TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1638, 19 March 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

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EGMONT RACEB,

Hawera, Tuesday. There is a large attendance at the Egrnont races.

Handicap Hurdles. Harrison's Druid ... 1 Denbigh 2 Chandler ~, 3. Won easily. Totalisator—£l2 18s Plying Handicap. Waitora... 1 The Pointer ~; 2 Firstwatcr 3 Totalisntor dividend—£3ls?. Egmoxt Handicap.

Waitora 1 liefrigerator 2 Firstwatcr ... ... 3 Tolalisalor dividend-£8 14s.

Maides Plati:

Martha , Parero . Won easily,

Sapling Stakes, Miss Puritan 1 Won easily. District Race. Laurel ] Nonnanby 2 Totalisator dividend—il 17s. Consolation Race,

Okato 1 About £1,900 went through the 10. talisator.

ENTRIES FOR CHRISTCHURCH

BAM SHOW,

OmtiSTOiitmcH, Monday. < For the Canterbury Agricultural and Passoral Association's Annual Earn Fair to be held 011 Thursday next, the following entries have been received: Lincolns, 980; Border Leicester, 252; English Leicester, 535 ; Merinos, 757; Romney Marsh, 81; Southdowns, etc., 133. Total rams, 2741. The ewes entered number 376, Grand total, 3117.

CimrsTcnußcii, Tuesday, ; H. Ilobart's house at Fendalton was broken into last week and a quantity of jewellery stolen, Six youths have been arrested on a charge of being connected in this and other recent burglaries, some of the stolen jewellery having been found in their possession.

Napier, Tuesday. Mr J, T, Tylee, who arrived in this colony in 1853, died yesterday afternoon,

Nelson, Tuesday, A boy named Kelly, about sixteen years of age, was aecidently shot through his right arm at the rifle butts this morning. The danger flag was flying, but no notice was taken of it.. NAPJER KACES. Napier, Tuesday, The course to-day was nearly as well attended as yesterday. : Grand Stand Handicap. Poet , ; ] Tim Whiler ... ... 2 Eadames. .... ... 3 . Dividend, £2 9s.

Wellington, Tuesday, D. C. Maunsell, who was arrested 0.1 the charge;of embezzling Government moneys, has been further remanded'till Friday next. No information has yet been received of the Native meeting at Parihakai It

is understood that the Natives had a greaPfeast, which was served itp'prin-, cipally in Eui'opea!!. fashion. GftUAT FEAST AT ...PARIHAIC A' J ' Opunake, .Tuesday. Yesterday was a great- least day at Parihaka. About 1000 natives and 100 European were present. Te Whiti entertained the pakehas, and Tohu the Maoris.' Te Whiti was nicely dressed and proved a most attentive host, having table-cloths, cruet-stands, knives forks, spoons, and everything in regular European fashion. A sirloin of beef, shoulder of mutton, fowls, plum-puddings, blanc manges, almonds, and raisins, and yarious wines, beer, &c,, composed the dinner to which Te Whiti welcomed all the Pakehas, men, women, and children. On the marae, where Te TV hitr and Tohu formerly harangued the multitude, a large crowd of Maoris sat down'to the repast, Tohu going.tip and down; ;aud seeing everything'right, Each man and woman was served with a cup and saucer, bread and butter being brought out in large trays and served out by waiters.attired gaily in worked aprons and with towels slung across their shoulders in orthodox fashion. . There was a procession of about twenty womon dressed in European clothes. For the privilege of exhibiting; their figures and dresses they had to "contribute some silver as they entered' Te Wbiti's house but to what purpose the money was devoted did not transpire. Tohu, who was dressed in European costume, addressed a few words, to them, denouncing extravagance in dress, one of the women replying. There appeared a general tendency towards European ways and customs, so different from two or three years ago, when all the natives who came to Parihaka at once assumed the Maori blanket or mat; yesterday, on the contrary, most of the me»i were .smartly dressed in a European .costume; and many of,the women also, especially, those belonging to the younger generation. Although Tohu served out grog to all the. natives, 110 drunkenness and no disorder of any kind was to' be soen. Everything was scrupulously clean so far as the food was concerned, and the pah was much cleaner than it used to be. It is anticipated the pakehas will invite the Maoris to partake ofati entertainment. A public Meeting is talked of to petition for the right of the Maoris to use the public highway like other people.