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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 169, 27 May 1879, Page 2

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(l'Ml I'fiESS AGENCY. WELLINGTON. Monday. . The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report, under date London, May 21st:—The wool sales are progressing firmly, Competition of both homo and foreign buyers active. Up to date 105,000 bales sold. The wheat market is quiet. Adelaide is worth 48s, New Zealand "5s per quarter. Tallow is flat. No speculative demand. Town melted is cheap. Heavy arrivals of North American. Mutton 345, beef 32s per cwt. Leather, best sides, 9|d. Cook, Manager of the Colonial Bank at Wellington, intends resigning. Tho creditors of William, Cameron & Go. have accepted an assignment of'ten shillings in the£, with 8 percent, added, guaranteed by Joseph & Co. The Post circulates a rumor that a Northern journalist is about to be appointed Judge of the Native Lands Court, and- that a certain M. H.U. from tho same district will probably join tho Ministry. Sheehau is so ill with quinsoy that ho is not expected*at-Wellington for some time; ■ i

Bannister won the Evening Post Challenge Cup.with a spore of 51 out of a possiblo GO. ; . ;■ / The dead 1 body of a man has been found near Lowry Bay. In a case before the R.M, to-day, an ac- ( - count was put in as " account rendered," \ The Magistrate. said ho would in all such j cases insist on a full bill of particulai'3 being ( attached. r ' Two new insolvencies. I Sir Hercules liobinson yesterday received j information by cable that the Hon. E. W. < Stafford and the Hon. W, Fox have been : created K.C.M.G.'s, and tho Hon. E, Rich- 1 ardson and W. JVM, Larnach C.M.G.'s. .] NEW PLYMOUTH, ■ Monday. ' A native who attended the last Parihaka ( meeting reports that Te Whiti invited all I outside natives to take shelter with him im- ' mediately, as there is going to be a tremen- ' dons earthquake, which will destroy all who i do not seek his protection. May 26, A party of seven or eight natives went on to Mi Caverlull's lauds at Oakuru yesterday afternoon and began ploughing it up. They had four bullock ploughs. Te Nomo, nephew of the celebrated Wircmu Kingi, and Tukino were in command of the party, When the natives were asked why they were there, they stated they were under orders from Te Whiti, who told them to go and occupy all the confiscated lands, as tho Europeans were now their slaves, The natives state that all the confiscated lands in the Waitara and other places will bo occupied, AUCKLAND. Saturday. It is believed that the Board of Governors aro disposed to lower the scale of fees for evening classes to .61 a quarter-one class; subjects, 10s each additional. Detective Grace goes to Napier, not Detective Jeffrey. Mr Bowman lias arrived by the Wanaka, and assumes the duties of chief clerk of the land tax ollice here. A man named Moikle, formerly of Waiwera, became insane through pecuniary difficulties. The Star to-night says Tawhiao has f9OOO in cash, bequeathed to him by Potatau, concealed in a tapued place in the bush. A sou of Epiha, a Mokau chief, •received an appointment in the Public Works workshop, to be trained as an 1 engineer. He was educated at St, Stephen's, Another is to be educated, The Premier has also ordered the education of a son of To Weterc, another Mokau chief. A new biigantine, christened Clansman, '< was launched to-day. H.M.S, Emerald fired the usual Royal salute to-day, No review was held; it was ; postponed till Monday, The sports at Eller- • slie were acomparative failure, owing to the small attendance through rain, In the Champion Mile Race between O'Connor, ol Timaru, and Brown, of Auckland. O'Connor 1 won easily; time, 4inins 57secs, on wet' , ground. The half-mile race was won by ! Ryan; Dalton 2nd. Tho mile race was won • by Martin, ; ALEXANDRA. 1 • Sunday, l Tawhiao was to hold a meeting rat Hikur- • angi on Saturday, Te Ngakau was down on ! Friday for a load of Hour. | It has now transpirod that the King wished i Grey to remain hero, so that he might have ! held tho late meeting with the natives first. ! 1 lad the Premier not left Alexandra at once, i, . . , an invitation would have been sent him to i return next day. | WANGANUI. ! Saturday. Tho football match between Wellington - and Wanganui came oft' this afternoon. It i was splendidly contested. Up till ten minutes of the close of tho meeting neither side [ gained any advantage, when a try was ob- ; tained by Cross for Wangaimi, the goal being ! capitally kicked by Bailey; The result was, Wanganui, 1 goal; Wellington, 0. Special [ mention must be made of the play of the ' captain and Berry for Wellington, and Pcrb, Bailey, and Fitzherhcrt, for Wanganui. ! FEILDING. ! Saturday. 1 The following circular notice has been 1 posted to-day at the saw mills:—"ManaI watu, May 20th, 1871),—In consequence of i the slackness of tho timber trade and tho commercial depression generally, saw-mill ' proprietors and others of tho Manawatu have found it necessary to very materially reduce i the 1 price of timber, in order to successfully resist tho importation of timber from abroad, With this object in view they have found it : necessary to temporarily reduce the rate of i wages to the following rates, coming into operation on the Ist day of Juno next:— : Sawkeepers, per day of eight hours, 10s; ' bcnchmon, 10s; tailmen, 8s; verticalinen, Gs to 7s; engine-drivers, 8s; bush hands, Gs to 7s; bullock-drivers, in winter, 9s, in summer, Ss: horse-drivers, Gs Gd to 7s; ordinary 1 hands about mill, truck-loaders, and others, Gs; boys. 4s to 55." The above circular I fixes wages at least 20 per cent, below pre--1 sent rates. This result is supposed to be ! caused by the recent alteration of the tariff ! taking 2s per 100 feet off imported timber. NAPIER. Sunday, [ . At a meeting of the members of the • Hawko's Bay Pastoral and Agricultural Society held at Hastings yesterday it was re- ; solved to bring the Rabbit Nuisance Act into operation in the provincial district of Hawkcs Bay as far north as Tutaekuri River. The i annual match' of the Society was held yesterday at Hastings. The single ploughing • was excellent, but the double furrow plough- , ing was not so good as that of last year. , The exhibitions of grain were larger and . better than in previous years, Roots were , not shown in great quantity, but the quality was very good. The usual dinner was held i at the finish of the ploughing, Capt, Russell presiding, : £fc.