MURDERS BY NATIVES,

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1489, 24 June 1905, Page 3

MURDERS BY NATIVES,

‘ AUSTRALIA'. • i : -OP. NINE MURDERS* % jj; By, Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association— Copyrights ; , PERTH, Jimc 23. •A, constable at Poak Hill reports V, 'that the natives are muxfdcring the | Whites wholesale. Nine murderg have been traced in ' rtlio district. Two skeletons were recovered. (Several natives have beaa arrested, [ ’Assistance has been sent ,to the ! jj police. :■ pc~r ■ . IMPORTANT GATHERIN6. THE PREMIER AT AUCKLAND. THE PANAMA CANAL.

(Per Press Association.) * Auckland, last night. At the Chamber of Commeroo dioner, Mr H. C. Tewsley, in urging the persistent , prosecution of the Northern railway to completion, quoted the Premier’s recommendation to Hokitika people to “ agitate, agitate, agitate till you get it.” JJ The Hon. Mr Mitohelson did not think the Government had yet solved the native land question. He believed the only satisfactory solution was for the Government to resume the pre-emptive right of land • and to abolish land titles throughout the

colony. > Mr Massey, in responding to the toast for " Parliamentary Representatives,” spoke of the vast quantity of timber which would bo made available, and the facilities givon to settlement by the completion of the Northern Trunk railway. The native land question demanded prompt settlement, aud it was the duty of Parliament to do a great deal for tho prosperity, not of one district," but the whole of the colony. Mr Baume also responded. In responding to the toast of his health, the Premier was greeted with tremendous applause. Ho said ho took it that the suggestion made for a larger expenditure

o&tpbblic wock3 in Auckland district was • a Sp'gorous protest against the keeping of the public debt. On the Main Tpiok railway a oontraot had been let - for '■ ,£53,000 for ' a viaduot this side of Taihapc, The work would be done in the colohy. He assured the Chamber that justice would be done to Auokland when coming to the railway appropriation. As regards native lands, the Government must first be just to the natives themselves, affording them the same facilities and assistance to -Cultivate the land as . afforded white settlers. Mr Seddon doubted if commercial men realised the effect on the commerce of Auckland and the colony of the completion of the Panama Canal. He asked them to look the problem that had to be considered in this connection face to face. He would like to see the status of Chambers of Commerce improved. He advised the exchange of visits of business men North and South. There had been a change of opinion regarding the claims of Auckland as to railway communication, and he assured the Chamber that there would be [%> eater improvements. He cordially thanked Mr Massey for his kind reference to his birthday. ' Tho Mayor (Mr Myers) said Auckland would be fully alive to the opportunities developed by the Pauama Canal, and would arise to the occasion. Mr Eirkbride attributed the prosperity of the colony to scientific advancement in dairying and refrigerating. He gave great giraisß to the Government for what they ihad done in the direction of teehnioal instruct ion to farmerß. Meeßrs C. C. McMillan and E W. Allison Mao dealt with the importance of the gold.mining industry.