SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1136, 7 October 1879, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Ay I A jPfiTS3BVAG.i.XCS_A]A y , A yj y auodand teYgtit. : ■ y .-.,. ■_,-..-. v.. I XX: : °:_. A Tliife; Magistrate .gitve ; Judgment against M >c! i a tt,ie with costs ifr' tho City West " treating e_u-o. ; ' '"-: Tho ' potato "crop -at- On eh ung ris • almost totally destroyed by . frost: •last., ni g h j;.;. v _, vMealt hy . , ; to ps .. _a re witheredrnp. The loss is estimated nt £2,000. ? The ! A'celimai isation Society today, when the petition was recei ved foiv the restoraiion of protection to hares, resolved to forward it to Wellington. .. , . SUPREME COURT. •The Criminal Sessions opened today. . Judge Giljjes, m charging* the. Grand Jury, alluding to native; outrages, saii : !i While the offences j that would be brought before them were not of a serious kind, he could not shut his eyos, nor could they either, to the. fact that since the last .sitting of CDiirt.tiif.ro had occurred serious outrages within, this Provincial District, offences m which the 'perpetrators' had not been brought to justice, uorhirdly any. steps taken for that purpose. This we must feel to be a very unsatisfactory state of affairs. Sb long as crime remained unpunished, and so long as the strong arm of the law - was paralysed by political consideration's we could not hope for any feeling pf security for the lives and properties of the settlers, nor expect anything but a repetition of - similar occurrences." WELLINGTON, last night. At a Ministerial Caucus to.day, fort-: -two were presont. It was unanimously resolved to endorse the action decided on by the Minis'i'}*, which was to place their resignation m the hands of tbe Governor, but, without offering advice unless specially asked for, it, when the Premier would then recommend His Excellency to send for Mr. Macandrew. Sir George Grey waited on the Governor, and it is understood said he. would.resign after the address m reply had been presented hy Mr. Hall ; also, that the Governor said he thought 1 Sir George Grey should resign before then. Sir George Grey therefore immediately handed iv his resignation. The following are mentioned as probably to be fouud m the new Cabinet . — Hall and Uolleston, or Wakefield, for Canterbury, and Oliver for Dunedin ; Whitaker, senr., to be called to the Upper House and made Attorney-General to represent Auckland ; Atkinson, Tavaaaki ; and Ormond, if he will accept. There is some difficulty as to Wellington, but it is thought Bryce or Walter Johnstone will be selected. The Opposition meet to night at the Occidental Hotel to celebrate the victory. (Prom our own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, Last Night. Sir George Grey this afternoon resigned, and the Governor sent for Mr. Hal. All sorts of rumours are afloat as to the new Ministry, but it may be depended on that they re nothing but guesses, with the exception that Mr. Whitaker will .probably bo called to the Upper House with a seat m the Cabinet as Attorney-General. Another vote of no-confidence is talked of, hut it is not thought likely that the House will stand it.