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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 50429, 4 May 1878, Page 2

An interesting letter from a correspondent at Woodville is held over.

The Government have instructed the Agent-General to spare no exertion to get direct steam communication established between Great Britain and this colony. Mr Walter Johnston has notified to his constituents that he will not stand for reelection after the close of the present Parliament, and will resign at once if they desire it. Mr Snelson, the Mayor of Palmerston, will most likely suceed him. ! A printer's error of an awkward character occurred in our notice yesterday of the new Wellington morning paper. The editor wrote : " There is nothing that is to be said of its management that is not decidedly and warmly favorable." The printers put it : v There is nothing, &c, that is decidedly and warmly favorable !" The Hon. Mr Fox was announced to have addressed his constituents last night. The announcement excites very feeble interest to what it would have excited V 2 years ago. The Premier does not let the grass grow under his feet. Though he had only a few hours to spend in Hawke's Bay on Thursday, he utilised the time in taking a special train to Te Aute to visit the aged chief Te Hapuku, believed now to be near his end. The Walton Troupe made their last appearance at the Theatre Royal last night, there being an excellent attendance. Before proceeding • with the performance, Mr Keogh, the stage manager, came forward and stated that, owing to the sudden indisposition of Mr G. H. Swan, who was to appear in the play of the " Corsican Brothers," the management were reluctantly compelled to change the piece. He read a certificate from Dr Spencer, to the effect that Mr Swan was under his care, and was unable to take part in the performance. The programme would therefore consist of the comedy of the " Serious Family," and the farce of the "Widow's Victim." The comedy wont off capitally, the leading parts being very ably sustained by Messrs Walton, Howard, St. Lawrence, Mrs Fitzwilliam, Miss Jennie Nue, and Miss Marion Willis. In the farce the acting of Mr Walton and Miss Nye was irresistibly comic, and kept the house in roars of laughter. The company will leave for Wellington to-day, en route for Wanganui, where they intend to appear in conjunction with Mr Lytton tSothern,

