PROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 109, 7 May 1873, Page 2

PROVINCIAL.

Wellington, May 6. , Government telegrams state that . the Ngatimaniapotos disapprove of the murder, and will assemble at their principal settlement. One chief threatens to demand that the murderers be given up to justice The Ngatimaniapotos will not take any part in hostilities unless they, are attacked. The Cynthia's cargo of Ngakawhao coal wasneariy all sold to the Gas Company, who have taken forty tons on trial. The engineer of tbe Pattersonreportsfavorablyof.it. May 7. A Government telegram states" that an~important native meeting has been held at Whareroa near Tauranga, at which 500 were present and the murder was condemned. - The outward English mail goes by the Rangitoto. • Lyttelton, May 6. Arrived: John Bull from London, 140 days out. • !•- - Pobt Chalmebs, May 6, Sailed : Al hanibra for Lyttelton.. ' The Claud Hamilton sails for Melbourne via Bluff tc-day. ' Dunedin, May 6. The Daily Times suggests that the legislature should aid the Otago University, and assist the North Island students to attend free of expens*. A bottle manufactory is being. started. . . May 7. Mr Bathgate addressed his ' constituents and received a vote of confidence. '"'-' Invercakgill, May 6. 160 boxes of salmon ova have been landed from ' the Obefoh. A number of the boxes are utterly worthless. The schooner Nancy has been totally wreckedy She was not insured. Gbahamstown, May 6. Tbe miners are indignant at the inaction of the Government regarding the murderers of Sullivan. An organisation is proposed for effecting a reform in the native administration. Auckland, May 6. A meeting at Cambridge passed a resolution that if the Government does not capture the murderers of Sullivan the settlers will take action. They also urge the establishment of blockhouses on the frontier. . Mr Mackay was preseit, and stated that Tawhiao refused to deliver up the murderers, or to allow the Europeans to go through the country. The prospectors are still proceeding at Ohinemuri. The King wanted the tribes not to fight. A messenger has come in offering to deliver up Sullivan's heart. May 7. Sullivan's murderers, with 60 followers, have taken up a position, and say that if attacked they will be supported. Mr Mackay has visited the king's residence. While lying in a hut a Maori named Puru attempted to kill him with a spear. Mr Mackay saw him and overpowered him. , The natives condemned Peru, and Rewi took Mr Mackay under his protection. . The King refuses to recognise confiscated boundary. Hokitika., May 7. Arrived, Rangitoto from Melbourne; she will be tendered this afternoon.