TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5425, 4 July 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPH IC NEWS.

• • |by special •wtbe.j ; . Mr.Bryce his ; constituents at Wariganui;on:Wednesday, ;iHe partially approved of the policy of the Government . last but condemned: some 1 of their ; measures}.. and. expressed;. strong:, disapi jiroval of the native policy of the Ministry. He' warmly defended Mr Ballance, and made some severe remarks ori Sir George Grey's conduct towards his colleagues.' . The' speech was received with great'satis- ' faction, and his defence of Mr Ballance' : was received with loud cheers. . ( One effect of .the recent floods at Waijnakariri has been to' scour but a ohannel 11 feet deep in the north branch, which will save the Lytteltbn- Harbor. Board great expense and trouble. ../I The Rev.- Mr Hamilton, of" Oust; Canterbury,: has signified his -intention of resigning, his charge, on account of -the' irregular manner in whicli his stipend has been paid. . : . '■''■ .; "•"';' A fire broke, put on Wednesday in Nash'elki's hardware store, Lichfieldstreefc,- Christchurch.. A stream of water from a hand-hose soon put an end to the fire before serious damage was done.

The Hutt election resulted in the return of Mr Jackson by 99 majority, the votes being Jaokson 184, Mason 85. | |The barque J. M.' Bunch, from Mauritius, "with, sugar, arrived at Port Chalmers yesterday, after beating about the coast for 30 days.

The ( annual; meeting of the Union Insurance Company was held at Christchurch yesterday. The adoption of the report and balance-sheet already published, was unanimously agreed |to, Vand' the retiring directors and auditors were re-elected.

The men employed in the iron trade at Wellington haye^ agreecLto work this week at the.irdducedAscate, and when they see how it affects them on pay day ; (Saturday); they will mcci again. it' Shipment.', of • cppper ore from . D'Urville, Island, copper mme '■ has beeii' sent tiythe Australind to" the Waratali : smeltmg.j works, Newcastle, N.S;;^ The shipment. consists of what. is kno'ywi^ sas- ( \ silver grey" and " peacctok '•' ; orr} ; taken from the lowest, or; 100 ieet levels 'of the miner- : •■ \~ -j .■'■: .;.,..:; ■ m;1 , "

; A-Maori prisoner, now undergoing ren^ tericejin Wanganiii gaol for stealing-' at Haw t era, refused to eatj saying that hfa wanted to die. ■ As he was sinking' from weakness, food, was pumped ihtb him, and after about a cupful, of beef-tea i^ad; been administered he signified that-hia had had enough of the "treatmentj.'^'and" took. his. food properly. He. wanted to die because he . expected; to be raised • by, Te Whiti in three days, but the pakehas want to get six months' hard labor out of him first.' ' '■'- '■■

At the Auckland R.M. Court yesterday Thos.. Moody,. charged .with forgery and uttering at Napier, - was remanded- to Napier. •'•■•• • :■' ' ', r -,

A\ telegram from Oamaru states that ■fche. weather there has again , broken, up, and there is every appearance of two or three days' rain, and if that be the;Case,it will.be some time before commimication is re-opened with tlhe North. ,'.!'_ ' .',',;.".'.'■' .It. is said. in Dunedin ; that Mr W.j). Stewart contests the. seat for. .that city under the auspices of the Bible in the Schools- Association. ■ .. r ..,..- : , :. •In the Supreme Court at Dunedin yesterday, before Mr Justice Williams, a rule was' made' absolute calling upon Mr J. B. Barton, barrister; to show cause why he Should not pay £600 . to the attorney of one Kirknian, of London, answer certain affidavits, or to be struck off the roll within 2 Tdays. .. • A petition $o ■, the Assembly is, being signed in Auckland, praying that the use in the public schools of the colony .of Dr. Eichardson's book on intoxicants may be sanctioned. ••: MrW. St. Clair Lisdall, of Auckland; has been presented by Mr Justice Gillies with the M.A. degree. Norman, son of the late Eoderick M'Kay, was playing, digging underja sandbank, when it fell and crushed him. He is not expected to survive.

The Coronet has arrived at Auckland from the Islands with a cargo of copra. On the voyage down a seaman named Win. Thurston was found after a squall lying on the deck with his brains protruding. ; Ho was believed to have been struck by the block of tho jib-sheet. He lingered 1 7 days and then died. He was buried on Nukupetu Island, Ellis Groiip. THE TARAjSTAKI NATIVE DIFFICULTY. A party of eleven native plonghmen were arrested yesterday at Hawera. They will be taken at once overland to Wanganui and thence by steamer to Wellingtons There were 35 natives arrested at White Cliffs on Wednesday. The Hinemoa. is to take them to Wei-

jlirigfipfi. She will call at Patea for the fpnUJbneS?; Ngamari. Altogethor^there are The fifteen^p^^ttedf ijfd^fcriafiat New Plymouth w^JlfJlb^^riedti |tH^J The Government fully exjpli to| sgOTfPitokowaru shortly, and probity! Te| IXS^ftti-.'himself. On Wednesda^feiere^ "wal'%% tangi at the north sid%^P^'the| Waingdngoro river, at which some 300 or' 400 women and children were present.^ It was held over the appointed plough^ mtnTas'thMgltthey^ere^gPin^^ death. The party of 33 captured at White-Cliffs by Mai or .Tuke madejxo re•sißtanco. . ■ ' ■"""• '*** > Aiß^Mbkau Te_Whetere has e^nphati- ! caUEann6unded>tiiniself ■6io]Sur lssffiM I pakena troubles away itdi^MdksMf'^^e \ Whlt^MmeoUktely^eliea Ird(1 rd ( ! of.^VliKer | lihddd df tinpikfisdrilness at Mdfeau, sent 1 a messe f rige'r'JslßinlingKJurisdjotion^Tana I ordered the mail-between Mokau and iPukearuhe tojibeifltpppedix TeWetere | and his people were much angered. It • is their intention to ! ke6jj. up friendly re- ; latloiis. .■'•■■• - l

•A Hawerdr ' telegram states that the M&bijis $.$6 & grass plot.^NqiS;. matiby;' surrounded :by ljush, .and^' there ' three ploughs^ were -quickly 'going>4he'i rounds; -three. :Maoriß setting potatoes,.;; one womdn cooking .' potatoes) jjtth,doTVlki superintending ,. t operations.;': ' Boberts; 'Noakes. Birowjj, \andr, t soimeV constables proceeded f tp Normapby'; /'the,; Hawera . .otroojbers f brmed a./^cweriftg I party, and had- every tHng^EeadynfonA'a^iVi emergency- The riatiyesy hoWfjyer,, were.., quietly-taken-in custody,' ,'and lodgedj'Juia Waihi fortress withitheir bullocks and plfnighs. TherS^#efe ] -ii 6 signs of an ambuscade. .iTJhey ...were none of them the plojughmen who-were removed li from. ~ Mt Livingstone's. ; ■ ;\. v: "';r^:,;.;%^> It is reported! at New .Plymouth ,jhai' some natives 'are engaged in- ploughing 7 land belonging jto Mr T;'Kingd6'n,,.and; that soine othei? Maoris intend' ploughing"*' at. Te ,: Papaltu.; jPhe mother; .pi "thetwo native boys who werereleased'by order of .the. c Government, wishes" they - had been retained in .dust6dy,XS'it would . kndok the nonsense: but d£ their heads, -j-'.i