LATEST TELEGRAMS.
(Per Press Agency.) NEW PLYMOUTH. July 4. The White Cliffs ploughmen were brought before the K.M. this afternoon. The families of Oakura ploughmen treated the apprehension of their husbands and brothers lightly at first, thinking they would bo speedly liberated. There are now great lamentations. Gaol is inconveniently' full of prisoners. WELLINGTON. July 4 Rewi Maniapoto has wired to Sheehan to-day his hearty approval of steps Government are taking respecting political ploughmen on West' Coast, and specially approves of his proceeding by civil process against natives, instead of by armed force. Fourteen Maoris were ploughing Kingdon’s land at Maunganui, near Waitara, to-day. They hesitated when warned by Kingdon as to the consequences they were entailing on themselves. It is stated Government will make provision this session for leasing and selling Native lands by auction. Mr Gisborne has been offered, and accepted, a seat in Cabinet as Commissioner of Land and Immigration. It is expected he will also be Commissioner of Customs. The New Zealander says the office of Minister of Education will probably bo filled in a day or two. It also says the Attorney-Generalship has never been offered to Mr Moorhouse. Gisborne’s appointment has since been gazetted. Governor and Lady Robinson and suite and Colonel Whitmore, with a number of Constabulary, arrived this morning. She left for Taranaki with a detachment of 30 A.C.’s, each man being provided with a pair of handcuffs. The Premier is for the present acting as Treasurer, and it is thought probable he will retain it. Janies Mackay has been appointed Government agent on the West Coast. Salary said to be £7OO per annum. Post believes remaining portfolio in Ministry will be offered to Mr Olhver, of Dunedin. JljJty-three political ploughmen is the imnmer tho Hineraoa will bring hack from Taranaki. It has been decided that all natives in custody 7 , except the seventeen arrested near New Ptymouth, will be tried in Wellington. WAVERLEY. July 4. The Maoris captured at Normanby yesterday, were escorted to Wanganui by Wairoa Light Horse Volunteers. [Someone has been dreaming.]
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Patea Mail, Volume V, Issue 441, 5 July 1879, Page 3
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