TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4450, 24 June 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(from odr own correspondent.) Auckland, Wednesday.

A special Napier telegram says ; —“ The Telegraph, commenting on the telegram relative to the business re Messrs. Sutton, Hamlin, and Morgan, published in the New Zealand Times, says the letter was never intended for publication, and never reached the dignity of a State paper. Still less can we hope to discover why Sir Donald McLean did not consign it to the flames, as soon as he had read it. As to the letter and its contents, which have been telegraphed through New Zealand, if it did not assume to be a true copy of the original, and was attested as such by John Sheehan, who was well known as the legal adviser of the parties prosecuting the actions against Sutton, we should believe it to be a bold and impudent forgery, formed with the ulterior object of prejudicing Sutton’scause in the event of action being taken in the Supreme Court, with respect to native land transactions. A more infamously libellous letter it was impossible to conceive. It was utterly untrue in its statements. We scorn to refute them ; or even further allude to them, than to exhibit their malicious character. It has been said, we regret to record, that in Hawke’s Bay no jury could be got that would give an honest impartial verdict in any case between Europeans and natives, aft'ectiug the purchase of land. Such a statement was a gross libel on the settlers of the province, but it had a certain effect. The natives have been told that such being the case, in order to obtain justice in their actions against the pakeha, actions pending for the recovery of. their lauds should be heard outside Hawke’s Bay, and wo believe it is actually intended to apply for a change of venue. This being so, the publication of this . document in places likely to be the scene of trial can be characterised as nothing less than villainy on the part of the promulgators. Dunedin, Wednesday. Judge Johnston sat again in Bankruptcy. No less than twenty-nine cases wore on the list. Th e Guardian to-day copies, the leader from the New Zealand Times on the legal profession. It is generally considered to be hotter even than the original article in the Guardian. The postmaster at Alexandra was committed for trial to-day on a charge of embezzling moneys belonging to the post and telegraph and stamp offices. Bail was accepted—himself in £IOO, and two sureties in £IOO each. ■ ;• There is a lull in the Smith-Maoassey controversy, but it is expected to burst out into print again immediately. Since the prorogation of the Provincial Council, the city seems plunged in a dead calm. “ East and West,” a play produced at the Princess Theatre, which was very extensively billed, was a comparative failure. It only ran two nights. A new paper called the Satirist is on the tapis. (FEB press agency.) Auckland, Wednesday. Two chimneys at the shop of Short, a hairdresser, fell through the roof into the kitchen, ruining the furniture and filling it with a mass of bricks. The family had only shortly before left the apartment. Tire accident is attributed to faulty construction. Gkahamstown, Wednesday. Sir George Grey arrived last night. The principal object of his visit is to confer with the members of Council and others re amendments of the Goldmiuing Distracts Act. At the Revision Court there were over 800 objections, of which 750 were sustained. Napier, Wednesday. In the Council, Stewart’s Bill to baud over to the Corporation the auctioneers’ and publicans’ licenses was lost. The body of Banfield, drowned in the Petaue River, has been found on the beach. The inquest will be held to-morrow. New Plymouth, Wednesday. A vote of want of confidence in the Executive was moved on Monday, but, after five hours’ debate, it was lost on a division, there being only four who voted for it out of a House of sixteen. The members of Council are now debating a resolution relative to the abolition of provinces. The weather is wet and stormy. Blenheim, Wednesday. In the Wairau election, the Returning Officer made the official declaration of the poll at 3 p.m. to-day. The numbers were—Ward, 202 ; Moorhouse, 177. Majority for Ward, 25. Ward made a brief address of thanks. Moorhouse was not present, having gone to .Picton yesterday, eu route for Wellington. Christchurch; Wednesday. The Times this.morning says it is rumored that the Hon. Mr. Stafford is in active communication, by letter and otherwise, with the old Centralist party, and intends to press the question of abolition of all the provinces to a, division during the coming session ; also, that at next general election he will, if necessary, leave Timaru, which is considered certain to return an Abolitionist, and contest a seat with one of the leading members of the provincial party. From a private letter received by Mr. B. Fowler from one of the Victorian promoters

o£ the proposed intercolonial cricket match, it seems that the expenses, &0., are estimated at a thousand pounds. This amount, however, it is generally considered, will admit of reduction, and that the chance of an Australian eleven visiting New Zealand is very probable. Tbiaru, Wednesday. The foundation stone of the Jewish Synagogue has been laid with considerable ceremony. All denominations have subscribed towards the cost of the building, which is to be in blnestone. Father Chaitainger, a much respected Catholic priest, long resident here, has been called by Bishop Redwood to labor at Wellington. He will probably be succeeded in his charge here by two priests. The Catholic body presented him with a carriage and horse, and £SO.