LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 6, Issue 278, 23 January 1862, Page 2

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

' District Court. This court was held yesterday. The only case: was that of Dudgeon & Co. v. Nairn, a disputed claim for commission on the sale of the Grange farm. The caise was adjourned till next sitting of the Court. i Misprint. The amount subscribed at the - r i ea meeting in . connection with •Christ Church. corigrejgatibn, 'was • not’ .£IOOO, as mentioned in our last, but £IOO. . • - „ W anganui Militia. Sergeant Henry Boyden Bobeitts' has been promoted to a

, Lieutenancy. In the-Wanganui Regimefav^-r, .qf/Mllititu*--Ivv :■? v ■■ - has been received by Majot 1 “Lord Wbtsley” Wellington, for the use of this . district, of 51,0Q0 rifle ball cartridges, 56 00.0 caps, 73 qr. bids." ammunition, and 2 . iron targets/. The; price; of ammunition !_,!" for private practice is how fixed,at per 1-0.0. -rounds with ,125 caps. . The S-roßk'.Bird. !.' As will be seep by the advertisement, this vessel, is .to leave: for Wellington on'Friday week, and after remaining there till Monday, .will leave for Dunedin. , , T . - SeuoEANT Collins. By a private letter from Wellington we learn that this unhappy man is now in a very subdued estate of mind. He was much agitated on the 'Receipt' of; the warrant : for liis execution, exclaiming that the news of liis mis- , erab'e fate,, would break the .heart of liis • poor mother. - The execution is delayed till the return from Nelson of 'Judge Johnston; ''' who is to'decide whether it is the : duty.of th,e Sheiriff or the ,Gaoler to .. see the sentance-eacrieil into effect. Three days after this point lias been .decided, the ■execution'will take place.: The Shrievalty, Thos. Harper Esq. Is-gazetted as Sheriff of this,,district.. «... The Office.' Saltpetre’s letter in our last, has brought a reply from Wellington. Mr. Hoggard states, that, at the request of our Post- master here he wrote some months ago; fq-r'a neyr stamp to the person in Sydney who had made one for \V ellington, and heard nothing more of It until his letter was returned, the other day with the words “Not found” on it. He is to send the order by the Captain of < the mail steamer next trip, so as to ensure its execution. In the cour eof three months then, Saltpetre will have the proper stamp put upon his letters, and Wanganui will take its proper rank as a post of no mean importance. .! There is to be an alteration in the mode of posting letters from one part of New Zealand to another on the Ist. April! All letters must be posted with a stamp on them after that date;' We aresume they will be detained unless the stamp be of the proper value. Could the Postmaster not charge. double for those not. stamped l or not fully stamped, as in England, thereby ensuring an addition to the revenue, and not detaining letters —it may be, of Importance—on account of forgetfulness or miscalculation on the part of the sender 1 There is also a nego-, ciation on foot for money orders between ; this and ;ths'home country, which may be completed by the' Ist. April. If the charge be reasonable/the boon to the public, will bfe-great. -Could not the arrangement, be made' to include the neighbouring colonies'and'the different parts of New Zealand? The Natives. A pretty little quarrel is beginning up the river between Topine..'. .. ■■• alias Mamuku, head.chief, and. a chief of lower, grade, ,-irko wishes to dispose of some land belonging to himself, bpt is prohibited from doing so by Mamuku as representative .of the tribe. The owner of the land is' determined to carry hi 3 point, though torce should be necessary, and 1 a fight is at present expected. This case, it! will be observed, bears a strong resemblance to that at Waitara, and it will be interesting to watch its progres.