OUR LOCAL BUDGET.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XIX, Issue 1885, 1 August 1863, Page 11

OUR LOCAL BUDGET.

The Waiuku District. — We are informed that , a number, of women and children from this distijkt haye faeeri removed, to Auckland or its neighbourhood, in consequence of the alaun experienced from the peculiar attitude of the Maoris theie. Thi appeal's to have arisen froni the following circuir stance. On the occasion Of the marriage 6elebiati6 some of the settlers lighted large bonfires on the to] of the Bald Hills and elsewhere, and the Maoii could not -be 'persuaded' that it was not a signa for a i general ribing of the pakehas to kill them One gentlemen met a party of natives who ha^ beeu sawing timber, leaving their > work, . The, accounted for their, sudden depai bure by disclosin their fears, at tho same tiin.e shakiug with, tenor i apprehension qf what ttey supposed to be, their in pending fate. Their piikeha interrogator laughed a them,' to try and remove their apprehension, bnt the were not to be comforted, "and "went away leavinj their work undone. .Owing to ,this the village ot PaWmahoe had beeu completely deserbed,' and th former residents of it were supposed to' be hiding in the bush, or skulking 'about with fire-arms. This, 16 appears, was the origin of the fears which caused the icmoval of the -women and children from Waiuku ■ The pakehas are afiaid of the Maous; but tho Maoris are ten times moie aEiaid of the pakehas — a grand exemplification of "Maou courage." — " Daily Southern Ciosst," July 7., Wrecked Seamen — Our Russell coriespoudent gives the following inteiesting particulars of the arrival of six wiecked Malay seamen .— " Captain Smith, of the ' Sun,' biings six Malay seamen fiom New Ireland. According to the statement made before the Resident Magistrate heie. by the Serantf. t they belopged to the brig 'Alia Padnque,' or 'Eail Patrick,' Smith, master. The vessel's name couM scarcely be made out fiom the Serang's speech. The vessel sailed from Singapore to Hongkong, thence to Adelaide, Sydney, and Newcastle, which port she left with a cargo of coals on her return to Singapoio Tlje crew consisted of the captain, two mates, fifteen Malays, three Chinese, and the captain's wife, whom he had mauied in Adelaide. Nine days after sailing they struck ,on a rook at 5 a.m., cut away their masts, and left the ship unking. They lived on the rock seven days, then left, the captain, his wife, two Chinese, and four Malays in one boat, two] mates a'nd ' more'hands in another, towing, a raft uncler ch'artje of the Serang, on which their water, 'provisions, and clothes were. The captain's boat left them the first night ; the other boat continued towing the' raft seven days, theu deserteddt. They made ail island, from which they were beaten off by the natives '; thence .made Jfpw Ireland, where they bad been about six /months when taken off by Captain Smith on Febraaiy lObh.. The officers and rest of the crew that readied New Ireland, had left in a schooner belonging to Captain Develin, of Sydney, about a fortnight previously ; the six men who arrived, having been working for the natives in the interior of the island, 1 missed the opportunity of going with 'them. They know nothing of the fate of the oaptain's'boitt. — Ibid. { " , ' 1 ' Presbytery op Auckland. — The quarterly meeti ing of the Court took place on the Ist inst'., 1 the Rev, J.'Maokyof Otahuhu being Moderator. 'Immediately after being constituted, the Presbytery appointed tho Moderator and the, Eev.i.D. Bruce to prepare ad- , dresses to the-,Queen, and the Prince md Princess of Wales, congratulating, them on the.Priuce\marriage, t with instruction toiorwar'd them to/the .Governor for transmission. "The deputation, appointed at last' meeting i>6 visit all the, J eongregat.iona to explain the assembly's schemes, reported progress. ' The report 'of committee appointed to enq'uhe into, the" circumstance connected with'the application of the Rev. R. Breach, 1 of Manga wai, for admissi6n into 'the Presbytery, was given in by Mr.' Macfarlane: The report ' recommended' that Mr. Breach's application should .be sustained ; 'that hw labours be continued at Man"gawai; that all the district ■ lying between 1 Little , Omata and Faparoa inclusive, should be declared a pastoral charge, and that over jbhia charge Mr. .Breach should be ordained, in, Presbyterial form.