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Southland Times, Issue 698, 19 July 1867, Page 2

;We take the ..following racy bit from. the.,.. "jEvening Star" (Dunedin), sth JiUy.:— "The . fQli6wingis'a'fair..copy of : an electioneering bill " recently presented for payment to an' lrish mem- ; ■her; -of the; English Parliament : — 'A": v ' .-:■■; .Esq., M.P., to i — - — Try Dr. February, 18§7. \ To plastering all the dead walls of-Macroomand .• its neighborhood with election placards. To,b'uyiiig a stone an'- ' a-half of paste and covering , ' L i all^-— 's' bills." To' scolding and abusing ■ ' : ' : ' and L - ° all the renegades,; and going very -near/ being: sent to Bridewell- on ..account? ot doing so — £3;' ,fCWe. ; y " consider. . that the charges ; are, considering . the. peculiar nathire. of the ser vice, very low." Such a man would, tf he.c onsulted his own interests, ,'; immigrate to -this Province. ■ -He would' find a ■'■■- 'Provincial Government Agency' far more; lucra-; SbiVe, and a't>the. same timehiß '• covering,' ' scold- j ing, and abusing.p ropensities wpuld have a large ... fi4ld. Even if he did; go ' very' nfea'r'bemg sent ta , Bridewell on account of doing so,'; he would only f be the' more competerit^to tread' iri/arid follow |: the footsteps of, some persons similarly, engaged ■: in this :Proyince." ']; • '■/■ ■■•-. ; ■■. .■;■ •■„ ,V : The Kawhia correspondent of the " Southern Cross " thus writes :— " I; regret to, state that the . j natives of Kawhia are in the most unsettled state. ••- -; 'Two fresh prophets have' lately arisen j one rejoicing^ in 'the cognomen of Melcihisedek, tliG other" in ; that of- Pdtatdu. -These, -unlike : : oiiher prophets,* are honored even in their own country, and draw after them a r large number of followers, who obey with fanatic zeal, the direc- , tions of the 'miscreants' they call their gods. I have neither time ' nor inclination to repeat all ' that is. told of the; extravagant practices.- of thisf new priesthood, the heads, of. which .are never "seen, inasmuch as on their entrance into a settle* * ' mbnt the natives retire to their, whares, none - daring to look upon the jr god.. In like manner; all footprints are brushed from any path on whicK . these deities may deign' to tread." J " ' , ;; " ; : IThe ".Hawke's Bay Herald," of. the' 2orft' f> ultimo,' says :^— Q.uite''a newfeature in the historyo£- the : Colony iis the. -^wonderful increase -of; the?.', locust tribe's} during, the past year. .or two,randwe v •think althgether unaccpuntable. Truest is,that .. :.th|ere has always, been a large "number of the '\, locust family .in' tiies'e^sian&a^ 'but J .xmtil -tjie ''last'" l few years weliaa not'heard-of their commitlSng rf | hayoc '.on: the grass, orl pasture lands, iaud Iwff "were ';> fmcUned vto the^be^ef that they subsisted pn the : .- 'ferns, aiid that r agricuiturista r hadUttle przLptlung v , fear lErdm ,. tnein.' " is.w&i however, ifchV jcase is; "qiiite- different. ' ; Thby' have "increased" id* " an .' unusual extent, so miich so that -dolids of them - mky be uSeen at :timeß traveUingnthr'dugh the at-;L mbsphei|B from on& district to another,; darkening .7 v; thie air for .hours together; hill, sides .may, be, , seferi covered with themj and glistening in .the' " ; rays of the' sim like as 'many shells'; paistiife '.'. .lands jH6o^where >J fchey have alighted, are devasta- !^ ted'.incljf6und.itoi;be ; denuded of every blade 1 of 00 Igra88;-i and.' so nunierpusjare they asthey riseltiiii 'thpjFac^V^f'iwyeliersj^thathopßes will at times,,, reMse^rfec^fem. ; v 2 ; ; ',"..._-_; r \ ... .'•',.". •;^ ,The"r Well^igton Independent," $th June, in a „, local 1 having reference' to the Auckland Separa; "'"' .tibri^'League, iaysi-^fFrdm the description of V;l the meeting given by the " Herald," we: fear the- : ; Northern; Reparation., aiid; jEeform League'is de-i/- --, sign.cd tofaccomplish yery little v for Auckland :_-^j r ' "The object was. the appointment of a committee „ of ; twe'niby-four, to;^ct.as a council. These were!^' obtained' a'morigafr^prbarious^ughter arid general V confusion^ the last name placed on';the list- being' ithat Motke Q n °e jeelebrated chief, Te Oriori, •.., who.s,e, name was .received by the merrymultitude-. withdeafenmg cheersr J rWe _are also reminded, in the ,-construofcioh of thd cburicil, of'tHe pld' nursery ditty/ i "Tour - and- twenty ' blackbirds ' baked in -a pie",' certainly: it would be c a dainty"' dish ' to set , before 'the^rest of Ifew; Zealand; ;If :h thbe meetings of the Northern Separation^Bfoj^ form League can be kept up through the winter,, they will at least' afford a cheap popular entertainment.. We heard one of the audience, last^'nighjt, say tq.tiis friend,-; Well. Jack, Jl'm blowed r y if this 'ere aint worth a. bob,' .and we cordially;, indorse the gentleman's opinion, whoever he may be." : " '" ' : .'• ' ' ' '"'- ' ' ' ' , f , ( '' The "Tauranga Argus," of the 25tli ult., con-;"" tains a long account of the visit of the Superintendent of Auckland to that place,- and rejoices 7 at; his promise that the port shall b^ - made apprfc - of. entry, in order to put a stop to " the undeinV .. able practicle of smuggling powder and shot to ■the rebels/ which exists. The same journal :/ sa jr g : J_" ',£ rumor- has- been in circulation the - last-few days that the Han-haus' were, coming ; in: ; frdm the bush to tender allegiance,- but, up to the ' present they have not done, so. We^are^formedl on very good authority .that great privation exists amongst them; and that before long they will be . only too glad to submit." ' ; A Srirw lighthouse is about to be erected on the S.E. headland of Bustard Head, a . point on . . the coast between >Hervey Bay, and : Port Curtis. : - It 1 wul -be •» fixed- dioptric light, of the second., - order, vatried .by flashes. "The^ light^ will be fixed; . every alternate minute; 'arid a bright flash.' preceded arid followed : by a -sh'ort^clipse, will- ' occupy the intermediate minutes.: The diglit will' be visible for rather more than twenty-three miles. T Several small crafts have ibeen wrecked on Mast- , ■ head Island, arid its adjacent reefs, which, lie almo^t'Sue east from thie ; but for the ' futurepby keepinlfwithhi sight of the : light, these ! reefs will be cleared. . rocks also; ex- .-•'-•: tend scnia three .isule.s to -seaward from^^^ this headland, and the ligh'fcwili be found of great use in,, enabUrig' masters 1 of" vessels to know at night ' exactlywheri to -put about fc» clear- them;- :Tho ■■■■■ ■- tower will bej. of cast-iron, \thn%-!three feet from-: the foundation to ihe floor of ; the : lantern. ;The , time fixed for : receiving tenders l for it^, erection ; expired, yeßter3ay, but no'deeision. has be^en come"' to by&.e Brisbane Courier, 11 June.4. ; : :^- ;: - • : -'' : r- - M;'- :i -- :; ;■ '-^