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Kumara Times, Issue 920, 11 September 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[pIIESS AOKXiJV.] Duxedix, Sept. 11. Hawkins lias been committed lor trial. Increased; bail was allowed. The prisoner reserved his defence. 'Wellington, -Sept. 10. A correspondent of the .New'Zealander makes out that 3G Ministerialists are returned, - ?G Oppositionists and i> donbtlull, but this is. evidently inaccurate, as White, Trimble, Ireland, and Fulton, all aiiti-G reviles, are included as Ministerial, while Levin, Pitt,, Richmond, Dick, and Bain, all Opposition, are made doubtful. Guahamstov.% Sept. 8. Tiie tribes of liauraki have been holding a kore.ro over the recent shooting case ior the past two days, at which the culprits have be&n in aUendahcfe with fifteen armed men of their tribes in war.paint, and a hodyguird of thirty or forty others. Pi naira', their chief, is said-to bo willing to deliver up ' the culprits if the 1 rides hud them guilty o: any crime deserving of punishment by r Europeans laws. The meeting is expected to last some days. TIIE ELECTIONS. •Wei.uxgtox, Sept. 10. The Post places ■ the candidates thus; —2-1 Ministerialists, 29 Oppositionists, 7 doubtful (including Masters, Sbepperd, Bunny, and Turnbull.) The Times places the candidates thus 26 Grey’ices, 3G anti-Greyites, 1- doubtful (Hallmice, Blinin', Masters, and M'Caughan) being classed Grey and anti-Grey'. The anti-Greys have a majority of eight or nine at least, as the Ministerial and anti- Ministerial party arc iqiially divided. The only feature to guide one in calcinating, are the compact and coherent body, while the other side are composed of Greyites proper and Liberals, who support the Government programme but object to Sir George Grey personally. Sept. 11. Reader Wood has been returned for Waiteinata ; Whitaker, jmi. ibrWaipa; Speight, for Auckland Gity Fast; Luudou for Mongtmui and Bay Island. For the Clive, Ormond, 50d, has been returned,. Sheehan,, 3GO, got a block vote of 100 Maoris on the roll, but was nevertheless defeated.

The returns for the City of Christ* church are as follows : Grey ; ... 1325 Stevens ... ... 1250 Andrews ... 1250 Richardson ..; ... 1227 Treadwell .; ... 5 IS The first three are elected;