LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 231, 4 October 1878, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[Special to the Mail.]

(Per Press Agenoy.)

Wellington,* Oct. 3.

Market quotations. —Flour, colonial, £11 10s to £12 ; hams, 9d ; bacon, 8d; cheese, ; potatoes, £4 10s; butter, Is. New Plymouth, Oct. 3. A boy and matt have been stopped hf natives on the. mountain road,between the new township of Stratford and! Katemara. The boy Taylor says the natives threatened, to shoot him if he proceeded. * The man Stewart, says he was also obstructed by the natives, and was afraid to go oh, and therefore turned back.- The explanation given of the affair here is that these natives may possibly be some of. the parties out in search of Hiroki, and that they may have warued the man and boy that the murderer was about, and would probably shoot them if they went on. Later. Further particulars re the stoppage by natives on the mountain road:— Thomas Taylor was on his way to Retemarae yesterday morning, and when about eight miles the other side of Stratford was stopped by some natives, "who would not allow him to pass, and ordered him back. He refused, but they compelled him, and threatened to shoot him; this, however, was prevented by an old woman, who interfered, and would not allow him to be killed. He is now at Stratford.; The man Stewart was on his way to Hamera when he was stopped by natives and turned back. He says he would be afraid to go along that road now. The boy says that the natives warned him that even if he passed them he would be killed by a party of natives further on. This has given rise to the report that the obstruction to both man and boy was made in a friendly spirit, but as neither of them understood Maori they have mistaken friendly words for threats. 9.37.p.ui. . The following intimation has been received by the police from Hawera.:— Armed parties of natives and native police are on and in the vacinity of the mountain road, if there .were any other armed natives there they would have been reported here (Hawera). The general opinion iv new Plymouth is that the parties who have been stopped have been needlessly frightened, as it is unusual for armed natives to be seen oa the mountain road. The police are making active enquiries. Hokitika, Oct. 3. The steamer Lioness was despatched Southwards early this morning in search of the missing steamer Waipara. Balolutha, Oct. 3. The township is still under water, there being an average of two feet deep. Only three dwelling houses are gone, , but several buildings are in great danger. One small .store was washed away, and the goods in the shop washed into the stream ; also, a blacksmith's shop. Gravel and mud pits,are formed in the streets, - and the garden fences are broken down:and washed away. The current is -very strong in some parts, and the streets are full of large holes, making it extremely unsafe for horses. A man and horse went completely out of sight in a hole to-day, but .both were ultimately saved. The railway is much damaged, but the station buildings are still standing, though, unr : dermined. Both bridges are safe in Clutha. Sterling and Kaitangata are submerged. No human lives lost. The river has fallen very little,