NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH — PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2004, 12 May 1885, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH — PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

NKW PLYMOUTH, Sunday. Dl-ii^i JKllMr I uinoui i <m ntc as to thfl tlin'ittt'iniig (leiiiianour of boinu of the luitises -it l'auliaka.

Monday. The settlers of the West Coast are becoming uneasy at the conduct of the natiws at i'anhakd. The W.irea correspondent of the laranaki Herald w rites :— Kvery Maoii one meets still adheres to the stoiy that the Uud will he given back in Juuo. About live thousand Maoris are stated to be coining to I'arthaka to acsitt at the re-entry. Those, who ha*e breu longest in the distiict say tliey lia\c not seen the n.iti tn so sullen for many yeara, and ftMl tilt lebtiltb of ne\t month

DUS&DIS, A caucus of Ot.igo uieinheiii, attended \>y f\\ MH It 'naud two M L (J. s, three otheis bein^ unable to attend, was held to-day t<» consider the position of the OUgo Ceiitial Railway. Mr J'ykc (the cliaiiuian) lead letters and telegrams from the Minister for Public Woiks, in uhieh it uaa explained how the line stood, and stated that if any kiom! contracts wuie let at present it would bj waste of nioisey. After Moine dibcus^iun it was resolved unanimously that, a<-jmniiij,' tlic B^ures as nti mailed by the Minuter for Public Woiki to the rhdiriiiu.il me correct, there seem-> to l>e a balance of i 30,000 if last year's appiopii.ition utill .nadahle, and that the (government be urged to place in hand without delay, amongst other woiks, the lolloping :— Foundation of Wingatui viaductaud election of piers ; completing of the formation of the Hindon section by contract ; pioceeoing with four bridges on the Taien Hiver and other stream*, and tho npeedy prosecution of other sections beyond Newthorne. That ina«much as £30,000 Mas boi rowed and especially allocated by Act of Parliament for expenditure on the Ota«o Central Ridway, the Gouernmeut be asked to dike immediate steps towards making the full amount of thiu sum available for sucli lailwav-

\\ ELLINGTON, Saturday. The Native Minister received this morning the following telegram, which | promised great interest tor the Northern people of both races: — "Russell, May 8. — Tawhiao ami other WaiUato natives return home to day. The meeting on the whole has hern a failuie, no far &t | least ad the object of getting Ngapahi to acknowledge hid so\emgnty lseoneerned. Hon Hongi Kingi, Hin Kiri, with moat of the other leading Ng.ipilhi chiefa, refused to do tins, or to join him ia .my way. Strange to say, his only neir subjects are the lite followers of the prophetess. Maiki Kiwitt, whose gucit Tawhi.io has been tot the last week, Ml out with him over the signing of their 'Treaty of Alliance.' lavvhi.io signed with the prefix 'Kingi' to his name. K-iw iti refused to sign unltss such title u ,is omitted. The VV'aikatos refused to allow thid to he dono, and weie about ledMii^r in anger. To prevent a rupture, K.iwiti signed uudui piotest, rebersing hii ii^ht to object to the objectionable title on ftitiuc oucaoion 1 *. — J. 11. (trklnwav, Clerk R M. Ooi»rt.' Surveys for three more sections of tin North laland Ma.n i'runk Railway are being pushed on, and the Government hope to have contracts out shortly One section is 13 miles fiom the present contract at Te Awamutu, and the second nil miles from the present contract at the M.irtoi) end, and the third is a tunnel contract about the middle of the line.

GKEYMOUriI, Monday. Tin* Grey river was in a \ery high fluoil on Saturday. The lower part of the town is under water. At about aivcu o'clock in the evening Stephen Walsh, storekeeper, was di owned whilst trying to fold the Nolsoti creek on horiotuck WaUh was drowucd almost in siiilit of his own home

WANGANUI, Monday. Messrs Bryce and Ru«<l'n's Commissioners sat this mot mn^, formally. The lion. Messrs liuckley and i'ole are the <'<>iiiU)isdioiicr.H. Mi Button, of Auckland, a)»pi'ars for Mr lii> cc, and Mr I/.,ird, «it Wuiiington, ami Mi Bunicoat, ot Wan^anui, ten Mi llusdcu. The c\ idencc cuiniiiunces to inonow, liut will not hu opm to tliu pii^s