LAST NIGHT'S NEWS [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] , (from our own correspondent.)

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1368, 7 April 1881, Page 3

LAST NIGHT'S NEWS [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] , (from our own correspondent.)

Auckland, Last Night. Mb ,SupEBiN!rENDB^T Thomson has received' the 5 following 'telegram from Mercer, re> BelLs * Churchill robbery :— i "Three arrests have been made, and [part of the property has been recovered. The case is clear against one native) who -was the ringleader.'' ' • ' The Auckland Stud Company's three thoroughbred mares were landed in good condition to-day from the Rotomahana. The Company has received news by wire I informing them, that, Atalantia has foaled a colt to Doncaster and Bergere, and a | filly to Dutch Skater. The Company has I also bought the imported thoroughbred stallion Anteros. I ""At the Supreme Court to-day, the Grand Jury found true bills against Bell for embezzlement, and Jagget and Purcell for forging and uttering. The Court .was occupied all day with the charge of rape against Codlin, of Mercury Bay, a halfcaste. ' : - '-' '

Wellington, Last Night. Telegrams from the Camp report that the feyer from jvhich Colonel Roberts has suffered has. decreased, and he ia now in a fair way of recovery. It is believed that Edward Garton, Secretary of the Wellington South Pacific Loan Society has absconded. It appears that this Society is an association of working men, who club together to invest their savings, each paying small sums weekly, and the money is then invested at the market rate of interest, About a fortnight ago the' accounts were duly audited and discrepancies were found to exist. The matter was then placed in the hands of a professional auditor, who" reports that there is a deficit' of from £200 to £300. Garton, who was up country at the time, was communicated with, and he • replied that he would put the thing right on his return, which was to have been Monday last, butiie did 1 not return, and rumours gained currency that he decamped by the steamer Norfolk to Sydney on Thursday last. The matter has "been placed in the hands of the police. By 'proclamation in the , Gazette, the operation of the Maori Prisoners Act, 1880 has been extended for a further period of three months. ■ ; •- Hawea, Last Night. { The Royal Commission had a long' interview with the natives at Opunake on 1 Thursday and Friday. Several influential chiefs were "present. Sir'W. Fox told the natives that he would be present to mark the boundaries,' and issue Crown Grants whenever they desire. Several natives expressed a wish, that the surveyors should be sent on a'ii once. Wipmu I Kingi asked- that nothing be doneimiil the young men in prison were returned. The natives wore anxious to know what was going to be done with the Barahaka Blook. v Sir W. Fox said the Commission could do nothing, as Te Whiti refused to allow his people tp come near the Commission when at Otea last "year. The natives are said to have met the Commission in a friendly manner.