HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 976, 24 September 1878, Page 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. MONDAT. On the House meeting to-day, Mr Sheehan laid on the table copies of telegrams sent and received by him m refereuce to McLean's murder on the Waitotara block. He stated that the supposed offender was the son of a Waikato slave woman, and had no interest whatever m th* land, so that the murder had no political significance or relation to that survey of land. Most of the chiefs who owned the land were now m Wellington, and were very much grieved aDout the outrage, and had telegraphed to their people to use every exertion to capture the murderer. Mr Sheehan said that through the.dtlay of nearly three days before it was found that McLean had been shot, he had a good start j but if he was still m the district there was no doubt he would be captured; and even if he had sought refuge m the Waikato, the Government had reason to believe that he would be given np to justice. Rewi had teleg*iphed for the fullest particulars, so as to assist the Government, and there was little doubt the murderer would be captured. Evory telegram which had passed up to i o'clock to-day was amongst those on the table.