TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5353, 10 April 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

m [By Cable.] [reuter's telegrams.] ALEXANDRIA, April 8. The Khedive has dismissed Mr Bivers Wilson, the British Finance Minister, who, however, refuses to accept the dismissal. A new Ministry has been formed under the Presidency of Sherif Pasha, comprised exclusively of natives. When dismissing Mr Eivers Wilson the Khedive also dismissed Monsieur Blymeres, the French Minister of Public Works in Egypt. LONDON, April S. The second call of tho City of Glasgow Bank is £2250 per share. [special to the press association.] LONDON, April 8. The Exhibition Commission has mot. The Princo of Wales presided. Manufacturers and producers are urged to aid in the undertaking. The Khedive dismissed the Ministry, in spite of English and French remonstrances, defying both. SYDNEY, April 9. Adelaide wheat is worth 4s 8d ; Adelaide country flour, £10 os. (Eeceivod'at 2.40 o'clock this morning.) " [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.I MELBOURNE, April 9. The' Cabinet have telegraphed to Mr Berry their opinion in favor of accepting the offer of the Orient line, coupled with cheap passages for immigrants, not necessarily setting aside the P. and 0. Company, but accepting both if possible. [By Special Wire.] OHKISTCHUBCH, April 9. The privileges for the Autumn Meeting, sold yesterday, reached £166 10s, or nearly double those of last year. John Bell, assistant shunter at Ashburton when the collision with the express train occurred, who was brought up at the Police Court yesterday, charged with wilfully neglecting to close the points, was remanded to Ashburton. The work of constructing the Malvern water race, which Avas commenced by tho late Provincial Council, is making good progress under the Selwyn County Council. A tprivate trial of one of Fowler and Son's traction engines took place yesterday on the Cashmere estate. The engine drew five tons one mile in twenty minutes, including a short stoppage to take in water. Mallock and Lance's string of horses for the Autumn Meeeing, consisting of Foul Play, Nemo, Marie Antoinette, and On Dit, arrived in Christchurch last night from the owner's place, Horsley Downs, the two latter, Champagne fillies', looking splendid. GREYMOUTH, April 9. The inquest on the body of William Pitt, solicitor, was held to-day. After hearing .additional evidence, the jury returned the following verdict :— " That the deceased was accidentally drowned in the Arahura river on the 13fch of M arch, and that every exertion was made by those on shore to save him." NEW PLYMOUTH, April 9. The Taranaki Rifle Volunteers paraded in review order last evening, when Captain H. Eyre Kenny took his farewell prior to leaving for Napier. The Hon. Mr Macandrew arrived •at Hawera last evening, when a deputation of settlers waited on him respecting local 1 matters. They also urged the expediency of organising a powerful and efficient force for the protection of the settlement, but at the same time advocated that the Government should be careful to avoid any action calculated to provoke hostilities. They asked the Govern mejot to push on rapidly such public works as are especially calculated to open up tho country, and can be proceeded with ' at the present time. Mr Macandrew promised to further the views of the deputation to the utmost of his power. The Herald's Hawera correspondent telegraphs: — "There is nothing new about the Waimato Plains. Major Brown is hero. The settlors arc looking upon the difficulty more hopefully, and coming to the conclusion that there will bG no war. A good many natives from Eangitikoi and Waitotara have passed through Hawera lately en route to the Waikato meeting. Mr Macandrow was ex]Dected to be at Waipaka about noon, and a special train was to go up that portion of the line not yet opened to meet him. He is expected in town this evening. Mr Mackay has been to see the natives at Ureniu, who are all ini■bued with Te Whiti's views with regard,

to tfieir land. Mr' Mackay told them not .to 1 leiVe ; ;it in Te Whiti's hands, as they ha'd^&ne/f ifwas best to see M*' Sheehan when nW \6'am£ here. The natives|cbmplained of n<& 4 b:avmg' grants giv^hem fot'th'eir.laiid." , ww .^ v , * •■V WELLINGTON April 9. A desgfticfc of som'e importance was • reeeived^froni Tatiptf yesterday, showing the' condition of affau's* there and at i Takanui. It appears that Turoa's prdp'Ofs'als id the native meeting wefe the opening oi the country towards Wanganui by roads, railway* and telegraph lines, laying aside a block df land for a j tovmship at the south end of Lake ! cfal&tg, for surveys of and adjudicating : their 1 la'ncf elalinig', and permitting the i lease, and ra sota!e eases 1 the sale, of lands. j This programme', w'e'a'fe' tald, was ref, oeivedby th'e.Kingite party' with! surprise , and som'e indignation, but ToJJift having explained! thalthe did not expect to carry through all the proposals at" present, and i that he Was, willing to le* a committee decide upoii Ms" proposals, they gradually cooled down, and eventually gave their consent to the rticfefc important item in the scheme, viz., the siirVey of .the tribal boundaries, in order to have ea'tibhapu's ' claim brought before the Court. When this is doTie all the other matters will follow. At tile meeting, assurances of steadfast loyalty td law and order were given by both parties'. TMs 1 despatch is considered highly satisfactory. A statutory meeting of ratepayers tonight carried a resolution by a considerable majority in favor of borrowing £100,000 for street improvements.