A Strange Story.

Patea Mail, 7 June 1882, Page 2

A Strange Story.

A correspondent writing to the Herald says: -—I have heard on good authority (native) that the Government sent an agent to Parihaka, and offered, to return a number of guns that were taken when Te Whiti was arrested. The natives declined the offer, saying that the Governor took them and he must keep them. The agent then said the Governor wished tbe natives to come to Christchurch for the purpose of hearing: what he had to say. to Te Whiti, This was also refused, when the agent placed; his hand on the arm of the spokesman,: and said: “ Yon must come.” The; native, who is said to be of a turbulent disposition, immediately rose up, gathered his blankets around him, and followed the agent in a most docile manner. My informant tells me he; saw this man and two others in town waiting for the steamer to take them South, This has been confirmed by another “ eye-witness,” as he terms himself.

SHOOTING A RIVAL LOVER. Christchurch. A man named McNeave, actuated by jealousy, tried at midnight to shoot a rival in the affections of a servant girl. Looking through a small window in the house, he saw the other man sitting with the girl by a table, and placed the muzzle of a revolver against the wall, about opposite the pair, as near as he could judge. The ball rebounded, and struck the would-be assassin on the hand. McNeave ran away, and could not be found; but yesterday morning he voluntarily gave himself up to the police.. Picton Coal Company. Blenheim.—Promoters’ shares in the Shakespeare Coal Mine, near Picton, have been readily taken up, and are now quoted at a premium of £ls. It is proposed to float a company with 60,000 shares to work the mine.