A meeting oil the Waipukurau Road Board was held on the Ist instant, at which instructi6ns were authorised to be given to Mr Bold, C.E., to complete the plane oi tho Ashley-Clinton road with certain deviations, to meet, as far as possible, the views of Mr Johnston and Colonel Lambert, without materially lengthening the road. As soon as the plans are ready, the legal notices required by the Act will be given, and the question of fencing the line, involving an outlay fo? this item alone of over £1300 at least, for the 9 miles, will probably have to be settled either in the Supremo Court or by Parliament. If the Road Board are bound to fence both sides of the new road as insisted on by the land owners, it is clear that they could not undoi'take to do it with the funds at their disposal. The subject is one of grave importance to the public. /A meeting of the sub-committee of the Waipukurau Hospital was held on Wednesday in the Town Hall, pursuant to advertisement, to consider the various competitive plans sent in. None of the plans were considered exactly siiitable, and the committee instructed Dr. Frood to get a plan of the Oamaru, Hospital (which had been kindly sent by Mr Shrimski, M.H. R. for Oamaru) altered before tho 10th inst. , on which date a meeting of the general committee is to be held, when the whole of the plans will be submitted to them. We notice the arrival by the s.s. Hawea of two pure-bred bulls from the herd of P. C. Threlkeld, Esq., Canterbury. They are both by Prince Imperial, a nrst-class sire, by thoroughbred cows, one by Madamoisell© 111., and one by May Queen. They are fine looking animals, and should command the attention of stockowners, with a view of introducing fresh blood and improving their herds. They are for sale by Mr M. R. Miller, and should realise a good figure when sold. Our Waipawa correspondent writes, under date May I:— "The lad Sebly, who met with the accident at Kaikora on Monday last, left here by early train yesterday, en route for the Napier Hospital. —The Waipawa Road Board met last evening. No business of importance was transacted. It was adjourned till Thursday evening next. — Yesterday evening several members of the late company at the Theatre Royal, Napier, paid us a flying visit, and gave a performance at the Oddfellows' Hall, which was but very indifferently patronised, owing, no doubt, to the very threatening aspect of the weather. The company left by the 11 o'clock train to-day for Waipukurau. — Welcome rain has fallen at last. We have had several refreshing showers during the day, with a prospect of their continuance." The steward and stewardess of the Working Men's Club, we regret to learn, have resigned their posts. In the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, before R. Beetham, Esq., R.M., a claim of £100 damages, brought by John Riggir, of Maraekakaho, against George Burgess, for having wrongfully removed a quantity of goods from Riggir's house, occupied a considerable time in hearing. Mr Cornford and Mr Lee appeared for plaintiff ; Mr Lascelles for defendant. It appeared from the evidence adduced that Mrs Riggir, who has left her husband, asked the defendant Burgess to take the goods away from her husband's house on the 20th January in a trap. Defendant went to the house in company with Mrs Riggir and Mrs Walker, of Maraekakaho, and in his evidence stated that he removed a quantity of goods, by Mrs Riggir's directions, to Walker's house. The evidence of plaintiff was to the effect that defendant had previously asked him for Mrs Riggir's clothes, hut that he had told him he should not have them, and if he took them away he should sue him. Mrs Riggir stated in her evidence that she had taken the goods to maintain herself with, but that some of them had been given to her by her father on her marriage with Riggir. She also said that she had asked defendant to go to her house and take the things away. A large quantity of other evidence was taken, principally to the same effect. Mr Lascelles and Mr Cornford addressed the Court at some length, and his Worship reserved his decision till Tuesday. — Rennie v. W. Lee, claim of £4 10s, for wages. Judgment was given for plaintiff for £3, and costs 22s 6d. At a meeting of the Wairoa County Council last Thursday evening, it was resolved, " That the Hon. the Minister for Crown Lands be requested to recommend to His Excellency the Governor to establish a local land district for the Wairoa County, under clause 24 of the Counties Act, 1877, and a sab-board for the said district for the purpose of receiving applications for the sale, letting, and disposal or occupation of Crown lands in such local districts." It was also resolved that a representation be made to the Minister, pointing out the manifest inconvenience arising from the county being divided into two land districts, and the certainty of the waste lands being more readily and more profitably occupied if their management were locally vested, and that from the return of unsold Crown lands in each county presented to Parliament during last session, it would be found that there were 421,000 unsold Crown lands in the County of Cook. It was further resolved that the Hon. Mr Sheehan, Captain Russell, and Mr Button be requested to give their assistance in obtaining what was asked for by the Council. The programme for the Queen's Birth- | day steeplechase meeting of the Town and Country Jockey Club is published in this issue. There are a good number of events, and the meeting promises to be a very attractive one. A meeting of members of the club is to be held at the Empire Hotel, Waipawa, on Thursday evening next, at 7.30. The N.Z. Times says it is rumored that Major Atkinson intends to resign his seat. The population of Wellington, as shewn, is nearly 20,000, but were it correctly set down it would be 22,000. The Wairarapa district shews an enormous increase of population, having now upwards of 8000 inhabitants, or rather more than double, what it had at the time of the last census. The Christchurch papers have been informed that the net profits of Messrs Guthrie and Larnach's factory for the last six months reached fifteen thousand pounds, after allowing for bad debts. It is expected the profits of the next year will be still greater. The following is published in an article in the Wavancja: — "At the time that two of the greatest chiefs of the North were in actual contest, while Hori Kiugi and his warriors were in the act of storming the Waitomotomo Pa, defended by Matiu Aranui, Sir G. Grey landed at Whangarei, and, accompanied by two natives, rode right up to the pa, and through the flying bullets, into the midst of the attacking party. His appearance so startled the combatants that the firing ceased, and that day the contest was at an end. All the Governor said was, 1 1 have heard in Wellington that some of you, my children, were quarrelling, and I have come to say you must go home and be quiet.' .... Our space is limited, or we could multiply proofs of Sir G. Grey's unbounded power over the Maori tribes of New Zealand sufficient to fill a book. But we forbear, as we know that those of our old colonists who know Sir George Grey the best, need not a reminder of his power, knowledge, or mighty sway over the Maori tribes." The time for receiving tenders for building a house near the Catholic Church, Napier, is extended to Tuesday next, at 0 p.m. The tenders are to bo sent in to Mr Bowerman, chemist, Hastings-street. The paid-up capital of the banks in New South Wales to the end of last year was £7,900,000. Total liabilities, £17,701,681) ; assets, £22,131,040,