LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 5, Issue 273, 19 December 1861, Page 3

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

/fesiDENT Magistrate’s /Court, Dec. .11, S. ZUirie, .Esq, liM\, W; H. iVVatt, Jas. -Blytb, and Jiio.' Cameron, -Erqs., J.R.s,—NutVaniel Beamish cliirined damages for. - , trespass Of defendants’ cattle dm his grass, paddocks, ffbin- Hoiie Waitere 2i>Bs, from Ruben 6145, aiidJrora Bubfen, Uiiki, P«ora, - and Nalione, ’3f; judgment ’Ws given; for. the amounts claimed. /Dee/ 14. Ualii, a Maori, was brought' "up oil a. charge of steuling a shavvlfromMr. Meta rail, and being a thief by habit and repute, Was sentenced tonsil months’ imprisonment witii hard labour. • . Auction SALE.—itfessrs; Powell arid Co. held an auction on the 12th inst., under instructions frem the trustees. of ; the estate Hi Curtis and Cf. There 'WfcsV.'a -large

attbmlance, , and. the; .bihlings were very spirited. The whole, of. the - merchandize was sold t at Very gqoil prices jin' many in - stances ; at higher thanthe. ciirrent ‘ rates. JT’uwn-section 497’ sold; fpr 2'H. ; the. lease. ;irfiirie;4jacre paddock realized 10/';. " j^mises'-Taripo ho ;bfierf 7he borises, -with one;exception,. were : (IrajrJwltlijem buyers.' The cattle could not he mustered' In time, but we uii- ’ ileratand that they will he * offered ’at an Varly day. " " . * ; ’’ ' '. ”'. ’J he N atives.- 1 - A* large hiimber 'of Ngati.fiiamiiisjyisited Aramaho a week or two since for the purpose of assistiiig at atarigi over?the body of Nalione, who was killed some teme ago by a fall from his horse; doubt they disc:tssed / political matters, hut witli whaf, if any result, hashot yet traiispire*!.About 150 came, some of whom • remain; in the/ neighbonrlioodij r/rhose wjK/returned nrade-, considerable purchases ’pf (.tpbageo. Wan et's &e. from, our storekeepers before they left. They seemed a good d&il disheartened by the repO'rt - that the. Waikato natives were peaceably inclined. ' 'x'iZ ; Maori lvoADs.—The reference, ; iu R/letter of a*Correspondent ■in another column, to-a A/aori not being allowed a road to .his own .-Iqnds, •• is , to a .case which )was: before the few - days; ago. The Maoris' assert a claim to a right: of way across some , land beWnging to Win. Paterson, Esq., of Gordon Park, aiul'iu vindication nf their claim broke■ down the fence at the place where the road was interrupted and passed through. Mr. Paterson brquglrt .the Maories up on a charge of trespass ; but the defendants were dismissed with the admonition-,-thatthey felt ■themselves.aggrieved they. must .apply to the. court, and not take' the law into their own hands. We think the Maoris "proceeded'; in the way in which such, quest ions; are. usually brought before legal tribunals at home; and as the quest'on of the right.of way in this country, arising from use of the road,"is, as far.as we know, still unsettled, we hope this Va e will be again brought up, 'so that the question may'be decided autho litatively. Rifle- ;'S.Ho.o^iNq:JrfAtCH.-r»^;iaiiiireyhe* longing to Mr. George Aoherts, was comptted for by some- of our Volunteers last, ;; week. The mare was valued ut 30Z, there; hpiug 30 entries at II each. The shooting was at 200 arid 3ytrj'ayds, with five shots at each range, and after a close and exciting contest, Mr. Frank Pa'rkes gained theprize, scoring 17. The following are a few of the higher scores,—T. .Powell 16, S. Deighton 15, T). Porter 15, Fred. Parkes 14, 11. 1. Jones* 13, G. How'e 12, W. Jowett 12, W. Finnimdre 11. TSeft,-4? T cn days ago-MriGibVon’smill at Kaikokopu was' entered early in the ''morning, and about 50 lbs flour, a roll of bedding, and a day-book carried riff. .1 he footsteps of a Maori were traced to the river hank, where it.-is supposed he had.-a 'canoe ,in waiting. Suspicion was: mulched to a hladri living at Araiiamtf,'biit uo stej-s .have been taken against him; ;. • - f I'HE Overland Mail 1 to . Taranaki Rumours'w'ere afloat''Spine weeks ago, that the conveyance of this mail was,TP-be re suined ; but c it appears that the ''Agatiruanui are'still opposed to its being allowed to pass. The Waikatos are divided on the question, and it cannot be settled in our favour until they give the command to their allies to open the communication. It w;oiild seem that .as.yet; the ( ’JVoe=” have it, on the ground that the road; was shut during the war, and that the circumstances remaining still the same, no ebahf s -Warranted. ’ 'JTie Garrison.— The onga Wongabrought down from Taran ,vi yesterday -90 of the 57th regtv, and they will, it is believed, be followed by pthers in tlie end of the month. The two companies pf the 65th regt. which have, been here for several .years, will then be/taken to Taranaki, from which they are. expected shortly to be removed to Auckland. : ' Geological Survf.y. —The Hon. J. C. Crawford arrived here on 'l’uesday evening, for the purpose of engaging in this important task, which he has so obligingly undertaken. If lie find traces of a paying gold field in the interior juntipn of the district he purposes surveying, he will have done more to settle the Maori difficulty than Governor Grey.