SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 928, 4 June 1878, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

AUCKLAND, last night. Mrs Major Croker was committed fov trial on a charge of obtaining goods on false pretences, and was admitted to bail. The City Council passed a resolution arejpting Mr Anderson's explanation as satisfactory in answer to Or Dickson's charges. Michael Garvey's store at Maketn, on the South road was burnt down. Insured in the Imperial Insurance Company for £290. Judge Gillies has returned froai the South. WELLINGTON, last night. Sir Georjre Grey and the Hon. Mr Shechan leave in the Hinemoa to-night to a'ten.l a naiivp meeting at Hokianga. PRESS AGENCiT. GISBOiINE, Saturday. At a public meeting held here last'night, the ratepayers unanimously agreed to the raising of a loan of i;l0,000, for the purpose of constructing main reads within the town boundary. REWI AT MOKAU. NEW PLYMOUTH, Saturday,

The 'B-erald' of this Uiun<im/ 9

says Rnvi has arrived afc Mokau with Mauiapoto chiefs, on their way to Waitara to meet Sir George Grey, and Mr Sheehan. WiUiaut; King-, of Waitara, will be present! at the meeting. j'fßewi says|j|hul| this uocotiug wiUopnU. tkeff§abll| between the two ra3e4||)ut dark hia ii \ tended fpfoposPl tiHl Ministers ir,e;t hiuSgbu thtf 2l?#| iust. Ho intends '&> expose* ( the doings of some natives who deserted the King party j, also those of spine Europeans whose actions tended to create bloodshed daring the Taranaki war.

'WELLINGTON, 'Saturday. DANGEROUS KEROSENE. In consequence of a number of minor kerosene accidents having occured since the recent one. which caused the death of a girl, the police have employed men, who go about in plain clothes', and purchase samples of kerosene at the stores of the different dealers foi the purpose of testing, in order to ascertain where the dangerous oils now sold come from. The. Pre-s Agency continues writing to the 'New Zealander' in reference to the hitter's charges of political partizinship against some of the Agency's correspondence. The Agency gets severely handled in foot-notes by the editor. Messrs Dobson, Shepherd, and Adams have arrived here, as a deputation from Nelson, to urge on the Government to immediately accept a tender for the extension of the Eoxhill Railway to the port. They interview, the Colonial. Secre-tary'to-morrow. It is understood that none of the Government BiJls -to-be- introduced next session will be issued before the House meets. The Native Lands Bill is to be the sole exception. It will be previously circulated amongst the Manis. The ' Post' says :—" We are pleased to be in a position to state that a telegram received yesterday by the Government from the AgentGeneral speaks favorably of the probability of floating the new loan."

The Wellington Good Templar Lodges have resolved to transfer their allegiance to the Grand Lodge of the Middle Island. NATIVE OUTRAGES AT OPUNAKE. A telegram from Opunake states that trouble is brewing there, the natives having shot cattle belonging to European settlers, and they are said to have threatened to shoot some of the settlers as well as their cattle. Twenty of the Armed Constabulary will leave Wellington on Monday for Now Plymouth, in charge of Sergenant Sheebay t'l route for Opunake. CHPJSTCHURpiI, Saturday. MIDDLE ISLAND VOLUNTEERING. A somewhat exciting incident occurred this afternoon to a Yeomanry trooper who formed one of the escort to the Governor. He was riding, apparently in an intoxicated state, through the square, when he collided with a horse and trap.' The shaft of the latter severely wounded his horse. The police attempted to take the trooper into custody, when tt.e latter objected. Some of the bystanders proceeded to help the constable when the trooper drew his sword. The sergeant of Yeomaury interfered, and a disturbance ensued, the Yeomanry man being ultimately carried off to the lock-up. NAPIER, Saturday.

There has been a good deal of excitement here lately about the supposed presence in the district of th 6 murderer Sullivan. The man, however, is William Marokell, who came to the colony as a Fielding immigrant in 1871. His resemblance to Sullivan, which is very strong, caused him to be hunted from the West Coast, and he made his way over to this side. He was working lutely at a farm owned by a person named Boyle, who told him that it was said of him (Boyle) that he was employing the murderer Sullivan, and that Marskell had better go to Napier, to the Inspector of Police, and have the matter cleared up. He came into town yesterday with his wife and daughter. The lodginghouse-keeper turned them out into the street, as the other boarders com.plained of having a murderer put with them. To-day, he was taken up to the gaol, and shewn to a prisoner who alleges that he knew Sullivan well; but this was not the man. Marskell is, apparently, a simple, inoffensive fellow, but he is, evidently, overborne with grief, and wants the Government to send him out of the colony. He is taller than Sullivan is said to be, but resembles him a good deal, judging by the photograph _of that criminal. He fears that his life is not safe, as some people have threatened him with violence.

UHEISTOHUEOH, Saturday. The • Times' of this morning says'' — " We are in a position -to state that the Government has ordered the whole of the heavy guns recommended by the Imperial Commission, and these, together with the necessary ammunition, aro now on their way out. Kegarding small arms, we have authority for stating that the Government has in stock' 5000 sniders of ordinary and 2000 of the shorter pattern, which, with another 1000 of the former, now ordered, will soon give the colony a total of 8000 snider rifles. For these, there are in stock 2,000,000 rounds of ball cartridges for ordinary rifles, nd a larger proportion for carbiues. Some of this stock only recently arrived, having been ordered by the Government shortly after taking, office. In addition to sniders, the Government can muster 13,000 Enfield rifles and a largo quantity of ammunition, making a total of 21,000 rifles at their disposal- The Government have also uuJur their consideration a plau vi'

torpedo defer.ee, which will probably be undertaken. The intention of the Qoveiwmenkjs^^as soon as war is deSown a few Armed ;.Cori9wfflary men to each port as a |imcleusc|^afp ( rce,of artillery, to place f Naval Volunteers on a {satisfactory! jfoolpgj and to consider ithe ques|imi|of polling Militia, pro- [ bably witMthe smite of Parliament, jit willbe to know that the commission that reported on the defence of New Zealand had the advantage of the latest' charts of the colony, and obtained full information from officers, some of them scientific, of both services, who know the localities. They also had before them the report of Colonel Mouta ;&S., made after an inspection of the harbours, and the confidential report made by Sir Williem Jervois some few years ago, which hirs been practically adopted by the committee."