TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 246, 10 February 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

Tlie Complaint against Skinner A supposed Sullivan. Latest from Oliinemuri. Reported Gold Discovery. The Native Difficulty., A fight between the Natives and Miners of Ohinemuri. 1 GRAHAMSTOWN. ' February 5. A board of officers, with Major Lusk, president, was held on Wednesday evening to consider the protest lodged against Skinner, the winner of the Champion Bolt, on the ground that he had broken the general rules by measuring the powder and tampering with his sights. The evidence went to prove that Skinner’s sights had been filed, but there was nothing to connect the Chatnpjon with the act, as the rifle had changed' hands half-a-dozen times since it was first issued from the store. Under the circumstances the protest could not be sustained. A stranger in Shortland yesterday had a narrow escape of ducking owing to his having been pointed out as Sullivan, the Maungatapu murderer. The man was drinking, and another, who professed to 1 know Sullivan, said the stranger was the man. Some others collared the stranger, and were about to take him to the wharf, when he produced some proof that he was not the released murderer. Subsequently the man was arrested for drunkenness and fined. The latest news from Ohinemuri states there were some riotous proceedings last night, arising from a man named Rae, of Shortland, attempting to squat on a piece of land belonging to Mr. Mitchell. It appears a Maori had received money from Rae for this land, knowing well it was Mitchell’s, and Rae, in spite of a protest from Mitchell, began building. Mitchell then cut the work down, and Rae and the Maori interfered. Other Maoris, friends of Mitchell’s, came up and began fighting Rae and his Maori. The latter picked up an axe and rushed at several darkies, when the diggers interfered and had a bit of a skirmish. A great deal of noise was made by the natives, and several firearms were discharged in the mining camp as a warning that the diggers were prepared to enforce order. The Lalla Booth took many natives up to-day, and a squabble is likely to ensue. OHINEMURI. February 3. It is reported that payable gold has been discovered in the ranges. A number of pack horses have arrived from Coromandel. Over two hundred diggers are here waiting for the field to be opened. There is a native difficulty about the boundary line at Hikntaia, and the surveyors have been stopped. February 5. A number of diggers left for Ohinemuri to-day. It is reported that a rich find has been discovered. Mr. Mackay went straight up on arrival from Auckland yesterday. NELSON. February 3. At the meeting of the City Council last night, all the members but two adjourned in consequence of a resolution passed by a meeting of ratepayers that the Council had lost their respect and confidence. Everything is at sixes and sevens. The Corporation has an overdraft of £l7OO at the Bank, which dishonored their cheques yesterday. CHRISTCHURCH. February 3. During 1873 twenty-four vessels, containing upwards of 9000 immigrants, arrived in this province, against twelve vessels, with 2163, in 1873. John Mercer has been formally committed for trial for the murder of Isabella Thompson. TAURANGA. February 3. A large waterspout occurred on the Rotorua Lake on Monday. Its estimated height was 200 feet. The tender of Lundon and Conway £lOO7, for the erection of the church, has been accepted. j Ihe regatta will take place on Easter Monday. Percy Brett, late Sub-Lieutenant of the Royal Navy, has been committed for trial for obtaining money under false pretences. Maketu.

Large reinforcements arrived last night belonging to the Ngatiwhaue, who, led by Ringori Te Ao and Reni, went out at daylight on Saturday morning and made demonstrations against Tapuika, with intention to destroy their crops and pa. Mr. Hamlin, R.M., being on the ground again, succeeded in staying bloodshed for a time, At best the disturbance is purely between natives, but is of a very serious character. No shots have been fired yet. The real cause of the disturbance are the land sharks’ interference with Government purchases. The Native Minister is much wanted here..

The following English and American items were crowded out from Saturday’s Paris news indicates the certainty of the dissolution of the Assembly after .he holidays. A rch bi shop Manning will be made a Cardinal. News comes from the Khedive of

Egypt of the Nile exploring party sent to survey the country west of Lake N yanza to Lenaoa. It states that the expeditionary force was attacked by 400 natives in canoes. The expedition defeated the assailants, killing thirty-two. Duchesne Paacelet has signed a letter to the French Archbishop, offering to kill Bismarck for 12,000 francs. He now asserts that the alleged conspiracy was a joke, and that he signed the letter while intoxicated. The Grand Duke Nicholas, nephew of the Emperor of Russia, who had been convictedof stealing his mother’s diamonds, has been declared insane. Count Arnim has appealed from the late sentence passed upon him. The Formosa difficulty is settled, China paying Japan 500,000 taals compensation. The Archbishop of Cologne has been again fined 30,000 thalers, and probably will be again imprisoned. An explosion of fire-damp at a coal-mine near Rotherham, in Yorkshire, killed eighty-persons according to one despatch, and ninety persons according to another telegram. A Spanish fleet, consisting of three ironclads, has proceeded to Marseilles to escort Ring Alphonso to Barcelona. Rich yields are being obtained from the Comstock silver lodes, and are creating great excitement and wild mining speculation at San Francisco.

Two expeditions have left New York to survey an inter-ocean canal across Central America. The Army and Navy Committee of Congress has recommended that the standing army be only 25,000 men, at a cost of 27,701,5iX) dollars. The cotten crop exceeds that of last year by 55,000 bales. Serious complications have arisen with Spain on the Virginins affair. The American Government has male preremptory demand since the establishment of the Spanish Monarchy for a settlement of American claims in the same manner as the British claims were met. The steamship Japan has been burned off the coast of Japan, She was insured for 150,000 dollars. Peruvian advices state that the Government troops, after two day ’s hard fighting, forced Pierola, the leader of the revolutionary army, to abandon his stronghold on the heights of Torrato. Pierola and the principal officers escaped into Bolivia, W'hile the troops scattered in all directions.

In Louisiana the difficulty between the rival Governors of the State creates great excitement. General Sheridan and two thousand troops, despatched by the President, are upholding Governor Kellog's administration and the matter has been referred to Congress. The Beecher-Tilton suit is proceeding at New York.