TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1144, 5 August 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

: f: ly THE GAMING -AND) ' ACT. r'i

ii. rl4 McO&iND jALust 'if I ' »'■ -t* <■ ■■ •/ ••■ r '* In a charge of-card-playing against. Mr. ;'W, H. Corbet, of the Royal. George Hotel' IHewmqrjcot] the M|gjat rate.^Mr? unlawful game','.ati'd 1 the' ! casil; was'.'tliWeV 'foredismissed;: I>}!').%().•1>}!').%().• -j.K-•'

REPORT T.ONATiyfiaMINISTER, PMmm • • ■

{■ ; . Grey tow n, 9th ; |>ik,—l have : the honor to " report _oii. the stale of the Maoris during -the -patlyear in this disfrict., '? TilS^cqii^in'up t \ye^and^ortlerj)" towards' a "tatter coti3itio», bejug rpordependent -Inn-1 heir o wSi'exwtjpna ,'tlian 09 f &bvwn~ .V/rhe'oensus talpein' durnig ! the past.;e»t)iiijte' tlifeiiv v 800 Is imposiibleto get an- -uxaok cenßtin. 00 account of (lie migratory hai>its'->and;(re'f. luotauce in giving Information as to names, &c., .{lirough S,usplqibp',.of £h| motive of the Government- ■ -< •£•.

■ln my last report-1 refwyed^their, belief in prnphets, and cunsequbrmeet-' inga held by them, ,reaulting,-^ip. reckless prodigality. has sinoe died, and Te Whiti has been an resied ; their infatuation 1 ' has ceased. What niental aberrations they, May here&fter deVelope' .btffaeiri! rtot'tbirik they tiill relipse to the same extent, for the ,priT»ti->tii, they!Have 5 suffered,' owing to waste'of 1 their mtans at their will act as a de> errent for the future ... The frequent oommittee meetings, to whieh I refered in my last report are not now held, These have dwindled down to mere desultory controversies at their seveial kaingas.

The action recently taken by Government to suppress the acts »f Te Whin's I people did not oause much interest ur comment, except 111 que or two instances. The stand tor so long taken by a sec-1 tion of the Kins party, ilnd tljose who lately professed " Hauhauism," against the Native Land Court is being foiinquished. Large blocks of lamLcae i; npiy |: being surveyed and brought under "the operation of the Native Land Act. This I take to lie a decided, indication' of abandonment of their p;ist opposition; Vaccination of Aiaories has been.proceeded with, but only about 330 submitted themselves to the operation. The (medical attendant reports threat difficulty in inducing them to weot or come to him for the purpose. :j The Na'ive Beserve grievances—that is to say the coinolaint uuainst nbn-Gottle--ment of the ownerships, and son-issue ofCrown Grants-still «w*n

A party of the N«atipouru tribe froni Poverty Bay have months engaged-in-elaborately; carving huge totam slabs fur./i lar ;o ui eejtj nj[ Jiouse i at Papawai. It is Baid tlmi its'erection will occupy then} about eighteen months, and is to eclipse.in its carving and ornamental designs all other eifhilav edifices in New Zealand. 1

Maoris express a wish to have ;>theiri children taught by a> teachei' to be appointed by Government. Admission to publio schi (k it refused them, except in one or two instances; this ia owing to the objeotion Enropean parents hare to Maoris (who are filthy in their dress ond habits) having c6fit'apt with their children .' Maori' children are intelligent, and it appear unjait'that no opportur nity is,afforded f themfpr„pnm»7 eduov ■ The'question! xliifsh.have baeq in dwpate for so many yess Government.ai)d..,MMri».hare-beet}-,for. thV inoat, satisfactorily; adjusted.: There .yet remainder, dqajf' Vithtlhe .'Mg* view.' -W Native the opponents, to tbe'Crown, tenure »ny assisUnce:he miy me completing'theSei'matterti- '.>- ' .i! ORtKAH.jNM V> r'-Vvfrfott '•to, . • ...

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. "/jPtie oldiat in the United Kingdom th» Marqiiiiof Donegal, eighty four; thioldiil ViiEnp, the Bishop o? Kilmore, eighty-one j the eldest earl, the Earl of Montcashel who is also the oldest peer in eiiatance, eighty nine; and the oldi^ judge, Baron Fitzgerald, nearly ievent;< five-all are Irishmen.

According to an old Lenten custom ..ohaeryed.iu.Xiondoa for.the .laߣ.4oo>yeftTß - 21 jvidowa~Jviaifc anancient\tomb in the >■ 'oiiuwh-yMi of&. the fc, anl each pick up a new sixpence.; the Sfunknown. u /Jo/iMdlamfvin/idMt?(Hinfined m the ( County Manual Labor poor hoase, Teni 'was' Bitten by a rattlesnake on the fart* 6nKer-of'theleft'hand,'the'fan)!B'penetint>' ;Mg!boJh ( three minliteß ajfter thb wApfflrotraylri . Symington, wife of the superintenaHat, iplit the finger on both sides witlutazor, ; ppurad[ ft:TOaP quantity of powder into the wound, and set fire to -it.'' She th«2J. ; [applied ammonia, aqdalso.'gave ■< ? 'ind whiikey-ihwardly ultil tie 'ram b»came drunk, Next day the arm and hand :jre» swollen;three,itimes,, siie, : but the swelling ultimately- went ' down, and'Ludlum recovered,. 4tosd\fhat this ■ extraordinary sale of Surplus Stock will ! billy last 14 days, it behoves all who wish to - replenish their stores of drapery at a fabu. i iloualy .cheap > rate to. make a i vory; e trlyVvi >to*. J.iir s'Kmith'ScTe Ac-e<l& ■An; •' '■ fii ' of'tlie Wamtfapn slwuM' not forget .thfttthey will jiftve.an < opjj.ii , tunity r of pur- [ phasing' |ir_ar 4 4 rery jlarge reduotion from usual raleii and should Hlerifclre' net fail to be among t'ae earliest visitors at the. Surplus Stock Sale at Te An ■ ,Hbuiei-^A# r,i '' -M iri ; ' ""HMseholders, remember that you vill ba ' terpiu'ea/Qailts, Carpets, Floorcloths', atsa|a ' jprioea/If ypar-own intereata, VonWill not'fdil'tj} ! He 'ofthfr isbiy xril] t throng,to the Surplus StooK : Sale ; , SiiiTß'arTe- jtrtf House, Wellington ' • "" r Hea&9 of families, don't-'forget yaufljttle j{ .opesJ f ']^ys ! j,an4 ,Youths' -.Clothing istqlje jid.chpap auhe. Surplus 'Stocjc »«le at Te