TELEGRAPHIC.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 50, 7 May 1873, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

(FROM THE NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND. THE WAIKATO MURDER. April 28. Intelligence from the Waikato states that King TawliiaO repudiates' responsibility for the murder of Sullivan, and says that it was not done with his approval. The Constabulary havq been ordered to the front. • f ’ It is reported that King ; Tawhiao is indignant at the Luna’s visit to Kawhia, and that he / has sent a message to Mr. M‘Bean not to repeat iu Mr. Mackay has returned from Cambridge ; he reports that the scene of the murder was outside the confiscated ground. Another of the murderers has been identified as a native named Gabriel, who was formerly a native policeman at Grahamstown.

The murder, still causes intense excitement. April 29.Grecn, a clerk in the. Bank pf New Zealand, has been shot in’ the left breast by the accidental discharge of a revolver which he was examining. He lies in the bank in a precarious state, the ball beyig The North Shore Highway Board has resolved to plant 2000 forest trees along the roads in the district to beautify them. , , r April 30. News from the Waikato proved that several warnings were given by the Maoris before Sullivan was murdered.- ’ ■ > • ' V The meeting at Tokangamutu has been postponed till the arrival of Waitanui. A large number of natives have assembled. The natives generally denounce the murder, and fear the action,o£ the Government; but they say nothing as yet 'about giving the murderersup. ’ The natives have warned the Constabulary to cease working in the Moanatuatua swamp. Affairs are assuming a serious aspect. Shots have been heard on the frontier. The murderers, havq gone tp Te Kuiti/ the; King’s residence, carrying Sullivan’s head on a pole. '< D Sullivan’s murder will be the principal subject discussed at the native meeting.

Thursday, May 1. In .a letter to a Thames paper. Lieutenant Lockner* offers, if allowed by the Government, to select 200 men who will fetch to the King and the murderers of Sullivan and Todd, dead or alive. —[* Lechner (?) —IJd.PB.S.] Reports from Waikato describe the state of the Maori mind as being much agitated by conflicting rumors regarding the intentions of the Government. Arrived. —- H.M. schooner Alacrity, from Sydney. She has lost her mainmast. May 2 A largely attended native meeting at the Thames resolved to interfere in the Waikato dispute, and denounced the murder. Mr. Vogel is confine^. to his bed. by gout; he is unaole to visit Nelson to open the railway works. Flour £l3 to £l6; maize scarce, at from 5s to 6s ; bats, 4s 9d.

May 3. Mr. Buckland reports dairy cattle in short supply, late prices being maintained ; fat cattle, at from 22s to 24s pep, lOOlbs ; fat sheep, 3Jd to S t'per lb; limbs, 1 12 s to 15s each: -