TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2178, 23 December 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

United Press Association. Napier, December 22. Mr T, H, Brown, Chairman of the Wairoa County Council, forwarded yesterday a telegram to the Native Minister urging him to take measures to stop the further progress of Te Kooti towards Poverty Bay via Wairoa. The greatest alarm exists at Wairoa, for although fully half the Natives there are prepared to welcome Te Kooti, the other half are hostile, and it is feared that if anything wrong retaliation, will be made on the^sejilpfij.''

Donedin, this day. A writ of habeas corpus was granted to M, J, Crowe, imprisoned fqr'fraud, in connection with his bankruptcy, The judge thought he was wrongly sent to gaol, as no order wasmado, or reported to have been made, under section 171 in the first instance, and he was wrongly detained in custody both on the ground that the second order was bad on its face, and if it wtre good it was not made till long after the imprisonment commenced and pould not take effect nunc pro tntic. The'pspif'ej,' }vp djscjiarpj. no costs, bpirig alloyed, * New Plymouth, December 22. A desperate struggle tqok place at Cape Egpinnt on Sunday during an attempt by the constable, assisted by Jlf Brook§s, Postmaster, anil Mp Robson, a settle)? in the locality, to arrest a Maori hqr&e-t]iief named Taua Peina, alias Charles Spain, who was under the protection of a hapu of Wanganui natives who reside at the Cape. When arrested he drew a sheath knife, but lie was at once closed with, and after a hard tussel was secured, Ht) was at once placed in a vehicle and l)rqugl}t into town, and was sent by this ijAiIER, this day. Mr Griffiths, proprietor of the Taupo coach, who was injured in an accident yesterday, has been brought to the hospital and is not expeoted to live, His head is crushed, his left leg broken, and he has received other injuries. The passengers fcy the coach, though shaken are not materially injured. The cause of the accident was the giving way of the brake of the coach when going down a steep cutting with sharp turns. • ■ OpiSTCHURCH, this day. Two jewellers jtp wljom the ring on the severed haiidfduiid'kii j&miier been submitted for examination;' have pronounced that the engraving of the letters " A.fl;" is recent work, not more than a fortnight old. They are also of opinion that the letters have been cut by some person not a regular engraver, and that a knife or some sharp instrument different from an engraver's tool has been used. It jjj stated that another person, whose name has ripjt fcranspiiiGol) js Pf bejjig the priifie mover in the.conspiracy. " The Moorhouse statu?in the'domaii) wa3 unveiled yesterday afternoon f)y the Governor. > ■ \

Thames, this day. The La Jlpnte fiirnaca has temporarily suspended operations, after wtljer more than two days' run, owing to tlie'exhauition of the'supply of iron ore used for' fluxing purposes. An interim clearing up has taken place, and has resulted in a return of 165 ounces of bullion, of which about one-third is gold.worth £4; per ounce, the remainder being silver. It, is estimated that a . similar , quantity! of bullion lias still to be separated from the lead. About 29 tonsof pte,.pK

phased from various mines iti the Thames and Ohinemuri districts were reduced, and the result is considerei satisfactory,

< Gisbokne, this day, There is considerable feeling among both natives and Europeans as the. prospect of the visit of Te Kooti. The feeling generally ofiboth races is strongly hostile, and trouble is almost inevitable if he comea. It is believed, however, that Te Kooti will not run the risk of coming. A number of natives have left here for Wairoa to moet him.