RICOCHETS FROM THE FRONT.

Observer, Volume 3, Issue 62, 19 November 1881, Page 158

RICOCHETS FROM THE FRONT.

— Te Whiti claims to belong to the Lost Tribes. Why not send him to Jericho ? — The elastic side boots are found very unserviceable for the camp. Since the Prophet has departed, the natives at Parihaka should change his name to Tawhiti (far away). — The first casuality has occurred at Rahoto to a "Volunteer named Arthur Nixon, who wounded himself severely with his own revolver. — When constabulary recruits arrive they have to carry their swags. The Volunteers carry theirs on waggons. — Picton volunteer officer : " Who are you ?" Parihaka special: "We belong. to the press, sir." Officer : " Aw ! "Then we belong to the ■pressure too." — A valiant volunteer who Avent to the front from Ashburton got sick of it, and telegraphed to his wife to prosecute him for deserting her. The dodge failed. — While the Government obstruct the "specials," Captain Marshall, late of the A.C., has secured, through Government influence, the position of correspondent for eight Ministerial journals. — A southern contemporaty suggests that the best way to settle the West Coast Maori difficulty would be for Te Whiti and the Hon. Mr Dick to discuss the question of the confiscation of native lands on a public platform on a biblical basis. The discussion would be more interesting if Te Whiti spoke in Maori and the Covenanter in Gaelic. — Some time since Titokowaro, being blind of an eye, was desirous of a one-eyed mate of another gender. After some search a maiden whoso eye was single was found. A clergyman, hearing tho anecdote, said, " Here is an instance of the civilising influences of Christianity. Before the Gospel came among them they would not have scrupled to put out a girl's eye to satisfy the whim of a chief."