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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 154, 1 July 1874, Page 2

The value of many .so-called " Maori difficulties '* is assessed thus tersely, and appropriately by the Wairoa correspondent of the Hawkes Bay Times:— Our native friends pursue the even tenor of their way. No further " difficulties" of any sort appear to have arisen in connection with the telegraph. People become so accustomed to these " difficulties," as they are termed, that when One dies away, they begin to wonder how and when the next one will occur. It has been truly said, that he who steals our purse steals trash; but he who filches from us the " Maori difficulty " takes that which nought enriches him, and leaves us poor indeed. • ■ ; ,

Mr James Ingram, manager for Messrs. Ingles (says the Aarldorougk Express) recently made the ascent of Mount Kaitarau, the highest of the seaward Kaikouras, set down as 8,790 feet on tho map, but believed ■ to be much higher. Mr Id gram is believed to be the first human being who. has performed the feat, one of no ordinary character, as the ascent is exceedingly difficult, and usually considered impossible, as the aides are > ao rugged. :