MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 35, 5 April 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tho Now Zo.iltiti.l I for 'ld of tho ISth. instant i^ivo;i t,ho t'ollowimj noeouul of an ortcuri'cnco which, wus nlhido I fo in our ti'lojji'Hms sonio tiino 1140 .— " Ono of our tolo}»rn|)hic convtipondontH informs us of a vory foolish advuninro which was uu« doctnlccn by oortivin lifonsod survoyors end Nalivo iittcrprolurs in tho- Initor part of last wcolc. Thiij wan tho senrot snrvoy hy moonlight of iho Ilorolioro Monnt.un, which rJ.sos not far from Ohinonmtn dis- , triot. Tho result has- boon disastrous for iho nd venturers who worn proceeding in this cltindostino manner. Tho Tuhoraii;;i tribe had got wind of tho tiffiu'r, and .so.it out nn tinned party, who caino upon tho socrot surveyors at enrly dawn on Friday morning, captured tliom and tlioir instrus mohts, aivl placed thorn ns prisonors in tho pa at Parolcanuifji, whero they now arc. What makes iho nclion of the moonlight performers all tho moro roprohonsiblo is that they know they woro acting ns^inst tho wishes of both tho Native ownors ni<d tho (lovornmcnt. It appears that application for leavo to survey had boon mado to Captain ATair, tlio district officer, by the parties who dosirod to purchase or tlioir agents ; but this leave had boon relusod, on the ground, amon^ others that Iho (rovernniout had already paid money oil Iho bloolc, and hi-? causn> Captain Mnir was invjiro lhat tlio Tuhourauiri iriblo strongly oltj^clod to tho •sui'vcy. Tlie officer of l.iio di.-ili'ict, we und(M's(,imd, lolegi'aMhod 10 tho Native Minister at Aucldain! 1 , who ni once ivpliod forbiddiii;,' any ftiutli ;ieli(iii on tho part of surveyors, as lie wim delonninod that no surveys should la'co p!aeo without the consent of both .sides: Mr .Shoehan also stated, lor the information of tho Natives, that while- he foil aggrieved that an nrmod party should havo boon sent to capture tho surv< yorfl, thereby placing tho captors in nn awkward position, ns putting themsolyos outside tho palo of tho law, which they had no right to tako into their own hands, ho had, in consoquenco of the unwarranted action of tho sorvey pnrly r ! given instructions for tho suspension of tho lieonscs of tho surveyors and native interpreters engaged in the work, ponding further inquiry. No disturbance or complication need bo oxpeeted to ariso out of this affair, as the Natives concerned havo amicably referred tho *vholo matter to tho decision of tho Nntivo Minister," Tlio last sentence is vory comforting, no doubt, but tho following telogrnm from tho snmo correspondenfs show that things must bo lively in that district for tho I'akelia :-— "ThoiNativo Committeo nt Ohineinutu propose it is rumoured, to banish tlio present hotclkeepors from.Ohiiiomutu on '. tho grounds of not opening their rooms ! for tho nccomrnodution of tho nativos. Thoy dom mdod payment from Mr .Morrison, of tho Rotorua Ilotol, on Salurday lost, for pormisdou to havo his own pre niisos photographed, A carvod polo is nbout to bo orcotod horo by tho same natives, to inagurato a now era in this district, when tho Maoris will resume fu'l control over nil local matters, A ■deputation from Ilnwko's Uiiy. pnssed tihrough tho Arawa district a few days ago, inviting Iho chiefs to attend a mon* stor meeting at Napior on tho 28th inst., having for its object tho bettor establishment of Maori mnna in tho affairs of tho Worth Island noncrallv." Tho population of Victoria on tho Hist December, 1877, according to tho returns of tho Government statist, was 8(10,80 1. tho increase for tho past yenr beinir 20,^01. This is encouraging ns a proof of tho substantial prosperity of tho country, and is a suflioiont answer to tho alarmists who hnvo endeavoured to show that tho population was diminishing instead of inoronsing. Tho gain during 1877 was grentor than in any. of tho six preceding years ; and ono of tho most satisfactory points in connection with it is that tho eveess of arrivals over departures for last year wns nearly double that of nny year sinco .1871, tbo oxoo*3 being 7258 for 1377, whilo thai; of iho highest preceding year was only 332.). Tho British Museum has bought at Pckiu a GOO.) volumo compendium of Chinese literature, issued in 1723. When tlio indices are prepared, tho lao lilies for siudy'ic; 01 .'. 'co subje's ollbred to I'u?

