WELLINGTON.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 86, 24 February 1862, Page 5 (Supplement)

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but its title is a misnomer. The Society was started at. a period of great political excitement, and partly for political objectj. It set out with the intention of providing land for poor farmers, or persons who wanted to settle in the country, but could not afford, or did not desire to purcha-e their land at present. But the ail! for this description of business was so limited, that it lias gradually become a building society in the ordinary sense of "the term. Thus, out of advances made "by the society, amounting to £17,070. only £3,0-17 l'Os. has been on country land— 7295 acres at 10.?. an acre. The remainder of the iadvances are made on town lands, buildings, &■■:. All Itlie Investment .Societies of this character in Wellingjton hare bee ri well managed, and .have proved signal I successes, both for t!io*e who belong to them as mere investors, and for those who liavu required advances I to build or. purchase property. Mr. Mantell, M. H. R., for some district down your way, has just received a request from the General Government to investigate a case which caused g-reat excitement here in ISSS. Party feeling then ran very high, and in an investigation which was going on before the Bench for a criminal assault on a. lady by a Key. Mr. Baker, Mr. Pharazyn, one of the J. P.'s attending the investigation, was reported to have cautioned one of the witnesses, with whom he was well acquainted, "not to give evidence in favor of Mr. Baker, for that if she did, she would be asked awkward questions." Affidavits were made to this effect by Mrs. Langley, and counter affidavits by Mr. Pharazyn, which resulted in Mr. P.'s name being struck off the Oimmissi'.n, on the matter being submitted by Judge Gresson, Mr. Pharazyn demanded an investigation, but could get none ; and even those who thought Mr. Pharazyn guilty, very much regretted that lie should have been thus struck oiF without an inquiry. They thought there was a principle being destroyed, viz., that the independence of the Bench was menaced if any momb°r of it could be struck off by the,/w t of a minister, without giving the accused the benefit of an inquiry. Mr. Mantell will no doubt accept the responsibility imposed upon him by the Fox Ministry ; ai:d whatever the result may be, justice to" the Bench—so long delayed—will at, least be done, and I may also, I hope add, justice to the two individuals more immediately concerned, though I believe one of them (Mrs. Langley) has left Wellington. Captxin Jackson of the schooner "Shepherdess" has just made known the existence of a sunken rock on which the sea breaks heavily. His vessel it appears, struck on this rock about seven years ago. It is abont 2a milcus in a S.S.E. direction from the place where the coasters discharge at Stonyhurst, a short, distance to the southward of Cape Campbell. This rock is said to be in the taick of steamers and coasters keeping in shore to or from the South and Wellington, but more particularly so as regards Port Lvttelton

