TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 353, 6 May 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

(From the Dunedin Daffies. ) Weilington, May lßt. The New Zealand Steam Shipping Co.'c steamers 7111 take their rest at Port Chalmers instead of Manukau, as heretofore. Tenders for the £50,000 New Zealand Government debentures under the Westland Loan Act, were opened to-day. The minimum price in the sealed cheque was 101}. The tenders accepted were the Colonial Trust Fund, £40,000 at £101, and £10,000 at 102. Declined the Mayor of Christchurch's tender, £300 at par. This ib li lower than the last sale in London. Alexander M'Donald, who has often been mixed up with Maori disturbances in the Manawatu, being adopted as a member of a tribe, yesterday deliberately shot one of the leaders in Young's Napier coach, in assertion of bis right to some land over which the road runs. Wholesale market prices are : Hour, £13 to £14, i •wheat, milling,. none ; chick, 2b 6d to 4s ; oats, 5s to 5s 3d ; maize, 6s 6d to 8s ; potatoes, £4 to £4 10s ; butter, scares, lOd to Is. May 2nd. A semi- official announcement was made i in this morning's paper thet Sullivan will reach England probably in a few weeks. _ j Auckland, May Ist. Captain Frazer, a Magistrate and Warden at the Thames, who entered a criminal action for libel against the " Auckland Star," called a meeting of his friends last night, and resolved to withdraw the action if the " Star " would make an apology, and pay £50 to the Hospital. The " Star," in reply, says that if Captain Frazer will apologise to the Police, and pay £50 to the Auckland Orphan's Home, it will allow the case to drop. The Provincial Council reopened to-daj. The Superintendent, in a lengthy message, referred to the efforts made by the Government to prepare land for settlement. It proposed to throw lands at Whangarei open for free selection under the Homestead Act. During a visit to Poverty Bay, the Government was strongly impressed with the evident necessity for taking active measures to divert the trade to Auckland, to supply the increasing demand for such a rich district. A pilot station will be established there, and also at Tauranga. During the visit to Wellington, arrangements were made to transfer the foreshore at the Thames to the Provincial Government; also for an advance of £40,000 from the General Government to the Province, to be repaid out of the land sales. An advance of £6000 to test the deep levels at the Thames, pending the sanction of the loan of £50,000 by the General Assembly. A Highway Bill empowering Boards to borrow, and an Education Bill, will be introduced. He regretted that the General Government had abandoned its intention to construct the Kaipara Bailway extension line. The Council will be called to consider whether the Province should do so. He acknowledged the cordial co-operation of the General Government with the Provincial Governments. The complete census returns make the population of the Province 68,500 souls, exclusive of Maoris. May 4. Two more deaths by typhoid fever have called attention to the drainage. The Provincial Council meets to-morrow, when an Education Bill will be tabled. It is rumoured that the chief features are the reestablishment of school fees, the Committees' powers to be reduced, and the whole system brought more directly under the administration of the Government. Gbahamtowk, May 4. The Manakau mine promises to eclipse its former richness. A ton of stone has been raised estimated to contain two ounces of gold to the pound. Taubakga, May Ist. The Native meeting at Ohinemuri has terminated. The grand subject considered was what to do with the lands in order to save the race, and that the Maori King have a boundary of his own, &c. The meeting considered the questions too complicated, and determined that the wrongs be sent to the General Assembly. Oamaru, May 3rd. The Brigantine Emulous and the schooner Ocean Wave drifted ashore this morning at 1 o'clock. The former is a total wreck, but the later may he got off. No lives were lost.