SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1834, 8 June 1874, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Ter Anglo-Auatralian Telegraph Press Agency,)

'Auckland, Saturday.

Intelligence has been received fromy\aimate,'Bay of Islands, of the particulars of a dispute between two parties of Maoris, which is likely to end in open hostilities. A party of native's have been digging gum on a piece of tapued ground nearKikohe, on the Hokianga side of Waimate. They had collected between 20 and 40 tons, when-Mohi Touhoui, a leading fighting chief, with a party, objected to the removal of the gum on : the ground that the land' was tapu, and claimed it for himself. The, two factions ranged themselves in hostile bands,' mustering . from 150 to 180 a-side, all well The natives who dug the gum remained to protect it, and erected a pa on the ground, while Mohi and his party went to the property of gum-diggers, and commenced, an onslaught on their potatoes, pigs, and sheep, on whioh they have been living for over a week. Mohi also built apa at; Tuhuna. The natives" protecting 'the*! gum are now getting short of-food, and' Mohi is determined to starve them out. It was thought not improbable that shooting would commence between the contending factions yesterday (Friday), and the upshot will probably be loss of life aad the destruction of the gum by burning. 'All the Europeans; have -been ordered by Mohi not to buy gum.— A reported murderous assault by a highwayman on a man named Taylor, on the Panmure Boad, is regarded as bunkum. Taylor maintains that he was assaulted, but it is generally believed he fell out of his oart whilst drunk. He, now lies: seriously ill.

Sharemarket.—Sales: Bank of New Zealand, £17 15s; Exohange," .165.; Al< burnia (new issue), 46s 6d—(double issue), U 15s-(paid-up), 465; City of London, 255; Old Whau, £5' ss; Cure, 14s. Buyers: Caledonian, :£9 1,2 6d; Crown Prince* 16s; City of York, 3s 6d; Sons of Freedom, 85s; Vanguard, 2s 6d; Euby,ss6d;Una,2s. Sunday. ■ The s.s.■'■ City of Adelaide' has arrived from the South. (JBOM OTJE OWN COBEESPONKENTB.) CoEOsiANDEL, Saturday. The Boyal Oak got 201ba of specimens to-day, and there is gold in the face.— The Three Brothers have a good parcel of specimens and picked stone for the last day or two's work.—The Whp'd-have-thought-it have 24ozs 6lwts of retorted gold from about lOlbs of specimens today- ■ . " ' ■'.'