TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 625, 2 May 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[per press association.] Maori Matters. Alexandra, To-day. Heavy rains have delayed the arrival of the people, and it is imposible to say when the talking will commence. Chief Haurua arrived from Kopua to-day, and says there are very few natives there, though some are reported on the way. The natives continue to arrive at Alexandra. 1 hear on good authority to-day that Tawhiao is not likely to announce any strange policy. Probably if ho consulted his own inclinations and those of younger men, he would do so, but the old people are averse, audit is doubtful if he can break away from their counsels. Owing to the absence of land sales, and the limited cultivation, tho Kingite natives are almost

wholly without money. There is some talk of re-establishing the Kingite newspaper with the old plant, which is now at Kopua. Paora Inhire has collected L 25 towards that object. There are now Europeans living at Kawhia. There are only two blocks of Crown land granted, one of thirty-four and the other of fortyfour acres, on separate sides of the harbor. The opinion of the natives about Winiata, the murderer of Packer, is uniformally adverse. They say he must go some time, and deserves all he will obtain. The people hold the same opinion about Moffat, as do the Wanganui natives. He had gone back prospecting to a part of the country from which he had been repeatedly warned. He was told what would happen, but persisted in defiance of a friendly chief here from Kaipara. Hotel Robbery. Connell’s Hotel, Alexandra, was robbed last night of a cash-box containing L 35 and some valuable papers. The box was taken from the bar. The robbers are unknown. The entrance was effected by the window, and the bar door forced open with a screwdriver. Customs. Napier, To-day. The Customs revenue for April amounts to L 3,934, and the Beer Duty to Ll5O. The Accident to a Bush-faller. Masterton, To-day. At the inquest on Freminger yesterday a verdict of “Accidental death” was returned, with a rider added “ that the man was not competent for a bush fuller, and should not have been allowed to go out to fall bush alone.”

Satisfactory. Wellington, To-day. Mr De Lautour, managing director of the New Zealand Land Settlement Company, reports receiving advices from London dated 29th April, announcing the sale of 15,000 fully paid-up L 5 shares at par. Arrival of the Emerald. H.M. S. Emerald has arrived from Sydney. Obituary. At Palmerston North, Mr J. B. Dungan, proprietor of the h/luuawatu Times, died this morning.