WELLINGTON.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 74, 10 February 1862, Page 1 (Supplement)

WELLINGTON.

Wo Im-a \W.iuv,n:va pipjrs up to ths Ist instant. ' '*".: The 'Z'tdipc'i'l:nt stales that th->re i=s nnwa spaely prospjet of a collude being established in Wcllimrron. ""ft'liis livo.i i\iv si'imj 11 ma" in contemplation to build a piriion of ths i)erma:icnt structure tin'the reserve at I'orinvi, but this has boeu abandoned in favor of purchasing the Hon. Mr Kox's lato residence on tha I'urirua road. Arrangements for tha purchase h>ive been made,^ well as for obfiiuing a thoroughly competent principal from England, and it is not i:nprob.Vale that bufore the en,l of this year the institution miv by opened. The extinction of the Native Title over the Awahon'blouk U notified in tho Gazette of 7th lust. Tim block is estimated to contain 125,000 acre 3. , There arc reserved to the Natives out of this bloc-lv. 2,170 acres. Tub- JLuivest.—Heaping has now bosun in the district. The crops are complained of as light, especially by those who hive used for seed wheat grown iii the neighborhood last year. New Custom-House and I'ost-Ofi'icb. —By advertisements in the different p.ipare we see that thaw building are to be contracted for without delay. ." Design i* the plainest Italian style. CAi-riiituoFA Wham;. —When Mr. London was about starting from his home one morning lately, one of his men saw a whale in the harbour. London forthwith j impart out of his cart and into a small punt, and with one or twi. 111211. including a native, set off iv pursuit. On coming up with the whale— ■?," bottle nose" of about 25 feet long London'jumped into the water an 1 began stabbing it,with iiis pocket knife. Another bout now came up, with something which by a stretch of imagination may l>u called a harpoon shaped by the blacksmith in the spur of the moment, with which the creature, being in shallow water, was ere long despatched. On being tried out there was a yielil of 250 gallons of very good oil, which is now fast selling at four shilling's a gallon. The head lias bean given to Dr. Knox for preparation and deposit in the Museum.— Znd--pe.iule.nt. Thk Skakcii for Goi-d.— ln addition to the statement.that gold ha* been discovered at Turakina, on tjie West Cuast, about 95 miles from Wellington, a,'.report cams into the town on Saturday,"that the precious matal had baen discovered also at. Otaki, abojt fifty miles distant, likewise on the West Coast. Surface gold, the lieu> Ze-tiander states, has been found in minute quantities: Soin'e'small specks hive also been found in the quartz there, and other indications are not wanting.. Mr. Coutts Crawford's memorandum,'published about six weeks since, speaks of Otaki and Uungitilwi as being localities whore the drift, extending over large portions of that coast, comes to the surface. As it is underneath this) drift that gold is to be searched out, it is therefore hope 1 - that the steps which will be speedily,taken to-bottom tha drift ai Otaki in several places, will result advauiageously. The Advertiser, adds that a private letter received at Wellington from an old resident at Turanga, states that* gold had •"•been discovered by the natives at Poverty B.iy, but whether in payable quantities,, they are unable to state. Attempt at Muruuii. —On Tuesday last, a nativo riiHitof'-'He'tni, residing at Whirinaki, Uppsr Hutfc, aftera rebuke .from his elder brother, deliberately fired v' iWwliiig-'pusce at him. The ball fortuiiiitcly passed over Ins heal. He again fired, and this'time the b'nll passed through the lower joint of his thumb, then through oub thigh, aud lodged in the other, from1 whence t was extracted ~\ytob. the assistance of a razor, by the other natives.. The cause of quarrel was, wo understand, that Mcmi was endeavouring to wean the .-liKsacioos of a-Maori- womu:i, who is married to a white man, and, fch.it upon iliwai expostulating with him on the enormity of tho ouvnee, the other acted in the manner desoribod.— Wdbnyttm Independent .

AUCKLAND.

By HawJce's B.iy papers.of t'i» Ist instant, we have Auckland news, receive lat Napier overland. u» to the 20th ult. '

Tiier'e-ii no pilitical rioVs of tha slightest importance. Xo movement on the part of His Excellency is reported. 'Vha So-ithcrn Cro^.i broadly ,nsin nates, that Mr. Fox, :by his proceedings at Waipairbad put " his foot in it.'' The Provincial Council and the Superintendent yrarc at lo'jjjriisiU. T.ij tViur In I rot'ise Ito do anything until the estimates should be sent down. .•"'

The /Yew Ze.ilnndcr is very quiet oil the subject of the X.itivo Policy. Not so, hv.vjver, the Southern Cr:>*». from which we extract the following :~-"Wiukato is not iii that state of peaceful tranquillity,which some people picture to themselves. . itumo'iM bare been rife, tin-l the real truth has been difficult to arrive at. Those, however, who iire behind ths scene* are, we believe. as unable to predict with conttduncs how the i-oad-makinjj experiment will terminate as tliemost gossiping quidnunc in A.'iekian 1. F:ict3, however, are stubborn things, an 1 our :vlvica.s from Wwikato are not of v tenor which sho\ild lead us tticonulu^lc that the native^ have xo f-tr mule up their miiids that it is advisable to allow the Que&u's soldiers to make a ro:vl on Queen's lan I wlthoiit opposition. Tlie question. whetlisrUhey should do ao or not to- under serious disciH-uou in the Upper JVuikalo at our latest date, an 1 a meeting was being held for the simple purpose of taking the votes of these loyal subjects, as to ■whether "aye or no," they should attack the gol Hers at MiiitngatuwhirL And so the summer wear* on, and the future is still dirk. We tell the Maories our intentionl! an-1 they disbelieve U3, preferring to jw.ljjc by w!\at tiiey hold to be tlu: meaning of our aeta ; theyteli us nothing, receive our apologies, an 1 bi 1 thuir tims.

