TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4865, 25 October 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PER PRESS AGENCY.) . ' : , Auckland, Tuesday. , Current gossip in the city refers .to ; the sudden departure of Samuel Wells, commission agent, by the mail steamer, with liabilities of £IOOO. , ,; ‘ ; , Kohler and Bent’s Company, after successes at Auckland and the Thames, go to Taranaki in the Ladybird on Saturday. ? ' Tauranga, Tuesday. _ There was another large and earnest public meeting last night, relative to obstruction in opening the Kaimai. A vote of confidences the Kaimai committee was passed unanimously; It is believed that the obstructions may be wholly traced to the local administration of Henry Clarke, for eight years Commissioner here. . The committee intend quietly to watch the turn things take, and are anxious to prevent complications. Public feeling runs high, and some good specimens are to baud, increasing the excitement.

V New Plymouth, Tuesday. Captain Dale, who recently took: Jones and McMUlah in the steamer to the Mokau, writes to th a Herald to say.that th'e'report of his being warned not to enter the Mokau river is untrue? Ho says the treatment he- received from |Te' Wetere and the Natives there was moatc'ordial, nothing whatever being-left undone to make all comfortable. On leaving the Mokau river the natives were all anxious to shake him by the hand, aiid the cheering continued" till after the steamer crossed the bar.

The Budget has been served with legal notices prior to commencing an action at the instance of Whitcombe, the‘ "Waste Lands Commissioner. The libel is said to. consist of comments oh a report of proceedings at the Waste Lands Board, when a question referring to Jones and McMillan’s land claim was erroneously entered on the minutes, and which the Board ordered to be altered. Wanganui, Tuesday. The Herald says that an organised Opposition, with Sir George Grey as leader, is proved to be impossible. It suggests that membeta of the Opposition should reorganise with another leader, and thinks Mr. Donald Reid would inspire confidence both in the House and country. The Supreme Court opened yesterday. F. Pillatt, larceny, was sentenced to six months ; Owen Kane, criminal assault on a girl seven years old, was sentenced this morning to ten years and fifty lashes ; Patrick Sullivan, burglary, and H. Gaynor, forgery, were found guilty ; sentence deferred till tomorrow.

Gkeyhouth, Tuesday. The Coal Company while boring in their shaft this morning passed through a 3ft. 9ih. seam of coal at a depth of 570 ft. Dunedin, Tuesday. Caleb Moore has been appointed paid handicapper to the Dunedin Jockey Club. At a meeting of the Political Association held last night it was unanimously resolved that in the opinion of this association," should there be any doubt as to the power of his Honor the Superintendent legally to convene a meeting of the Provincial Council, his Honor should call a convention of those who are members of the Provincial Council and General Assembly, the mayors of the different municipalities, and chairmen of road boards, to advise and decide as to what the future action of the province should be. It is understood that the Superintendent will act on this advice. At a large meeting of members of the Young Men’s Christian Association last night, after a warm debate, the black-balling of the Rev. Mr. Pitchett was sustained.. f The publicans have decided to express their condolence with Mr. Birch in the late libel action, by presenting him with a substantial mark of their sympathy. Sixteen extra carriages are in course of construction for the Bail way. department. Twenty single men, immigrants per Timaru, were engaged yesterday at £52 per annum. The annual volunteer review is to be held at. Waihola. . A daring robbery was perpetrated last night. Two men entered a house in Clarendon-street by the front door, while a woman was at the back of the house, broke open a box, and abstracted £lB. The Times advocates a peripatetic Parliament as economical in the long run, also a readjustment of representation.