SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 904, 9 April 1878, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

AUCKLAND, last night. THE PEOPOSED NATJVti MEETING. Sir Gcorgo Gwy and party leave by a special train at 10 30 a.m. to j nwroy, and probably will not procea<l to" Il'i'buiaiH^ tj;iy tiino,. but will return for the iVatfve' mootingat a futm-e day. The Governor left for Tauranga p. the Wolverine for a two xteeka vest to hfee

bir George Grey and Mi'Slieehaa I go Jo Waikato to-morrow. Mr SUeehan meets the Natives at lamnliere re lane] questions. •Ib is not certain whether they will met Tawhiao and liewi. Probab]y the meeting will no t come off Col Whitmpre goea South tomojrojr.. The Hon Mr Pishor arrived to replace him, m ori i 31 . to keep >i quorum for Cabinet Councils. Hio South • Uritish meeting adopted, a report dividing [» p 2 r cent., etc., and increased the directors honorariums by .£lO 00 The house of Alfred Porter, of loiter & Co., narrowly esc mod destruction from fire, which originated msi box us ,d aa a repoiitoi-y tor ushcs. WELLINGTOi?, last night. Biohwrd Dickson obtaiued Carterton contract for the Wellington and Masfcerton Hail way, £51/340; Fallon'a tender was £71,182. In reply to tno Ljtlelto:i Harbour Board. Ihe Government; stated it had uot received any Imperial instructions to prepare to defend the bolonial ports. DUNEDIN, last night. In a sermon on mixed marriages, Bishop Moran said that, although marriages by registrars subjected Catholics to excommunication, no power on earth could annul them. WELLINGTON, Sunday. The meeting- of Sir George Giey and the Maori King will be°held on the lGth iust,, at Hikuraugi. Several tons of flour have gone up. Tho meeting is expected to h? large and important". It is rumor.re.l that there are serious disagreements between Ministers and Mr Fitzgerald, the Commissioner of A adit. It is also said that Avhen the House meets the Government will support a proposal for a full aixlfair enquiry into the conduct cf tl«o Ju iges regarding- Mr Bartons caße. Mr Fisiiep has left for Auckland to relieve Colonel Whitmore m Ministerial attendance on the Governor. IIOKiriKA, Saturday. The Uev. G. W. Russell has a letter m the' Hokitika Star' to-night as follows : — ' Despite the telegram sent by Father Henneberry to the Press Agency, stating that he did not denounce mixed and civil marriage at all, permit me to say that I stand to all the statements made m the second paragraph of my previous letter. He can deny the tn if he likes. His threats about injury and libel are beneath notice.'