INTER-PROVINCIAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 102, 22 January 1870, Page 6

INTER-PROVINCIAL.

Boiling-down. — At a meeting of the Directors of the " Wairarapa Boilingdown Company, on Thursday, the tender of Messrs. C. Ticehursfc and E. Vennell to lease the establishment for one year for £110 was accepted. The other tenders were from Mr. Anderson for £105, and Mr. R. Cooper £100. The lessees intend to commence operations at once, and the advantages to be reaped by so many different classes thereby are worth pointing out. In the first place, the whole community resident between Masterton and the Hutt, will be able to enjoy economical dinners off cheap legs of mutton ; the carriers will get more " back carriage " in the shape of tallow and skins; the coopers and carpenters will realize considerable advantages from the demand for casks and boxes in which to pack the tallow, -and the saw-mill owners from the timber that will be required for the same purposes; the fellmongers will have opportunities of purchasing skins on which to practice their operations ; and last, but not the least, the sheepfarmer will be benefited by having a minimum value put on his sheep.

Our sober Premier has been lecturing again on the West Coast on the old, old subject, teetotalism, which is a very dry one now. If he had only seen the drays I saw last week, going from Wellington, laden with hogsheads of beer, and knew at the same time there was a large brewery in Greytown., his opinion of the settlers, I am afrai,d, would not' be very complimentary, and he might come and bore you with his. stale ideas. — We still occa T sionally. ge;fc little, bits of news about the ' Native "W^ar, which are strongly suspected of- being doctored up to suit the public palate. " The, telegrams are difficult to understand," towing to the

want of maps qf the interior pf New Zealand, which is almost as unexplored as the desert of Sahara. For instance, we are told that Te Kooti is at Makokomikp, where Topia's force js ready to attack him, but one looks in vain for any mention of these names on the maps. — Complaints arc made that every appointment in the new force is given to some one from Otago. The latest instance is the arrival of Mr. Thompson, who has received the appointment of Detective Inspector, at a salary of £35,0 per- annum. What his duties are I am as ignorant of as I expect he is himself; but it sounds to have a detective for a force that is supposed to be organised to fight Te Kooti. — ''Wairarapa Mercury's " Wellington Letter.

Patea. — The corespondent of the " Wanganui Herald " says —" We have four hotels, two bakeries, seven general stores, one saddler, one blacksmith, one brewei', one butcher, one brick and tile maker, several carpenters, cabinet makers, &c. Many of the up-country settlers are again on their land. Where twelve months ago none but armed parties could travel, the plough, the dray, and the settler are in active operation. A day school and Sunday school are both well attended. Major Noake, our respected Resident Magistrate, has kindly consented to read divine service cveiy Sunday. And now your correspondent will conclude, or he will become too jubilant.

Fencing. — We have heard of a contract for putting up wire fencing being taken at 7s. 6d. per chain. The contractor to find posts and everything but wire and staples. The loan of two bullock drays from the station being had gratuitously. — " Wairarapa Mercury," January 5.

A skeleton, supposed to be that of an aboriginal native, was discovered yesterday by some men employed in sinking at the rear of the European Hotel, Grahamstown. The skeleton was in a perfect state, and it is believed that the ground was at one time used as a burial-place by the natives. Those who examined the skeleton state that there were marks of a tomahawk wound on the skull. — " Thames Advertiser," Dec. 31.

The Advance of Civilization. — The last instance we have of the Mayi copying his betters, is Wi Mahupuku referring all dunning creditors to "my lawyer in Wellington." — " Wairarapa Mercury," January 5.

It affords another proof of the splendid quality of the Wairarapa timber, to see the telegraph poles for the Waitotara line being taken over the Rimutaka, to be shipped at Wellington. The contract has been taken by S. Revans Esq., at 255. a-pieee, and more than half the number has already left the Woodside Saw-mill. These mills have also supplied a large proportion of the poles used in the lin^s in the South Island, and if only a better and cheaper mode of conveyance could be obtained, the export of timber would be almost incalculable.

The " West Coast Times " of the Bth inst. reports an inquest held on the body of Mrs. Alice Cramer who died in child birth on the preceding day. An idea had got abroad that the deceased had not been properly treated by her medical attendant, Dr. Rosetti. From the examination of that gentleman, and also of Drs. Dermott and AcVson, the evidence was very conclusive — that no blame was attached to the medical man. The jury returned the following verdi't : — "That the deceased, Alice Cramer, came by her death through rupture of the uterus ; and, further, the jury wish to say that Dr. Kpsetti was not in any way culpable."

The " West Coast Times " reports a serious accident as having occurred at the Hokitika Races, which came off the last day of the year, to a jockey named Morris. He was riding Garforth's b.g. Native in the hurdle race, when the hoi-se struck the bush on the third hui'dle, fell, and turned a complete somersault. Poor Morris was thrown away clear of the horse, but the animal, befox^e getting tip, rolled right over him, and inflicted such serious injuries that his life is despaired of. A Cheap Horse. — A horse described as " a pretty little bay gelding," was sold the other day at the Hutt pound, Wellington, for the sum of two shillings, being considerably lesa than the cost of the advertisement. The first vessel of the Pacific Mail Company will, we understand, leave in January on the new route between Sydney and San Francisco. Generally speaking, the question of whether Auckland or Wellington shall be the port of call is looked at as a matter of little concern so long as the service itself be secured. In Wellington, however, this is not the case, and we find the local press there striving hard to plead the cause of Wellington, and, as alast resort, endeavouring to drive Mr. Yogel from a conscientious view of the matter, by hinting broadly that if he gives Auck- j land the preference, it will be said that he does so, because he has recently become an Auckland man. It is stated by one of our southern contemporaries that it is believed that Mr. Yogel, who. is now in, Sydney, will not consent to the service, on the part of New Zealand urdess either, the port of ' Auckland or, of- Wellington is made the port of- call for. the, steamers,- in place of the. Bay of Islands.— '.' Thames * Advertiser," December 27.'