TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5368, 11 June 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PER PRESS AGENCY.) - Auckland, Monday. Ngatmaniapoto numbering 300 are at Mokau. Rewi has sent a letter to the Government stating that he regards the Waitara meeting as an end of troubles. A proposition is mooted to employ Mr. Clark to report on the best system of drainage for the city. Messrs. Sheehan, Bunny, Gill, and Grace left in the Hinemoa this afternoon for Hokianga, where a large body of natives are assembled to welcome them. Lewis Brothers' creditors to day agreed to wind up the estate under a deed of arrangement. Out of 10,000 Tahio trout ova, sent by Mr. Thomas Russell, only 3000 arrived alive. The Acclimatisation Society has decided to, ask the Christchurch society their terms for 3000 brown trout. The Herald and Star to-day strongly deny the statements in Mr. Reynolds’ letter to the Press Agency. Wanganui, Monday. The Wanganui Harbor Board at a special meeting to-day accepted the tenders of Messrs. Henderson and Fergus, of Dunedin, for the three contracts for the river improvement and harbor works. The amount is £25,197 11s. 3d. New Plymouth, Monday. Rewi is expected at Pukearuhe (White Cliffs) to-day, and will be at Waitara before the 21st. Only a few followers will come with Rewi at first, the main body coming down afterwards. Owing to one of the engines breaking down the traffic on the railway has to bo partly suspended. There is great indignation here at the authorities in Wellington not supplying rolling stock to do the work. Major Brown, Civil Commissioner, calls for tenders in to-day’s Herald for the erection of three buildings at Waitara, to be completed by the 19th June (and removing the same), for the purpose of holding the forthcoming native meeting. Tenders are also called for bread, potatoes, beef, tea, sugar, &o. The new Harbor Board had its first meeting to-day, when Mr. T. Kelly was reappointed chairman, and Mr. T. King treasurer. 1.40 p.m. Rewi has telegraphed to Sir George Grey: — “ Your word is good. Be sure to meet me on 21st June.” ~ , , Hokitika, Monday. Mr. Gerard George Fitzgerald has announced himself as a candidate for the seat in the House of Representatives vacated by Mr. Button. _ Gbetmouth, Monday.

On Saturday the Wairarapa Jockey Club discussed the question of admitting the Press to Its meetings, and decided ■to exclude reporters. The Standard had claimed the right to send a reporter to the meeting. Christchurch, Monday.

One of the new Yankee railway looomotives has been altered for the purpose of utilising the Canterbury coal, which the driver says answers better than the Newcastle. The body of the late George H. Holmes, son of Mr. G. Holmes, contractor for the first railway in Canterbury, has arrived out safe by the San Francisco mail, for interment in the family vault at Kiooarton. Mr. Holmes died in New York. , ■ ... The following appears m the Press this morning “ The directors of the Press Company lay before their subscribers and tho public generally the following facta : —The Government had been in the habit of inserting public notifications in. both the morning papers pub-

lished in Christchurch until X7th April last. Since that date no orders for advertising have been given to the Press newspaper^from the Colonial Secretary’s Office or Public Works Department, while such notices have regularly, and to a large extent, been advertised in the Lyttelton Times. In consequence of this change the directors of the Press Company deemed it advisable to make enquiries at headquarters, and one of them visited Wellington for that purpose, and had an interview with 'ho Government on the subject. Generally it was ascertained that in future such advertisements would be given only to the Lyttelton Times and Timaru Herald in Canterbury. It was represented to the Government that so partial a distribution of Government advertising would not only place the excluded journals at a disadvantage, but would also be injurious to the public interests, as tending to lessen publicity. The Government stated that economy in advertising was necessary, and that other things being equal, it was not surprising if they gave their advertisements to their supporters. The directors of the Press Company replied that it such was the intention of the Government, the Press, to prevent subscribers being placed at a disadvantage, have determined to publish, without charge, all Government notices appearing in the Lyttelton Times, hut withheld from the Press. In making this preliminary sacrifice the Press Company feel they will have the public sympathy, and that public opinion will justify their present action in resisting any attempt on the part of the Government to use Government advertising as a means of securing political support.” The notice is followed by upwards of a column of Government advertisements copied from the Lyttelton Times. Dunedin, Monday.

Mr. O. S. Reeves intimates that he intends offering himself as a candidate for the Dunedin vacancy, hut does not say in what interest. Mr. Richard Oliver, late Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, has announced that he will stapd for Dunedin.

The annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held to-day. The Chairman congratulated the members on the success of trading operations in Dunedin. Although the retrospect was not perfectly unclouded, there were many matters for thankfulness, and had the trunk railway been completed with the promptitude people had a right to expect, his congratulations on the state of trade might have been more hearty. The success which attended the working of railways, even without through traffic, was reasuring, and they might feel certain now that the system of public works and emigration would be of immense advantage to the country. The laboring classes never had been more fully employed, and wages were as high as ever. He then made pointed reference to the want of interest taken in the Chamber of Commerce by the community. The Secretary stated that the expenditure for the year exceeded the receipts by £63 7s. F. S. Graham (Bing, Harris, and Co.) was elected Chairman for the ensuing year ; and the committee was instructed to take into consideration the question of a railway goods station. It was also decided that steps should be taken to establish a weekly market in Dunedin for the sale of country produce. From the statistics presented it appeared that the imports for the year ending March last exceeded those of the previous year by £511,789, and that the Customs revenue for the same period had exceeded that of the previous year by £3300.