LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1592, 11 September 1873, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

f ANGLO- AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH AGENCY.] NATIVES "TO THE FRONT." AGENT-GENERAL IN DEFIANCE. NEW PROVINCIAL LOANS. Wellington, Sept. 30. A meeting of Maori chiefs, fifty in number, from all parts of New Zealand, was held to-day. The Natives had assembled to watch the progress of Ministerial Native Measures in the House. The mpetiug passed resolutions unanimously condemning the Native Reserves Bill, the Native Councils Bill, and the new clauses in the Native Lands Bill. They pointed out that the Government had neglected to print the Native Bills in the Maori language, even for the use of the Maori members of the House, that no information had been given to the Maori people of any such organic changes in the administration of Native Lands, and that the Bill appears to give the Government monopoly of the land marketj and chiefs are determined to resist such an attempt. All present signed a petition to the House of Representatives., praying that the Bill be not allowed to become law. It is stated in well-informed circles that .if the Upper House throw out the Native Reserves Bill, the Premier will endeavor to prorogue Parliament, and call another session in a fortnight. The following are the Provincial Loan Acts introduced : — Wellington, L 175,000, secured on 108,600 acres, for works on the West Coast and inland. A Bill, introduced by Mr Macandrew, prepares a loan of L 200,000 for a railway from Lawrence, running through the centre of the goldfields of Otago, security to be land selected along the line of railway. Nefeon —A loan of L 30,000 for a dray road f^om Matakitaki to Inangahua, completing |the coach road from Nelson to Greymouth, security to be 100,000 acres at Matakitaki, Matire, and Tnangalma. Marlboropgh —The loan is for L50,Q00 for two lines of tramway, one being a feeder to the railway ; also for bridges over the Waiau, Awatere, Clarence, and Waiopai. ' The Post asserts that some correspondence between the Government and the Agent-General has not been published, namely, a letter dated 13th June, in which Dr Featherslon defies and censures Government j replies that the charges against him are unfounded ; that: he carried out all instructions, though miany of them were extremely injudicious and ill-advised; and that he does not hold himself responsible for giving them effect. Fifteen thousand share 3in the National Insurance Company, have been applied for. : ■■■.'■■