(From our own Correspondent.) Monday Night, 17th Feb., 1802. • On Saturday afternoon the Chamber of Commerce had a lons interview with the-lion. Orosbie Ward, relative to'tneci'Jitemplatedpostalarrangeinents. He proposes to talwotT the present steamer from Sydney to Nelson, substituting one from Sydney to Auckland, and a second from Melbourne to Otago. These two provinces are each to be a terminus, the mails for Canterbury, Wellington, and Napier being sent on by an inter-provincial steamer from Otago, and those for Tarauaki, Nelson, andMarlborough,from Manakau.by another local boat. He is desirous of increasing the inter-provincial communication to three or tour time.? a month, but to do this he depends upuu subsidies from the Provinces, to supplement that winch the General Government.will pay for the conveyance of the mails from Australia, • and their local distribution. The Chamber of Commerce promised to urge the Government and Council of this Province to encourage additional local steam communication by means of a subsidy, leaving the precise mode ot doing ho t3 the Government; but they declined expressing an opinion on the new mail routes until they had had a few days for considering them. While we all see that very largely increased communication between North and South is necessary to preserve the integrity of the islands, or rather perhaps ' the continuance of the capital at tho extreme North, Wellington interests would materially sutler by the proposed alteration. We should lose our direct communication with Australia, -which, on account of the passenger traffic, would be most nndesirable. However, 1 dare say, the Chamber will not fail to put before Mr. Ward all the pros and cons. The expected arrival of the Governor has put us in «*ooil spirits. He is personally known to so innny hero that it is like looking: forward to the visit of an olii fnend. He comes here, via the Bay of Plenty, in theft jF/jwn," further south than which Captain Onto:1 iL'onsider.s «»js recent instructions from the Commodore ,will not allow !;im to take his ship. From the Bay of Plenty Sir George will go overland to Hawke's Bay, where Mr Fox will meet him, via the Tatipo country. Arrangements have been made by Mr Ward for one of rmr local steamers to call .at Hawke's Bay on the 4th March to bring the Governor on here. Not more than a few days will he spent in Wellington city, as the Governor must bo in Waikato by the 24th March, to attend a Teat demonstration there, to which he has been invited. He purposes going from here overland to Wwanui, and during the entire route the natives will be wanting to have Koreros with hmi._ Especially will this be the case at Otaki, a village m which he aiwavs took'a esfpsit, interest. Some years ag-o he laid out a township inure, with a view to improve -their dwellings, but it only partially succeeded, and now shows sisrns of great dilapidation, The natives there are only about 300, and are divided into two rolMous parties, the Roman Catholic and Protestant. TheVormerare Kinffites, and, sometime ag-o, erected a flagstaff, and -with much religious and martial ceremony, hoisted tho King's hara (color.) It was regularly e-uardad by armed natives, and after sundown has always a sentry, even now. Otaki is the residence of Archdeacon Hadfield who manages a self Bupporting Mission Station there, principally by breedin" sheep and selling the rams to the sheepoiyners of this and other Provinces. He has paid great attention to this business, and his rams are in cood demand for change of blood ; hence the self supporting character of the mission. The mission premises cover a larce area, and consist of five principal buildings. The Archdeacon's residence is a very pretty-verandah cottage embosomed in an orchard and garden'of great beauty. The church is the largest native place of worship, in New Zealand, and wltii the exception of the weath.erboarding and flooring is entirely of native workmanship. The ridge pole i$ supported by three tall masts, and the sides lined -with J^'ms, Very superior carvings are introduced in various parts of the' structure, and especially in the' ultar railing. It is altogether an astonishing piece of workmanship, and )3 of course the "lion" of the "West Coast. There is a " dormitory" close by infended for the residence of children, which will comfortably accommodate two or three hundred, for whose education a large school building has also been erected. There are, however. now only about eleven resident, and thirty day scholars. An ordained Maori Clergyman's _ resideuGe completes the premises. From a hill not far off, called Siv Gepvge' Grey's Hill (because he pnee told the natives't-herfi thai; if f.ver lie came to reside ' in' New Zealand asa private gentleman, as' he hoped to do, he should ask them Jo give ' him that spbt for a' residence), the view of the Mission Station and surrounding country is about the niott home-like bit of scenery 1 ever'reMember to have teen in New Zealand. At Manawatn, the next stage along the coast, the Provincial Government have long been desirous of forming an agricultural settlement, but the land there, £s at Ot&M. is tbe possession of the natives, with the exception of a block of about 2p,0Q0 acres, recently idaced' at "the disposal of the Government. The fe^nAwalu difjtrict is spoken of as the cream of this J?f<mrice, and 'a portion of it w;js'.surveyed' eighteen yeara ago for the land puwluistsrs' under the New Zealand Gompahy, but thrown up when the Commit B'ioner, senfout from England by the Home Government to investigate the Company's title*, declared it Had not been sufficiently purchased. The block to_ be acquired hero is about half-a-million acres of capital land : but it is doubtful whether Sir George will enter into land purchasing fj uestions during his present visit. Prom thence to Wanganui tije fend is mostly purchased with the exception of the country bftweon s'urakina and Waufjiteiiu rivers, about 20,009 acres. H'ljfs fine' feick btjiongs to n miserable remnant of naiirkh Svho live in the greatest indolence on the- rents Jiaid them by flockowners.' '-'Arrived at Wanganui, a large body of natives will jßoet witli His Excellency from Waitotara and up the river. What will be Sir George's mode of procedure I cannot say, but as in all the districts -where the new institutions'have been established they have been purely or alnjost purely native districts, it is easy to suppose that he will pursue at Otaki, Mnnawatu, Wanjjaolm, thd a somewhat similar course ( is.ln the Jottl! f^oulfying t&Syste'inin Iliuigitikr-i, Wanganui, $£c., wliere a large number of European farms are situfjted. It is a task of no ordinary nicety pi ■ }ntro(|uoo {he . power of law-making by aafcives in districts whsre the Europeans ara numerous and settled an freeholds, as ill the lastTtiifintioned plapos, and also at the W<iira T yapa-^a district, to the Jf .E. of Wellington harhp.ur,— jjHt if anyono can do it, Sir Gfeorge Grey is that man. ?he is engaged to be at Wanganui pn| o j O i ot i lin g „,;■ Hankets'on the station. "™They were, the 14th March, to take Sir George on to I'aranaki. how ul , a ble to proceed so heavily Men, and conHjs stay there will be very short, probably he prefers]^ q ,, ent i y their track was strewed with innumerable that it should be so as iic soc-.ns to he desirous ofj artie j a3 t : !]Gy hafl bepri cqmß6llcd to tihxUl > on , whic!) breaking up the late fechijg of mutual i-elinnee whiphl abled their pursuers to"follow them up *ith certhetrihesofthe North had acquired ; and pronahly tainty . It is also worthy of mention that the gins when ho- lms done tin?, and sees the new institutions flppear to hftve token par t la the proceedings. This iairly at work in Waikato, he will visit faramiki ior Ls l donbtles3 one of t he mos t remarl'a'ole and unusual permanent arrangements. The fact is, Taraimlji tribes fetures of the w holoaffuir: but" iv support of this ure powerless without Waikato, so that f; Waikato Is snppos ition, we are assured by Mr. P. F. Macdoudd. brought round to the Governor's side larnnaki will wh oheaile'Hhe private expedition, that he saw a be a comparatively easy task to deal with. lh« Ilum } )O r of broken yam-«M.cks (a kind of nulla-milla " Woum" waits at Tarauaki to take the Governor on used by the g ns) lying aboul -, ;he camr)) on l j, c a!so tjjlanakau. states that the women who-were murdered h*i\ been There haye been so many slips between the cup b t abcmt {k h d ith ~ y v we . Tp ;.^ wllllst t]lf . andthehpth^wedare hwhy realise the i.|tention! menl .. erefe]icdlto tKe svonnd^Ml J biow . from a Wellington; hut, at the hist moment, the place of. , J "V „ _ m , , meeting was chanced on account of the Maori!, Alf Experimental Military Police.—The Lon-ti-oubles. The Provincial Government buildings were flon P! 'P«3 report the recent establishment of a milierectcd in compliance with a promise given by the;^7 Pollce f?r?e at Woolwich, with proat success. Superintendent—Dr. Fcatherston—in the House of Fourteen soldiers distinguished for good c?ndujt and Heprescntativfis, that if the raeetinp; of the Assembly temperance, have been organized^ into a police corps, was fixed fqr Wellington he would provide the tie- wltUmoso beneficial effect, ftotonly have the streets, eomra'odatipn. The huildihgs'were erected, b'iit,-=n* previously almost impassable after night-fall, beoome i-e^riib meefing of the' Assembly'has- been held in comparatively, quiet and orderly, but the number of oie:m:': Thov • consist of ft lofty," handsome chamber denertions has greatly decreased. It is proposed to for the House of Representatives, 50 x 2-5 fret,-with increase the strength of the corps to an extent which itramreri'rind reporters: g-allories. J'f'iiis qhamber j s will r.ender it adequate to the difficult t/isk of pr--hiao used for the Provincial Council sjttmirs.' At th.H|6^»? order in a garrison tow,, containing nearly etlier end of the'buildin-? ihere is: & sinalliu- Viiit S.QOO so]d(ers. r lhe men are dressed m their orSoaally lofty ".nnd"'l)!in3sQine chamber "fur the dumry nmform and only distinguished frnm other f' Lor(l8," as theLeirislative Council is usual) v called, sol tiers by the letters. "M.IV in red and yellow cloth This is U x %% arid has reporters' and strangers' on their left arms, Kfllleries a!so. Sine Judge Johnston's appointment A Frbncii Audi-ottos Case.—The Eclio dv fcppointment here, this Chamber 1.%? been used as a Nord—a newspaper published at Lille—contains the Supreme Court, Exclusive of the land and survey following account of the abduction of a younar man by departments, there are twenty offices, besides a a relicimis community:—" We lately announced that library, refreshment room, kitchen, &c. In 1860, a reliffioiif community of the order of the Maristes the Provincial Government intended temporarily to I had established them*plves in our town, and we, in move out all the departments but tho Treasury, Re- common with th-5 entire population, asked of what iristrar of Deeds, and Superintendent's—placing the 'use these good fathers could bo, since we had for so whole of the buildings, with the exception of" four lonir a time done so well without t.hpin ? We were offices, at the disposal of the Assembly; and this not aware of what the Maristes could do at Lille, but course will, I learn, hi done now. You may there-1 accounts from tho Bordpsne mfo.ni} ps c-f what tlioy fore assure your Ot,a?o members tha,t they will find i}«s 'ip.^ishod ta fhac quarwr. 4 young mart, ui.ilei1 the utmost proparetion ma.de for their rccoiAiph. ' hiO-ycaif of ageV tiic^son ; ofM. Leacr" Laporte, h:;tter, t An-amateur party, fully1 equipped; for- three'weeks rit-'l.orassnn, sudilunly disappeared. Xnis yoniia: man has'goneiouttoWaireka, Oterpiigo, or Temwiti. as entered ttifi ramraumty of Hautefort. in tJ]e district the spot where'the subscription 'gold-seeking party is <>f Keri.Gr-.ie.ux. founded; by^Ue Jiaristos. _He followed at work is syrionyinousjy called. This Latter party isMho cjipd fyiw.^, fioncetilmg his intention from his Ifill finding gold wherever they sink, but have not family, who h« knew would not approve ol his conyet sfcruck'the lead ' duct, and, notwitkstanding a strict search, his friends ' The "general" Government have consented to pay have not since b.;en able to discover him. From some half the amount of tho subsidy which the Marlborough information obtained by Ins family, it is believed that Government has been paying the Wellington Steam the young man is at Lille piously oom-enled from Ins Company for conveying the English mail to and from parents If such be the ca--e, we trust that the Nelson. I really cannot see why the whole'should officers of justice, who are on the alert, will discover not be paid, as new provinces have really as much the fugitive, and will prosecute those who have conright.to the conveyance of their mail being executed cealed him." by the colony as any of the origiual. provinces have. A poor Irishman who applied ior a license to sell The .Land on Deferred-Payments Society held its ardent spirits, beinsr questioned by the Board of Exthird annual meeting on Thursday, and the accounts, else as to liis moral fitness for the trust, replied, " Ah, &c., are published in Saturday's papers. ThisSocietv, sure, it is not much of a character a man to Uke the Building Societies, b.aa been very successful., sell ruiu."

