LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 898, 16 August 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[press agency.] WELLINGTON, August 15. The Governor and Lady Robinson with Capt.Maxwellof H.M.S, Emerald leave for Nelson to-night in = the Hine* moa. The Governor and Lady go to visit Master Robinson at the College and return to Wellington; t August 16. Parliament"" had been dissolved by proclamation. The’ Writs'for the new election will be issued on Monday and made returnable 6u the 18th of tlbxt month. J ' August 16. Large reinforcements of A; G.’a' with an unusually large- supply of stores iand war material will'be forwarded td the front in a_few days." It is anticipated this is preparatory to marching on Parahaka. [new Zealand press association.] Napler, August 11. An extraordinary case is ’reported from Reponara, a Maori settlement near Gisborne. A man named Henare, at the beginning of last week", was found lurking in the bush about a sheep run, He came out at night and begged for food, but in the-daytime he retired to the bush. This strange conduct caused Mr Chambers to, question him, when the poor fellow said, he had been accused of witchcraft, and found guilty, and sentenced-'tp death. He was now lying concealed to avoid the natives. Mr Chambers communicated with the police at t Qrmdhd, and Sergeant Kidd despatched’ a ’Constable to ’ Reponara to enquire into the truth of ‘Henare’s as* sertion. The’ result. of the inquiry established the accuracy of his'tale. It seems nearly a dozen natives made a formal complaint about him; alleging various acts of witchcraft, ahd demanded an investigation ; a runanga was held, and a committee of chiefs, including a Native clergyman, to hold inquiry. Henare waa foiitiii guilty and sentenced to death, thcfiigh the pre* cise manner in which the sentence was to be carried out does -not appear. He retired tb his" whan?; i biVf 'it nightfall escaped. Soon afterwards the Natives surrounded his whave. and set fire to it thinking he was .inside. Henare made his way to Chamber’s station. The natives found, when .they burnt hia whare .that he had e.«cape4 ? :and shey set about discovering his whereabouts, and succeeded, irt spite of his watchfulness, in tracing him to the bush. As he waa clearly on Chambers* land, the Natives appear to have- doubted -their right to follow, him; and, held- a discussing. -the matter.They.‘decided to demand ,Henate, from his .projector, and next day requested' Mr Chambers to give him up, threatening to fcatiy him away by:force if the .demand was not complied with. Constable Kilters appeared on the scone -at thisjunttnre, and Henare gladly placed-bimselCunder the protection of the law. He waa evidently in great fear less his people should capture him, and accordingly the constable . took" him, to .Ormond providing him with Aodgings -at-'the police station. 1 Dunedin, August 14. Mathew Hawkins, a well-known resident, was received into' gaol to 4 day, under remand till to-morrow, charged with embezzling moneys, the property of the Union Building-Society and the Kiatangata Coal Company, to both- of which be was’ secretaryi Hawtins gave himself up to the police. The'defalcations are variously stated at from .£IOOO to £4OOO Warrants were to-day, issued for the arrest of another well-known’ citizen for forgery. He is said-to have belted to South America, Chkistciiurch," August 14. Moss Jpnas, auctioneer, and one of the firm of Jonas, Hart, and Wilkie, intends instituting proceedings for the recovery of £2OOO damage from -the Dunedin Mercantile Gazette, for publishing matter, on the 9th- : August, calculated to injure his, credit.- The matter complained of is in reference to his assignment, and is wholly misrepresented. Good milling wheat in excellent demand at 3s 3d to 4s 4d ; seed wheat ia also wanted ; considerable advance can be obtained for good sample oats,‘ and barley is unchanged; flour, £lO to £ll ; grass seed shows signs of life at 4s 6cl to 5s for well dressed sample ; inferior, 3s to 4s. There is a sign of improvement, and good investments for money are difficult to find. Auckland, AugrtfrT4. The Thames Borongh hSs been granted 2000 acres of land in Te Aroha lilock as an endowment. The construction of the third section of the Thames Railway will be commenced without delay. This will include over the Kenerauga.