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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 135, 12 June 1867, Page 3

k A notice in the New Zealand Gazette \ of the Ist instant, states that Mr. Arthur I Beauchamp has been duly licensed to act !i as a Custom House Agent at Westport. fWe perceive from the Brighton Times of the Bth instant, that a presentation of a purse of sovereigns to Mr. George Donne, M.P.C, took place on Thursday last at the Governor Browne Hotel, as a mark of the confidence and esteem entertained for that gentleman hy his constituents in Brighton, and to inaugurate his departure for Nelson \ to take his seat in the Provincial Council I as representative of the district. A num- | ber of gentlemen were present on the I occasion, including some ofthe principal vLj-esidents, and the chair was occupied by ;|*^lr. R. Harris. Mr. Donne arrived from 'I' the West Coast by the Stormbird, too late f to take his seat in the Provincial Council j yesterday.

We learn from the Wellington Inde pendent of the Bth inst. that the Kaikoura underwent some severe vicissitudes on her last voyage from Sydney to Wellington. A private letter to that journal states that she ran ashore at Taranaki — somewhere in the neighbourhood of the Sugar Loaves — at a quarter to two o'clock on Friday morning. She bumped three or four times, but on the engines being backed and the helm being put hard-a-port, she came off without difficulty into deep water. The wekther was fine at the time. She appears to have sustained no damage from the shock, as she made no water yesterday. Of course the passengers were a good deal frightened at the time the accident occurred. The New Zealand Herald, speaking in reference to the appointment of the native chief Paul Tuliaere to a seat in the Auckland Executive, says: — "In alluding the latter appointment, we give the present Superintendent the credit for having practically taken the best possible method of proving to the Maories the sincerity of the desire ou the part of the colonists of this Province to live ou peaceful terms with them, and to admit them to a share of the Government of the Province. We are glad also to know that the natives themselves appreciate the intentiou of His Honor. Paora Tuhaere, or, as he is better known, perhaps, to our readers as Paul, of Orakei, has been frequently requested by the General Government to act uuder them, but has persistently refused, saying he had no faith in the intentions of the General Government towards his race. Ou the present occasion, however, he willingly accepted the office of aiding with his advice aud conferring with the Superintendent and Executive Council in affairs relating to the native people in the Province of Auckland. Another noticeable feature appears in the Gazettes lately issued, that they are printed iv Maori as well as English."