By Mataora'ri chisel. Sleep on, O mother, in that world beyond, While the tribes Ti Tama and Ti Kiri Are, in this : world, motherless and sad. 'If Taurua was called The Old -Witch, she was also called The Queen, in consequence >of her rank and the active part she took in the public discussions of the Maori race. She leaves one son, named Pita—a virtuous and well disposed man, —who is to be duly installed into office as Chieftain of the bereaved tribe. — Southern Cross.