TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 585, 19 March 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[PEH PRESS AGKN'CY. j

WELLINGTON. March IS. A Gazette extraordinary to-night contains a proclamation further postponing the next meeting <>f Parliament to Thursday, 23rd May next. A supplement to the Gazette of the 14th contains notices of the appointment of Mr. Stout to the Executive Council in room of Mr. Larnach, and also of his appointment as Attorney-General. The Government steamer Stella has been ordered from the north, where she has been buoying several harbours, to return to Wellington, to attend on Sir John Coodo during his inspection of the New Zealand harbours.

The Government are in receipt of advices giving the following as the prices of New Zealand securities in London on 30th January last :—Present medium prices 5 per cent.; consols, 106£, ex dividend ; 4| per cent, do, 99h ; 5 per cent, do, 103.£, ex dividend. The "above is the highest, point yet readied by New Zealand securities. The Port Darwin telegraph line is down since yesterday.

AUCKLAND. March 19. Arrived—Rotorua, from Sydney, which port she left on the 13th. O GREYMOUTH. March 19. A fire broke out in Green's Hotel, Maori Creek, this morning at half-past one o'clock, and destroyed Green's Hotel and billiard-room, Walker's boot store, the Good Templars' Hall, Wilson's store, and Mrs. Brown's fruit shop. Green was insured in the South British, Walker in the New Zealand, and the Good Templars Hall in the Victoria. ■» HOKITIKA. March 18. A specimen of quartz has been brought to town from the new reef at Kelly's Creek, Taipo district, on the Christchurch road. The reef is four feet wide, with gold visible throughout. The prospectors have applied to lease the ground. A new seam of coal has been opened up between Hokitika and R >ss, at Football Hill range, about twenty miles from Hokitika river. Six applications for blocks of land of 200 acres each have been applied for at the Lands Board in consequence of the discovery. Several prospecting parties are out through the district for gold in new localities. These are supported by small weekly subscription* by the public.

A party has left by the Maori to prospect the Sounds south of Jackson's Bay for minerals.

March 19

Homer, the missing agent for the Bank of New Zealand, for whom a warrant had been issued, has turned up.

ROTOR 0 A,

March 18,

The survey party from Waikato have been taken prisoners by the natives at Rotorna. Their theodolites and chains were taken. They were seized about midnight, while surveying by moonlight. The natives are very indignant at what they call a bare-faced attempt to deprive them of their lands.

NEW PLYMOUTH. March 18,

At Pariakaka's meeting, held yesterday, a large number of natives assembled. Several Europeans attended, and were hospitably received. A number of natives in European costume amused themselves by dancing polkas, quadrilles, &c, to an accordion played by a Maori. Te Kooti and a large number of chiefs were present. The natives had expected that the Hon. John Sheehan would have attended. In the speech made by Te Whiti, he said he was in favor of adopting European customs, excepting that of drinking ; but the land question, he said, was to be spoken of another time. Tiie natives appeared to be much disappointed that Mr. Sheehan was not present.