NATIVE IN ELLIGENCE.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 668, 31 August 1876, Page 2

NATIVE IN ELLIGENCE.

Thb NtfV.ihaum riativei, principally from Mata Mata mnd Mtungikawi are, vro learn, are ab the prc^iat moment g>»th»ri»H .it Maun^it.iTiti i to tulk over uiatturs ont'ccti'tl with tii. i Bettienient of tl a f , [)la ( :e, ami t> nna yo for th« plantiiiK «-f potatoes .ih'jb, t.eoj. as ripe, will bo

ing to be tWi-o assembled. Th&ie native* a'e Beemingly dos'.rini that Tawhiao should leave the Ngitimiuiapoto couutry and live amongst them, nor aro they the only ones anxious that ttie King i-houlcl rusulo at M mngu.»utan. Hi* mor» immcdialft fol owers, heiDp; i^gA^iiu^li iU, Njjutibaua au-i N- atik'.ro ki aru not muc'i inchuod theanelves to gt^y out of th 'it own tr.bal Lonaiiarwa. There bag beeu a dilute a'ouut a fence at Ara'.itaha, which almost resulted iv blows, oue purty jixilling down and burning the fence of another, but insteid of using sticks or bom-ithiug moie eff-ctive, they ara going to leave tho waiter for aettlemejiii by koiuiti* (oD'amittoe), or perhaps as Europaaai vrou'd say leave it to axbit>abiou.

-The ANGLO-Urs-iitN bCABE.— It would ttlajvßG seeai <t6 though Ihe «ar that wins t>aul to be immiutnt between Jtiiitam and i'ltitsu was not hi ug more thm the conventional " bijs yoosabtrr/ " or " snake ' story of the dull nettHpaper season. The Sydney pailiim-ut was prorogued outhe 22ud inst., and the seusuiou w«w <the Sydney growth of the 25th. The last oalo^iMms received fruni loudon, owing to tue brealtiug of tha cibie, extend-d only to the 12'.h of the month. l'Ue auaouuodmout of the imminence of war received tiotn Sydi.ey, bears nmuly Che Syda.'y date of the 25c.1i, md nothing more To-day we publish Loudou m ssagei from the 18th to the 2(itb, and tuese, while they contain the auuouuoeinent that Her Aiaje«cy, in piorogumg the Bntmh parliament, on the 16th lust., ttated '"that foreign relations were friendly, aud the entente cordiale concontinues," contains uu account of any thing whatever having occurred, up to a later date tliau thu Sydney ualogiauu, to luve interfered with no deniable a state of affairs. We «ball, the re to re, for tbe pr. sent, refrain from publishing a scheme tor the re-organuatiou of the iintish army, aud another for rendering iron plated men of war impervious to abotand ahull, ou which We were eugageU, and 6liAll*buru the draft plan ot a uiAp for the ieadj istuieut of the boundaries of the various* European leiutoriea which we Were preparing, with the mteutioti ot submitting it to the oousider<uiou of the ciowned heads of Lu rope. Tbneeks; ib wi4i be seen, are called for the erection of a bam at vV'aiti>a. Fahmirs Club.— The report of the meeting of the Cam budge Farmers Club iv our uext. « •1.0. G. T.— The extraordinary meeting ot tiii meuiuci* ol tue Uuvvaid to Victory L jdge t^Uoa place this eveuiug. Masonic — The nifetiug of me'nbers of the Liidge beta i-< culled for this cv tain., ac tue lodge room Roy^l tlotcl. L.O. Ii, — The U'-ual moublily meeting of >ne SKMJB of UUttr, will t^ke pla^e ou Saturdfcy evenißg nuxt, i> the Victjna Hill, tfaui.Jtou Went, CoUKTbUIP AND MaRHIAOK. - Wo would leiuiud our reader-) thru khu lo^t no an (tie above aabjeot;. will be delivered by tho Key. Tuomus Buddb in the Court liou»e, tiauiiU >v, ;hi* tveuiug. Sale •«<>.<' FtFßtfifUKE.— Mr X nneay Uill wtil ulfer for »ale to-day a quantity of veiy superior- Smni tut e at Air iiaidwick's resiuene (Mr Grelliugs house ou the hill), full partioulur* uf winch will be seduiu our advertuiag culumuo. OVR iSUPPLIMBNV -Off SATUKDAY —We have made arfitngemeuts ly wuicu wo tiust the uext supplement to tha TiMits will coutain, amojgst other m^ciui, iiiu speeoii of the member for Waipa, un tne >(.