NATIVE INTELLIGENCE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 971, 30 March 1870, Page 7 (Supplement)

NATIVE INTELLIGENCE.

The Hawlce's Bay Herald says — " Major Ropata, Ngatiporou chief, wilh 450 of his followers — said on all bauds to be a splendid body of men — lel'c Pamtahi on lsb JJaich, en mute for Waikaremoana. They go on ihe principle of good pay if they lake or oLhoi wise givo an aeoount of To Kooti or Kereopa, and none if they don't. They ai c perfecLly sauslied with the arrangement, and ate very sauguiue of success."

Cattle prom Wanganui. — Messrs. W. Bayly, jun., and C. Messenger rotuvned last week from Wanganui overland, bringing with them a mob of cattle, for shipment to Auckland from tho Waitara. The large number of cattle exported from this district, says the Wanganui Herald, is something astonishing, and many wonder where they are brought from. Wauganui has got its nante up for the superior breed whioh it exports i,o different parts of the Colony. In the Pro» vince of Taranaki especially, it seems to be greatly appreciated, as hardly a month passes that large droves are not taken overland. On the 28th February, Messrs. Bayly and Messenger, Burned with about 250 head for New Plymouth. Id certainly shows that the Taranaki district is once more going a-head, and we hope that it may continue to do so. These cattle have been purchased for the Auckland market, and were to be taken to the Wai Lara Rivor for shipment, thereby saving a large portion of the sea voyage, by which cattle suffer so much, and there being a super-abundance of feed all along the route, they are considerably improved by the journey. The purchasers have not, however, been successful in this trip, as they have lost over seventeen head of cattle, five were drowned whilst crossing the Patea River, and seveu between Hawera and Waingongoro. 250 head of cattle is too large a mob to drive together, as they cannot be kept within sight in going through a country so much broken up by gullies, as is the road between Manawapou and New Plymouth.

Sir Geroge Bowen on Wellington, — The Auckland correspondent of the Lyttelton Times, speakiug of tbe opening of a new olub, says — " Sir George Bawen, who was specially invited, made one of his extraordinary speeohes, which would certainly have done the reporter of the Wellington Evening Post good to hear. He lauded the Aucktand folks in somewhat fulsome terms, and had one or two very severe digs at the Empire City and its inhabitants. His words I will not repeat, as they were not meant by his Excelleucy to reach, I should fancy, the ears of our Wellington neighbours, who seem to have quite enough trouble already, without any further addition."

Lecture on the Maori War. — The Rev. Mr. Buller, whilst in Wanganui, delivered an able and exceedingly useful lecture on U\e above subject. Mr. Buller displayed an intimate knowledge of the question on which he had chosen to expatiate, and his remarks wero frequently inleiTiipfe'l by applause. With a chivalrous advocacy, which well belitted one whose own hands weie clear, for, as ho said, ho himself had never bought land, Mr. Buller sought to defend the New Zealand missionaries from the charge of sordid motives imputed to them in getting large tracts of land to themselves.