TARANAKI

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2188, 26 July 1864, Page 6

TARANAKI

Wijtake the follov ing itejis from the JlaiOd of .Si unlay lasb ■ — liAinvu loWniNCvvn —We call atfcen'ion to •wlipfc Ml- Hulk* hi-. IC3 i ii& hi nit'i regaid to the fc mati m of a 113 u rsy b^tv. een this pi ice an 1 "Whanas gi\psi in oui re;o.s of the Coii'icl [iroceetl;di'3 Mi. Hinke. who lias vifch him in the mattei •-oinewell-knov.n coiiti.vtor^ fiom Melbourne, his m ule an ofrei to tha Gtneiiimdit to mpko, as soon .■b the «.nte of the coii'it.} vul .illov,, a 1.-ulioid to \\ hargaii'u It i-> to bo a single line capable of is rymc,- an eng.no of rot lyss t'lan 15 tons, but the i fi'cr dots not nic'ude sUcion^, oi lollintr ?tock —the line to be £.ivcn up \nsca by piece a& c-wipletei'. 'Xlie i)ayinent as';erl foi is laii'l, at the late of an rcroand a half foi each poui-d strlmg e\; ended by ibem in making the la lio-ul up to £1 000 a mile - th.«t n to sw, 'hat f ach )i ie of i uliond may cost aiC,OOO acres fif laid, b.ifc cimiofc co^t niOia. * It js ]ropo3.d thnt the contiao'ol3 sho lid not Uiki the w) o!e of the land adjacent lo t'le taihrav, 1> it ■hfiuld take it 111 blocks <ilt2inattljr mi^li the Go< eiajnent.

liElXPORCtMEKT3—"Oiiiniq t',e '\eek thegim^nn lia\e been leinfi.iccl ]>y the an;\a! of tiie head(^Uirteis of the 70ch Ke^ime^t co'i-istini; of the 10V owing officeis —Coon el Mnlo-h, Itlnjoi Pa'tm.iii=he, Captains Halstrai ti!i I Wiyht, Lieutenants jjill (idjt.), Huski&-on Bally, Gieatwoocl, Younc, Hornby, Q'iaiter'iia-tei K"omU, Assist int-Snigeon Hes'-im, and2lG lank and file Thy hmded fio^n the • Welhn«fc'i:i,' on I'uesilay lost, and <,rempd t > be .1 fine soldieily set o~men, looking no if they hid seen a f,ood deal of spi- ice a'ld ne-c icady foi nrae Tlitir anival l". opportune, as it wd enable the oommaudiiifr officer to piosi'o a suitable "{{uu.l of honour" to iecti\c hi^ M.'oii Mijeit} if he '•hould yciitiire into the nc-igl/bouiliond. It is lePO'ted that t'lo Southern campTign is ikely to be^m m five 01 mx -n cck<>.

Natives.—lt is rep ittd fiom Sentiy Ilill that I'jont Jiity natnes cliKfiy w .mfii, -\ eie o')>-eiveil r.tely at Mataitiwa t'o.ng round a circle, looking ike the children's game of "heie we go 1 omul the ni!berry-busli,' on a la^e scUe. This is the list i.ative demonstrat.on, but wo arc not able to say \hat it ineins.