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Tauranga Argus and Opotiki Reporter, Volume 1, Issue 1, 1 December 1866, Page 3

B y the arrival of p.s. Govefment Steamer Sturt, Captain Fairchild, from the S,iul n ports, we have Veceived thefollowing information : ! appears tliat the survevors sent, out by *the Government to survey-thC blocks at Poverty Bay have been stopped bv the natives there on1 several oecasioris, but one of them having more pluck than his coadjutors, when his theodolite was kicked over by a big burly Maori seyferal tirnes foupd it br^s higli time to use a litfl.e musculay christianity, rolled into him and gave such a, lesson in puglicism that he was obly to glad tcKcyy taiho^i, the other natives percevipg that John Bnll had beat his champion allpwed >s the SarVeyors to procped quietly with on with their work. On Mondav evening last, the - Dramatiy Ciub of the 12t!r Regimenr, gave1 an f>nt" rtainment- at the Theatre lloyal for the benefit bf Mr. J. F. Cobb, who is about lea-vinar the 'regiment. The bill of ture comprised ihe couii'dy of '■ Wh't' bait at. Gfflenwjcb," followed • ' bv 'he Quarrel fv-'tve froai '• Juhus (JaMar," which met wiihdeserved -ind phatiuued applause. This was succeeded by' a;. iorteriude consist n jbf a comic song by !\!r. Fay, who was raptqroqsjy encoied, ar>d the Sadors Hornpipe, byMr. George, thtit indi fatisafele and jseaseiqss catere: for public amusement, who at the "eleventh honr was surrfmoned to sup,ply the place of Mr. Cotton who was announced i-h the hills for tbat perlormaqce. The ev.-ning's entertainment cbucluded with the 8Cteaming farce of " fo Paris and Back for ; Five Pounds," Mv F, Y. Barrass in the cbaracter of of SaaiueljBnoz-zle was capital, also tlie msk» up of Spriggii's fMr. Sh-phefd), whilst Mr. I. F. Cobb'* imp6rsonation of Gbarles dafkhafn was uniquC We w otiki suggest to the g'entleman wh re,.re9eated " Joseph," tbat in ordinary e»ery day. life waitere do n-t us i-dly ttftend upoo the public as if in trajninu for actobatic perlqrnvws, hii e^cepted th. cha- 'C'er was well kepf'up. Tiie seenery jjpain'rql bt> Nr George himself deser vbs l highe.-t enconiu n, u in iiself betng -iifficient to a t act an aud'ence' fo this pretty liti le Theatre