LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 843, 13 June 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[from our own correspondent,] MERGING THE ARAHURA ROAD BOARD. Hokitika, June 13. Last night a resolution agreeing to the iked re the Arahura Road Board was CHi-i-ind by 7 to 2, the Chairman and Mr Dale being the only dissentients. Reolution re tin Chairman's travelling expenses came up for discussion, which five members supported >g;>iiist, three The mover, Mr .Seddon, before a division being taken, then gave the Chairman tho choice ( ,f hav-

ing the resolution again placed on Record that he had clone wrong; or, if the Chairman promised the Council for the fntme to be a " good boy," and not take any more expenses, he (the mover) would withdraw the motion, this the Chairman promised. The resolution was then withdrawn. CENTRAL BOARD OF EDUCATION. Hokitika, June 13. Mr Wilson's appointment as Head Teacher of the Kuinara State School has been confirmed. Mr Hackett, of Geelong, is appointed assistant j and Miss Brown, female assistant. The Chairman of the Finance Committee is appointed to make temporary provision for Robert Wylde. M. J. Howe is temporarily appointed as a pupil teacher. The question of a school for Westbrooke is to be referred to the Building Committee, with power to act. : —♦ ■— [press agency.] Wellington, June 13. A San Francisco capitalist intends starting a tobaceoaud cigar manufactory here. The Government will sh-rtly commence the \Vest Coast railway. One hundred and fifty Aimed Constabulary are uow at the barracks ready for shipment, and sixty more are on the way from Napier. ' - "-♦ ; [NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] THE NATIVE DIFFICULTY. Napier, June 11. The Maoris about Hawkes Bay appear restless, and if there is a rising ; .n Taranaki some of the Hawkes Bay natives will join the rebels. Every preparation has b sen made for an outbreak. There are aboxit 150 Volunteer well armed and ready to take the field at an hour's uotice, and 300 stand of arms ready to be given out, with 60,000 extra rounds of ammunition coming from Wellington. Wirerau, an important chief of Poverty Bay, received a letter from Te Whiti asking him to join in damaging the Europeans in Taranaki but Wiremu and his'tribe, with the exception of a few young men who waut excitement, remain freinds to the whites. Five hundred volunteers could be raised in this district in 24 hours. GISBORNE, June 11. A gentleman received a telegram from a high official stating that a portion of the confiscated lands will be given back to the Taranaki natives, in fulfilment of a promise made by Bir L\ M'Lean, and Mr Rees has been appointed by the Government to investigate the claims on their behalf. Another person heard yesterday from good authority in Wellington that hostilities are considered almost inevitable. New Plymouth, June 12. The determined manner with which the Government are acting in sending a force of A. C.'s here, and the willing roll up of the Volunteers in the places, who aie constantly drilling, and putting on a warlike attire, has had a good effect on the natives, and they are begining to be cowed already. With a good display for a short time Hiroki, the murderer, might be demanded, and the Waimate Plains occupied, perhaps without a shot being fired, if negotiation with the natives were skilfully entered into, for Te Whiti is not a fighting man, aud he would no doubt accede to terms, provided he could continue to hold a position amougst his people. The arming of the settlers appears to be frightening the Waitara natives, and has knocked a good deal of the Te Whiti superstition out of their heads. The alarm has been so great that officials have had to be sent to pacify them, and assure them that the Europeans have no intention of marching up to their place to kill them. Hawera, June 11. Titokowaru and the Maories on the plains declare they will not fight, and that if we attack them, we must shoot them like pigeons, as they are determined not to fight on any account. They are now improving their homesteads on the pJairs as if nothing unusual were going on, as seeming to laugh at our arming. They refuse to be made catspaws of by Te Whiti, and will now probably leave him in the lurch if trouble should arise at Parihaka. The Government must press matters rapidly. The present display of armed twees is acting famously as an antidote to Te Whitti influence. Chrtstchurch, June 11. A furniture warehouse in Sydenham was set on fire last night. The flames were seen before tliey had got a good hold, and little damage was done. The fire-raiser has not yet been diseovered. The stock mark-t is a litttle brisker this we. k. Best f&t. sheep sold as hi. h as 14s Gd each ; l|d per lb is the qt.o-

tattoo ; beef 26s per 1001 b to 27s 6d for best qualities. The grain market has shown no material alteration, and values remain about the same. In potatoes, growers have shown more williugness to sell, but prices have undergone no (sensible change yet. Timaru, June 10. At the Resident Magistrate's Court, James Richardson, of Kerry ton, was fined £2O for sly grog selling. Dunedin, June 11. Referring to the possibility of a Native war, the New Zealand Volunteer Service Gazette says :—lu the event of hostilities occurring, it might be wise on the part of Government to call for drafts of trained volunteers from every corps iu the colony. We are satisfied that such an appeal would produce at least a regiment of really good men-.