The "W. B. Dean," with 50 head of" stock for Otagogot well away on Saturday, and the "Hwminc," also witli stock, say 140 head, yesterday. The •" Tyra " and " Yarrow" are here waiting for cargoes. Notwithstanding the largo demand for your market, thepriceof fat cattle still continues low. I mentioned in my last that the price was 3d. This has been the j standing price for a long while, sometimes a little lower ; but until your market opened, the results of the sales were very unsatisfactory, as too often sellers were obliged to take paper which had to be renewed again and again. Now, paper equal to cash is the order of the clay, and often cash itself. That the price does not go up can only be accounted for by the large herds in our grazing districts. Letters from Wanganui by Saturday's mail mention the Bale at Auckland of a large cargo from thence, £9 to £10 for steers, and £13 to £18 18s. for large bullocks. | Our harbor and wharves present a more animated I appearance than they did a few months ago. The! almost simultaneous arrival of three English vessels lias replenished our warehouses, wiiich in somedepartriienis>vere getting very bare. Considerable quantities of goods'having changed hands at a low advance ; and two extensive auction' Hales during the week, have enabled retailers to buy with advantage to themselves. The subjoined list wijl show the average prices obtained for some of the heavier ar-tipfea ;—Brandy, (Martell's) in bond, 12sl 6d, ; rum, 4s. ; tobacco, (Shellard'snegrohead) 2.;.: sugar, crushed lump, 6M. ; currants, Gd, ; raisins, 6Jd, ; rice, carolinn, Bm. : soda, 7s. 6d. ; salt, £4 ss. to £4 15s. ; English coals, £3 7s. 6d.

