Local Intelligence.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1854, 11 April 1863, Page 4

Local Intelligence.

Th_ Advertiser Hoaxed. — Our contemporary is out of* the frying pan into the fire. It lately gave an account of a cock and bull story, which E Puni's son was said to have communicated to «« the authorities'." Who ■' the authorities" are to whom it was told, wo have not yet found out, and suppose wo never shall, as E Puni's son knows nothing about it and never communicated with the authorities at all. Tho «• Advertiser " in its eager desire to cry " war, war, when there is no war " is so gullible, that it is ready to swallow any hoar that may be played upon it. Some person who writes Maori has done this in a style worthy of a better cause, for while no cause could be better if it does but teach the " Advertiser " a lesson, yet the experiment also may tend to produce an uneasiness in the minds of the timid. The letter which appears in the " Advertiser "is a very incorrect translation of one purporting to be written by Tamihana from Waikato to one of Rhodes & Co's clerks. It is tho penmanship of a pakeha 5 about that there is no question whatever. Those who wrote it, finding there lark so successful, will not unlikely repeat it, so that we may fairly ex. pect a few more wonderful rumours and revelations if the " Advertiser is silly or wicked euough to give them publicity. Complimentary; Dinner. — We are gratified to learn that a number of tho citizens intend giving a complimentary dinner to J. J. Tame, Esq, on the occasion of his being aboutto leave this Province for Otago. The dinner will take place on Tuesday evening next, at half-past 6 o'clock, in MoKinnon's New Zealander Hotel, when tho chair will be occupied by the Hon John Johnston, M.L.C., and W. B. Rhodes, Esq., M.H.R., will officiate as Vice-Chairman.

Colonial iNDUSTay.-r-Amongst the cargo of the Lord Ashley were 20 dozen buckets from the Auckland manufactory, which were consigned to Mr E. Mills. The articles are well made, Btrong, and of equal quality to those of American make, The price too is the same. Captain Wilson.— This gentleman returned to Wellington by the Airedale, on Monday last, having made a tour of tho Northern Provinces, where ho met with an enthusiastic reception. We understand that he intends giving another series of lectures on Electro-Biology, with prac- i tioal illustrations, at tho Odd Fellows' Hall ; and j we feel confident that they will be well attended.

Imperial- Defesoe. — We notice under this j heading, a paragraph in Tuesday's " Advertiser," which we think it worth while to correct. Tbe paragraph is as follows-— " The Saturday Review with reference to the General -As" Be'mbly'B address to the Queen, says' 'It is not just tha* England should first exasperate the natives against the settlers, and then leave the settlers to repel the natives as best tliey can.' The address by calling attention to the position of the colonists will not be without beneficial re- j BultsV , I The " Advertiser " sadly misleads its readers in making the '• Saturday Keview " say any su^h thing. The *' Saturday Review " says, that t n e "'Assembly" said so in its Address to the Queen. | and then comments on it in the following very different style — " Such is the gist of the remonstrance which the Lower House at Auckland has presented to the Queen. The argument has a technical validity, but no men know better than do the members of the N. Z., Parliament, how little real truth lies beneath its outward plausibility," and much more to the same effect. We don't know that is a matter of vast importance what the " Saturday Review " says, or what it does not say ; but it is well occasionally to call attention to the recklessness of assertion for which our contemporary is noted. In this case it is so palpably evident that there can be no denying it.