YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 916, 1 June 1877, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

[by submarine cable, per tress agency.] Singapore, May 31. The Eussian Ambassadors at Berlin, Vienna, and London have gone to St. Petersburg. The German sqxiadron has gone to the Levant. Sydney, June 1, 1.35 a.m. Arrived—Wakatipu. The Hon. J. C. Francis has declined the honor of knighthood. The draught horse Lion King, valued at £2OOO, arrived by the s.s. Northumberland. "iNTERPEOVINCIAL. [per press agency.] Susidies to Local Bodies. Colonial Defences. The Moanatairi Mine. Auckland, May 31. A portion of the wreck has been found near Mangakaramea. One board had " Glimpse" thereon. The Glimpse was expected from Melbourne to load timber at the Kaipara. The captain of the Kate Macgregor, ashore at Waikato Heads, telegraphs that the cargo is dry, and that there is a chance of floating the vessel off. An adjourned meeting of Masons is to be held to-night respecting the formation of a Scotch Grand Lodge, with Bro. Whitaker as Grand Master. Delegates are here from Wellington, Wanganui, Taranaki, Patca, and Thames.

At the ninth annual meeting of the Moanatairi Company, there was a large attendance. The report showed 10,770 tons crushed during the year, yielding 33,1250z5, realising £85,974. At the end of previous year the company owed the Bank and other creditors £5588. This indebtedness has been paid off, and a surn of £53,910 distributed in dividends, while a further sum of £4OOO has been invested as a reserve fund, leaving a balance in hand of £6BIB. The net profit for year's transactions is somewhat over £68,000 and tributes, which showed for year £787. The report was adopted. £250 were voted to the directors. Kaipaka, May 31.

There are no tidings of the Eliza Mary, which left Waitara on the 17th, and no signs of the Aspasia. The steamers Hincmoa and Durham, brigantine Nightingale, and schooner Marmion are wind bound. Wellington, May 31.

In reference to complaints regarding the non-payment by the General Grovernment of subsidies to Counties, Eoad Boards, and Boroughs, it appears that in the provincial district of Auckland alone twelve counties, 119 Road Boards, and two Boroughs have been paid, and that the remaining ten Eoad Boards and live Counties have not been paid as yet, because they have failed to furnish those complete returns without which the subsidies cannot legally be handed over. The same applies to other districts. The amount of Customs revenue collected at the port of Wellington for the month ending to-day was £14,622 9s 2d. For same month last year £13,659 14s Id. [FROM CORRESPONDENTS OF THE PRESS.] Railway Accidents. Napier, May 31. Soon after the tip-train from Waipukurau to Napier had left Kaikoura station, at about four lo'clock in the afternoon, some cattle straying on the line, compelled the engine to be slowed. Just as the cattle were clear of t lie line, and speed had been again put on, a beast deliberately stepped in front of the engine, and was at once knocked down, but. instead of being thrown off the line, it got under the wheels. The result of this waß that the engine was knocked off the rails and slewed across the line, and three out of

fourteen of the loading trucks were also thrown off. Fortunately these trucks were between the engine and the passenger carriages, or the consequences might have been fatal. There being no telegraph station at Kaikoura, the news of the accident had to be forwarded to Napier by way of Waipawa, When the intelligence reached town, at 'about five o'clock, Mr Mellig, the general manager, proceeded at once to the spot, with a special engine and lifting appliances. On going up the engine ran over three horses, all of which were killed. The line was not cleared until 3 a.m. The up train to-day, due at Napier at 10.22 o'clock, did not reach town till nearly 1 p.m. The delay was caused by the engine being brought to a sudden stand-still by running into a bullock. The jerk threw some of the trucks between the engine and the passenger carriages off the line. The passengers had two hours' work tu put the train to rights, It seems to be the manifest duty of the Government to get the line fenced, ere an accident involving human life occurs.

Wellington, May 31

The proprietors of the Evening Post announce that to-morrow their paper will appear in a greatly enlarged form, owing to the demand on the advertising space, and that the Post will bo the largest evening paper in the colony.

Further complications have arisen in connection with that piece of land which is known as the Rangitikei-Manawatu block. The Post to-night publishes a lengthy letter from a number of Maoris interested in the land, in which the writers complain that their claims have not been settled. They accuse the Government of delaying the settlement of their claims. It appears that the Government paid £4OOO to one McDonald, and thought matters had been squared, but they were mistaken. The Post in referring to the matter says, "The letter from Hoani Muhana and others, published in another column, proves too clearly, that the patching up of the Rangi-tikei-Manawatu dispute by payment of over £IOOO to Alexander McDonald was a false move on the part of the Government. McDonald is an avowed champion of one of the hapus, the Ngatikauwhata, and he has been most persistent for years in urging their claims upon successive Governments. Not satisfied with the award made to his clients by the Native Land Court, after an exhaustive hearing of the case, he has used every constitutional means for keeping the question open, and in the end the Government, apparently willing to get rid of his opposition at any price, and anxious to be in a position to issue Crown grants to Messrs Douglas and Co., conceded everything asked for, and made cash payment in lieu of further award of land amounting to between £4OOO and £SOOO. We believe that every precaution was taken to obtain from Mr MacDonald and his clients, as the condition of this payment, such a bond as will effectually prevent their giving any more trouble, and if this meant the putting a final stop to the Manawatu dispute, we feel persuaded that every member of the com-munity-would joyfully acknowledge that the Government had done a wise thing." The Post then proceeds to show that the natives arc greatly dissatisfied with the arrangements made by the Government in regard to the matter, and says that the, reckless expenditure of £l-000 has provoked fresh claims. It regrets that the Government did not satisfy themselves that the payment of £4OOO would end the dispute. The Georgia Minstrels are playing to large houses, despite unfavorable criticism. They proceed to Christchurch shortly.