SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 975, 21 September 1878, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

, [PUES» AGBKOY.I . ~ i AUCKLAND, last night. „,. At,.the. produce sale to-day, fowls realised Is 2d to 2s 7d; turkeys, 3s 4d to 5s 7d; ducks, 2s 4d to 3s 2d ; onions, 3d to 3^d ; butter 4d to is Id ; potatoes, 4s Od to 6s ; bacon, 8d; cheese, 6d to 9d. John Dixon, settler of Kaihau, was killed m felling a tree. WELLINGTON, last night. PARLIAMENTARY. The petition of John Tapi Patuti to the House raises most important issues as to Maori land claims m the Middle Island. The petition asks that the right of the JNgatito, Ngatiwa, and Ngatitana tribes, to sell nuy portion of the Island extending from Kaiapoi on the East to the Grey itiver on the West Coast, may be inquired into. This includes the whole of the provincial districts of Nelson and Marlborough to the northern portion of Canterbury. The petition asserts that these tribes had no ' right to sell—Ngatihu, Ngatimanue, and Rangitia being the proper owners. Purchases were made by the New Zealand Company. The petition asserts that the assumed right of the.-c tribes; to sell by virtue of conquest and occupation, is untenable. On the same grounds, the Waikatos objecied to the sale of lands m the New Plymouth district by the Ngatiwas. v ; Mr Wliitaker is preparing' a bill, with the approval of the Government, to'appoint a' Court a!rid Judge to hear all outstanding East Coast Native laud claims. The Court will continue sitting until all is finished. NEW PLYMOUTH, Thursday. FRIENDLINESS;OF THE MAORIS. The Parihaka meeting is over. Te Whiti spoke of peace, and referred to the meeting called by Rewi, on the 18th March next, when all the Maoris will assemble at Waitara, to become with the Europeans an united people. A person would be present at the meeting who has never before been seen by thorn. The t;est; of his speech was on theological matters. ■ ♦—