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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5518, 22 October 1879, Page 2

The Land Court proceedings at Omahu: have at length come to a close. On Monday last Judge Young made the final: brdei 1 for the memorial of ownership in I favor of 94 representative owners. Mr; Cornford appeared to protect the interests' of Naroini and her children,, and the six; hapus generally were represented by Dr. Buller, who had conducted the case as; between the rival tribes. As we stated ;• before) it was intended to complete the ! Government title at once, but a question ; ai'oSe at the last riibtiieiit which will have ■ the effect of hanging the matter up f oi' a \ short time. It was understood that the : , natives would accept an instalment of : £10,000 dn the Signing of the 1 deed; and allow the balaoce of £4,0,000 to stand! over for three months, that being the time allowed by law for a re-hearing. Finding, however, that there would be considerable difficulty in distributing the money in two instalments, the chiefs applied to Mr Commissioner Booth to pay the amount over in full. The matter was referred to Wellington, and the Government very pi'operly refused to depart from the agreement. On Saturday night the claimants held a meeting in the runaiiga-house; to ddils'idel? the situation. After mUcli discussion it wag unanimously agreed to let the whole of the purchase money stand over. Renata Eawepo has invited the tribes to meet again at Omahu early in January, for. tjio . purpose of receiving the nioncy arid sigiiirig the deed, cession. He had arranged for a hakari this week to celebrate the occasion and invitations had been prepared for all the neighboring.chiefs and some of our leading townsmen. The banquet must now, however, stand over till January. Although the proceedings at Omahu have been very protracted, all who were present speak highly of the quiet and orderly conduct of the natives from first to last. Judge Young states that he has never witnessed more orderly proceedings among the Maoris. This is no doubt in a great measure attributable to the earnestness with which Eenata Xawepo prohibits liquor in the settlement and punishes drunkenness among his people.

A Chinaman named Ah Foo was yesterday arrested at Meanee — where he has been working as a gardener for the last three weeks — on the dharge 1 cif forging a promissory note id Diinedin in July last. The amount of the note was £45 ss, and we understand that the "child-like" Celestial was clever enough to get the instrument discounted, the victim being a resident in Dunedin named King.

A meeting of tlie creditors of Mr S. R. Dransfielcl, of the Spit, was held yesterday afternoon. The trustees reported that they had reason to be dissatisfied with the conduct of Mr Dransfield towards them. The stock and book debts had been estimated at very much over their value, the trustees considering them worth a little over £2000, or sufficient to pay about 6s 8d in the £1. Mr Joe Dransfield, of Wellington, offered to guarantee 7s 6d in the £1, in bills extending over twelve months, but the proposal was rejected, the creditors deciding to realise the estate at once.

A meeting of the members of the various Erieucily Societies in Napier was held in the Odd Fellow's Lodge-room last evening in connection with the fdte to be held on the 10th of November. There was a large attendance, and great interest was manifested in the proceedings. Owing to Court Sir Charles Napier, A.C.F., having declined to take part in the f£te, it was decided to reduce the quorum of the committee. After some other business had been transacted, a vote of thanks was accorded to the chairman. A meeting of the committee was afterwards held, when it was resolved to insert an advertisement in the Napier papers calling for tenders for refreshment booths, &c.

We are requested to call the attention of bretheren of the " Mystic Craft " to a meeting convened for to-niglifc at the Masonic Hall, Munroe-street, for tlio purgose of establishing a Royal Arch hapter, to be connected with the Victoria Lodge, 1577, E.C.

The attention of lessees of native lands is directed to an advertisement and a letter in "other parts of to-day's issue, which will clear up some of the confusiou which appears to exist as to whom the duties payable by the lessees should be forwarded.

" When troubles come they come not in single for but in battalions. The katapo spider is unpleasantly prevalent this spring. Some time ago we had to record Mr Chicken's illness from the bite of this venomous insect, and on Saturday a little girl of the name of Cock, about two years of age, was* severely bitten. She was taken by her mother to Dr. De Lisle, and is, we hear, progressing favorably.

The Government steamer Stella arrived in Aucklaad harbor on Monday, and will probably bring on to Napier the Hawke's Bay portion of the English and American mails, brought by the City of New York. < • '

Mr Monteith has recently made a large addition to- his horse repository, having added eighty feet to the building. Twenty-six stalls have been fitted up iv tho most improved style, and the sale yards, through the improvements made, may now be considered equal to any in the North Island.

It is expected that Mr Alfred A. Cameron's " consultation" of £600 for the Melbourne Cup will close in Dunedin on Monday 27th inst. The race is advertised to take place on the Flemington racecourse, Melbourne, on tho 4th November next.

During the hearing of the case of Morton v. Attwood in the Christchurch District Court, relates the Press, one of the witnesses, stated that the filly in question had her " foal's " hair on. Mr Joynt, who was examining the witness, seemed quite astonished by the answer, and asked the witness what he meant by the filly having her "false " hair on. Amidst the laughter of his Honor and the other members of the bar, the witness explained more clearly what he meant.

The following articles, made of paper, were exhibited at Berlin, recently : - Wash, basins, water cans, cnrpeting, bonnets, a ship full rigged, hats, lanterns, masks, shirts, cloths, full suits, straps, handkerchiefs, napkins, bath-tubs, buckets, urns, bronzes, . flowers, window-blinds, asphalt

roofing, materials for garden walks, iewellery, coral,, window curtains, shirts, lace, belting, and, a house made of pine, but with not 'only roof, ceiling,- cornice and interior polls'; of 'paper,; but all the furniture, blinds/ T cUr tains, darpeting, chandeliers', otname'nted door", rininerbus mantel and tabM ornaments, and finally 'a stove of asbestos^ paper, "burning away cheerfully, and not* consuming itself as it evidently ought to do. \. ;',:■ vi Tho Cape Standard says the following annecdote of Dabulamanzi is told by an eye-witness : — " "When this doughty Zulu gave himself up he was all but naked, and the weather being cold the authorities presented him with a greatcoat, which he accepted, but speedily handed it to one of his followers, and then asked where he could purchase a coat. He was taken to one of the trader's tents, and there was fitted to his taste, paying for the same with the utmost nonchalance from a purse of gold he had on his person,' and with a look as muchas to say, I can pay for a coat if j I want one." . '•■