[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] NAPIER, Last Night.

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1231, 20 May 1880, Page 3

[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] NAPIER, Last Night.

Gold Discovery in Hawke's Bay. Thompson Brothers have discovered gold-bearing reefs in the Tarawera country, seventy miles north-west of Napier. They have secured a protection order from the Government over a claim 400 by 200 yards.

Maori Superstition. Superstition is on the increase amongst the natives, owing to the teachings of the the new prophet, Parehea, from Wairarapa. He prophecies a great flood in two months, when all the Europeans will be drowned, and the natives get their own again. He has christened Lake Te Autu, "Jordan." Men and women, perfectly naked, bathe in the water every morning for the purpose of being cured of all diseases. The teachings and prophecies are great rubbish, but the loyal chiefs fear the spread of the superstition, and say all trouble with pakehas has originated from the teachings of seini-lunatic9. Parehea calls a big meeting of Maoris for next Friday to fix the boundaries within which the prophet and his disciples shall not enter.

The new Pure Cash System now being initiated by G. cind C. will certainly pro\e a benefit to the public. It has boon a ffre.it success in Sydney and Melbourne, and when stiictly earned out the customer who bins .it .in establishment wheiethe goods .ire marked low to ensure a rapid sale must be a gicat gainei. G. .md C sell tlieir driipery, milhnary, and clothing at such puces tor cash as gi\es the biner the .uhantages of a shareholder in a co-opciati>esoc iet_\, without the nsk ot being called upon to bear aportion ut the loss should the j'ear's business pro\e unsatisfactory. G.irlick and Cr.mwell will aim to retain the conhdem c which the public ha\e hitherto shown them, and are detn mined to gi\e the pine i ash s\stem a iair trial; whether the}* gain or lose the first jo.ir. Country bin eis on remitting cash with oiderwill be supplied with goods .it eo-operati\e prices ; lust the same as though thej made a personal selection. Furnishing goods, such as cat pets, lloor cloths, bedsteads, bedding, and geneial house furniture, the laigest puilion ot which is turned out at our own t'ac tory, will be marked at the lowest romuneratne pin *es, and a disi mint ot ihe per cent, will be allowed to those who pa_} at the time ot purchase. G. &C. ha\ ing realised the entire \aluc of their stock dining their late cash sale, the piesent stock is m \v and cm- \i>i v hough i. An inspection is invited. — G\Rnci< \\u Ck vwvj if , Citj Hall Furnishing Arcade, Queenstreet, Auckland.