TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5294, 14 March 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

■■ (per press’agency!) Auckland, Wednesday. At an interview with the Tamahere natives, Mr. Sheehan, in referring to the stoppage of recent surveys, said it must be understood once for all that whoever took up arms'or resorted to violence, put himself outside the pale of the . law, and must stand the consequences. The Italian Opera Company will appear here for another week. Another attempt is being made to bring the Counties Act into force in Eden County. , A letter. from' the Lord Mayor of London thanks the Mayor of Auckland for subserip■tions in aid of ,tha r Indian Famine Fund, and says the actiou of the people in New Zealand fully bears out the belief: ithat in any great calamity affecting the welfare of the British .Empire colonial aid may be safely counted on, j A letter, from . Mr., Ballance says that the hospitals and: charitable institutions throughout the colony are managed on no fixed principle, and that it is absolutely. necessary to place them on a more satisfactory footing. In large towns the Government maintained an unsatisfactory control, but paid the expenditure. In future it was proposed to place hospitals and charitable aid, wherever it waa possible, under the direct control and manage, ment of municipalities, and to subsidise them to the extent of 20s. on every 20s. of paid-up subscriptions and of moneys contributed from the borough, fund,’ without deduction whatever from subsidies. Contributions from surrounding counties may be arranged by making a pro rata sum per head for county patients. . . " ~ Alexandra, Wednesday.. It is now generally reported amongst the natives that no’meeting of the natives and Sir George Grey will take place this month. Riverton, Wednesday. At the inquest held on the large fire here a verdict that there was no evidence of its origin was returned. At a meeting of the Harbor Board last night it was agreed to authorise the chairman to telegraph, to Sir George Grey that the Board is willing to guarantee £l5O for the purpose of securing a survey and report on the harbor by Sir John Goode. Christchurch, , Wednesday. A meeting of members of the Bar is to bs held to-day, to hear Mr. Barton's explanation re committal to prison by the Judges. A large number of prizes are offered for the dog,show, which promises to be a great success. It’will take place in race week. At a meeting of the Licensed Victuallers’ Association yesterday a deputation was appointed to wait upon Sir George Grey and lay certain grievances before him, among other things to ask that houses may have 12 o’clock licenses,'as in Otago and other places. They will be supported by the Hou. E. Richardson and E. 0. J. Stevens, the members for the city. Judge Johnston has gone South, to preside at the approaching criminal quarterly sittings at Dunedin. The City Council intend to hold a special meeting on Friday, to consider what questions it will be most desirable to bring before the notice of Sir George Grey. While at Temnka Sir George Grey will bo; the guest of John Hay hurst, Esq., who, backed by a strong committee, will point out to him the,advantages of the Milford Haven scheme, and show him over the. locality. ■ Timaru, Wednesday. An important case was heard at the Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day. The South Canterbury Licensed Victuallers’ Association prosecuted a storekeeper named Edmund Cornish for sly-grog selling. Mr. Hammersley .appeared for the association.. The defendant was fined £5, with costs. . Oamaru, .^Wednesday. Sir George Grey arrived from Dunedin by special train at six o’clock to-night, and was met at the railway platform by a large crowd, who heartily cheered him. At eight o’clock he addressed the largest public meeting ever held in Oamaru. His speech was principally on manhood suffrage, the incidence of taxation, and the laud tax. ' It lasted two hours, and he was ‘frequently applauded during its delivery. At the'conclusion of the speech Mr. Shrimski, M.H.R., proposed—“ That this meeting expresses its entire confidence in the policy of the Ministry of Sir George Urey as detailed by him." The motion';was carried without’ dissent amid vociferous cheering. , Sir George Grey visits the public schools and breakwater to-morrow morning, and will be entertained at lunch. He will leave for the North at one in the afternoon. Dunedin, Wednesday. The plea in the-libel'case Whitaker v. Jones, will be argued to-morrow. Counsel for the prosecution; - notified that he would!demur tothe plea, and the matter will probably be discussed: before two Judges. - - ■ BaileyV menagerie and. circus, the largest ever in the colony, arrived to-day. Sir George Grey left for the North to-day. ' In the;Jones libel case to-day the defendant entered a fresh plea of justification,'and the case was then’postponed. 1 ■ Messrs. Baldwin and Ashcroft have started a Corn Exchange and Farmers’ Club in. Donedin, the first of the kind in this city.