*puration question, as it appeal s iv clo last volume of Hunaard. Good Templae D*ncb, Alexandra. — Ou Timrsday evening lasc, a >i tucu was held m. tlie «lexaadra Public Hall, under the aubp<C3a ot lha Good Temp a- L^dge held there. Though the evimug was ail that could be desired, there wtra • not luouy people pie»ent, o^iug to the f^ct that the event was not advuit:B3d. Walker's Gctlly Bkidob Co^Ricr. — At a ui> etiug of the Pukrkara L)i>tnct Board, held on Tuesday, there were two tenders received for the buildiug of the bridge over W«iken» Gully ; uamelv, Mr J. Ducjfs, £40.1; Mr P .Cooper's, £344. The latter tender being the lowest, was accepted. Strekt "PLA'.«y& Hamilton- East. — The- Town Board of Uamdtou East h^ve set a good example in commencing ibe work of planting forest, trees in their main street, as hu been done with suoh remark bly agreeable effeit iv Ngurua wahia Years ago. Mr Mason, uursery man, hi Wett LUmtltou u*s eutered into a contract, to supply, punt, and fence 'X number -of limed, ottku, English and evergreen, Spaauh cheatuuts, eimi, birub, and other tees. Thb Phoposeo Bridgr at Hamilton. — Tbe potuion to the House of Assembly, alkmg for 1 the erection of a bridge at Hamilton, has been oironlatd through the gteatir p»rt ol the Waikato distnot, and vtry generally signed by the mihahitantd, 'aid will be forwarH*»/i toth« Waikato MomburH, tf-morrow, forpreson* tation to the Assembly. We tru»t i bat evon in th) piesent unntaterial ciiu^, atid toward* Uie cl.)'© if thi ues&ioo, [he claims (f tlie dintrict ttill be fully ana fairly placed brforo the House by our llepresentdtive*. Thb Ekw Waikvto Countrv.—Monday'* ' Th>unfl« ' p>il>li.bo«i ih-j follov/nig :: — •• It in Reported hero, on ye y good authority, elm!: tbe Government intend shortly 1o thruw open Inrge hlosks of land for bottl^ment at the Thamen. Mr Jatiea Mackay Ims been requented to putU mi the negotiations 'or the W*ihou, Mungiliunj;a, audotLer block*, eiUmib d to contain a totil are^ of neirly 300,000 acres, including a very large proportion of good agricultural laud. Mr Kowe has worked hard in this matter, and deserves the thanks of the mutiny <:<nara unity." TnidiEDUCTION OF OFSIOIAM to whioh wo alliKlwd spaie time ago, wiiwi wi state I that thi services of somi 40D civil servkrit* would be rl (spumed with., will, it is be'i»ved, chiefly take place in the Poblij works Department:. \Va h«»r, already, of snoh reductions having been initiated in this district;, and that th« whole of the stiff located at Ngarnawah'a will be di»p>nsetl with, two overseeis biina; retained upon the line, one to overlook the works carried on between Ohnopo and Ngaruawahn, the other to superintend tlrote between the latter place and Meroer. Thb HAMii/roNAvnCAMBRiDOi Road — * Oirinbridge SHtt<«r complaios bihterly of the neglect ot the .Kinkiriroa Highway Bi>ard ih nit keeping th-ir portion of tv« Oaiabridge *nd Humiltou road in decent repair. The Cam bridge Country Board, he aays, bare nin* miloi oat of th« twelve to keep in order, and do if, and Hamilton canno' even keep two milts in repair, but has allowed it to become the worst piece of Mad in all Waikato. I'll por'im«if tho ro*d Iflon^irg to the HuriMoii E-i«t io.vu Bo4'd i^ in rimkl impair but from their bound »ry line to ill-* bridg* is c^itmnly the most romarkuhie spemnou txta.it vt roailn m the

