NEW PLYMOUTH.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1997, 22 May 1885, Page 2

NEW PLYMOUTH.

[from our own correspondent.]

From a]! accounts }t appears thaf. t|io Natives are up to their little games m\)\ -chqppilig down fen,q% wounding cattle frpnj private properties, and otljer': wise annoying thegeftjers jn the outdistricts, Numerous robberies are ajsp reported to have taken plage, Puneprehu and Parihaka seem to be the main centres of the disturbance, and in each of those districts the settlers are up in arms, Mr Ballance, Native Minister, proceeded to Pungarehu on Saturday morning, when a deputation of settlers waited upon him, After hearing their complaints the lion, gentleman came to the conclusion that only one or two of the civil police were required to put a stop to the depredations, as'fee; were no signs of the bulk of the natives being Hpajso "poohpoohed tho idea of the Maoris taking further action in tho matter of entering on the settlers' land in June, as they declared they would. He, however, promised to give attention to some land reforms in the district. My humble idfhti katohlif otattfr" Thf little pilferings'repdrteaof wh 'treed in* Vestigation, for if they are allowed to'pass uit'ftbticed; the chances' are the' I '''noble' s%tge ! : JvljJ' pn confidence,'and'very 'pfebabjy''6inbiii i u!pon' 'lWfMfy a ihdre eHterpHsi'ri'g nature v fo thpißglVes, b\it most desirous 1 fo'Eufope'alis." ■ fhiit tlfey hre pkrtlbulai'ly' boilriceable,' I h\\fself <r!fr |s}r\isnsk. !L TMwithdrawal'of 'the Armed' QorisiijMjarv" fjjbtn |Wg' dte; tncjslm'made'&iem less. fearlm of 'pemg pj)ii}le|by %W)P|?P faw, L ahuhas, at' tile tm*tim m,WmUMmW^\y Hnprptegfcea\ What js tl)gpe, under ffyej oll'OUnistanOfiS} to prevent ajistqrhance pf a serious itatuvo ooouri'ing ? tting whatever, The Government, without doubt, are fully alive to a situation of |Ms hind, bllt 1 can't help thinking a step jri'iljriftffng 4irocJj.cn was taken in withamwhif tir''M# lsmMm (# fjostir, : :-Tliu miin;' whslm \m were doing good work In fcJIQ wav of km mabrig, etc.; and, consequently,' eoiild not in any way be regarded as a worthless iind cun^orßomibody 1 ;'' ! Thopo the GovfopJiilitiesS of tor 1 tic'tidn,' iind mm 'ta riwfei abends by re-organisirig : those''stations which have lately been abolished'. 'By so ddlrijj; they the gratitude of 'many frho allveVeiijiare rather, prejudiced''against .them for 1 their recoct &s}])}'.' ' "' So tile continuation of the. railway ]im .to'il'ie Breakwater 'is 'ajflast t'o 'be prop|ed w)th.' 'lnformation - wasi'received jjitijwn'.qiji sa|n'(jay' the'tender of eme ,p£pur fecal (Mr'fj, ,J, NejmanJ 1)4 Sejii "igeptg; Tliq figure aj ffhieh the contract waj taken' has not yet tranapjrgd., but it js said, to, be somewhere abut It is a source of gratification to all that this work is at last to be commenced. Long months we have waited, many are tho petitions we have tendered, and great tya? been the p'utarynj: the public at the j)itlier|o 'usd/Ccjde| steps fakfiji by fjjp Public' Wgrk?" giiycesE has. gome .at last, and w are jpyfa!! % the past, our business men liav§ b?en puj to considerable trouble and expanse In getting their merchandise, etc, conveyed from the harbor into town, simply through this short, but important, piece of line nfl| bring laid. The work will, no jjoijo't, fyfcommenced, as §qpn tlje contact has ai'"Mr Newman was always ampst ardent advocate "'fdr. tljg §?|pi}y9!}'(|f'tlje h}'ap Jijae |Sp' jhe haffeV' The opening fpptbajl jjjafoj} of thg season was played h'erVpn Sajurijay week, when a team rppres§ntji]g tlje town, and one picked from Government officials, bank clerks, and the legal profession, tried conclusions. The weather was Hnjßgpjfpjs, a light rain falling, and Strgng wiiidfMpwjng fte A good deal Pf fun was, hp>yeyer, (jeriyefl from the game by the pjaygrg, tjii4 aftep an hour's naard work, the'matoj; resulted in a win for "town" by nine points, Another match was played on Saturday —" Dark v. Fair"—which resulted in a victory for the "fair" portion of the club. To-day the local team try conclusions wit]} tlje AYajtara club. "' .f rj flj'e'Vay'of a'thleciq inEtitutiqnf, we have now a''Bowling ;i GlulJ' ,; !ln : il a'Gymnasiunj Club, Both have a §trong moml)?j-'§- j'lst. and arp'in a'gfjodjnancjal posilW: a win form a pjcas,an|'ipi|§tih}qi|nrjij?|he winter months for those aHiieticalh/' (ngfine^."' Mr J. S. Young, M.A., and Pvofe'asor of Elocution, who arrived here from London, gave the first of a series of dramatic recitals in the Public Hall on Monday, The selections chosen were from sevoral of Shakespeare's famous plays, There was a fairly good house, and as Mr Young is really a first-class elocutionist, his efforts were duly appreciated. Several musical selections were also given dicing the evening. The second recitals of file/ serjes ijj |jj b gjvei} pj] Friday

A juvenile fancy dress ball is to be held in tho'HalJ on Moi)'day evening uncler the 9/the fire Brigade.' Tjjfi object is to assist jji'tlje bu|)as)pf n§f fife stations at tf(e east aijd wesj parts cjf the town. X sjmil'ar ba); was given'iast'year, and. was WW succegsjuj.' Fjioni the manner in whioh the, Qoromjttoe pf Management are setting about their dutjes, and the arrangements they are making for the personal comfort and enjoyment of the guests, the festival bids fair to afford great pleasure to all'who patronise it.