SPECIAL mLEURAMS (From our own Uirrespo-vient) Tb AWam!lt"» Friday.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 431, 20 February 1875, Page 2

SPECIAL mLEURAMS (From our own Uirrespo-vient) Tb A Wam!lt "» Friday.

f Thd Pic-mc given afcißangiaoliLi yesterday, by the Te Vwamntn Bichelors wks agreat succs-s, about 103 q tests from C.im'jridga and other surround iu" districts were |) •ei-^ut. A mxst onjoyaMe c\ 17 was p-issed, whicli \v>und up with a dauce at Te Awimutu, which was kept up till near <laylig!it. Mr Veish, the Caterer for the B ichelors, proved that he was the right man in the right place,

(Pit Anglo Australian Temsghuph Aorvpy ) AiukLind, Friday. Nntene the m&ori, wh 0 w.is executed to-day, maintained his innocence to the list. He dieil without the slightest sfcruj^lr-*. There i.s no si^n of the outward mail steamer from Sydney. Tae funeral of the late Superi'itPide rft takes place to-morrow, doubtless* it will be attended! by thousands.

Wellington. 'I he Brothers inlands ii\ Cboks' Straits, h ive be^n pi'Ochiitne.t by Government -to be ths land res Tved £»r the site of the lijr! it-house. A statement app 'are I in last nights. Post to the effect th.it fculf-a-mill on had be*n placed to the credit of the Go vernment i-i tie bank of £Tew Zealand, but by whom, is not yet known, as Government had not heard from Vogel. T e 'limes this morning contradicted the ami says we m.iy ad 1 that if such a letter as the Post d scribes reached the Treasury for the time being it was neither sent by nor p.isse 1 throng'i the agent of the Bank of New Z -aland here. The N. Z. 7'unrs alto authoritatively contradicts the statement made jn the Southern pipers that the timber used in c*rtairi\ bridges in Utago and Canterbury Wcis rotten, "sjlr O'Shea rep>rts fljur easing £12 to .£l3 ; oats new, 4s 3d old Ai ; miizj ; G-i 6 I ; whe.it no-ie ; pjtatoe.3 9j the c.vt ; hams Id 2d ; bacon lOi to lid.

'' (From tV n r M - S>rTHKjv Crciws.) OIIIN EMURI, Thursday, noon. Te Hira and a few other chiefs bad a lonj interview last ni-Tjht with Sir Donafct MdLean and Pr ' | Pollen, and it is now generally ruimmued t'lat all _ I the preliminaries are arrange 1, and that the agresi msnt will be signed by the c'liefs to-dty. The talk ■ commences between 9 and 10 o'clock, and will last • ' all day. ' The adjourned meeting begin at 11 o'clock. The j attendance was not nearly so large as on the pre- | vious d ly. After the termination of the first day's i meeting, the natives tad a conference amongst . j themselves It is generally understood that they ' agreed to the terms proposed, with* one exception, which is not likely to be pressed, and there is a strong hopj of bringing the negotiations to an end 1 to-day. J Te Hira commenced the meeting to-day by say- ; ing that Mr Mackay was too hurried. Theii land I bhouH not be pulled from under them too roughly, j j He insisted that the/ should finish talking "about I the gol t before proceeding with otlu-r matters, as i to thd reserves, there were too many fingers to j handle them. The arrangement regarding the reI serves had been, kept secret from them, arid they i never came to him personally. The resenes had I not been properly s-ttled. He appealed to Sir Donald McL an as his upholder. Sir Donald s lid in regard to the reserves that remained with themselves. The boundaries had been made by themselves and Mr Mackay. Those ; -eservea he wished to remain. The natives did not consult Te Hira, re _■ aiding the parts they had sold : to different Europeans, ahd that created a difficulty, but ihtse matters u.uht LetetUed bttwten the purchasers uml themselves. The goldiields were to be < carried out as Mr Mackay sugg, bted, but he ad- - vised them to keep tho reserves to live upon. ! atea complained about a road being made \ ; through the i-eaefve, being a breach of faith. With i regard to the gold, nothing more remaiued t-o be l said about that. « A good deal of conversation went on ivgaiding [ the ivst»rv« boundariey aad other mattei-s, nud the v wealing was proceeding wheu tlio despatch was ». sent. , 'ihep.a, be expected in Auckland +

oj, uawwajr, u me thing is brought to a satiafao tory conclusion to-snorrotf. Too much praiso cannot ba accorded to the Ministers here, and Mr -Mnckuy, for the magnificent estate; considered either as a goldtield or for agricultural purposes, which they hi ve secur d for the proviuci of Auckland ' Civilizition will have gained another victory over b.trbarUm. Rumours of finding gold are still rife, and the dig.je.-s are \ cry anxious to know when the proclamation will be issued so that they ma/ disclose tht*ir ground safely.

Tauranga, Thursday. Yesterday the native representatives of Napier and Tanrangi assembled at the Temperance Hall, to listen to the address of the Grand Worthy Chief Templar Sp«ighfc, from tie Thamas, who afterwards assisted by Brother Wurbrick, instituted the first M lori Lodge of Good 1 erapkrs in NewZealand. There was much enthusiasm /and a determined reso'ution throughout the proceedings to adhere to the principles of Good Templarism.

Wellington, Thursday, A proclani xtion fippear* in to-nigh fc's iV. £. Go.zctte delegating certain of the Governor's powers— na lei- the GvldHelcb' Act of 1866— to the Hon. Diniel Pollen, The powers excited are those cjnferrsd by Sections 22, 40, 43, 60, 98, and 107. In the Police Cjiirt, to-day, a case waa heard between the two fii-e brigades. Oiptuin Whitefor.l of WellingtoQ, ohargad Captain Moss and his branchman with having deliberately turned his hose upon him. The evidence was in favour of thep aiatiff, though the occi?rr jnce aro3e out of a mistake — some spray from "Whiteford's hose wetting some of the men of the other company accideutally iii the fiiyt instance ; then the hose was turned upon Captain Whiteford in retaliation. Fined 40a. and costs, which amounted 'to £12 17s SJ.