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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 218, 14 September 1868, Page 2

-nag" '■'* .",.' , .; ... " ■ Th© following are extracts from the Wellington Punch : — Order paper of House of Representatives. —September 1. —Mete JCingi to move, 'That Mr George Graham be elaborately tatooed forthwith, and presented with a handsome mat, a copper Maori, and a little preserved baby, just to begin with.' Mr G. Graham to move, ' That, in deference to the feelings of our Maori fel-low-subjects, the members of the House shall, on all Thursdays during the session, appear in native full dress.' Subject for a Moral Picture. —'Virtue Rewarded.* —H —ght —n and O'Neill cashing their cheques for the Gaol Commission. The Hauhau chief has sent in to Napier demanding Colonel Whitmore's head, and the right thighbo_e of Mr Colenso for a Waddy. He threatened to burn the town. —-The Government telegraphed that they _»■?• consulted Mr G c G —h —m, tvho recommends moderation, i.e., sending th» head first, with a complimentary letter, _ud a dozen cases of brandy.-— Punch. ▲ lady correspondent of the Milwaukie ■Bf-w.'roai, who, -writing under a norn de plseM, had attracted a considerable attention, received a note from a gentleman atfWirer recently, in which the writer said th«t * lady who could put such beautiful ihe-ffim to paper must be equally gifted in person, &c, and wanted to meet her jnj mooolif ht alone, to which she wrote a coated She canoe to the rendezvous veil#d: they walked, he talked, he made love: jbratfy gained consent to take a little ties j the veil was raised for the purpose, and the strickei- gentleman gazed upon the cwneiy .features of his os. n wife.