Some little excitement was caused hero the other clay by the appearance of placards nil over the walls, calling the attention of the inhabi tants to a letter which appeared in the iVeiw Zealandcr of 23rd ultimo, entitled "In the Wrong Box," and signed " Nil MeNihil." The impulse caused by this was a general enquiry for the paper, to ascertain what this Mr. Nobody had been writing about. After some trouble a copy was obtained, from which it was apparent that the writer's object was to injikc a covert attack on a certain Government oufcinl, who had excited the of the clansmen by having called them " dirty loir thieves," by shooting their dogs, and other offensive acts. We can hardly believe the party in question would allow himself to speak so disparagingly of such honest and industrious settlers. The writer is sadly in error when he says the Go vernment keep the It.M. for their amusement — nothing of the kind ; the3 r keep him for their own wise purposes. What does " Nil McNihil " mean by insinuating in his letter that Maori evidence is not trustworthy? Does he think that an 11.M., who, with only one Magistrate, can decide against a bench of a dozen Justices, cannot decide on the value of evidence better than he can? "Nil McNihil " should remember the scriptural injunction, "Be in subjection to the powers that be." The Government of this country arc too wise to allow the people to judge of f>uch matters. As the writer must be aware, avo are only in the dark ages here at present. Let him also remember the words of a high authority in this country, " Wo are only here on sufferance." Moke Land Pujiciuses. — Negociations arc afoot between the Native Commissioner here and the natives for the imi'chase of a small block of land adjoining Tvaitara. This block, though small, is important, inasmuch as it con nects Government land on both sides of it. It is in the immediate neighbourhood of the land sold the other day, and nearer to this s>ettle ment.