CANTBRIiI/UY.

Wo have news from Canterbury to the .'Hh insfc.

A committee appointed for the purpose had determined not to accept Tib: .Sheath's olfcr iv respect to the Kawia coal-field. The Tiniiirn correspondent of the Li/t'ellon Times states that groat complaints are m-idc in the district at the unequal < xpsuditiire of money. Out of £30.000 derived from land sold in the district during the, !a<t month, nothing was d'.woted to local etnenditure... Thecorrcspondrnfthreawu" BdpamtioH unless more justice is done to his district.

Great preparations arc making for the Timaru r-ico. An O til go hor-e, Kiun Gun. is to bo there,-as also several from Clinstehnrch. A ball is to be giv«n during the mcc week.

The election for the Lyttelton Municipal Conncil has just'taken nlaee. There were 18 candidate* for the nine seats. On the Ist February, Chrintchnrch was also gazottcd :i municinallty.

'Mr. Hargrsaves' well-known mare Deception, and the English imported thoroughhred. Barber, had arrived at Lyttelton from Au'-kland.

The following paragraphs are from the Lt/!telton Times .-•■—■ • ■ ■ . ■

We hear that several important changes in the gaol nnd poHre departments of the Province are contempln»e3. Mr. Reston, after many years' faithful and valuable services as gaoler, is about to retire from his office, and will be succeeded by Mr. Seager. Mr Frank Guinness is to succeed Mr. Si-acer as Sub-Inspector of Police, and the Government sire, in correspondence with the Melbourne authorities to secure the nervines of an efficient Inspector, and several trained individual* to form the nue'eus of a detective force. The public-will bo glad to learn that,Slr. Ucston's ss»i(luity and integrity are to ho rewarded by an appointment on the Northern Engineering stall". It i.v reported that the general state of health In Chmfehurch is by no means satisfactory. Fever rases are on the-increase, several death* having lately occurred from this cause. Dyssntery is also prevalent The warm, damp went her. h:*s doubtless assisted in promoting this, aided b} the pjc'ialntions'frpm the river The Custom* duties collected during the month of January'amount'to the sum of £127T 12s. Id , exhibiting -it considerable increase over those of former months.

HAWKK'S BAY.

The following sum-nary of the news of this Province we take from the Herald, of the Ist instant :—

The Hon. CroaMe Ward, Postmaster-Genpral j and Secretary of Crown Lan Is. who was den'l si j by the Governor to visit this Province for the | purpose of making arrangements for the intro- j duction of the new system of Government amongst the Natives, proceeding inland, on his arrival here, with the intention of visiting the principal Native Settlements. His absence ex-■ tended to nine days, during which lie visited Te Ante, Waip.iwa, Waipukura, an d Porangahau— hairing interviews with the natives at each of X places, and finding them universally favord the' pronged sy=>!.o:ii of •jovei'nmenf. ifl'ier ,di 1 t!ie first iiHim-itio.-i of HU ICx:y's p;aa3.reach ilawku's Bay, tliaa a

ih.wi-rHil stimulus was given to (ha ac ivuy ot those persons who were anxious to secure tiia occupation of Jfalivu land for sheep runs. A jtcnor.il scramble commenced for the possession o-'the best localities, and it seemed probable mat, not only the hilly !a.:i U an 1 thosu in th-3 in e;u>r. but also the; fine a;;vieuUural plains in tha vicinity of Napier, would quickly be occupied under lease from the Hunang.is, as sliced and cattle runs—to fiu exclusion of agriculturists and to the great injury of the Province. This danger to so apparent, that two public inaiiliugs were called, far the purposes considering tho subject, and devising means to check the encroachments of thu squatters, anil resolutions, etnlio-lving the views of thesa "meetings were forwarded to Mr. Ward, and subsequently to the Chiefs, who are understood to louk favorably upon the suggestions, but reserve their reply. The month has been prolific of accidents. On the 3rd, Mr. G. M. linrie, who had recently sold his sheep-station, was last s;:en alive. He was suffering from the effiiiits of drinking, and procecde I in tha durk to a hou3S a few hundred yards oil'in ths village of Petane. The body, in an advanced stale of decomposition, was found on the 10th, by a native. On the isith, Mr. William Stewart, wii:> b'lilt, and has since managed the Wa'.ianar.ita Mill, on account of the native proprietors, w.is found drowned in the Ngaruroro— an adjoining river—where he is supposed to have gone to bathe. He w.u aged 35. About (ha same time, Kbenezer Russall was drowned while bathing in a creek at Newiands. A branch of the Na-.v Zealand Bank is to be established at Napier iv cour.se of the present month.

Th.3 fortnightly overland miil from Auckland, which has hitherto been carried by the natives in ten days, is now conveyed.in seven.