POVERTY BAY. UNKNWON.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5800, 1 May 1876, Page 3

POVERTY BAY. UNKNWON.

A coon (lo.il of excitement w.b manifested in this usually quite township last Monday. This was owing to the fact of its being the day set apart for the trinl of Captain Moiri.s, of Tauranga, for bribery whilst on a visit to (Jisboine duiiug the late election. The case was heaul before ourK.M., Major Nesbitt, who, after hearing the evidence produced against Captain Monis, diimissed the case. I belioe that the decision i-> to be appealed against, Another, and it is said a stronger, charge against Captain Mon is 1 , ror bribeiy, is to be heaid on SitimUy next. Tlie Bithurst burr, which seemed to have so nlannedthe good people of Tauianga, has uncle its appearance in this distiict, mid is spreading very fast. Chailes Xash, a lad employed l»y Mr. Dilhv.ill, butchei, of _ tin-. township, met with .1 severe aotident List Monday. The unfortunate youth was working at the sausage machine, when by some means lie allowed two of his fingers to be nearly cut off. Captain Porter, our local Government Agent, who went to inteiview the c^b-lliou- >i itne-, under "Wircnm Keihn, nnd who h rl buile a jm, lias in some way 01 other onlj' kn'o'.vn to the Native Ofhce. quieted the abo\e mentioned tin inly spiiits, who hive agreed top-iy all expenses and 1 etui n the Cattle which tliej lately stole fiom Mi. Walker, at W.iiapu. Fanning opei itions aie now being \i<jorously tinned on, ploughing and sowing being the order of the day. Milk is getting bcarce owing to the seal city of pastuie, on aceount of the late Hood. One milkman adyeitisc* tint owing to want of feed he will not be able any longer to .supply his customcis with the lacteal fluid. Many families depend solely upon presened milk for consumption; buttei is, as u natural consequence, scaiee, and lising in price, being at present 2s. 3 1. a pound. The Government have notified to tlie Koad Board of this district that they have gi anted them the sum of £730 for repairs to roads, budges, kc. This is, of cour.se, at the present junctuio very acceptable; but the good folks lioie aie waiting to hear what the Government have to s ly re their memoiial for t'~>,00(), concerning which the Government have not yet \ ouchsafed a reply. The Ormond and Opotiki loid being formed under the superintendence of Inspector Bluett is now almost an accomplished fact, and will prove a, gieat boon to o\eilandeis. Captain Chrisp, our Haibour-mastei, whilst crossing the bar the other day, wa» stiuck by the Hteei oar, and knocked ovei board. Foitunately he was able to swim, and succeeded in making his boat again. The bai is at present veiy shallow, so much bo that the sehoonei 'Agnes Donald' has had gieat difficulty in getting out, and the s.s. ' Pretty Jane ' could not come up to the whuf this trip to land liei o ago, which she sent ashore in boats. One of oui local papeis advocates a Hood gate, and by tli it means flooding and scorning the channel of the sand deposits. The schooner 'Advance,' bound to Auckland, has put back fiom the coast on account of head winds. Captain Hair, of the brig.tntiuo ' Helen," lately wrecked, whilst running for sheltei into Hick"' Day, East Cape, left here foi Napiei last Thin sday, by the 'Kangatira.' Owiugtothe fact of Hicks' Bay being a refuge for all classes of di'-tie-.sed vessels, who may clfance to be in the vieinity of the Cape, as much publicity .is possible should bo given to manners of the e\ ist once of hitheito unknown dangeis so close to the veiy spot where they hope to find sheltei and safety. It is to be hoped th it the day is not far distant when a lighthouse will be erected on the Eist Cape, being, as it is, the most pioniiuent and tar leaching point of land on the' Eist Coast. The ' Pretty Jane' leaves for Auckland this evening with a numbei of passengeis, amongst them being a gentlem m who came down heie in her fioin Auukhud this last tup. 1 have not heaid his name. The gentleman in question, since his arrival, has been behaving himself in an evtraoidin.iiy miniuu--the last of his antics wis to divest himself of all his clothes on last Tuesday evening, and staicing otf along the mam road towards M ikaiaki ; hewisnot discovered until yesteiday morning, when he was found in home sciub alongside the load. The pool fellow evidently sutturitig fiom deliiium, was t vken in ch.ugo by the police. There is considerable excitement heie this afternoon upon leceipt of telegiam from Tmil.oig >, statin., tint two oil uges of bnbeiy had been 1 nd against Captain .Head.

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