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Southland Times, Issue 1190, 9 July 1869, Page 6

A meeting of the New Hirer district coustjtueacy, was held at Mr Blackie's barn, Ryal Ensh, on Tuesday last, 22nd ult., for the purpose of coDferrng with Mr MClui-e, the'r representative on the political questions of the day. Mr W Marten was voted to the chair, and the audience d ; d not much exceed twenty persons. A iuH report wiU be found in our other columns. The * Wel'ington Even'ug Post' of the 11th inst., says: — "Where is the Governor? people are asking. The eventful meeting of the Legislature has taten place, the political gladiators are nerving themselves for the contest about to take place, which will, to a great extent, decide the destinies of the Colony ; and yet he, the great Earigitira Pakeha — the Chief of the Whites— who should, above all others, feel deeply interested in tbe event as affecting so largely the prosperity of the country he is trusted to goverr, absents himself in ut.er indifference, his whereabouis undefined. Is he " shooting pheasants for the benefit of bis healih" in the pleasant woods of Auckland ? Is he chasing that dubious nvmoh the Princess Sophia in the Waikafco, to b?;og about an interview with the Haa-haus, the possible utility ot which has vanished? Is he j"k' icing poebleal epistles to his son, King Tawhiao ? Or is he peacefully reposmg in " the bosom of his family," utterly indifferent to the poliical storms which rage around him. Kea \v we cannot tell, and sooth to say, we do not ca*e. H's presence or bi9 absence matters so litile (except in tbe single instance of baviig to pay our share of his salary), that we wonder people can take the trouble even to ask, " Where is tbe Governor." Six brace of oheasants were taken by the Duke of Edinburgh from Auckland; for distribution at Tahiti and the other islands of the Pacific to be visited by tbe Galatea. The ' Wairarapa Mercury ' states that land in that district still has some value in the market, although but nearly nominal. A property consisting of 1,100 acres, situated at the head of one of the branches of the Warehama, was sold last week, by Mr Bellis, together with 1,100 sheep for the sum of £1,100. Mr Dymock was the purchaser. The 'New Zealand Herald' of 10th May sara : " One of the most extraordinary yields of gold we have yet reported from a claim at the Thames is the result obtained from 3501bs of stcne taken from the Long Drive claim, and earned on Friday at the Kutanui onestamper battery. It speaks alike for the claim and the machinery. The result was 1185ozs. of jroid, or at the rate of nearly three and a-half ounces of gold to the pound weight of stone."