TELEGRAPHIC.

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1293, 11 May 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

INTERPROVINCIAL. [PBB PRESS AGENCY.] Dunedin, May 11. After a short discussion last night it was decided to wind up the Eclectic Association. It is proposed to inaugurate a similar society, to be called the Eclectic Institute. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDED.] The Native Meeting. Auckland, May 11. The house for Tawhiao is to be built at Kawhia, not at Ngaruawahia, to hold councils. The " Star " special dispatches state that after the general meeting the Hauhaus held a meeting to discuss the proposals, but the proceedings were almost entirely occupied by a number of chiefs attacking Tengakau for his management of affairs, especially with reference to card-playing. Dinner followed. The Maori King dined with the Europeans, and intimated to Mr Sheehan that he accepted the whole of Sir Ot. Orey's proposals. After dinner, some thousand Natives assembled between the whare of Wheorb's people and the European tents, and arranged in a circle, the ranks in front sitting, the next kneeling, and the others stooping. It was a most exciting scene. Tawhiao was accommodated with a seat on a candle-box. Sir Gh Q-rey distributed a sack of lollies. A concertina was played in a masterly manner by a balfcaste, and the Maoris danced lancers, polkas, and waltzes very creditably. There was the highest good humour and the best order. The Maori police insisted on keeping the centre clear. The scene was utterly unlike anything ever witnessed here. Another Maori improvised a drum as an accompaniment to the concertina, with a tin dish, which he played well. Everyone was in the highest spirits. Ngakau visited the European tents, and held in his hands Sir Or. G-rey's letter. He expresses the greatest satisfaction with the Government proposal. Tawhiao also appears in better spirits. The isolation appears entirely broken down. Old tatooed Maoris, who never witnessed a round dance in their lives are applauding and clapping vociferously. It should be stated that all the allotments which Sir D. McLean repurchased from the Europeans for the natives will not bo alienated. The lands to be given for settlement are parts of the confiscated lands which have never been sold.