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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5646, 25 March 1880, Page 2

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+ (FROM . OVR OWN GORKESf QNPENT.) Cka-ridn^B, Wednesday. The Wanaka left at 5 p.m. with the detained Napier mails and twenty passengers, among them those that were landed fr'dui the Te Aiiatl dii Sunday. Judge Halse gave judgment in the rehearing of the Waing'aronjai No; 2 dtiise, confirming' tile previous judgment by Judge Eogan, which awarded the block to Hone Kiw-a x arid .the o.ttier natives inoltf.ded iii tee- ot'eter of ■ memorial of ownership dated the 20th December, 1876. The block contains 25.000 acres conveyed by the original grantees to Robert Cooper, who subsequently sold it to the. Glasgow B,ank;, .The decision' will have the effect of making good the title sold, by the bank liquidators. The ' property is worth $25,000. It is a most ; inipo^tarit, decision, for tnp distinct; .The . ease nas been well fought, lasting three :■ weeks. The whole of the natives, including the vendors, combined to upset the former decision^ Colonel. Beo'kie h.di Arrived} tlie j annual volunteer inspection is called for I Good Friday.

: [tfRBSS A§SOtiiATION.!j Wist/LijiGTOX, Wednesday; The Govern nionthavo received telegrams from the Wainiate Plains tKa^.^he natives have seized, sonic horses belonging tci one of the contractors for the road work, and have refused '• to give them up except on payment of ,£2. • ti> is ejtpgcted that railway -. eflmmtrU cation with leathers ton Aviil be resumed to -morrow. The Hinemoa left for Nelson this raorniug to bring on the Nelson Volunteers who ate aboilt to take part in the review at Christchurch. She returns to-morrow afternoon,, and leaves again during the evening with the Wellington nien^ who number about 300; . ' ' . It has been raining steadily, hero for six da^s, but no daiiiage in town lias yet been reported. . , ' ; Nelson, Wednesday. William Farley was charged this morning with rape, but the Magistrates, after hearing the girl's statements in crossexamination; dismissed the charge, and commented strangely on the action of the polico in taking up the case. OnRisTCHURCii, Wednesday. In the charge of criminal. Jibel, Stead v. Otagq Daily Times' and Witness Gomjiany, Mr d-eorge I?enwick, the managing director of the company, has been cohimitt«d for trial. ■ „ : „-. Auckland, Wednesday; A fire occurred last night in the Kyber Pass-road which destroyed a house occu- . pied by a man named Webb. The family 1 escaped in their nightdresses, all their clothing and furniture being burnt. . Tho building was insured in the New Zealand ; Office for £100, but the loss is estimated lat £150. . . • • • : A meeting of the Kingites, Ngatimauiapotos, and Taupo tribes is being held at Ngatorohanga, near Te Kuiti. At a meeting of bookmakers last evening it was shown by three of them that they had bets unpaid amounting to £800. It was agreed to take legal advice, and" if the money is not paid within a fortnight to post the defaulters. It was decided by Judge Richmond yesterday that when a bailiff enters on land to levy execution, and takes ; tho necessary steps to realise, if the parties settle before the sale the bailiff is entitled . to poundage. The Harbor Board yesterday instructed their engineer to select a site and prepare plans for a new large, graving dock, not less than twenty-five feet on the sill-. '■ board. They also decided to impose increased port dues, with the object of releasing- the revenue on the endowments, ■in order to be in a position to borrow further on the security of them. It was proposed to ask the Imperial Goye/?n:ment tbguarantee'a' l,oan on the condition ! of erecting a dock suitable for ships of the navy. j. . . . ,■ „■ ... .. DuNEDiar, Wednesday. A boy. named Henry M'Leod, aged 14, while bathing! in the Water of : Leith yesterday got out of his depth and was drowned. .1 .• • . >. • :