LOCAL INTELLIGENCE

Wellington Independent, Volume I, Issue 45, 7 January 1846, Page 3

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE

Dastardly Cruelty.—On Sunday morning, Mr. Hendry, the joint proprietor with Mr. Lyon, found one of their cart horses, worth from forty to % pounds, dead, opposite some Maori clearings b short distance up Polhill's gully. It appeared that the horse had been feeding in the ro.-d, and that whilst there some party uuknown, but generally believed to be a-native, had, stabbed tbe animal on the side of the belly, with some sharp instrument. Parties are constantly leaving the town and proceeding to the bush, especially to those districts lying contiguous to Wellington. Wherever a road m» been formed, the land in the immediate neigh, bourhood is eagerly sought after, thus practically Proving that the settlers have only been deterred r ° m settlin S ln 'he count, y from the absence of roads, which would enable them to bring their produce t0 mar ket, and turn it t 0 account. The various snail orchards are represented ns k !"S ""commonly well this year, and fruit is be--n"'ng Bl to appear in large quantities. We have no ° , tllat ' in a ye«r or two, the W, llington market W'U be stocked with fruit, the produce of this settlement. Preparations fo7~ihe~ celebration of the Sixth of the arrival of the first Settlers, have a feady been commenced, and the settlers seem "'mated with a desire to keep up this holiday in a looming m „ nner .