Untitled

Otago Daily Times, Issue 2004, 2 June 1868, Page 4

The death of Mr Herbert Amelius Julias. M.P.C. for Oamaru Town, was mentioned yesterday in tho Provincial Council; and, as a mark of respect to tho memory o£ the deceased gentleman, tho Council wns at once adjourned until sevun o'clock this (Tuesday} evening. It is understood that tho members of the Council will to-day follow, from Mio Criterion Hotel to the boundary of tho city, tho hearse in which the corpse of Mr Julius ia to bo onvayed to Oanwu ; tho funeral procession leaving tho hotel at noon. Mr Julius's death will be truly regretted by very many outside tha circle of Iris family friends. Up to Wednesday last, tho deceased, although ho was suffering frcm a very severe cold, continued to attend to his duties in tho Provincial Council ; but on Wednesday night, he became seriously ill. On Thursday, he was a little better ; but on Friday, lie -.vas so ill from inflammation of tho lungs, that a telegram wai that night forwarded tohia relatives, in an i beyond Oamnru. Ho continued to sink rapidly ; and ho died between five and six o'clock on Sunday evening.—Mr Julius was first roturncd tor the Provincial Council at the genera! election early last year. His political opponents were not lcisa his friends than •were those with whom -.o acted in concert; and both sections of tho Council will agree that, by liis death, the Province has lost one who promised worthily to take a prominent position in Provincial politics. The deceased gentleman enjoyed ihe confidence of his constituency in tae fullest degree; and Oamara will not easily replace its late representative.

A soiree in aid of the building fund for the now Wealeyau Church, Stuart street, will be

held in Wisley Church, Dowling street, this cveniug. Addressee arc expected to bo given by the Jtev Messrs Conncbee, Stuart, Williams, Sutherland, Fitchett, and others. Tea on the tables at half-past six o'clock. The Duncdin Regatta Committee will meet at tlw London Hotel, Jetty street, tomorrow evening. The reunlar meeting of tho Lodge of Diwcdin, 931, will be hc'.d at tho Masonic 8011, this eveniug. At tin Princess Theatre, last oveDing, on excellent performance was presented to a thinly-attended house. Tho programme consisted of tho three-act comedy "Tho • Ladies' Brittle," and tho burlesque " Paris. ' j Neither tho attendance nor tVc circumst*ncu ; which affected it—tho low" temperature of the evening—were calculated to induce liveliness of acting; but tho. comedy was performed with faithfulness and animation, j and tho burlesque was in every particular jas (iucccssful as on tho occasions of j previous representations. Tho principal characters in tho comedy wcro sustained by Mips IJowring, Mus Nyc, Mr Steele, Mr Roberts, and Mr Herbcrto, and the characters were so allotted that they conld j not fail to be well sustained. Thia evening th<i programme will be tho name, and it is j only to be hop«I that tho weather will be j different.—Friday evening is to bo devoted to * "complimentary testimonial" to Mr I Court, the lessee.—Another new burlesque ' is promised for next week ; so that there wil bo only a few nights more on which " Paris" can bo seen. We take tho following itoms of Notfchcrn r.cwa from tho WMimjlon Imlepeniknt, of May 23rd :—" The news from the Upper Thames is of a moat unsatisfactory and threatening character. The contemplated rebellious movement against the WaiMato is now definitely fixed to take place during the present or ensuing month; and Hauraki is to remain p^-acf ful while this is being carried j on. .Some fifty or sixty head of Messrs j I'uckland and Firth's cattle are reported to have apain been seized, and are now ' running at Mnn-waru. There has been snmn further fighting at Hokianga. A i correspond* nt of the Herald writes : — Several skirmißhcs have taken place botwecn tho Rnrawaa and llikutu section of tbo Ngnpubi tribe, in one of which, on the 10;b or 11th instant, three of tho former were badly wounded, and one ot tho latter— n yomig man from the Waimate—is missing since the fight. In a second skirmish which had taken place at an earlier period, one man belonging to the chief Mohi Tawhia's tribe, was shot through the back. Tho ball has air.cc been extracted, andthcßufTercr (a halfcatte), is likely to reevcr. A few hours before the Tauranga sailed from the Bay a report was prevalent that tho Hokianga postrnnn had brought intelligence of another fierce wntest lietwcen the two tribes, during which tho murderer (To Weka, of the Ilarawas). had be^n killed, and ono of Mohi Tawhia's tribe dangerously wounded. Wo may f tate, however, that tho report is not believed by tho settlers at Russell, and we ourselves do not place much faith in it. A report reached Awanni shortly before tho Fortune sailed for Ancklnnd, that, during the lato skirm sh at Whakatano, one of tho Queen's natives had been killed and a European wounded. Hostilities are said to be impending in the Waikato." A correspondent of the Southern Croxs writes from the Upper Thames as follows :— "On tho 2nd instant, Tukukino, Heopa, and Tareranui returned from Tokangamatu. They report that alt the roads are closed against anyono returning from Tokang.imuti, by tho King's orders ; and alao that Tana to Waharoa was on his way to that place, and was stopped by his Majesty's roadkoepcrs. Ho told them he was going to Tokangamntu, and then proposed returning to his tribe. Tho road ankati guard therenpon stripped him of his clothes and horse, burnt the clothes, and sent him back to his settlement and people. This was Tawhi&'a orders to tho roadkecpere. To Hira, Tuknkino, Tareranui, and Hoe pa, have been an -'pons' for the people, that is, head man to collect them together by his Majesty's orders. A lirge meeting of natives was held on Thursday la«.t, the 14th instant, in commemoration of the battle of Mcutca, at London, the chief settlement on the Wanganui river, when the recently elected Maori representative—Mete Kingi- was present to meet his constituents. The tribes number 880 men, and as a token of their confidence and approval, they presented Mtto Kingi with a greenstone weapon, thr.o native garments, and the sum of LIS 7s 6d, tnis being given we presume, with the idea of paying hira for representing them." Tho Chronicle says : — " JUast week a body of Ngatiraukawss—the dissentients to tho Manawatu purchase— drove off some thirty or forty head of cattle from |>ait of the block, on tho other siie of tho Bangit'.kei River, held under leases granted sorao years ago by the tribes, and stiil occupied. It will be renumbered that during the negotiation for the purchase of this block, the rents w«.ro impounded by the Superintendent; but since tho block was announced as purchased the lessees thought no moro of paying rent to tho natives. However, tho Ngatiraukawas, resenting the decision of the Native Lands Court, at Gtaki, proceeded to sweep oif the herds of settlers' cattle, ostensibly ft. r rents —of which at any time that tribo was only onti'Jed to one-third. The cattle will doubtless be brought back, by the set'lers turning out in force ; but this state of things is rather unpleasant, and to say the least, a step unadvisedly taken by tho non-sellers themselves."

