TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. " (From our own Correspondents.)

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 635, 15 June 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. " (From our own Correspondents.)

IIoTOUUA, last night. Tho weather continues delightful, awl altogether suitable for tourists and visitors. Invalids tire stuttered in all directions around the lakes. The AVaikato road is spoken of by till those who havo tried it as the most convenient, the s-ea voyage to T.turauga being often very rough and unfit for invalid*. Another Maori difficulty has arisen of a mo->t serious character. The Messrs Scott leased from the Rev Mr lkurows, the agniit of the Church Mission Society, a farm known ns Te Ng*e, containing 318 acres, iso expense or labour has been spired in improving the estate, — clearing-, ditching, anil laying down the l.md-> into paddocks, <ie. A fewdavs ago a native chief named Te Kiri disputed tho right of tho mission to a large portion of the blue':. Jl is cl.iim not being recognised, ho commenced in earnest, desti-o\ing the fences, crops, -&o, and took away 50 acres of the moi,t valuable portion ot the farm. Tho authorities here aro powerless a*H«l can render uo sssi~>trinco. These v.ilu.iblc and enterprUing settlers — tho Messrs co tfc — will be gieat losors. Much sympathy throughout the district is cntcUined for them.

AuCKLixn, last wii^lic. The live ton crane on the wharf broke to pieces while lifting 1 two piles fiom tho water to lliu wharf', no nru 1 was Imrt. 'I Ihj slv.itiuc; link is iiunouneed a-; open. Tuo City Council have uppointcd a committee to inquire into tl c st.iteimmts eoiKjeruing Uie w.itor supply supervision, Tlie Harbour ]JmH sle;im tirnl^e was tditud to-il.iy, >>nt «0!iKl not dredge beyond a dentU of fourteen feef-.

JsAivrcii, last night. AVricjlit, the lna-ib<iiail of the wom.ui who h eh ir^wl with iiihuitiuide, w.is Inoiiglrt w.n ;is a lauatic

Tmjiunia, Li^.t night. An Agricultural Society lias boon formuJ at T.uumii^i. It Im-s We. 1 ) nameil " hie Bvy of i'lonty Ai,'riciiltui-ul and P.istoral Sociot,)."" A subsciiptioa list w,is o|H'iie<l at tl'e iiieoting, when £150 \vas pubbovibej.

Ddnhdiv, list nighX : T h <Slu»|)lionl is appoiuted clerk of Gr )Vcrnn)L')»t Insurance at a salary «f thi"B hundrod pounds -i }'e,ir. ! Tiie Government Ins intiraated fcJaat the Poitmibtor-OcneiMl is considorinc: the <£Uoition of opunia'4 penny saving banks.

MEDICAL OOLLKGK. Tlje clinical lecturers in connection with tho Medical School of tlie University have boon appointed : I>r JTocken or 'Surgery,' anl Dv Uillios t>ii * Medici'ie. 1

Wnu.iNG'rov, hist niq-ht. Tho 'NyrnpU' reports no sign of wreck &t the Auckl.uul l.slands. P.ulinnent will be opened hy Commission io-uioirow, when tlio Speaker will be elected On Fmliy the Governor Mill ■deliver the usu-il vioo-rogsil speech.

INDUSTRIAL POLICIES DISCONTINUED. Tho Government have decided to tli.«--contiuuo the I ndustrial Branch of the Life Assuianco Department.