| On, the motion pi, the 'Rev.' Mr. Norrie, the rep'oit, was ' adopted, ' and' ' Mr. Breach' was , solemnly set apart to ( tHe work"6'f 'the ministry in the districts^ aforesaid, • the Rev. Mr. Bruce" conducting the ' services. ' The right hand-of fellowship wris then given to him, and after subscribing, the |formula, he was ansbructed to proceed to hitf charge, 'and in accordance with a mile 'of' the Presbytery/ 'to see that the ordinarv collectidn was >made > ait all tegular services, the 'Presbytery promising all' the' aid 1 from 'the Home MilMion fnnd that could possibly be given.' 1 Reports of half-yearly payments of stipend >wer,e ,made fiom Stjj James, St., Andrews,; Qtahuhu, ,Papakura, and Onehunga.' It, was jreported that special collections, had been' t, ina'^e in ', all the charges t on behalf of .^ihe, assembly 'expenses'. 'TEe'ooilection on behalf of, Foreign and ' Maori Missi6ns was appointed to 'be maue during hekt quarfer?^-' v t>aay Soutnern^Cross; 1 ' July 11. 1 P»o'r]EdTiok fok Pa'unell.— A t 'meeting 'was held' .last evening at' 'the Windsor Castle 'fiotel, for the' ' purpose" of organising a ! night patrol ' for the^protection of'Pfirnilli 1 id the J place of that now ne'noftned by the militia. Mr. Thomas Macfarlane presided. 'The 'Natives Minister, 'Mr;! ' Belli was one 1 of the speakers, 'and, he strongly. -urged the necessity' 6i having such, * foi.ee,, andisaid the Government would, do itS)bes^to. provide armsifor those, who had pone. The force wonld comprise those who were pot liable teibe^QalJed put ( of town v and, "^ho Wulc pot be 'sworn, and.ch'eyi could choose their offices thenv 'sel've^.^'Tlie Bistipp of New Zealand also 'spake, and<i said' he would' act as' an" "\marmed' watahnikn.' There were' freqiterit tempeJ'oii"tlie part 1 of th'ost presetot-^and'very n'attirally s( too — in iTeference^to 1 "'friendly'* 'and nott-mendly natives', and the Bishop a'nd the Native Minister stroii) ly spoke agaidsttinindiscriininate>WB.rfaro.' iUltiriiatel] Messrs. Hewson,. Warner, Braqkenbury, , Lusk,<< Tn ch>r (asi Boyd; ;were appointed j to, f»me(rqguia'tionjs. 1 About, 'thirty persops subspribi d, ,t^eir names as ' joining the force, and' it' is coutennlated that the,fullnnmber,will' be i'OO,— "Daily Southern ;cro^">ui^^ ii ;;f { "j" j i , i ; ) , ' „,;,;.'.

AT PIA.KB^V-I'fwt ;BT«DipgF?4. r^i^^^^^^^^^^H tKfl s&ooW 'VicUria,^i&n£ PJ^^^^^^^M been detained for'some* clay's >dfci*iot. > Tb appears thitf'Otr '-^^^^^^^^H GnilditTg'kft Auckland for the'pti^^^^^^^H to this f top(\ fft, Pityko, with the M^^^^^^^^^^H removal iofjh'is goods, and chatteli^^^^^^^^^^H foV'tlie carriage of fwtecit ,Jie Uadj^^^^^^^^H '' Frances* 'an d/tlie schooner Wicf^^^^^^^H ■day 1 $tf. 'finthW/ia settler of Fj»^^^^^^| 'Mr. CkulcßiSgf ltefho* r^no Vul of'his^^^^^H —400 in numb J er'--^«nd l tliey' wefA f be^^^^^^M tliet purpose of plaofwg''4hem' i 'bn'l)^^^^^^^^B ,nativei interfered. After ■» the natives 'said they would) not' peri^^^^^^^^H shipped, until the sum of £5 < was - X*ud^^^^^^H oi some consequence, 1 named Ati,<pi(t4j^^^^^^^^H what, cpnipicuous by his {bluster, , ; Xho but' thrd«gh';*ome ,only, l^^^^^B 400 ' were put on bjard. A second f??3^^^^^^H wards held aud MrV_Qnilding was ; ,p^^^^^H lireserit.i The second gathering, lihd^e*^^^^™ in dohsequence of ''the 'Frbnces' bei^^^^^H point' of 'starting to >• 'Auckland, ' an |^^^^H sifter ' whether "any "<sfceps r 'shortlct' to - aWeßt,' her- progress)" Mr. Guild^^^^^^H demand iot S Jbw i natives,, offered himlsfeljjjj^^^^^l fog any .claiirjx <&eyj might /have upon her^^^^^H , was then allowed.to 1 . depart. On l the same^^^H number of Maoris,, of o^l9uim J Q3hoflii,'iso.n!jKP^H 'came from W^aikato, and 7#»t«d j( Mr,, GujJdineW hdtihe for tne purpose, of .taking a^ay , any guns Tiff Itf&gkti h'cive' in his" p6&tession. Their , errand was howeVe*' fruitless, the gniis h'avirig oeen^senfc away Borne timfe before. 