TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4521, 16 September 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(prom our own correspondent.) Dunedin, Wednesday.

The Government has alienated its warmest supporters by its action. Proviucialists and abolitienists are alike disgusted. The Daily Times this morning says it has got all it wanted ; and the Guardian says Mr. Bowen’s peroration in a speech some time ago will be remembered throughout the country. Mr. Bowen then said the Government deserved to be branded as a coward if it yielded to the Opposition. The country papers speak bitterly of the Government action. (PER FRBSS AGENCY.) Alexandra, Wednesday, Cultivation this year will be doubled by up country natives. Kopu alone has twenty teams ploughing. Gisbohne, Wednesday. A terrific earthquake shook at twenty minutes past 11 o’clock on Monday night. Direction from north to south. Several chimneys were blown to the ground. A man a few miles from Gisborne barely escaped being crushed to death. The bricklayers expect to reap, a good harvest. Superstitious natives expect a second shock which will cause earth to open and swallow up white population, who have usurped their right to New Zealand. One white man at Ormond was so frightened that he went mad. He was brought to Gisborne to-day by the police, and will appear before the Resident Magistrate on the charge of lunacy. A rumor has just reached town that oil has been struck at the Springs. TauraNOA, Wednesday. Mr. Vosey Stewart and special settlers for Katikati lands arrived at Tauranga yesterday from Auckland, by steamers Rowena and Pretty Jane. A most enthusiastic reception was given by the residents, who all turned out to welcome the party. A committee, headed by Captain Norris, M.P.C., presented an address of welcome to the settlers on arrival. The native chiefs belonging to Tauranga also assisted at the welcome. Good fellowship between the new arrivals and settlers is already established. Wanganui, Wednesday, Great preparations were made by the Catholics yesterday for the reception of Bishop Redwood, who was expected per but she did not appear. There was no sign of her to-day. Nelson, Wednesday. The Otago arrived at 12.30. She could not communicate with the Coast. She left Melbourne on the Bth, and brings 19 saloon and 55 steerage passengers, and 379 tons of cargo for all ports. She sails South at 9 a.m. tomorrow. There is no new English intelligence. The Ringarooma brings the next Suez mail to New Zealand. Invercargill, Wednesday. To-day was observed as a public holiday to celebrate the opening of the railway to Gore. The weather was cold and disagreeable, but 1500 people took advantage of tho free train. They left 1 Invercargill at 7 a.m., and returned at 6 p.m. The . train was drawn by three engines, and consisted of twenty-two carriages. There was no accident or mishap of any kind.