In a review of the condition of the Province of Auckland, the Southern Crona of the 21 at *»}3 :—ln Native matters, we regrets that things have nut been so satisfactory as could bo wished. The East Coast natives have, oa several occasions, come into contact with, the locftl forces, with loss on both, sides. Tho murders of Mr B ;nnott White aad of two other* settlers will fill suaother dark page in the history of New Zealand colonisation. There have been large meetrofts of the natives at Tokangnonuta and elae,where, and the evident desire of tho majority, including tho King, ia for present peace £. T<rat there is a mall aec

tion which is aB anxious as ever to try eon. elusions With the Pakehas. The establishment tf the King's sovereignty in tho interior is as complite as if the European had never attempted to combat it, and the only policy to be adopted in that of letting tho natives alone. Tho attempts made to break the aukuti which ha 3 been established in tho interior have proved futile ; mid, entrenched as it wero b'hind it, Tawhiao holds his sway, undisturbed. Time only will bring about the thorough intercom rse and friendly, feeling which thcColonieta of Auckland really wish to exist between tho natives and themselves. la tho Bay of Islands district there have b:en collisions boiwccn the Ngapulii and Kar-iwa tribes, but Government lias wisely refrained from interfering. His Excellency Sir G. Bowcn last month paid a visit to tho Bay, for the purpose of attending thu large meeting of tho Natives which waa to bo held in honor of the arrival of the Duko of Edinburgh. There was but a tuiali attendance, the fighting which was then going on proving so great an attraction that even tho advent of a nc\v Governor could not counterbalance it. Lir George has also visited the Nativo settlement at Orakei, and is now on a journey through the Wsikato district, in some portion of which it is anticipated thcro will shortly be a largo meeting of Natives. Tho visit, however, haa not, wo believe, any polwcal aigniiicacce, but is merely carried out for the purpose of affording his Excellency a personal knowledge of tho great capabilities of this province."

On tho anniversary of the Queen's birthday, the Governor of Victoria held a lovco in the now Exhibition Building, of which tho Aryan says:—"Thcro was, as usual, a full r. presentation of all classes in ihc cobny - of tho official, the legal, the clerical, and the mercantile elements, of which our society is composed. The President of tho LegisLvivo Council, and tho Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, arrayed in their robes of '.lßce, and attended respectively by tho usher and the sergeant-at-arms, with the mace, represented the two branches of tho Legislature All tho judges of the Supremo Court in their ermined robes wero present ; and tho Senate of tho University, headed by their vice-chancellor — and now a large and imposing academical body—paid their respects to His Excellency. Tho Bishop of Melbourne and the representatives of tho other denominations, formed another element in the scene ; while the uniforms of tho military, of tho volunteer officers, and of tho foreign consuls, gave qnito a brilliancy and glitter to tho throng. Tho elections accounted for tho absence of several of tho Ministers, but all those now in town, viz., Mr Sladen, Mr Fellows, and Mr Langton, were present. Their predecessors in oflico mustered in great force, all of them being in attendance with the exception of Mr Sullivan and Mr Vale."

The up-Country Districts are not behind the City in their amusements. Wo learn from the Tttaprkti I'rcxs that, "On Monday last, a oot race, for tho largo sum of LSO o-sidc, was run by two men, named Robins and Arkinstall, at Wetherston.es. Tho miserable weather and wretched sloppy roads damped the interest which was doubtless felt in th-j matter, but still a largo concourse of people assembled to witness the cr ntest. Tno betting early in the afternoon was three to one against Itobinn, but towards the hour of the raco it became level. Arkinstall gave Robins five yards ttatt; and tho latter won tho raco easily."