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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1298, 17 March 1883, Page 2

i Mr S. M. Wilson's five-horse brake is adI vertised to leave for the Course to-day at 10 ! o’clock. i Says the Daily Tclef/raph of the 22nd instant : “ I t is a strange reversal of all notions of law and morals that Major Kemp, who hunted Tc Kooti through the Taupo country in 1808, and risked his life in several engagements, should be under a cloud, having inincurred the displeasure of the Native Minister, while Te Kooti the blood-thirty slayer of our fellow colonists, should be in the sunI shine of favor. Almost as opposed to every 1 sense of right and wrong is the spectacle of Te Whiti. an exile from his home and people while Te Kooti is shaking hands with the Government and humbly implored to receive pardon at their hands for all his offences! The sturdy criminal appears to have everything in his favor. The loyal chief, and the amiable peace-preserving fantic, are banned and banished ; while Te Kooti’s mana is exalted, and “ righteousness and peace kiss i each other ” in rememberance of the massacres of Poverty Bay. Is there a providence ? An extraordinary case of fecundity on the part of a mare, owned by Mr Janies Struthers, occurred in this town (says the St. Arnaud Mercury)"on a recent Sunday. While in the stable on the day named, the animal gave premature birth to no less than three foals, all perfectly formed and distinct from each other. The occurrence of twin foals is we believe, not uncommon, but the freak of nature above alluded to is, to say the least, phenomenal. At Wellington recently, a grand concert and ball was announced, un ler the patronage of His Worship the Mayor ami the Com man- 1 <ler and officers of the .Japanese man-of-war Riujio. A further notification in the circular read thus : “ The concert ami hall will be strictly select, and will only comprise the professional nite and principal merchants of the city, being by invitation only." The attendance comprised Captain Ito and twelve officers of the Japanese man-of-war, his Worship the Mayor and Mrs Fisher, one other lady, three gentlemen, and an infant of tender years, who considerately did not disturb the performance. The concert was condensed, and the ball did not take place.