The Aikxamuiia BfiinGi' over ih« "Waipa/wasLed :.w.iy by thp !a°t summer floods, the contract for rebuilding winch vras tdken by Mr Souihri, i« i.tariy completed, a few plunka only b»en ue<t(ied to pUce the woi k in a position to bo pasued by the District Eu^ioeer. ' Tue new i bridge appears to have been well, anil faithful y built, and its re opening will be a great convenience, en^bli'ig the settlers to have free access from the one township on one side, to that upou the other, »nd enabling horsemen to pa*s without diflicnlty between Alexandra anl the King nounfcty, such intercourse having iieen largely iuterruoted siuoo the destruction of th<; late bi idge. SrTTL»Mt,KT of Piako Lands — Durin q thi» last twelve- or eighld'ti months l he Piabo district has attracted a large ab^re of itttoution amongst intending s j f!ers. M.my of thesf were of our own provnco others agttn have bnon attracted fioai the South, and some tvm from further A-fieid. One of these latter, » Mr iletsvt, v.h«, c»me out Bcmefifteou months a.ao from home, with tke object of selecting laud for Bcttl*m»nt, visited th* Pinko, aad purchased a tine block of laud Miitahle either for agricultural or graziug purposes, aud has new left New Zealand again for home by the last Saofraucisao mail steamer, to arrange hu affiirs before returning to settle, v.id take op his permanent residence amougbt vi. A Orvsl Sbmence. — The Resident I Magistrate at Chiistchurch, recently tent tliree boys to gaol and or lured tLuin to be flogued witi the cat. Their offenca was | stcalmg money from a shop, and alihough ! past good character was pleaded m mitigation of punishment, it did not avail. The triangle was rigged, Dr Campbell in attendance! and then the poor wretches came up for punishment at the handi of a p iwerful gaoler. One fainted, "videnlly under the infliction, and was allowed a drink of water by the doctor before the full two dozen were administered. In England it was debated for a long time whether this degrading punishment should be enforced upon the m >»t hardened onnimals — wretches in whose hands a victim 1 * life was of small cjiisequei Cd. In Christ, hurch if is deemed necessary to use it on children who steal penuies. We üboald like, ourselves, to-give that K. M. tWO <1 iZcU. , Roberts at Sydney. —Mr John RobertH, jun., payed the fourth billiard match in dydney ou Jane loth, and there was a largii number of spectators. His autag<>unt was Mr Griitntvood, an amateur from Melbourne, to whom the usual odds of GOO in 1003 points were given. Tne game commenced rather languidly, aud all thiou_h was alow — no very brilliant pUy being exhibited on . either side, though aoine shots were delicately cxc outed. When Mr Grimwood reached 701, Roberts bad scotei ouly 209; at 806, R >berca was 417 ; aud, wli-d Gnrawood scored 901, It cherts was 678. The champion L]>ea bo^an to make play, aud, though evidently the tip of hu> cue was on; or order, and inteifered with some of hi* tiue chats, he itradually diminished tho distance between the scores until iha t>ame was called — G<ini wood 972, Roberta 0)6 Here th§ oha.npiuu inuaed hit shot, aud madx neither winning hazard nor ciuou, though both weie on the ball', aud Gnmwood acored < ut with a ntna.ly and carefully-played break of 29. Tlie result of the game was received with great acclamation. Results or x Pracu PoLrcY. Not omy beyond the WaiKato, but in other portions ot the erstwhile troubled distncis, the nutivei are set iiug down earn-stlj to peac ful industres, and aopreui-iiina the advantages whioh contiguous Huropuuu Sdtili-m nt briu s to thiin Two European iMjttlHtB wiio have k .sed a block of neirly 50u0<.» ices nt tho Mok.iu, nud who hud cnurtei-ed a am^ll vtcimar to lake up tueir belongings, se-d, &c, were