SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 845, 15 November 1877, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

AucklAnjs, last night. A memorial bearing 1 foi'ty signiw tureß was presented to tbo Mayor/ fisking 1 hi in to c nivene a public meeting to consider the present political situation. The meeting is j called for Friday, 'tit the Choral £ ttil l. ' William O'Neill, a .settler of Musterton, was arresied by telegram, charge. 1 with stealing ; linen His counsel, Mr Laishley, stated to the bench that his client bad run awMy . with Mrs Johnstono, tjie 'wife of a ' neighbour, that lie was .well to do and tho information for theft was only laid to get them back. The Bjnch remanded the case co Mastertpn, liberating ascused on his own recognizances in ,£SO. The Hotel grounds at . EUersflie realizod £2150. Captain Read, of Poverty Bay, was. the purchaser. Other lots ruled low. " TitePresbytety sustained the c 11 to the liev Mr Carrick, for !Sfc Andrew's Church, anl he obtained time for consideration. Id the estate of Messrs Niccol aud Hondry, Mr Pounds, Manager of the Union Bank, was appointed Trustee. The Famine Relief Fund has reached £1,257. . Grahasistown, last night. The Horticultural show was a success. Eew Plymouth, last night. The Samaritan Lodge of Good Templars, owiug to a quarrel with ihe Grand Lodge, seceded in a body from the Order, and formed a lodge of Independent New Zealand Crusaders. Taupo, Tueslay. The natives at Opepe suddenly stopped the surveys which were being conducted by Captain Turner. They pulled up all the j egs, &u., and refused to allow the iron trig, stations to be erected. ; Tue Ngatiwhakaue at Ohineaiucu also stopped Mr. Kay, who was engaged surveying blocks for the coining L*nd Court ut Kotortu. The natives in this district are bacomihg very troublesome, and seem at present to be taking up a very defiant attitude.