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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 231, 30 September 1870, Page 4

Native quarrels are settled in the orthodox style, even in tl.e out-of-the-way region known as the Chatham Islands. A correspondent of the Hawke'sßay Herald writes : — At our .Resident Magistrate's Court, Waitangi, Opitia was summoned for assaulting Apuna, by applying a firebrand 'a posteriori.' Defendant was fined five pounds. At the same time

Apuna -wns summoned for au assault ! upon Opitia, by breakiug his head with a fire-stick. Defendant was fined five pounds. Several kiwis and wood-hens shipped from Auckland by the Acclimatization Society, have reached Eogland iv safety. A Wanganui paper reports that typhus fever has brok?u out amongst the Maoris at Otaki, aud that eight persons have already died from it, while many more are ill. A good many men who hail from Yankee land bave joined the U.S.S. Resaca since her arrival iv Aucklaud harbor, the pay being pretty liberal — that is 20 dollais per month, or twice as much as the pay of the seamen in ihe British navy. Mr. Jons' Sutherland, farmer, East Taieri, Otapo, for very many years was a severe sufjftrer from asthma, but has found that a little sulphur mixed with his tobacco in smoking has proved to him a most effectual cure. Suicide at the Thames. — News of a melancholy case of suicide reaches us from the Thames. Mr. Casset (a partner in the firm of Casset and Foreeau, grocers ancl general dealers, 173, Pullen-street), shot himself through the head with a revolver on Thursday. No reason 'is assigned for the rash act. Fraud, Elopement, and Captube. — A clever capture has recently been made hy the Aucklaud police which happened iw this wise : — An Australian telegram was recently received in Wellington to the following eflect : — " Thomas Lascelles Harris, Secretary to the Burra Shire Council, has bolted with another man's wife, and £600 of the Shire's mouey ; it is supposed that he has gone to New Zealand." The news was forwarded to Auckland, and the police soon had reason to believe that Harris aud his companion intended to make a bolt in the barque San ton then about to sail for New York. Consequently a detective was sent on board to watch the proceedings, and what followed is thus told by the Auckland Herald of Saturday last: — "About half-past one o'clock yesterday the Santon left the harbor with a fair wind, and by half-past three she was well up with Tirititr, but up to this time no sign of the fugitive, although it was strongly suspected that he was on ahead waiting the arrival of the Santon. When within a few miles of Tiritiri, Capt. Burgess, the pilot, and the detective (the latter very reluctantly) were compelled to quit the vessel and embark on board the pilot boat, which at once filled away as though about to return to Auckland. But the eyes of every man in the cutter were well open, and scanning the sea as well as the vessel they had left. Within a very short time the house-flag, which had been flying at the main truck, was seen to be hauled down, and a few minutes later Captain Burgess observed through his glass a small boat leaving the shore, aud crowding all sail after the Santon. A second glance sufficed to show that the parties they were in search of were in the boat, and the cutter at once put about, aud dashed away back to the Santon under a press of canvas, in order to cut off the smaller boat. The race appears to have been a tight affair, the waterman iv the boat crowding all sail ; but the superior speed of the cutter won the victory, and when within a short distance of the ship she cut off the wherry and very nearly run her down. Harris was sitting in the stern steering, and the lady was sitting beside him. Murphy at once sprung into the boat and called upon him to surrender, which he at once did", seeing that resistance was in vain. The vessel then backed her main yard and allowed the officer to go on board, when the boxes, &c, of the fugitives were put on board the cutter, the vessel filled away on her course, and the officers brought Harris and the woman on to Auckland, which they reached about midnight. When Harris was searched a small six-barrelled revolver was found in his pocket, but he never attempted to use it. On searching the boxes a sum of money amounting to nearly £200 was found. It seems that the watermen were hired on Tuesday night, since which time the party had been waiting for the vessel to come up. They had a plentiful supply of provisions and a tent, which they fixed up on the shore on Weduesday night, and appear to have made themselves very jolly. Harris himself is a very cool card; and told our reporter in the guard-room a number of the facts mentioned above with, the greatest sang froid.