LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 813, 9 May 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[PRESS AGENCY.]

~ v ; Wellington, May 8. JPhe Kopua -.meeting has not been fnuti.stact.-iry. Thu Maori King asserted he was the only person who had control over the land, and that Sir George Grey had no ' right to , manage, the affairs of that island. Tawhiao objected to haying any, laws in the district but their owm Xt is considered nothing will result from this meeting, as lawhiao does not desire to havje his lands opened, or allow surveyors to put foot upon it. The meeting broke off.abrupt! v. after Tawhia >’s declaration, leavin every thing as far off settlement as ever.

Mr Cromhie, Hansard reporter, and at present Secretary to the''Minister of Education, is appointed a,nd .will

shortly enter upon the duties of Deputy Commiaioner of Land Tax for Wellington. Hia appointment is gazetted tonight. Messrs Quthire and Larnach, being about to close their premises in Wellington, the schooner Maggie Patterson has been chartered by them to cany their stock to Dunedin. Four meetings of creditors were notified to-day. Wellington will Bend a sculler to Sydney, and it is expected an effort will be made to send a crew; The Chronicle commends the judicial changes to be made on the West Coast, Dodsworth and Fletcher bakers, having been missing some days, it is concluded they have decamped,, being in financial difficultiesj In the case of M‘Dowell v Leech, where £SO was sought to be recovered by plaintiff as the value of a horse killed by defendant’s cart, the Magistrate gave a verdict for defendant, oh the ground that the accident could not have occurred if plaintiff had beeli riding on his right side of the road. Much interest is taken in the coming mayoral .election. - . May 8. The great Kopua meeting is still going on, but without anything satisfactory having been achieved. The Governor arrived here this morning. It is stated* in commercial circlfeq here that sinext the commencement' of the current year orders that have ( been sent- hom¥ Tor goods to the extent of a million have been countermanded by cable messages. ■"

[new ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Christchurch, May 1. A man named Murray died yesterday at the Hospital. He arrived in Christchurch about six weeks ago from the West Coast, and was staying at Garland’s Hotel until about a week ago, when, having no money, he was allowed to sleep in the stables. On Tuesday uigh£; he seemed very ill, when a brought to him, and gave hfm> some brandy. He then .got worse and was taken to the Hospital, where he died. A Auckland, May 7. 1 An easterly gale washed awaudie Whaugurie Heads wharf and storekeepers buildings erected thereon. The wharf cost £BOO. Dunedin, May 7. A man named Wadlake, living at Half-way Bush, was found dead in his bed at an early hour this morning. Bronchitis is supposed to be'the cause of his death; At a meeting-of the'Dunedih ’Presbytery to-day, Dr Stuart said the Church Extension. Fund, was in a deplorable condition, .Ministers must make an effort to increase the Fimd, as it . was a most important Mission. The ‘foreign mission was better supported', though iu his opinion it was less important. The Star complains bitterly of delay in transmission of telegraphic massages. In a letter to the Chamber; of Commerce Mr Macandrew says he has long desired to have a flying survey made of a line between Hokitika and Lake Wanaka, but he is. doubtful whether this can be done satisfactory this seascn. He believes this line will bear favorable cornparaison with any other, and will be a necessary extension of the Otago contract.