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Evening Star, Issue 3832, 5 June 1875, Page 3

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Taurangjl, June 4, Rewi addressed the Tauranga M atives yesterday, and expressed his gratitude for their kind reception of him. He spoke in eulogistic terms of the Native Minister, whom he termed “his mother.” The meeting between Rewi and Hopkins Olarke was lik med to a marriage between “the queen and the Mami king.” Christchurch, June 4. Mr Wynn Williams has resigned the Provincial Solicitorship and his seat in the Executive Council. At the meeting of the Provincial Council this afternoon, he stated his reason for resigning was, that he could not agree with his colleagues on the question of education. He was of opinion that education had now fallen into wrong hands, and that the Government should not have the management in that department. He also disagreed with the provision of the Education Bill for doubling the contribution of districts towards the erection of schools. (From our own Correspondents.) Nasebt, June 5. There was a heavy fall of snow last night, with high winds, and followed by very heavy drifts. The coach is three hours behind time. Auckland, Tune 5. The * Cross ’ says that cases have been brought under its notice in which the Government land pu’ chasers have paid the surveyors double the proper fee on behalf of. the Government. receiving hj ick half as their own perquisite out of the transa tion. It thinks Sir Georsie Grey’s letter on the land purchase abuse should lead to an investigation.

A correspondent of the ‘ Star,’ residing in the vicinity of th° Hau-haua, writinar from Raglan, states positively, on native authority, that at a meeting between the Native Minister and the Maori Kino:, Sir l>onald M‘Lean offered to restore to the kingites the who’e of the land on one bank of the VVaipu River, which was confiacatedjfor rebellion, and Tswhiab refuses to accept the offer as a condition of allegiance. It is currently talked of among the disaffected ban-bans that Tawhi o and his sons will he deposed from the royal office for drunkenness, and thac Te Wlvti. the Maori pronhet of Taranaki, will he made king. The settlers along the Urn* of the Auckland and Me’ cer railway are holding meetings and protesting against the Inch rates. Complaints against the ra Iwav management continues rife. Goods, after lying all day at the Auckland station, have been carted away and taken to their destination on drays. An unfortunate old man named Robert Savage was found dead in a closet. He had been brought. ui> a few days before on a charge of vagrancy, and liberated to give him another chance. Disease of the heart caused death.

The value of gum exported—which it is proKsed to tax is shown by the departure of the arathon, for New York, with a cargo of kauri" gum. only valued at Ll9 000. The proposed tax on this one cargo would be L 2.130. Christchurch, June 4.

There was a stormy scene m the Provincial Council this afternoon, when Mr Wynn Williams, th n Provincial Solicitor, rose to make a personal statement. He said he had been derided by the Provincial Secretary on the education question, and therefore had retired from the Government benches. The Provincial Secretary said the hon. member had thrown out. the idea on th>* question as to whether the public were to find one-half or one-sixth of the money required for school buildings, and the Government, after being thus struck from behind, could not allow the hon. member to remain a member of it. Mr Williams denied this, whereupon charges and counter-charges were made. Sir Cracroft Wilson made a Sersonal explanation, and, as a wind-up, Mr lontgomery, the late President of the Execu tive, rose and said that the Provincial Council Ordinance of 1864 stated that there must be a Provincial Solicitor, and he wanted to know if such was the case. Sir C. Wilson replied that a new Provincial Solicitor would be appointed before the hon. member thought he was. At the inquest held this afternoon, on the body of Mr Glassford, it was proved that the injuries which resulted in death were caused by his falling out of the buggy. A verdict of “ Accidental death ’* was returned.