TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 37, 7 October 1871, Page 14

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Tauranga, October 4. It is rumored that Te Kooti has reached the Waikato. The report is not confirmed. October 5. Government is endeavoring to re-open the overland mail. Mackay, Maunsell, and Tarapipi are negociating with that object. Napier, October 5. In the District Court, to-day, in the case of Taraha v. Cashmere, an injunction was granted. The steam saw-mills at Mangaterutera West have been stopped. Nelson, October 5. The s.s. Wanganui arrived to-day, having been driven in by stress of weather on the way from Wanganui to Manukau. Wanganui, October 2. 11. H. Shepard, coach proprietor, who was thrown from the coach and kicked in the side by one of the horses on Wednesday, on the way from Wanganui, died this morning; deeply regretted. Blenheim, October 2. Jackson, a shoemaker, cut his throat and died shortly afterwards. Hokitika, September 29. Sir W. J. Stawell, Chief Justice, has arrived here on his way to Melbourne. Cattle, first-class, sell at 35s the 100 lbs. ; and second class at 27s to 80s. No sheep are offering. Oats, 3s 6d; bran, Is 6d. First class butter, 9d. Colonial chaff, lid. Cheese, 54d. M‘Connell’s hams and bacon, B|d. Potatoes, £5 10s per ton. Greymouth, October 2. Thomas Morton, miner, was drowned while crossing a lagoon at Paroa. Two miners, named Alexander Barbour and Peter Delf, were buried in their claim at Moonlight. Delf was taken out alive, after four hours, but was much injured. Barbour was smothered to death. We have been favored with the following telegram addressed to the member for the district: — Roxburgh, Monday. The district looks to you to save it from this unparalleled act ot treachery —this 50,000 acre job. The indignation here is intense. Christchurch, September 29. A public meeting was held last night, attended by 150 persons. Dr Turnbull moved, and the Provincial Secretary seconded, the following resolution : “ That in the opinion of this meeting the colonisation of the country cannot be successfully conducted either by the Colonial or Provincial Governments as at present constituted, and it is expedient that the Colonial and Provincial Governments throughout the colony shall forthwith be abolished, and a representative body, with defined independent powers, be constituted in each island, such representative body to have the sole power of controlling and conducting affairs within the island it represents in respect to departments, lands, works, immigration, and appropriating or applving any revenue or lands other than consolidated revenue, as defined by the Public Revenues Act, and that a Federal Government be established with limited legislative powers to have control over federal concerns.”

Messrs Montgomery and Stevens addressed the meeting, and characterised the Brogden contract as an enormity. The resolution was carried. A public meeting is to be held to consider the contract.

September 30.

An inquest has been held on the body of Mr Joseph Bailley, the wellknown Christchurch builder. A verdict of died from natural causes was returned. October 5. An important case affecting hotel-

keepers was decided by the Resident Magistrate here to-day. A cabman laid an information against a hotel-keeper for selling drink to him on a Sunday. The publican was fined £5. The publican, however, laid an information against the cabman, for procuring to the commission of the offence, and the cabman was also fined £5. Timaru, October 4. The first sod of the Timaru and Temuka railway was turned at noon by the Mayoress. There was a large crowd present, and the clay was generally observed as a holiday. The representatives of the District Road Boards and the Volunteers were present. The members of the Timaru battery and Friendly Societies marched in procession. The whole affair was a great success. For the afternoon, sports in the agricultural show grounds were organised-on a large scale, "but, after a third part of the programme had been gone through, they were postponed on account of the bad weather. Dunedin, October 4. The Southern escort has brought 3200 ounces of gold. The City Corporation has agreed to borrow £IO,OOO on the rates. October 5. The Clifton Falls station has been purchased by Messrs Menlove and Brown for £27,000. Some extraordinary disclosures were made yesterday in the case of Houghton v Tall, in a civil case in the Supreme Court. The case had to be adjourned owing to the death of a juryman. A crushing of sixty-five tons of stone from the Carrick Reef yielded 2450z5. Port Chalmers, October 2. Arrived This afternoon, Guiding Star, barque, 114 days out from Hong Kong, with 199 Chinese. Twenty-seven deaths occurred on the passage, and twenty are now sick. The vessel has been placed in quarantine. The deaths are attributed to dysentery and scurvy. The Bengal has been taken into the graving dock. October 8. The Belle has arrived from New York via Rio Janiero 143 days out. The Guiding Star has been admitted to pratique. The doctors say the disease is not contagious or infectious, but public opinion is against the release of the vessel, as four Chinamen have died since her arrival, and there are sixteen now sick. Mr Carrutbers inspected the Graving Dock to-day. October 5. Arrived —4th, late, James Nicol Fleming, ship, 88 days out from Glasgow, with 104 passengers, all well. sth, 0.40 pan., Ahuriri, from the North ; 4.40 pan., Taranaki, from Lyttelton. Invercargill, October 3. At a meeting held last night, to consider the Chinese question, the following motion was carried by a majority : That it is the opinion of this meeting that the position of the colony, with reference to the Public Works and Immigration scheme, demands the discouragement of Chinese Coolie immigration and the encouragement of European immigration.”