Telegrams.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1093, 29 June 1882, Page 2

Telegrams.

[from our own correspondent]. Wellington; June 27. TN Taupo, Topia Turoa and other Chiefs have declared their willingness and desire for a railway from north to south through their district. Turoa communicated their desires to Sir George Grey. Auckland, June 28. The final meeting of the Auckland Coursing Club was held last night at tho Thistle Hotel. There was a large attendance, end great interest was manifested in the proceedings. A match tinder the auspices of the new Couisi g Club commenced this morning, meeting at Papal bitoi Railway Station. 11. M. Warship Nelson is now in the harbor, and is open from 1 to 3.39 to the public. Tho Chairman and members of the Harbor Board intend taking Commodore Erskine and his officers round the harbor in the steamer Victoria on Friday. The arrest of Winiata, the murderer, is ~CTUsmg'i-‘PBl£ ns '' satisfaction among all classes. The cireumstJn«'9-bf-ai» brutal murder are still fresh in the recollectioi?^f--21[ r readers. The victim, Edwin Packer, was SDevonsliire farmer employed with Winiata on Mr Cleghorn’s farm at Epsom. The murder was committed on Jan. 26,1876, during.the Whatihoho Meeting. Sergeant McGovern and Constable Gillies made arrangements for the capture of the murderer with a half-caste named Billy Barlow. Winiata was living at Te Kuihi, 45 miles up the King Country. Barlow was commissioned by Constable Gillies to aet as medium. Barlow has been about, Te Kuihi, buying pigs from Winiata, and making, himself a jolly good fellow in the settlement, distributing grog and tot bacco freely, and induced Winiata to come to his settlement, and secured him and brought him into Te Awamutu last night, and handed him over to the police. The murderer in charge of an es-ort, is expected by tho Waikato tram this evening. He will be brought up this (Thursday) morning, and remanded. The principal witness is still living. Superintendent Thomson will be prepared for Winiatu’s trial at the Supreme Court, on 12th proximo.