NEW ZEALAND.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2139, 29 January 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[Pee “Times” Special Wiee.] Maori liberality. Noemanuy, Jan. 29.- —The Constabulary arc hard at Avork, forming theroad from the cam]) at Kaipipi, towards Juki. The Natives avlxo have kept aloof until to-day came into camp, about 40 iu number, mostly men, Avitb two drays and a spring-cart loaded Avith 80 kits of potatoes, one kit of poaches, four geese, two pigs, and seven fowls, Avbicb they presented to to the camp. Ngatakalmiubi, avlio. acted as spokesman, briefly said : “This is a present from ns to Colonel Roberts, and all his Europeans hero asseihbled.” Colonel Roberts briefly thanked them, and the band Avas ordered out to entertain the A’isitors, Resides Agati, the principal natiA r cs present were Ppkia, KarcAvai, and Nakn, half-brother of Tito Kowaru. It is believed that the present Avas made by order of To Wliiti, avlio teaches them “If the enemy hunger, feed him.” Coach Accident. Wellington, Jan 29. —The Woodvillc coacli from Palmerston North to Napier, this morning, met Avith an accident at fStoney Creek, four miles from Palmerston. The coacli Avas upset and Commissioner Booth, a. passenger Avas so much hurt that he bad to be left behind. The other passengers escaped Avith slight bruises, and after a few hours delay proceeded on their journey in a fresh coacli. The accident Avas occasioned by the horses shying at a tent pitched in the road. Journalistic. Henry Anderson retires from his partnership in the “ Chronicle.” A partnership arbitration is being held, prior to his retirement. Hotel Burned. A fire broke out iu a store attached to the Waihengo Hotel, yesterday, which was completely destroyed, as was also the stock. The loss is about £3OO. A liberal Bank. Messrs Blundell Brothers, proprietors of the “ Evening Post,” forward to-day the first instalment of £2OO in aid of the Irish Distress Fund. The National Bank cabled the money home free of all charges. Acclimatisation Matters. CnniSTCHUKCH, Jan. 29. —To thengreat surprise, a few old members of the Acclimatisation Council Avcrc balloted out last night, and new men elected. A pretty general opinion prevails that some of the birds in the English shipment now on the Avay are a second dose of sparrows, and that it Avill be expedient to AAT'ing their necks on arrival. Earning bis living. Oajiaiiu, Jan. 29. John Connell, charged Avith the robbery of two Jivepound notes from Alexander Smith, lias been committed for trial at the Dunedin Supreme Court. Dunedin’s War Paint. Dunedin, Jan. 29.—The result of Colonel Scratchley’s inspection of the harbor and coast, Avill be, that of six big gnus, now iu the store here, two Avill bo placed at Richardson’s Point, near , the heads, two at Lawyer’s Head, and two at Look-out Point, to guard the approach to Dunedin from the Ocean, Beach. A Fisherman Drowned. James Borton,fisherman,was drowned through over-balancing himself from his boat, when she missed stays. Astonished Ministers. The Ministers of Public Works anti Justice visited the Police Court to-duA, and expressed themselves surprised at the inadequacy of the accommodation. Sticking up. Three men named -John Monab, DaA r id McNeill, and William Chalmers have been arrested for sticking up a man at Green Island.