[Y>n.|on ono'fin'v 'viM h.« |>.>i i or v, .., i[i.t> ( nos^>N<<.,l liy nin.'tv-mn.' om ,>i , Vi .m - iiuivlivd Oh'ni>s,. m-liolii ■■ . The Canibrhu Ni'wm s.iv-i ihii ni f. < Merionethshire sossiotvi || 1(1 jj v,, <it rj!!in-r.iii t ,uvll^vvii','vll^.i U '(M'tvsiii,v. (J v.rnc'l WHS c'tniMO'l l»y |||,» I) >l;e'|l Ijcichl Hoard with ohstnielimi Mie hi'rhVn nonr that town. 'I lit' v tilt^o is invu- id, Menai bri lije, r»Hil I'm' name. ; ;i>cn i-j ?u abbreviation of the dill tji|,\ \j r <j (Trove, writing to the. Times, .cules tlm wlii'iv Im wiw rt'i flu' works of the ,\l.'-n brnlt;<? in I'M'J. tin* version i.li.m- i»a I i h«>i wns Ijluiirnirpwll^vvn.Tvvll:." silio •jo-meli. Sir I?" iv\ni l|>»»it. in h>* are yin of tho feati-i-* of (he fist tub.\ alhid'iv |o tin's. said llril. ,\ T r '>(> < i>li''ns'Mi hi ' s|i'|)t. OH till" 1 SiHlli* siili> ill' lln> •• tim list 11 »-!>•■*' l l>y I'onsi'imils." ".Iji.'x.,' writing l.i> I in* Tini I'^1 '^ th- ; s m >fiiin : r, siv: Unit Hii> sc(V)iiil is llio iwrrivf I'nnn o I In* iinnu 1 , nii'l ilia' tin? unviniii!: is " S Mnry's irliurrh 'ol* l-hf pool n( t.Uo w'nii linzoh i»i>.ir I In' |»oo| nl' Si l\-<ili-> (I.i^-o ;" lllfi (iirftfc |mol I'i'ini,', rl<nil)(li > :i-». I lull Mivi llio r.iil^V »t:iiion, the oilier Ilie whirl pool in'Uie si raits ne.ir the ancicnl eiiape belwtvn Iho two lni.l^'s. Tlio (-lirislchiire!) Tress siy<:— Th WOlnlorfill rive-! :ille;:e.! 10 have liee-j reirenlly ilisi-.n-eiv 1 in ,N \l>ier, :mi ) wluelJ H-oro so Kriliiliitviily .les.-iih^ I l.y a rnt j t nal>oniH'ut i or tlie ill vice's I) ty I^fm-ALI Wil ou^p^mvr hee:i only .-; rt"oiiT>|B work of HJbtt imi;;in;Uioa **f :\ *• iivir.l-j moMjrcr. All tlTo'>i.>*nniM;;i -i-r m\'lhs, t.li >-d roi'lc piiti'iit-: >. ill-is.' mv^i 'tori nativesj t,!ial, "miiii.-itur.' lake," :i i » I thos ' ' i>il< yreo'i slirulis" » n? jiuro nolliini.Miess 1 1; is to think wlnil a!)ilily in I v • 11 :< New Z^nlanilers sire develoiiiii^'. Suel h ia\es were not Iteanl of till ihe oolonj nnl'TCil upon an era ofiibonilisni. Tim Nowcasllo Pilot vocorh (ho foItnvim; singular turn ofFori line's u'heel — " Ft U scliloni that; ono hoars ol" sncli v snliMiiliil f'ri'ti'i ol' f'ortuno a- wean: inlorinoil of i;i tin's city, aiul wliii h oun.j tn light duriiu; the pii"l loin' ihys. Al i llonry Thomas, who lias been alionl, (il'iy years in tho colony, has lived lor s.n.ii' yoar.s willi Mr Ferguson, llio eni;ini'ei of the sluiim i,ii!z (io.'ilwn. Tlio s ins ol both Messrs L ( \>r^nsnn nmi Tlionia-' inarricJ sis'or*. Mis parents o.vn'il tin' Glonmorßnn pslutc, in Willed, Mini In timl littln itleu thnt hn woull he heir Iil».; esliilo. Hu: it luppiM o t ihu, \\'\> o 1 i lirother died willnmt leavi.n; any 1 1 in ci hoir. Thou the novl of kin aU.» die in a srinihir iii.-inuoi*. Jii(|iiii'ii'.s were! sH on foot in lut.'jhind lor i\lr Thomas, hul without, n vail. I'hu esluto whs iherrupoii claimed by ft fourth party but ii has nol boon yioldod to iinyone. Curiously, M.i Tliomn:) was reco:;ni>od tho othor day b> a man who hud boon employed on th ■% estate, and was nt once, i.iforrnuil of t\u\ futuro in storo for him. Tiio, propertyj after tho accumulatiotut- that have takeil plnce, is cstimatoil to bo worth two and ;i hah millions of money, and Mr ThomnK goes homo at once to establish bin n;;lil to it." I