BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3052, 29 November 1872, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

( From the New Zealand Press Association.) Auckland, November 28. A motion in favor of the return of the Police to Provincial control was carried by a majority of one last night. The mission schooner Southern Cross has returned with the bishop of Aucklaud, after a visit to Norfolk Island. The Bishop or. dained three native ministers, and reports all quiet there. November 29. Mr Reader Wood addressed his constituents at Parnell last night. He said the .Stafford Ministry lost their seats through the display of an intention of log-rolling, as was evidenced by their action on the Wairarapa line and the restoration of the confiscated lauds, which dissatisfied members. The forqier w<fs pf Mr Fiuberbeft’s sup? port; the latter did for the Maori vote. A vote of confidence in Mr Wood was carried. Four hundred Maoris, chiefly Hau-haus, are to be employed on the Waikato line. The Waikato Times denies that Mr James Mackay, junr., was invited to see Tawhio, and says that had not Manuhiri been at the hills, the interview would not have been permitted. The natives are indignant that the King was taken unawares. They have not yet considered Mr Mackay’s proposals. When Mr M ‘ Lean was up gt the King’c head quarters kst winter, be jiipted thafc thts Goyerqmeqt witswdi|ng |;q regofyq tRo lying country into a sort of territorial principality, and to place Tawhio much op the sapm footing as some of the native prince", of India. M r Maokuy made similar proposals, and the Times charges him with using another man's brains for his own benefit. Wellington, November 29. A child aged two years has been scalded to death through drinking from the spout of a coffee.pqt, Queenstown, November 21. Mr fieethauf, accompanied by Mr Robeytr sou and four others, has just started for Martin's Bay. He will proceed by the Government route, and return by the Green* stone Valley. The obiect of the expedition is to report upon the best line of cuiLtnuni* catv n. 'the stand the Superintendent took with the depu’ation, recalling together the Pfovinoiaj (VapGil, favorably received here. Neither of the members foy the L .kes district signed the *< round robin,” Intense heat continues to prevail, and rain is much required.