kindly r-c-ived by Ike native*. U'lien the •te-imur entered the Mokau rivor sh<nas boarded by live natives, who piloted her three-qudrtdrs of a mile up th« river, where tne party were well received by the natives, aud tha oar^o landed. *A lie natives are working well and willmglv. A. meeti"g wus afterwards held, when th • head chief, Makerawa, was loud in his protextations of friendship to the pikrhas. The nulivos iaj they have >een more white peop'e during the last f jur months thun tor many years. The fteain;r, ufcer rem lining 21 hours, steamed out of the riycr under the guidinca of the natives. A Sign of the fmus, and a very good one too, is the pres. uoo amougot Uk of <a liige iiumhor of nioui-ye.j >«ieu ou tbn lo >k out iov improved farms rjr hrge areat of,, partially improved laud tor pU'poses of bond fide settlement. Such persons are to be met every day »f late in tha hotels and elsewhere in-the various Waikatoaettkmduta, and, mo doubt, should the me in wool continue, a still grea'6' impetus will be given to the settlement of a district which, from the fertility of the hoil, a. id its adaptability to the growth of European grasses will give surer aud steadier r« turna, aud far larger in a givt-u area, tuaa Sm.h>rn rum ; while the absence of severe cold euablea tue fluck--ovvner, in the caie of loug-wooled socep, to 'produce a deece of uniform strength and texture, free from the -kiuclt oaused by fctoppagd of growth in coos queue* of the extreme cold of a more bouthmi climate. The pieseut lamoiu^ aeaaou u. we hear, likely to be a most piol<ti<> o<m in Wmkato. In miny flocks we could menti >n, there u a very large proportion of t*in§, aud :h>3re are many iuat<mo»s of tripliti. In our i,exb isauc, prol>ably, we shall be in a podiliou tj give nura detailed information 0,, this iuatt;r. The A (i. Fokie- Lt i» s »»ted tint owin^ to th,. iciu.'i.n v.f ilio ,Uinol Ounstibulary tlm .l-ti Umeiit, <if <h,tt oirp* "tutoned at A*amu <.n tb« Ea«t Coirei are to b» leinuvi-d, bur we umirrstand no further reduefc-on u o<int<ui> plated than tfeit shown by thu estinidtes, vhic'h tin's yeir provul-) for Hotna autj j lei* privates four •üb-inspßiJtoi*, and euht non-comm'fl-'inned officers. The reduction of the-fE^is coajnunsioned aud noa-coinmiHhioned will of ootir^e be mad<>, but as regards the constable*, the rnrluetion hai been hoibj time practically effected (furing th« past-few minths by iK/t filling up the vacancies as they have taken p'aoe Tne reason given for the withdrawal of the detachment at Awanui station is, " tint ih- natives my that th« presence of the coiiatabalary is calculated ' to cr»ato disaffection towards the Govoru-m-ut." It will be recollect 'd that these men were placed thorp by the express request _ of Major Kopata, and other influential chiefs, aud that their pre««nc • 18 of great benefit in checking iutortribal quairela wh'oli are not ot infrequeut occurrence on that part of the coast. THB iNTEKrBOVINCIAI FoOTBAfcL Matou, wheh come* off to day, will bf looked forward to with interest by many of our reader*. Wo extract the following remarks on the S utheru team from the " Canteib try Press " : — •' Upon examination, it will be Horn th t the team is no or linsry ono os I hero is not an indifferent, playir nniongst I horn, and although we nuns tho names of Hauirneraley, a M Ollivpr, Baker, F. Burker, Bolton, Hartlanl, Matluu«, nnd a few others, yet the ditjri'es arum) sli^lit between ll.ogo who cm go, that Uio t-;im muni he looked it|iou as h very 6troiij( one, <md ahiuld they bo a' K 1 to recovei tha off ct* of ihe rov.ige, will rcucltTii good account of thciifcelvea.

