LATEST TELEGRAPHIC

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 118, 26 March 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAPHIC

[REUTER,] Loxdon, March 23. FROM THE CAPE.

Later Cape news states that the relief of Colonel Pearson at Ekowe will be postponed until Lord Chelmsford is strongly reinforced. •

Melhouhxe, Tuesday. THE ARAWATA.

The Arawata leaves to-morrow at noon with the English mails. Sydney, Tuesday. THE BISHOP OF NEWCASTLE. Dr Tyrrell, Bishop of Newcastle, died last night. NEW CALEDONIA.

Latest news from New Caledonia states that the revolt is entirely suppressed, Biiisbane, Tuesday, STATE FUNERAL. The State funeral accorded the late Sir Maurice O'Coimell takes place to-day. ' (PEP. PHEBS AGENCY,) New Plymouth, Tuesday. THE WAIMATE LANDS. At an emergency meeting of the Waste Lands Board to-day convened by tclet("am from Government, the Board proceeded to classify land of the Waimate Plains and decided to offer IG,OOO acres of same for sale by auction at Carlyle on 6th May, Major Brown has gone to Wellington, NATIVE LAND PURCHASES.

Wellington, Tuesday. Native Land purchase Department has been lately doing a considerably business in Wanganui and West Coast districts. During the last two months about a million and a quarter acres has been proclaimed as under negotiation, in addition to the blocks already Gazetted, Deposits amounting to some twenty-five thousand pounds have been paid over to the natives, the balance to be paid on completion of title. Dr Buller has accepted a general retainer • from the Government and will act as counsel for the crown in all cases in the Native Land Court.

It is understood that Parliament will meet for despatch of business oil the 25th July next, . asylum. largo additions are being made to llio Mount Yiew Asylum. LAND SALE. Island Bay estate (late Hunter's MHR), was put up for salo to-day, bidding dull prices realised £SO per quarter acre. GOLD QUARTZ REEF. More who alleges having discovered payable Quartz Reef. Wainuiomata valleyasks County Council for the Gold duty, for fifteen years. WHAT THE CHRONICLE DEMANDS. Tho Chronicle demands that the Wainiate Plains surveys should be gone on with, despite of native liounco, and that the perpetrator of outrago be punished. Great preparations for the reception of the Governor to-morrow, Auckland, Tuesday. LIBEL AGAINST AUCKLAND ' HERALD,. Mrs Major Croker instructed Rochforfc, solicitor, to enter an action for libel against the Herald for £SOOO. The Herald retained Whittaker and Hesketh to dofend the case. CURTIS' BILL. Pressure is being brought to bear upon McMinn, member for Waipu, to induce him to explain hisvote on Curtis' Bill. ROLL INQUIRY. The Bay of Islands' Electoral Roll inquiry is proceeding. Both sides are hunting up evidence. Witnesses have already sworn that their names were placed on the roll without their knowledge. NATIVE MEETING, The Native meeting at Kopua will probably be delayed another fortnight, awaiting Ngatiraukawa and contribution food, To Ngakau is engaged threshing and grinding wheat, which will be sent from Maungatautari' to Te Kopua. A large number of natives already arrived at Kopua. Contingents from all parts of the country arriving daily, Chiefs in Auckland awaiting Grey's arrival becoming impatient. Auckland, Monday. . GAMBLING. Francis McOormack was charged at the Police Court with a breach of the Licensing Act in allowing gambling in his licensed house, the Queen's Head Hotel. A materiial witness did not appear, and a warrant was issued for his apprehension, The caso was adjourned till the 4th April, SUNDAY TRADING. Two charges of Sunday trading, made against the Richmond and Nevada Hotels, were adjourned, THE GREAT UNPAID. The Star to-night, commenting upon the gazetting of justices of the peace, says" Another score of justices of the peace has been gazetted, A| the close of last year tho number of justices of the peace in the colony amounted to about ( JOO, The additions made during the current year must have brought the number up to close upon 1000, thus forming a complete battalion of these selfsacrificing patriots." New Plymouth. Monday. THE WAIMATE PLAINS, The surveyors have been driven oil' the Waimate Plains this day by a Maori named Te Mann, who some time ago committed an outrage at Opunake, biting off the finger of Mrs Bartlett, landlady of the Hotel. The instruments and camp fixings belonging to Skeets' party have been brought by Maoris in drays across the Maingangoro River, and the drays have returned to bring all the other survey parties off the plains. Information of this proceeding was officially received here this morning, Te Wliiti is thought to bo connected with it, Major Brown is expected at Hawora to-morrow, and will, it is hoped, be able to put matters right, Gkahamstowx, Monday, NORTHERN PROGRESS. The Advertiser says that " about six weeks hence the Ohinemuri-Katikati-road will be passable for vehicles to the boundary of the Thames County, and we would strongly urge our Katikati neighbors to push ahead as quickly as possible a work which must ultimately prove of great benefit to them and to us, more especially when the Government have favorably entertained the question of overland postal communication." .

BiOTEiM Monday. INCENDIARISM.

On Sunday morning, at live o'clock, a number of barrels and sacks of oats filled up and covered with straw, atMarlborough town, were discovered on tire. The owner is Mr Ritson. The act is supposed to be one of incendiarism; there is 110 insurance, Fully 500 bushels of oats were destroyed.

Christchurch, Monday,

A DELUSION.

At the meeting of the Council this evening the Mayor stated that lie had been informed by a very influential member of the House of Representatives that if Christclnu'ch took active steps in the matter next session, the Assembly would probably be held in this city, and the Mayor was empowered to communicate with other public bodies in the Middle Island to see if such a consummation could bo brought about. A committee was also appointed to communicate with the Government, asking tliem to place a sum of money on the Estimates to build the Governor a residence in or near Christchurch,

Melboukxe, Marcli 18. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. [Per Rotorua.]

Governor Normanby, last Thursday, attented the Agricultural Show at Lancefield, where lie made a good practical speech to farmers, and remarked' upon the advantages of teaching science of agriculture. In course of his speech lie said:—"ln the colony which I have just left, the general Fcrop of wheat is something astonishing—but then most, of the land has only been cultivated for a short time-as much as fifty, sixty, seventy, and eighty bushels to the acre are not uncommon there. lam happy to say that in some parts of the colony they have introduced a better system of farming .than is usual in a young country, I trust you will follow the same example, and that you will recoup the land that which you take from it. If you do that you need not feav but to cultivate land well will re] qiure a certain amount of capital." The Governor shortly visits Sandhurst; and yesterday was present at Kyneton Races; Saturday, at regatta; so that his Excellency has been fully occupied since his arrival.

Want of rain has been much felt, but within the last day or two a partial downfall in some parts of the colony, and a heavy thunderstorm last week, has cleared the air, and now it i 3 quito cool, It is stated that negotiations for mail service have been suspended in hope of inducing all colonies to enter into a scheme under combined arrangement; Exhibition building being rapidly proceeded with and favorable notice from Europe received. France will send exhibits by war ship, Belgium and Holland will also send,

Walter Lynch sivicl to be one of the Kelly sympathisers who was some timo ago wa arrested for sending a threatening letter to Mr Monk near Mansfield in the name of Ned Kelly was tried at the Criminal Court yesterday, was found guilty, sentence deferred.

The remainder of the English cricketers meet, their colleagues at Auckland, and all proceed home via Cafifornia, except professionals, who went per [Garonne, _ Miss Augusta Dorgon, now playing at liieatre Koyal with great success considered best actress ever visited Victoria.