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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 659, 9 April 1870, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(from our own coreespondents. ) Hokitika, April 8. The Prosperity is still on " the hard " getting her coypor repaired, Tho p.s. Yarra lias been launched off the spit, and is now moored in the river. She has been bought by Mr Vernazoni. ; The Zephyr sailed for Melbourne yesterday. '■■■•■■ '>. f According to the police returns the incrjase in the .population of this district during March was 111 persons. The totals are as follows : — Ross, ' 2000 ; Okarito, 270 ; Kanieri, 2000 ; Stafford and Waimea, 3155 ; Greenstone, 750 ; Hokitika distric 1 , 7000 ; Grey district, including Clifton and Maori Gully,. 3800. Nelson, April 8. Mr Gillies has been elected for the House of Representatives for Mpngonui by a mjijority of tweiit3 r -eight votes to twenty- three for Mr Lendon. The Southern Cross publishes a memorandum by Mr Fox respecting the/removal of the troops, and Earl Granvillo's dispatch. It criticises the proceedings of the Co .-eminent, which he views as an invitation to the colony to witlidraw from the Empire, and points out the injustice and danger of deserting the/ colony in time of need. The evidence^ he says, is how conclusive that the Imperial Government have now decided that pecuniary liabilities are superior to national considerations as far as New Zealand is concerned. He shows the sacrifices the ' colony has made, the public debt incurred, and the many persons in England personally interested in large investments in the colony, and that Earl Granville proceeds on a misapprehension of the relative duties and responsibilities of the mot'-ur country andthe colony. A letter from. Topia confirms Ropata's victory and the capture of 825 prisoners. Our allies were in excellent spirits, and the enemy was greatly disheartened. Te Kooti was hiding iv the Waioeka. Gorge. ■■■■;, Mr M'Lean goes to. dispose of the prisoners. The Colonist suggests that, they should be drafted off to Otago arid: other Southern provinces. - .. J Wellington, April 8. . The Wonga Wonga left Auckland- on Saturday with the- English mail via Honolulu. ; The Governor, Mr Yogel, Mr M'Lean, and several members of Parliament and leading citizens of Auckland. lunched on board. Toasts were proposed and congratulatory speeches made. Mr Yogel, in his speech, said the project was due to the late Mr Cro3bie Ward, who said that there must, ere long, be direct steam communication between ~Australia^rTd^airTraTielscoj"-ATickland being made the port of call. Mr Hall said the fact of Auckland being niade the port of call was due to Mr VogePs persuasion. He^ had otherwise intended the' route to have been by the Bay of Islands and Sydney. The Wouga Wonga " takes ■ ' 170 passengers, and nearly all the berths are taken up for the next boat. WANdANUi, April 8. A large public meeting was held here last night, and ' the following resolutions were carried amidst great enthusiasm :—- --" Ist. That this meeting has seen with deep regret and alarm an order issued by the commanding officer of the district permitting natives again to settle on. the Waitotara block ;' that ; in the opinion of this meeting such an" ; order, if carried out, will effectually prevent the occupation of the district by creating wellfounded feelings of distrust and insecurity; that the order is made in distinct violation of the views expressed by the House of Representatives on the : petition presented .last, session from the settlers of the district, and also a breach of ': the most positive assurances on Mr.Fox's part that natives should never be allowed to return to -the block in question. " 2nd. That in case Government persist, in defiance of the wishes of the Assembly, and in utter disregard of the interests of the settlement, and in spite of its own solemn promises, in allowing Maoris to return to the, Waitotara block, it will be the imperative duty of the settlers, for their own security, to friis-; :trate ? at whatever sacrifice," any such attempt." • " ' An armed association is to be formed, and the settlers are determined that riot one . native ; shall be allowed to settle .fcjn th c block . • Great indignation and excite^ raent is felt. ' ' - v " ■■■'■•■