HERALD' TELEGRAMS

Bruce Herald, Volume XI, Issue 1049, 4 October 1878, Page 4

HERALD ' TELEGRAMS

I S T£EPRUVIN T CIAL.

DONEDIN, Thursday,

A metting of fcae Dunedin Presbytery held today to consider the new bill introduced by the Attorney General and which has for its object to deprive the Presbyterian Synod of the right to appoint those professors of the Otago University whose chairs are endowed oub of certain church funds thethird of which Syncdis completed bylaw to expend for educational purposes. The petition submitted and which it was resolyed to forward to . Mr Macandrevr and the Hon, Matthew Hoimes for presentation to Parliament, expressed regret at the action of the AttorneyGenera], in introducing a Bill to denude the Synod of the above mentioned power, ''"lie Presbytery was not not aware'of any reason why the said Kill, which seriously affected the rights of the Synod, should have been introduced without due notice to the parties interested, and protested against what it submitted was aa unjust and arbitrary proceeding done in violation of the first principles of justfce and one which if sanctioned would produce a falling off in security with regard to the vested rights throughout the •Colony. A Bomewhat bitter discussion followed, in the course of which the Attorney General's action was geyerejy criticised. , The report of Professor .Black on the sample of brawu from Qamaru, an.d which wag supposed to have been the .cause of the poisoning cases there, states that it showed a total absence pi mineral poisons, but under the'microßCope^vibrioßia r oic.) in great quantities were detected. It is well kjwwp. g»y» the Profeßsor, that vibripaia are^vidence,

of putrefactive changes, but the seasoning pnseut was sufficient to hide them, though putridity had advanced considerably.

New Plymouth, Thursday.

The following telegvain was received by the Police from Ha wera this afternoon : — Armed parties of natives, and native police are ou, and in thd vicinity. of tiie iViouutain Road. If there wens aay other armed natives there, they would have been reported at 'Hawera. The g'/nvral opinion in • ew Pjymouth is that the parties who have been stopped, have been neeilleasly frightened, as it is unusual for natives to be seen on the Mountain Road. Tue police are making active enquiries. Further particulars re the. stoppage by the natives on the mountains are to hand. Themas Taylor was on his way to Ketemarae yesterday morning and when about eight miles on the other side of Stradford was stopped by some .Natives who would not allow him to pass, and ordered himj back ; he refused, but they compelled him, and threatened to ahoot him. Thin, however, was prevented by au old woman, who interfered and would not allow him to be killed. He is now at Sfcradford. Tue man Stuart v;as on his way to Hawera, when he was stopped by the Natives and turned bauk. He says he would \ be a'raid to go along that rra ■"! now. The boy Taylor says the Natives warned him even if he passed them he v.oulo be killed by a party of i\'ativ r es further on. This hajs given rise to the report thafc both man and boy wa3 made in, a friendly spirit, but as neither of them understood Maori, they have mistaken the friendly words for threats,