TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1535, 8 May 1885, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[per press association.! A Lengthy Dispute. Napier; To day.

The celebrated dispute re the Mangateretero west block, seven miles from Napier, which has been in the Supreme Court for the last 16 years, has been settled. The dispute was between the late Karitiana, the Maori member, and Mr Sutton, late M.H H. for _ Hawke a Bay. The block has been divined, and Mr Sutton obtains a portion of highly improved land, valu- d at L 15,000.

Volunteers. , Blenheim, To-aay. The members of the proposed W»irau Cavalry have accepted the Defence Minister’s offer to take them as a mounted Rifle Corps without capitation. The Wairau Artillery Corps, having a fall roll of raembers, has also applied to have its services accepted.

Shipping. m 3 JUyxtelton, To-day. Arrived—Wakatipu, from Port Chal mers. Koranni, from Wellington. Sailed—Kaikoura, for Port Chalmers,

The Arawa. Poet Chalmers, To-day. The Arawa arrived this morning, and was placed in quarantine. The health ot all on board is good, with one exception —that of a seaman who on March 30th took smallpox. He is now convalescent, and his clothes and bedding have been destroyed, and ho has been completely Isolated since the outbreak of the disease. The Arawa brings 20 saloon, 40 second cabin, 75 steerage passengers, and 2,600 tons of cargo for all porta. _On her arrival at Hobart all communication with her (was forbidden, and tne passengers 'lor. that port and Australia have been brought here, and when she is admitted to pratique they will be sent back to their destinations. She loft Plymouth at 3.10 p.m. on March Bih, arrived at Capetown on April 15th. after a passage of 18 days 9 hours 35 mins. She left at J 1.35 p.m, on the L6th, and arrived at Honart on May 4th, 16 days 23 hours 49 mins from Capetown. She left at 530 pm. on the 4th, passed the Bluff at 11 a.m. on the 7th, and arrived at 10 p.m. after a passage of 39 days 19 hours 50 mins—sctual steaming time, 38 days 30 mins.

Silenced. m , Dunedin, To-day. It‘is believed that John Eeid, who committed suicide near Timaru, is the man wanted to give important evidence in the West Waitahuna dummy cases. War Cruisers About Bluff, To-day. On Wednesday night a large steamer stood off and on at "the entrance to the Bluff harbor for some hours. When day broke yesterday she was not in sight, it is surmised that the vessel w«s the Admiralty cruiser Coptic on her round. No communication was held with her. Another large steamer answering to the description of Shaw, Saville and Albion Company’s Arawa, from London, was seen yesterday morning in the Straits - After lying-to for a short time she resumed her journey to the eastward. Her - official letters were J.L.K.8., but a vessel bearing that Distinction is not yet on the list of British shipping in use at ‘ the pilot station.