SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1152, 28 March 1884, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

(FROM OPR OWN CORRESPONDENT). Dunedin, March 27, 7.45 p-ra. Intelligence of serious outrages committed by the Natives of New Ireland has reached here, the advices state that the Natives burned the Hirckeu (sic) companies trading station at Noosa, an-* murdered Captain Moller and all the crew of the acho"ner Maokeo, subsequrntly the vessel was destroyed by tire. The Herman coevette Hyena has since vitilodjthe scene of the outrage, and shelled the Native vilage, killing six of the inhabitants. The Famenoth from Loudon arrived in “ort yesterday. A match has been made between Hanlon an 1 either Ti ickett or Beach for a LUIOO. Mi James Fu.ton addresses the electors on Saturday and Monday Hiraldt owti correspondent says : There is strong feeling or irritation against the Government at Wellington amoogst all classes. Vlr Ormond will likely stand for the Napier seat. News from Fiji atates that large quartz reef mscovsred there. Two of the discoverers are in Auckland obtaining the necessary appliances for working it. At a meeting of Licensed Victuallers and others, yesterday, the report recommended the circulation of petition to araehd present Licensing Act, with a view of doing away with present system of election of licensing henches and the endorsing of licenses for minor'offenees, etc. The idea of making St. Mathew’s ohnrch a cathedral ha» been abandoned. The church is in debt to a considerable extent, and the morgagee threatens to seize uni ss satisfactory arrangements are come to. A child named Bothwell, 2i years old, was kicked to derth by a hj rs r at Blenheim. To day theie was a meeting of creditors of Thomas Dodson, Hotelkeeper, Port Chalmers. A 'meeting of Mr Haydon’s creditors, of the Criterion Hotel, was held yesterday, the assets and liabilities were both set down at twelve thousand.