INTERPROVINCIAL.

Southland Times, Issue 1318, 7 October 1870, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Canterbury. — The Provincial Council was opened on the 3()th ult. The Superintendent in his opening address alluded to the influence which the legislation of the late session of the Assembly had on the provinces. The Northern Railway was to be pushed on with, and should the General Government repay the province for that work this year, the money would be devoted to harbor works. It was proposed to carry on immigration as formerly, as the General Government scheme was not likely to be carried out this year. The revenue of the province was satisfactory, being £10,000 in excess of the estimated revenue. — The Provincial Museum waa opened the same day. All the leadifig men in the province were present on the occasion. Westlajsd. — The new Goldfield Regulations seem to be the cause of great dissatisfaction. The County Chairman, Mr Hoos, was lately burnt in effigy in Stafford Town, and suspended round his neck was a bill on which was printed in large characters the " New Goldfield Rules and Regulations." Over 200 signatures to the petition for repealiag the new rules have arrived from Okarito, and about 700 are expected from Stafford Town and the Waimea. — Murray, one of the discoverers cf Murray's Creek, Inangahua, has been found dead in the bush, near the New Eiver. He had fallen over a precipice and broken his neck. — A man named Dale, a newspaper runner at Greymouth, has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment, for libel on Mr Joseph Kilgour, the mayor of Greymouth. — The coal mine at the Hokitika River is reported to be turning out quite equal to expectation. The miners have followed a well-defined seam down 25ft., where it is fully sft. 6in. thick. The coal burns exceedingly well, but is rather brittle. Auckland. — "We have intelligence to the 29th ult. :— The two men, Griffiths and EUia, committed for trial on a charge of obtaining money from one Harris, an absconder, by representing themselves to be detectives, have been tried and acquitted. — The Thames district is suffering from extreme dulness of trade, and want of employ mentamongthepopulation. The depression is general, and large numbers of people are leaving. — Christopher Greenway was mulct in £50 damages, and heavy costs, for a slander upon Messrs Fraser and Tinne, in circulating reports of their insolvency. The Caledonian Quartz Mining Company amalgamates with the Young American Company. The new shares have been issued. — There have been several attempts at incendiarism. — The Maori who sued another Maori for restitution of money, paid under a promise to cure by witchcraft, obtained a verdict in his favor. — The ship East Lothian cleared out for New York with 265 tons of kauri gum and 10 tons of flax, valued at £10,260.— The inquest on the death of Mr Casset, who shot himself at the Thames, resulted in a verdict of "temporary insanity." Tabanaki. — Telegraphic intelligence to hand, dated New Plymouth, Sept. 28th, reports that the great Native meeting at Pariaka ended on Friday last. The Natives talked for seven days together, but very little meaning can be gathered from their talk. Te "Whiti said that there was no King and no Queen, that he was the Supreme head. Oporo, who had come from Tokangamutu, said that Teporah had made a King, but that he had now taken the Kingdom away. Mr Parris said to Te Whiti, " Tawhiao is not dead j

but Eewi will say— la it for a slave in Taranaki to move the great Waikato Chief from his Kingship ?" A great deal of talk followed thia, which Te Whiti concluded by saying that the sword would be returned to the sheath, and wouldnot be drawn again. Queenites, Kingites, and all others should stop fighting, and all should be quiet. On the 21st, Tito Kowaru arrived upon the scene with eighty men and six women, all well armed. They had plenty of money, and were welcomed by the assembled natives. They discharged their firearms before entering the village. Mr Parris called on his natives not to look on the man who had defiled himself. Tito Kowaru abused Mr Parris in return. On the next day there was still more talk. More sticks were set up, and the old story was repeated about the arrival of the Missionaries in the country, followed by that of the Queen, and the Europeans taking the land from the Maoris while the Missionaries directed their eyes to heaven. Towards the close of the discussion, Tito Kowaru came to the centre with a double-barrelled gun in his hand, and said : " I return to Ngatimaru. I turn my back on the old Ngatimaniapoto. I will never strike another blow unless I am attacked. If my face is scratched, I will retaliate.'? He then left with his followers. He was not angry, but said nothing more. He was superbly dressed in the costume of a Native Chief of high rank, but his one eye and horrid face were extremely repulsive. On his way to his old haunts, he slept at Opunake and Oeo.