COLONIAL ITEMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 88, 17 September 1873, Page 2

COLONIAL ITEMS.

(from the anglo-aubtralian tress agency.) Alexandra. Te Kori and Moanaroa have gone to Orakau to warn the Europeans there to remove all their cattle from the native land in the district or they will be taken away by the Hauliaus. The cattle referred to are supposed to belong to Messrs. Kay and Martin. The Kingites say the land has been let by Hopa te Rangianini, a chief at Tokanui. Wellington. The Rangatira reports that the wreck of the Rangitoto has broken in three pieces, and it is utterly irrecoverable. During the course of a discussion on the Wellington Burial Ground Bill, Sir J. C. Wilson remarked that he hoped his relatives would have the good sense to burn his body when he died. If every one else came round to his views on the subject, they would have no need for these burial grounds. In reply to Mr. Takamoana, Mr. M‘Lean said there never had been a proclamation offering £l,OOO for the capture of Titokowaru. The Forest Rangers were promised £l,OOO if they caught him, but that force was disbanded. In reference to the Governor’s salary, Mr. Vogel announced that he would adopt a modification of Mr. Stafford’s suggestion, whieh was to give His Excellency a lump sum of £7,000 and no allowances. He would give a salary of £5,000; travelling allowances, fixed by law at £l,OOO, and other allowances £l,soo—making, in all, £7,500. On the Lowry Bay estate' £2,000 was to be borrowed, the interest to be paid by the Governor. If he or his successor gave up the estate, it would be sold to pay the interest. The Deeds Registration Bill was thrown out in committee. The Deceased Wife’s Sister Bill has passed. Mr. Vogel announced that Mr. Russell had arranged for the establishment of a Californian mail service. New Plymouth. Correspondence in the Herald suggests that a public subscription should be started for the presentation of a testimonial to the hon. Mr. Vogel, for raising the colony from a second to a first-class position. Dunedin. Mr. Branigan was buried with militaryhonors. The scab has broken out in the Oarnaru district. Hokitika. Captain Rous, of the Claude Han niton, was drowned on the voyage from Melbourne to Hokitika. The man at the helm was only saved by securing himself to the wheel.