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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 9, 23 April 1879, Page 2

.PBESS AOBNOY.I rvu m. W = llingt on, Tnesday night. The Chronicle to-night issues the followingextra :— "Latest telegrams state tbat Te Whita haa ordered all Europeans away from that (?) settlement, and has adopted a most offensive attitude. It is understood that Sir J. Yogel retires from the Agency-General, as he purposes joining a commercial firm. Mr G. M. Reed who recently arrived as Irish immigration agent, will administer the affairs of the London office until a permanent appointment is made by the New Zealand Government. Nineteen thousand tons of railway iron for the Government was unloading here last W66K*

The batchers have raised the price of meat to restaurants, hotels, &c, but not to the general public. The WaitaraHawera railway ia expected to be completed in tbree months. The action of the clerk of the Court in withdrawing a bailiff after being placed in possession was according to the 135 th section of the " Debtors and Creditors Act," by which all executions for debt become void as soon as a debtor's bankruptcy has beea published. The Government deny that Te Whiti bas ordered the Europeans to leave Opunake. What was done was by an individual Maori of no influence who was swaggering about the towDsbip asking what the Europeans were doing there, and why they did not clear out. The Government say that Te Whiti is as earnest as ever in deprecating any act of violence. The poll for borrowing £100,000 for the formatiou of new streets, &c, resulted as follows:— 9sl for, and 571 against. Wednesday. Tenders for the Greymouth and Hokitika railway, beginning at the Greymouth end, have been approved of, and will shortly be accepted. There ia a balance of £15,000 of the vote taken last session still in hand, and it is intended to spend this at the Hokitika end, and thereby connect the railway between Hokitika and Greymouth at each end. The Minister of Public Works is said to have assured a gentleman that the tenders for all kinds of public works, now beiug received, are far higher, for the same work tban they were last year. ' The Times urges the adviseableness of contracting a new loan for public works, and has little doubt that one will be proposed next session. The Sydney International Exhibition Committee resolved to ask the Sydney Committee to send over photographs of the interior of the buildiug. The New Zealander, referring to the retirement of Sir Julius Yogel from the AgentGeneralship, says:— "lt will most probably be found expedient to convene au earlier meeting of the Assembly than is now proposed, for the position becomes fraught with grave responsibility. It is admitted tbat it is necessary to eitber raise at once a new loan in the London market, or to obtain temporary advances on debentures, in anticipation of a loan." It says the land fund has fallen off and will not yield the means to extend the railway system, which cannot be done until money becomes more plentiful in the colony. The New Zealander suggests that the services of Sir J. Yogel should be obtained in floating the new loan. Auckland, Wednesday. Sailed : Taiaroa Passengers for NelsonMessrs Engel. Grange, and Walker. New Plymouth, Wednesday. Mr Sberwood, of Carlyle, who has just arrived by the mountain road, reports that a Maori bas ordered the surveyors off the lands abutting on the eastern partof the mountain, stating that the lands have not been paid for by the Governroejt. Reports of this kind arc creating considerable excitement here.