WITHIN THE COLONY.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 120, 7 March 1894, Page 3

WITHIN THE COLONY.

NEWS BY TELEGRAPI.

(Prr Pause Association.! Gisborne. T 1 lis dsy. Crawford’s brewery , a mile and a hn from town. w«s burned down yesterday (afternoon. Some casks of beer and tl ■ .vmt» d water machinery onl' w< re sav.il The insurance is b«*liev*d to be | Crawford is a considerable loser. \\ Ellington. This day. It is stated Sir George Grey is going home in the Gothic. He has selected j , cabin, but he lias not yet acttial y tak« 1 I his passage. I Last evening a medical man wns cal’*-*' | n to attend a woman named Mrs Thom, who was suffenng from phosphorum poisoning. She admitted having t k< 1 ! ux boxes of matches dissolved in wa vi I oid after the u*ual remedies had been up p led she was removed to the hospital. A bell buoy is to be p aced on the Be* J Barrel roekt near the French Pass. 1 Mr Seddon addressed a large meeting of Maoris at Nos whangs, and imprests 1 upon them that the Government cou d in I longer allow tuillione of acres of land to | remain in a state of nature whi’e thousands , of people were wanting land to settle upon ■ and cultivate. The same remark applied 1 to Europeans, and it wan the intention of ■ the Government to aak Parliament nex* | session for power to take land from Europeans for settlement purposes, that wns . where land was being held in large areas, *nd kept tn s state of nature with only a ! few sheep running upon them. This was •he class of land they required for sett’e 1 ment. The Government would tak«- it whether or not owners liked. Ample pro- , vision would he made for the natives whose land had been taken. Either reserve- would l»e set apart for their support. 1 .»r the Government would issue debentures I in payment for the land, these debentures •10 p»y interest and be non-transferable, ! >0 that the natives could not he pauperised. The interest accruing from these debentures would be equal to an annuity for J thi-tnaelves aud their children for all time. . The natives said they won d set up n committee to deal with the land and negot ate with the Government on the ( tribe’s behalf. Christchurch, This day. The rifle championship will be fired this afternoon. Fo! owing are the ten highest *?g sgates:—(’apt Smith. Dun•din. 4»*6 ; i‘.U. llenderi-on. Thames. 455 ; Lieut* mint Jack. Dunedin. 450; Mr Croud foot, Dunedin. 447; Mr Smith, Invercargill, 447 ; Mr Grav, Dunedin, 144 ; Dodds, Port ( haline. a. 444 ; Priv te Ballinger, Wellington. 418; McFarlnne, | < hrtMrhureh. 442. It d.tule.l to old the next meeting at Tr**ntham. Weiington. in the second week in March. ’95. M~ Williams was elected to the council for Hawke’s Bsy. Later Shooting began this morning at eight with a du 1 light and fre«h steady wind from the south blowing down the range. The shooting was fair y good during the match. Corporal Walker, of the Honor ble Reserve, Christchurch, was detected using English ammunition and has i»e n -uispended. The Council will deal with the matter later in the day. L st try match. 500yds. 10 shots Coe, W’oodvi le, 1.8,47; L Robins >n Biv*r:on, L 6. 46 ; j Norton. Psh atua. £5. 46; Richardson, Dunedin, £4. 45; Raveq. Petone, | £4.44; le ton. Feather ston. £3, | 44; Cameron, Christchurch. £B, 44; J Rule. Omm in £3, 44; Soott. Fei d | ing. £ 2. 44 ; Wilnott. Queens own. L2. 44 ; Trellaven. Ly t eton. L2, 43; Dau verge, Christchurch, L2. 43; W. Jones. Dunedin, L2, 43. One hundred ond six men fired in the ’a*t try match. The nursery match, 500yds. 10 shots, is the next fired, for members who have never won n prize or prizes of ovi r £2 at «ny previous meeting of the Association. Hi men took part. The prize list is : Dodd. Port Chalmers. X*H. 47; Greenshields. Auckland, X‘t». 46 ; Wi son. Woodville, X’s. 46. Dobb. Auckland, L 4. 46; Cox. Wood ville, L 4. 45; Gilland, Dunedin, L2. 45; Tonkin. Waikari, L2. 44 Exciusneof to-days matches the following have won XlO and over Scott. Christchurch. 17 ; South, Dunedin, Spinley, Auckland. Gray, Dunedin. Head, i Auckland. and Ross. Napier, 16; Henderson. Thames. 15 ; W. Ballinger, < Wellington, Woodhouse. Christchurch, 14; j Gmnshielde. Auckland, 13; Jack, Dunedin. | McGregor. Oamaru, 12 ; Proudfoot, : Craigie. 12; Dodds. Poit Cha’mers, Humphreys, Napier, W. Smith, Invercargill. 10.