BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 246, 17 October 1872, Page 5

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

(From the JVets Zealand Press Assoclatioi.)

Napier, October 5.

Particulars of the disturbance which occurred at Waiapu, some time since, have been received. A quarrel having occurred about some pigs, Paora Hetoga Apu destroyed lands belonging to Wiremn Kabai. The tlispute first arose 'respecting boundary land. Wiremu shot two pigs' b-lons»ing to the op?OBition, aud tbo other 'party retailiated. Wiremu and four men lay in ambush next day, when -four men belonging to Psora's party were seen crossing. the river to catch ■ horses. Wirerau's party killed one of them, and the others i scaped. The body lay on the spot till the following morning, whon it was buried by a neutral party. Both parties i have the river crossing stopped, and a number of horses shot. Great excitement pre- ! vails all along the East Coast. The man i who was shot belonged to the Ngatiporon. Ropata demauds that the murderer shall be [ given up. Auckland, October 7. A false alarm of fire, raised at the Theatre on Satimlay ni»ht while Miss Ro3e Evans was playing Hamlet to a crowded house, caused a panic, which, however, was cheeked before ; any injury was done. One lady wns thrown in a fit of hysterics with fright. , A good instance of Maori cunning occurred at Coromandel, where a Maori chief, against whom a writ for debt had been issued! conducted the bailiff twice through a Maori encampment in search of himself ; and the bailiff returned to Court unsuccessful, wbile the Maori took his departure by boat for a settlomont at a distance. "Wj-xu^igton-, October 7. The Criminal Sittings opened to day, There are six caaea for trial — viz., arson, attempted suicide, stealing from a dwelling, horse stealing, euibezslement (two charges), cutting and wounding. For the last-men-tioned offence, John Brown got three months' hard labor. It is understood that the -Governor has just refused Mr .Staffer .l's request for a dissolution. It is expected the Ministry will resign to-day. ' Wellington, October S. The Ministry have resigned. The Independent, this morning, said Mr j Stafford did not intend to resign. Since then the Government supporters say he has resigned, and advised the Governor to send for Mr Waterh»use. The Criminal Session is over. Heoare Ngapu, for horse stealing, was sentenced to 12 months' iraprisomncat. John Kenny, charged with arson, was discharged. Geo. Phillips, for stealing from a dwelling, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. New Plymouth, October 8. Major Atkinson left for Wellington yesterday. . ■Christchurch, October 8. At the Criminal Sittings of the iSupreme Court to-day, Henry Exon, for larceny, was sentenced to a months' imprisonment ; Alexander Walter Mackenzie, for bestiality, to 10 years' penal servitude ; Charles O'Kean Thomson, for forgery, to 13 years' panal servitude ; Henry Hecc, for bigamy, to four years' penal servitude ; Harry Master, for receiving stolen goods, to 12 months' imprisonment. The Exhibition of Colonial Produce is fixed to open en December 16' th. Hokitika, Oct. 11. The Tararua arrived here at 10 o'clock last night. Cargo for Hokitika, 100 tons ; 12 passengers. Melbourne, Oct. 5. The Education Rebate is still proceeding, aud the Government is likely to have a majority in the Assembly. The Legislative Council has rejected the Permissive and Labor Bills, and' struck' out the ' main principles of the Mining on Private Property Bill. The attention of the Government has been called to the rejection of these measures, and they acknowledged the responsibility of tho matter, and promised to adopt necessary measures. The miners are returning from Charters Towers in numbers. Tenders have been, accepted for 35 miles of railway construction from Newstead to Maryborough, and from Burrnmbeet to Beaufort— the former at the rate of L 2,700, the latter at LSI 64 per mile. " '" Alexander and James Govan have been committed for trial on a charge of conspiring to defraud. The ' Australian Alliance Insurance Com* . pany has declared a dividend of 10 per cent.,' with L 32,000 carried to the reserve fund. The racehorses are arriving from Sydney. Mr De Haga, formerly of the Lyster Opera Company, blew out his brains yesterday. Weecburcb, the convict, who was recently respited for' a murderous attack on the In-spector-General of Prisons, attempted to commit suicide' by opening a rein in his arm. A Ballarat firm has accepted a tender to construct fifteen locomotives to cost over L 50.000. Commercial.— Sales bf over 12,000 bushels of New Zealand wheat have been' made up to 6s l^d, mostly for shipment. Oats are dull, and only a moderate' business is doing in the import markets. Bank stocks are in demand for investment. The revenue returns for the year show an increase of L212.4G4. - The Alhambra leaves for the Bluff on the I2tn;, ; : ' -' ' SYNJET". ' The Eev. Adam Thomson has been' appointed Principal of the .Presbyterian College.; "Last quarter's ' revenno was the largest ever collected here in a single quartan ' Major' Fitzsimmons, of the permanent Defence Force, died suddenly. ''Sapid progress is being made in the con- • B,tf notion and fitting out of the new schooners for the South Seas. The steamer Queensland met with a terrific hurricane outside of Brisbane. The mate was washed overboard, and the steamer was buried in water repeatedly, and nearly swamped. By, the aid of all hands at the pumps fchp vessel was enabled to be put back to Brisbane, More diamonds have been found at Oberon. .

The Brewster'e cargo of CAlifcrnian wheat Bold»tsg{?d, - -

The Hero leaveß for Auckland early next week. . r Adelaide. Scott's section at Monnt Pieasanfc his been formed into a company of L 20.000 shares. All the -shares were taken up .in two hours. The Consolidation Loan Bill has been read a second time. The Adelaide Cup of 200 soys., with a sweepstakes of 15 soys. added, is to be run in May: Bishop Quinn, of Bathurst is likely to fill the vacant Bishopric. Breadstuffs very dull. Wheat, 5s 6d.

Auckland, October 7. A laf£G and influential meeting £ has been held at Papakura, and the following resolutions were passed uuaniuiousty : — Ist ' ' That thi3 meeting views with great alarm the proposal of the Government to. return to the Natives the confiscated lands, as such an act would be a bad precedent and disastrous to the Colony, more especially so to the N orth Island." 2nd. "That the meeting regrets the Government have resolved to discontinue tho grants to road boards, and heard with great surprise that the Colonial Treasurer should have stated to the House that these grants were received with indifference by the road boards as tending to cause direct taxation." A meoting of the Waikato Road Boards ha 3 been called to protest against the discontinuance of the graut. The Waikato Tunes says that the immigrants would not have been settled but for the work done by the Road Boards, and adds : - " If the grants be discontinued the settlement of Waikato must cease. It only n j\v remains in the hands of the settlers to hold meetings protestiug against a Government continuing in power who spend large sums of money in the importation of population while at the s&nis time they pursue a course towards the settlers already in the country, which, if it does not drive them away disgusted, will contract their operations, and keep them poor, acd thereby retard the progress of the colony." A patty returned from the Bay of Islands reports a, quicksilver mine there that gives favorable prospects. Henry Cutbbertson, a clerk in the Post Office, has been committd for stealing a money letter. He endeavored to escape in the Nebraska to-day, but was discovered after the steamer had left the harbor, and placed ou board a Bchooner bound in and was brought to Auckland. Auckland, October 11. Te Kootiand two of his wives are reported to be at Kawhia.

It is repotted that gold has been discovered by the Natires at Tongaporutu. The Natives intend to cpen the field. It is reported that the Ngatimaniapotos have severed themselves from the King.