TELEGRAPHIC. NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5439, 21 July 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC. NEWS.

' L BY SPECIAL WIRE. J The circuit sittings of the Supreme Court, at Wellington, commence today. The Hinemoa left Wellington on Saturday Avith further reinforcements for New Plymouth. Dr Hector has received the following telegram from tho Secretary of the International Commission at Sydney :— • " No authority for the statement in the Press that the Exhibition will not open before the Ist of October. It ia impossible at present to fix tho date, but probably it will be towards the end of September." Tho Secretary of the Exhibition Commission, Mr Callis, leaves Wellington at the end of this month for Sydney, in charge of the New Zealand exhibits. A Hawera telegram states that the Maoris are returning from Parihaka. Many leading friendly Maoris, who were previously pouri regarding the ploughing, return with professions of joy because | To Whiti says the ploughing will be suspended on the settlers' farms. It is stated that the next agressive move of the natives is to be the erection of huts — practically pahs— on tho main road)

— t _ •ZSEBSSt? across the Plains, about six or seven mile's 1 from Hawora, near Kapuni river. The ostensible object i 3 to plough and crop and provide food for wayfarers. Such a Itidveiiicnt, if attempted, would, however: bo checkpdj as it would give the MaorW another lien over tho Plains. The Madrij. still insist that there will bo no fighting^- i thoy laugh at tho statement in circulation about To Whiti having ordered that tfoyoßsion bo .taken of tlio afcoretf aiidt j that tho Maori prisoners will soon return, lv tho meantime tho others must work Gxtra hard and provide food for the wives of tho nlarfcyi-s. Te; Whiti says that tho prisoner Wakawliiria* ivifef 1& rati* _$&.. Aa Pharaoh earned out Joseph's' .rfc prctation of tlie dreams, and provided! J against years of famino, if Wakawiria : earned out his introprotation of the signs of tlio tune all the prisoners would soon cdnie back amidst thunder, lightning,and ram. He say's ho has placed all the R°^er over prisoners in tho hand of

The Dunedin Herald, in a local ;on Saturday morning, says;— "Wo havo seen a chequo for 30s drawn by tho General Government which was presented at tho Bank of Now Zealand last' week, find rdtdi'ncd marked • N.S.F.' " \ The Taapcha Timen says thatMr jfeertt, teacher, is about to enter an' M{otf against the Secretary of tho Otago .Education Board and all the Dunedin papers, for the publication of the correspondence in connection with a charge against Mr Scott of falsifying tho attendance 2*611. The ddrtidgdl dte laid at a c^otrtStlera'ble - amount in each case. / J Tho celebrated horse Lorib Hand arrived at Lyttelton by the Rotorua, and was sent last Friday by rail to, Ray's stables at Hornby. ' \ '■ Tho Christahureh Btar of Saturday night says :—" We are In a position to say that the Governor will grant a dissolution, and that Sir' George Grey's Government will appeal to the ; Liberal i electors of the country in the event of a defeat, which is now certain/ It Ms beeri Ascertained that a fire that occurred on Friday nigftt _n a le'an-fcf of the Baptist church, Oxford-'teiheapfe,' Christchurch, was the work of an incendiary. It has been discovered -that a can of tar was removed from the temporary Workshops ereoted in the church enclosure and the contents poured over "^ the floor of the lean-to, to. which there was no dodr, ris the bu*Udmg was not . \ finished. Tho tar having- been 'ftetf- oif *' fire the incendiary made his escape ctver the palings surrounding the enclosure, leaving marks of his foot-prints on the lower rai! and of his fingers on the .top of the palings when he took hold to . jump over. The building was insured in ; the Northern office for_G3oo. - The police ■{ are investigating the matter. \ An Auckland telegram states that Mr * Rowe says he will not vote for the no- I confidence motion against the present '■-. Ministry, and will not aid any party op- | posed to the vigorous prosecution oi the f Thames— Waikato railway. i. f At the Auckland R.M. Court on Satiir'- 1 day Peter Murphy was conimitte'd for* f trial for attempted rape on Mrs Jessie I McCarthy. } There wis a heavy fall of snow, in J Christchurch on Saturday evening. • The recently raised Hamilton Rifle Volunteers are being armed wrth sniders. A oadot corps, 75 strong, has "been also formed at Hamilton. A meeting of the creditors of John Soppett was held at Auckland last" Friday. The liabilities were stated at £1200, and the the estimated assets at ' £SOO. y A correspondent in an Auckland paper ' calls attention to the anomaly of nautical assessors appointed by the Government ■ to hold courts of inquiry being also* in .* : the employ of the insurance companies. The Auckland schools committee intend enforcing strictly the compulsory clauses of the Education Act. A public meeting was held on Saturday evening at Grahanistown to urge on- the completion of the Thames Valley railway. There were about 800 persons present. A similar meeting was held at Cambridgo for the same purpose, and also to agitate for the opening of a road to Rotorna, and for subsidising a coach to run three times a week. . .. Mr M'Laren, inspector of mines, has been instructed by the Government to inspect the Huntley coal mine, Auckland, and report on the late fatal accident to M'Glynn, and also as to the condition of the Waikato mines. A petition is being got tip at Cambridge, praying* the Assembly to enquire into the reason for some recent promotions and appointments in the Armed £ Constabulary Force, contrary to the ' regulations under which the men enlisted, The Auckland Young Men's Christian Association, stimulated by the success of the free Public Library, has opened a free public reading room.