TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5018, 24 April 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(per. peess agency.) Auckland, Monday.

On arrival of the Taupo at Onehunga, Kichard Walters was charged with stealing £lO, money and cheque, at Wellington. About 300 natives were present at the Kaipara meeting. The business was conducted in parliamentary form. Kesolutions express determination of the natives to adhere to the Chiistian religion and laws, and become one with Europeans, and to give up murderers and thieves to legal tribunals. They also affirm the wrong of recognising claims to land by right of conquest; that the seat of Government ought to be at Auckland ; that orphan children should be supported by Government, and all legislative grievances to be submitted to Parliament, and to acknowledge benefits derived from the Queen's Government. The South British Company's Joss on the cargo of the Isabella Kidley was £970, not £2OOO. The wreck was sold for £lOl, and the South British cargo for £l2. A gum digger named John Nevis, lying drunk on the Kaipara rail way, had his arm cut off by a train. A lad named Campbell Kirkwood, a clerk, and son of a commission agent at Onehunga, picked up a bottle containing brandy in a hedge near an old hut. He drank a portion of the contents, and died in agony from poison, supposed to be strychnine. Wanganui, Monday.

On Saturday, Moffat, charged with a breach of tho Arms Act in the illegal fabrication of gunpowder at Too Tco, a native up-river settlement, was committed for trial, the evidence going to show that he had manufactured considerable quantities for the natives. George Parches was also committed for obtaining money under false pretences. Purches was recently a bankrupt. The trustee in the estate of Fletcher, another bankrupt, has been instructed to institute criminal proceedings against the bankrupt. The Supreme Court commenced this morning. Charles Wm. Parkes pleaded guilty of forgery ; sentence deferred. Louis John Itiugold was found guilty of forgery ; sentence deferred till to-morrow morning. CmusTCHuncH, Monday.

The Canterbury Hunt Club opeued their season on Saturday. There was a large attendance, and a good run. Mr. E. Kichardson, M.H.R. for Christchurch, is expected to address bis constituents shortly.

The settling on the Autumn Meeting took place on Saturday. The following stakes were paid:—Redwood, £735, as follows:—St. Leger, £142; Great Autumn Handicap, £437; Flying Stakes, £156. Webb—Champagne Stake-', £2SB. Delaimiu—Easter Handicap, £I6S. R, Ray—Steeplechase, £137. Mullock—Selling Race, £Sf>. A. W. Money— Consolation, £4O. Vallance—Hack Race, £lO. Total, £1463. Dusedin, Monday. Robert Stout, M.H.R., writes along letter to the Guardian this morning, dealing with the duties of a Governor, and maintains that the Marquis of Normauby showed strong party bias against provincialism. He asks if the Governor has manifested party fueling are colonists so craven hearted that they are afraid to condemn him for his actions? and if it is to be said of New Zealand colonists that their worship of aristocracy is so intense that all the shortcomings of a Governor are to be overlooked, then it is useless to talk of being in a free country or amongst enlightened people. The Governor holds an undress levee tomorrow. It is the intention of the City Council to invite him to a banquet during his stay. It will probably take place on Thursday evening. A lad named William Heads, four years old, was run over by a cart wheel in King-street on Saturday. His skull was fractured in several places, and but little hopes are entertained of his recovery. The Duuediu Jockey Club on Saturday evening unanimously endorsed the action of the Oamaru Jockey Club re Fishhook and Derritt.