WAIHOIHOI COAL COMPANY.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVII, Issue 1350, 16 November 1860, Page 3

WAIHOIHOI COAL COMPANY.

In this day's issue will be found an advertisement calling a general meeting of Shareholiers of this Company, for the election of Directors and determining upon the construction of a tramway from the mine to Slippery Creek. The mine is full of promise, and only requires this tramway and to secure sufficient carriage to the place of shipment, to enable the managers to meet any demand, and furnish the coal at a reduced price on prespnt rates. Further shares, however, to the amount of £1500 require to be taken up before the tramway can be gone on with ; but so satisfied are the Provincial Directors of the prospects of the Company that they are prepared, failingthe public subscribing the above amount, to do so themselves. We understand that according to the lowest possible estimate, a dividend of 10 per cent, may be looked for with certainty, with every prospect of its reaching twenty.

Promenade Concert and Flower Show. — Christinas, it is to be supposed, is beginning to loom near, as we are just informed by one who has often done his best to cater for the public amusement, that he has made arrangements for a three evenings' floral show and promenade concert in the Odd Fellows' Hall, during Christmas week. The idea is good ; and if the weather is only properly summery, and the flowers bright and the music good, we think Mr. Herz will have no cause to regret having thought of it. Th,e arrangements of the floral depaitment are, we are informed, to be entrusted to first-rate hands. The Katpaba Natives. — These natives, under Paora (Paul) are at present encamped in one of the small bays at Oraki, this aide the Tamaki. They are two hundred strong, and unarmed with the exception of having one or two double-barrels. There having been much talk in town on the subject of these natives, it ; maybe as well to mention that they are the same tribe as our old neighbours, who have so long been settled on their own reserves at Oraki. The' bay presents quite a gay appearance, with tents and " whares" on the land and boats and canoes hauled up. A Peeasant Command.— "When the troops attacked Mahoetahi the other day, Mr. Atkinson — we believe of the Native department — was ordered to advance on pa on the same side as the 65th, with the friendly 'Natives under his command, and on mounting the hill found himself the observed of all observers — not' a (ingle oue of his faithful corps having followed him. Mr. Atkimon, however, was not the man to retire himself, and expostulate with his friends; but appears, from the account in the ' Herald,' to have joined the nearest party of the soldiers and done good service. Pleasant, however, it must be, leading friendly natives ? Arrival or Tboops from Tabanaki.— The JNiger and the ' Victoria' arrived with troops from Taranaki on Tuesday morning, consisting of 250 non-commis-sioned officers and privates of the 65th, under the command of Lieut. Col. Young, Lieutenants Urquhart, Toker, Wrixon, Pennefather, and White, and 150 non-commissioned officers and privates of the 40th, under Captains Messenger and Shaw, Lieut. Hobbs, and Ensigns Dudgeon and Murphy. Our old friends of the 65th are well known here, and were greeted as old friends : their bronzed faces and bush beards gave

them a true campaigner* look. The 40th, h»d .-the dime air of service about (hem, (md struok!everybody v as being a remarkably fine body of men : butwe were particularly struck by their walk, which, though thoroughly military, had a swing about it that would lead one to think thai the, majority had not left the plough for the ranks. It was the light itep of a powerful pedestrian, and as they came down the Onehunga road, in full marching order, - they looked the worthy successors — or the veey,men, — of, Ghuznee s and Maharajpoor. We hope both they and the 66th may find pleasant quarters here after their T*ranaki campaign.