TELEGRAMS.
[Per ■ Press Agency.] Napier, Sept 23. There is a strong- feeling here against Maori franchise. The question of the opening of the Athenaeum on Sundays will have to come up again. At the meeting where it was decided to open on Sundays, there Avas not a quorum of members present. Dtjnedin, Sept 23. The tender of James Innes, in the sum of £1990, has been accepted for the Brighton and Green Island Railway, The survey of the Strath Taieri line is now progressing rapidly, and contracts may be invited on the line being sanctioned. The preliminary deposit of the sum of L 75 has been made in connection with a wrestling match between Thomas of Victoria, and Dagg of Otago. The match will take place in Dunedin at the end of November. A man named Thomas White was killed this afternoon in consequence of a piece of timber from a circular saw striking him on the head while working in Guthrie and Larnach's factory. Shares are going off freely in the Dusky Bay Copper Mining Company. The time of the closing of the list, has been extended to the 28th to admit of applications from the North Island. An inquest on Mrs Welsh resulted in a verdict of " Wilful Murder"' against James Welsh. Invercargill, Sept, 23. The traffic in land continues unabated. Dunedin and Christclmrch buyers are operating freely, and are well pleased with the character of the land. A well-known Dunedin man has secured a caiptal baragain of 1200 acres of Crown land at free selection price. Many farms are passing into the hands of Taieri farmers, and the bulk of unocenpied Crown land is taken U P- . . Welsh, the murderer, is m close confinement, and will undergo a further examination before the Supreme Court sits. A lib nugget of gold, said to have been found at Longwood on Satu-day, is beingexhibited in town. Patea, Sept. 21. J M'Lean, cook to a survey party in Patea,. was found drowned on Thursday last, and with a bullet in his head. There is little doubt he. was murdered. Wanganui, Sept. 23. Mr Woon has applied to Mr Sheehan, the Native Minister, for authority to send a canoo with Maori constables up the Wanganui Rriver to arrest the supposed murderer of M'Lean, now believed to be en route for Taupo. The Waitatara track joins the Wanganui River about 70 miles up. Wellington, Sept. 23. The Government have received a number of telegrams relative to the murder on the Momahaki block." From these it appears that suspicion points to a native named Hiroki, at Pahipau, Waitotara, and who is said to have fled in the direction of Taupo or Waikato. All the information received points to the murder being purely a private one. The Waitotara Natives held a meeting this morning, and sent a telegram stating they believed Hiroki to be the murderer, and they are now takingsteps to vindicate the law.
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Temuka Leader, Volume I, Issue 81, 25 September 1878, Page 2
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490TELEGRAMS. Temuka Leader, Volume I, Issue 81, 25 September 1878, Page 2
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