'The visitbrii in' depkrtiiig infoi mcd Mr.' Guildiri* that '"it \vas''all l 'iigh't * as 'the guns . were take^n away, bectitise if he had h'aid'any on his premises lie would .have been the'first; to have been shot by them, t On Tuesday morning^ at 4 o'clock, -three natiyeß^visitedtthe,, house and informed Mr. building that it had been determined'to rob,the house , and,'," to clear it gut. # " „He,mqmred, ,He,mqmred if anything more would be done to* him than robbing him, and the' Mao'iis hinted at' the possibility! of something mmc taking place— that , lie "might be murdered. During the course of the morning many natives were 'seen prowling about the' dwelling' and' outhouses, but not I finding any gun's,' the' 'lion W was ' uot pillaged. > 'In the -"afternoon. <n runanga wad held, and Mr. Ghildihg' was asked to be' present to hear. what they • had to ' say ■ concerning his.case.' The natives appealed to be labouring ' underthe impression that the ' Frances ' having arrive*}- ll * Auckland, relief would be sent to Mr.,Gtiilding, ai.<d he Was called upon to proppse terms for his release. He" entered into promises to sendjblaqkets, food, ke. r in abundance, and * reliict<iut assent W£Mf giveu to his departure, ih the 'Victoria.' He had previously conveyed on board the gi eater portion 'of his fnrni'ture. Mr. Chittairi reiiiaihed henind. Before starting he was required to pay'£ls on account ot the ' Jane* — a cutter which he hadtchartered from the natives for five voyages, from Piako, and which was kWockedi to pieces against the Queen-stieet wharf, "during' the> pievalence of the last heavy gale. The sum pstktt was an Instalment of, £55 ; the remainder to be forwaided when he anived at Auckland. The settlers who' left Piako on board the 'Frances' were Mr. , L Dihais, from tVaitoa ; Mr. , Chittam, jun., Mr. Nicols, jun., and ,Mr Dilurs' daughter. — 'f Daily Southern Cross," July 31. False Kep6kt. — The Neio t ZeolaiUlcv having re- • ported in his issue of yesterday, that intelligence had been brought by the ' Sandfly of several mnrders having been committed in the Wairoa district by the ■ natives, a notice was placaided about the town> yesteiday, by order of the Government, to which! was appeuded the following postsciipt, Mgned by liient S. J. Williams, who had command of thesecoud company of Naval Volunteers on their tiip to Wanoa: — " P.S. I heaid nothing,^t the "Wairoa about the mnrdeis of six people, as bia'ted in the Neie Zeatander of this moi nmg. ' I thmk the repoit has orginated fiom the Maoris at Taupo having magnified the number of the tmndeis' of Messrs. Calvert and Cooper, i .Certainly I heard • nothing' fiom Major Lyons or the settlers to warrant such a report.' and I may add that I distinctly asked Major Lycms before leaying if he had anything to report. — S. J. jWiiiUAMS " We may say that, a rumour of these inurcjers having been committed reached us too, but ( it being only a rumour, we abstained irom giving publicity tb it. — Tbid. ' , „* ! Young Mex's Christi\n Association.— The third lecture of the seiies in connection with this association, was delivered in the Odd Fellows' Hall, last evening, by W. Gisboine, Esq., Under Secietary. There was a good attendance of ladies and gentlemen. Dr. Bennett, the piesident of the association, occupied the chair, and, iv some intioductory lemarks, alluded to the obligation cOnfened upon them by Mr. Gisborne, who, amidst the impoi tant aud numerous duties devolving upon him ab the present peuod, had found tune 'to prepare and J deliver a lecture. He also alluded to' the absence of I many yonrg men fiom the lecture, which was oceaI s>ioned no doubt ljy their heavy militia and volunteer ■ duties. The topic selected by the lectuier was av ery jlcompreheusive one, embiacmg "The Past, Pre^ent, Hand Future " of the human race, individually and ■socially. . > The lecture throughout was interesting ■and instructive, and was leceived by the' audience flwith applause. — Ibid. I Police Protection, Cokomandkii. — It will be fceeu from the report of a case in the Ooromandel ■Police Court, jthat the police protection there .must •be very inadequate. One of the constables, m giving evidence in. a case of assault, states that he was unable to apprehend a Maori — one of the offender's — on account of theie being so few police. are' informed that formerly theie were four ifolicenlen stationed at Coromandel, that one of them committed suicidej and that instead of a successor being appointed, the number was reduced 'to two, aid both of thesf were engaged in arresting a' Euro■J aan charged with the assault in question, while the I [aori got off scot free. Uuder present cireumstancesi t lere are no police oil the Coiomandel diggings. We have received t some communications on the aAjo\a subject, and there, appears to be good grounds oil the part of the ' Coromandel people f<>r claiming further polioe protection. — Ibid.