LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XVI, Issue 2018, 26 January 1875, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[imGLO-ATTSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH AGENCY.]

i Westpokc, Jan. 25. All the bodies but one of the men drowned in the Mokihinui boat accident were found yesterday in the river. That of Peter Seaton is missing. Auckland, Jan. 25. Mr O'Rorke addressed his constituents at Onehunga, and spoke of the abolition of Provinces. He had objected tothe. — r v....,v,uv uouug niß.u» airline nsK ot tne Province, and objected to Wellington being affirmed as the permanent seat of Government. He also objected to relieving the land revenue from Colonial charges. He maintained that in voting on the resolutions the large Provinces were out voted by small ones. The Superintendents of Otago, Canterbury, Wellington, Auckland, and Nelson, representing 287,900 people, voted as one man against it, while the Superintendents of Marlborough and Hawke's Bay, representing 10,000, were for it. All he contended for was that the question should be submitted to the people. He looked to the Provinces whose Superintendents had voted for abolition, and asked why did not they come forward and say abolish us. They did not do so. He asserted that he had disclosed beforehand his intention to the Government, and had discussed the subject for an hour with one member of the Government, who declared that if the proposal was pressed he also would not consent to hold office ; but he failed to keep his word. That gentleman, when the subject was again discussed, instead of holding honorably to the views previously expressed, actually supported the proposal, and pressed it forward. The Assembly had rejected a motion to refer the question to the people. He did not know what the representatives in New Zealand could do at the present moment, and he did not think the Premier had behaved right towards him by saying he had not received notice of his retirement. He had told Yogel beforehand that he must retire, and Yogel replied it was very chivalrous of him to stick to a sinking cause. The meeting returned an unanimous vote of thanks to Mr O'Rorke. Blenheim, Jan. 25. The immigrants by the Carnatic have nearly all left the depot, having obtained engagements ; there is only one married couple and one single man left. All the single girls were engaged immediately. The immigrants by this vessel are of a very good class. Wellington, Jan. 25. Signalled, outside the heads, ship Humboldt, from Hamburg, with about 400 immigrants, after a passage of 108 days. It is stated that the Cospatrick is known to have had the following saloon passengers on board :— Mr and Mrs Eeilly, Mr and Mrs Cook and infant, Messrs Davis, Holloway, Allen, Craig and M'Kerrow. Some four or five cases of scarlet fever amongst the immigrants by the Berar are of a most malignant type. The detention of the ship at the quarantine station is likely to be longer than was originally expected. Wanganvi, Jan. 26. A determined attempt at murder was [ made lost night by a man named Igo. He entered the house of a laborer named I

Woods, who was sitting at the doorstep

reading, and struck him on the head with ■a tomahawk. Ho then rushed into the house saving he would kill everybody in it. A policeman heard the noise and arrosted him. Igo declared he meant it. The caso was remanded by the Magistrate, Woods being unable to attend the Court. It is said that Igo's wife is living with Woods.