TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 384, 22 August 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(From the Dunedin Dailies. ) INTERPROVTNCTAL NEWS. Wellington, August 18fch. The Omeo arrived at midnight. The Luna, which had been in search of her missed her. * The Omeo left Lyttelton at 10 40 p.m. on the 35th inst. The delay was caused by her boilers being out of order, and having strong westerly gales to contend against for thirty hours. On her return to Melbourne she will be thoroughly overhauled* The Omeo brought a fine chesnufc colt called Gladiator, by the celebrated Gladiateur, out of Fatiraa, by Elis, for Mr. John Shield, of Wanganui. Mr. Nancarrqw made an official survey of the Omeo's boilers this afternoon, but the result is not yet known. August 19th. The survey shows that the Omeo's boilers are all right. The certificate having lapsed and being pressed for time at Melbourne, they took six pounds off the boilers, and let the vessel go. She sailed for Melbourne, ma the West Coast at half-past 8 o'clock last night. ' An important public meeting, convened by iha Mayor in reply to a requisition wa3 held latt night in the Town HalL ! The following resolutions were carried ! unanimously, and ordered to be transmitted to the Premier and local members : — (l; That this meeting fuly aor rives of the action taken by the Premier in respect to the abolition of Provincialism in the North Island, and trusts that the Go- • vernment will extend the same policy to the Middle Island. (2) That in the event of the Government bein» defeated on the resolutions and apreallng to the • country, this meeting hereby pledges rfc- " self to support the candidature of°those only who are favourable to the abolition of Provincialism and its attendant evils through the Colony The Committee to decide as to the validity of the election of Mr. Von der Heyde cousists of Messrs C. Parker Richmond, Webb, Tolmie, W. Johnston* Wood, and Creighton. * CT „ „ « Jraroraow, August 20th. Sailed. —S.S. Atrato, for London, via Cape Town. She takes 93 0 bales of wool,

146 bales of Jlax. 15,220 sacks of .grain, 50 . tons of tallow 1811 packages of preserved meat, 15 cases of sundries, and 55000z. of gold. Oamaku, August 20th. The public here unanimously disapprove of Mr. Stewarts action in supporting the Premier's resolution regarding the abolition of North Island Provinces. GkAIIAMSTOWK, August lltll. A requisition has been signed jisking the Mayor to convene a public meeting re abolition of Provinces. It strongly sup- 1 ports the scheme, and ridicules the agitation by Provincialists in Auckland City. It says they do not represent the opinion of the majority of the Province, and that the people •will not be led away by false party cries. Tauranga, August 18th. The bones of Rawira. the . great Tauranga reb«l, which were disenterred lately, were buried to-day in the Church Cemetery, next to the grave of Colonel Booth, who fought against him. The remains were followed to the grave by three hundred natives. The pall-bearers were old European settlers — leading citizens — who respected the old warrior for his bravery and merciful behaviour to European women and children. Bluff, August 18th. The s.s Otago, Captain M'Lean, arrived from Melbourne at daylight. . She left on the 12fch, and brings 11 saloon and 40 Bteerage passengers, and 400 tons of cargo for all ports. She experienced easterly weather. Napier, August 19th. Don»M Ttosa 0. E., bridge contractor at Waipawa, met with a serious accident this morning. A pile driving monkey fell and struck him, rendering him unconscious. The result is doubtfull. A telegram received at 4 p.m. says the patient has slightly recovered, and recognises Mr. Todd. August, 20th. The Church of England bazaar closed last night. , The result will be au addition of £500 to the Church building fund. The Hawkes Bay Herald supports the resolutions for the abolition of Provincialism. New Plymouth, August 19th. The Herald, in an article on the debate re the abolution of the North Island Provinces, advocated that the happy dispatch should be given them, as there was now no necessity for their continued existence. The Herald adds :—": — " Uuder the ' General Government the progress of the Province will be insured, whilst under the Provincial administration its great resources will never be properly developed." The general feeling abroad has long been in favour of being governed by the Colonial Government. Instructions have been received to commence the survey of the railway from Waitara towards Wanganui at once. Captain Ellis, of Auckland, bought the hull of the Taterson. Portions of the deck-honse were picked up bj>- Hatives on Harriet Beach. The Elizi Mary, wrecked off Waitara, has been repaired. Sho has gone to Dunedin to be put ou the slip. Invercargill, August 19fch. About 150 persons attended a public meeting on Monday night to give an expression of opinion regarding Mr. Bell's statement before the Waste Lands Committee of the Assembly, that he opposed the sale of land on deferred paympnts on behalf of the runholders and the public. A resolution that, the statement was unauthorised, and that the attitude assumed by the runholders of the district. as shown in recent opposition to the openiug" of land on runs on deferred payments, and in the action of the representative (Mr. Bell) when in Wellington, was inimical to the best interests of the country, as opposing the progress of the settlement of lands by a population of bonafde settlers, was carried. A vote of thanks was passed to Donald Reid, M.H.R., for giving timely warning of Mr. Bell's statement. August 20th. In criticism of Mr. Vogel's proposals the " Southland Times " says :—•' There is no good purpose to be served by}. the maintenance of Provincial life under conditions such as those which exist in the Northern Provinces ; and those who look with the hope of making New Zealand a prosperous Colony, or every one desirous of seeing her prosperity continue, should hail the proposal for the abolition of the Northern Provinces as the dawn of a healthier state of matters. The for the abolition of the Provinces has been long growing, was still growing, and might not be long before it would form part of the question of whether it was not desirable to include the Southern Island." The "Southland News" says the question placed before the country should not alone be abolition of Provincialism in the North Island but in the South as well, the General Government superseding both. Auckland, August 20fch. In compliance with an influential requisition, the Mayor has convened a public meeting to-night to consider Mr. Vogel's resolutions for the abolition of the North Island Provinces. Nelson, August 20th. In the Supreme Court the trial of MerTina Boseley for the murder of his wife, and William Millyard for being an accessory to the fact, has excited great interest; the Court was crowded during both days. At the close of the case, for the prosecution, the Judge directed that Millyard should be discharged. After an houj's deliberation, the* Jury found the prisoner Boseley guilty of manslughter, and he was sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment, i