Wool is coining in freely ; and our second shin of tho season, the Wild Duck, will fill promptly. The low jrange of prices offering by buyers is driving our more 'extensive wool-growers to take advances and ship at tlieir own risk, winch, is, peidiays, the more'equitable I plan. Certainly, not ft few of'our merchants have 'barely realized their own on last year's speculations ; Is. 2d. to Is. 3d. appears to be the ruling price for washed merino fleece. The Frowning Beauty, for Sydney, has about 300 bales on board, freight ss. per bale.

Our farmers are beginning to thrash, and the new crop will soon be coming in^meanwhile small parcels of last year's wheat are fetching (ss. 3d. to 6s. 6d. I Oats (imported), 55,; Maijje, 7s. fid.; Potatoes, I (early erqjj) f5 to 10s. The new wheat will pro- | haply rui c low; large orders have been given fiir Adelaide land Cfvlifjraia, and the re-shipment of Adelaide flour, from your port tends to keep down prices, The Custom's return for fast month, was £8,300 6.=^ 3d., against £3,318 2s. 4d. for January 18G1, I Last month, land sales realised £3,818 10a. The iacreage was 12,65)0, some at 10.i., some at 53. To-day it is raining hard, as it also did on Saturday night and yesterday. It was much wanted, as our I summer has been unusually long and fine. J The "Storm Bird" on Saturday evening is the ijaat arrival froos Olago. The " Wonga," by. which i T send tlijs, sails early in the'morning. ■'

The Nehoa MußDKns.—Referrin'? to tho attempt I that haa been made to connect the murder of Mr. I Wills and his people, with Mr, Collins' possession of an aboriginal boy as a servant, the Rocli/wmp/oii Bullntin says :—" At the time of the ma=sar;re there must have been at least a hundred natives on the station —the number was probably much prreater. Amplp wvklanca has liftbii fiftonltid fa show that they were composed chiefly of the myall blacks 'of tne Cjmet. assisted, by the'half-civilized blacks belonging to that tribe who were employed on the stations ti the west of the Comet river, and probably by a portion of the jPavyso!) blacks,' who qccßi>ionally fratgiuiise with the r first named tribe. Had re.yenge actuate'! them, we should have expected to fi id them comparatively careless in their treatment of the plunder that fell into |their hands; but the contrary is the fact. Having, ias they thought, full possession of the oain.p, they e:i-

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«—___. j — \f $ "'HE following 3Tonn of Application, &c, is JL published for genera! information. The chiim must he. lodged with John Cilliks, Esq., Hcturning Officer, on or before 31st March 1862 — TO THE REGISTRATION OFFICER OF THE ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF I Hornby Give you Notice,* that I cl.iim to have my name inserted'in the List of Voters for the said Electoral District, and that the particulars of niy place of abode and qualification are truly stated in the column below. i Claimant:* signature j nAttested by : of the colony] PENALTY Ol' £30 POll MAKISfI A I'AI.SI! CLAIM.

A—The words " City of Dunediu," or " Brucc," ror " Hainpden," to be inserted here. B—The claimant's signature must be attested by a Freehoider or a Householder of the colony, who must sign his name after the words " attested by," adding to his signature the word "Freebolder" or Householder." C—The words " Freehold," " Household," or " Leasehold,"' or " Holder of a Miner's Right, dated 18(5 ," to be inserted here. D —Describe the property distinctly, but as shortlvns possible; and. particularly'state the Provincial District in which it is situated, by inserting tin.l words "City pf Dunedin," Eastern, Western. Port Chambers, Central, Tokomairiio, Clutlia, Northern, Maniototo, Oamaru, or Tuapeka "District." The following' are the Qualification of Voters : — Every man of the age of 21 years or upwardl!. 1. Having a Freehold 3Jstate in possession situate within tiie District for which the vote is churned of rlie clear value of £50 above all charges arui inciimbranees and of or to which he has been seised or enr titled either at Lrnv or in Equity for at least six calendar-months before the 30th of April; or •2. Having a Leasehold Estate in possession situate within such District of the clear annual value often pounds, held upon a Lease, which on 30th April shall 'not have less than 3 years to run, or of which he has 3- en in possession ibr 3 years or upwards next before uKth April; or 3. Being a Householder within such District occupying a Tenement and residing therein six calendar months previous to the 30th April, if within the limits of Dunedin, of the clear annual value of ten pounds, and if without the limits of Dunedin of the clear annual value of five pounds ; 4. Being the holder of a Miner's light not less than three months before the 30th of April, in any goldficld duly constituted under tho. Gold lields Act." Must bp sent to the Registrar's Ofllae before the 31st March,"' " .........

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