AuckUud representatives, but Lhey uui at he ye y s'rong if our payers are beaten. Of t'.c pliy of the different backs, we think Tor the pos tion the best are Cutterill and Moore j fhoy are very cure, and always kick the ball in prslerunce to miming until om>>ht. 'Ihey perhaps might run it little morn wft'i ndiantag , but we :hink it prtfenhlc for a buck p'ajer to laks hU In k unless there he a. chauce of a touch, dow n Moore possesses good weight winch i> an advantage, as the rest of the backs are all light. St'-inger is particularly yood «t running, kicks well, but la inclined to ruu fcoo mnch, *od therefore dots not do so much service to his side as ho would if he took Ins kick before being ciu«bt. Hamilton, although uniai], kicks well, mid is a sure hold, never leUiug anyone pass bin., uo matter how bus Wilton will •* rety,' useful, as h« kick* well with the left fa>t, und should therefore be very useful on the left' side of the giound. McCtrdell is very quick, and plays well either »• * quirter ..r half back. Of the forwards we have little t<isiy imliviciuil'y ; tnr-y play well together, and are always on tue bt 1, wbicli J «rll a good forwaid cnu do. From the above, it will be seen that the I province will b» staougly lepreaentci, ' and, if all clnuld go well, we do not think that theie will be any cauae to fear that the team will not be a credit to thennelves and the proviuce they repteBfUi." Too smart.— On Monday Jait one of t\r> labiuiin^ men working a« mates together, an 1 living in a ' whare at the Puketi Bu-h, near Hamilton, suddenly imagined that it would be advisable to forg-t -he diffi-rence between ' iiieum' and ' tuum,' and in his super ibund.mce of wisdom gate to his nute tivo shillings and sixpence out of the common purse, and se t him into Hamilton in hopes that he might uniuse himself at one of the pubs, while ihi wily individual who gaTe him the oppoitunity, could pack up aundry articles regardlew of ownership, and h»ve n tur st^rt ior pastur t s new. .But simple Put, thii tune having his suspicions aroused, did not travel all the way to towu, but returned after a short delay to his primiiire habitition, when he discovered 10 lih no small annoyance, that tiie mjnsion hid duiing his absence been fairrj gutted, and learned that bis unfailhlul male had nude a clean He at once started for Hnu.ilton at the rate of nine miles an hour, and on arrival, eougnfc out the poor nun's friend and made hu case known in ail i,s sorrow lul detail*. Doctor Haddock being pos■esaed of tho mual specific 'or such casas at once applied a remedy which (ortunately resulted in a port^ct cure and placed the ungrateful inatd, a* our Ngiruawahia Police Court leport shows, in durance vile. Ulydbsdawe E^THlt.— We ("Cross") learu thuD there ha* beeu ibippid on board the ' Loch Fergus,' for Auckland, an exceedingly well-bitd Clydesdale oolt. He was pmohased for New Zealand i>y Mr Toiler Audernon, of Gi lespie, a wellknown breeder of CJydesiales, and acknowledged to be one of the beat judges of horses in Scotlaud. Mr Anderson writes of the colt as follows :—"I: — "I know of a two-j ear-old, the very thing required, hied by Mr Frederick, of Dumblane Colour brown, with blacklegs, a big sizi, on grand big bones, and carries lot* of hair, and capital big f. ct. Hu dam is Mary, which q lined first prize at Stranr«ter, aDd first *t Great Uuion Show. She has not since been exhihted. She is also dam of Farmer, winner of the first prize at tha Highlauu. Society ot Dumfries, and he won the premium for horses for G-alloway and l<Vruingh;i,m dUtricts this jear. Mary is aho d,<m ot Y >uuij Mary, who was fir«t at Stranraer, hrsfca^in at Stiauiaer, hrst at Ayr, and firdt at Hi^hla id riouety last y. ar. Thi» ooU ii ncr next fold, and h<a never I een fed or shown, «iud I would uot l>e surprised if h« dc •« not be tne b«»t out i»l nm age You will son from the ab-vi thin is a laoeb lUipo.-tan lired borao. If ue u not purihas.dinr Zda a id I ahull takd •ii m mytelf t the pricE), ajd prei.^ie biui tor Abnrdeen, and hilve the profij; atth..t with Mi Fredenck." Tae airix* nnint.l •re Loch Fergus, Ohauip.ou, Dm a v, Victor, Ac, <t!l pnzj wmunrii m ScutUud. If tfceolt arrives tuifely, he will pu.ha. bly stand for a limited uuniber of uiarts iv the Wa.ka.to.