TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5444, 26 July 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

' Ü BY SPECIAL •WTRE.J E,. M. Shea, a railway laborer employed ' on Falloon's railway contract near Ohaupo, Auckland, was yesterday found hanging by a ropo to the ceding of his whare. Mr Mander's house at Te Awamutu was burnt down on Thursday: It "was insured for £150, and the furniture for £100 in the New Zealand Office. William Walker, of the National Hotel, Cambridge, was yesterday charged with refusing to close his house when ordered to do so by a Justice of the Peace during a riot. The case was dismissed, as. it Was not shown that any reason had been assigned for the order. The Baldwins opened at Auckland last night to a good house. Judge Gillies was one of the examining committee. A memorial is being circulated by the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce for the removal of the Commissioner of Eailways for the Middle Island to Dunedin. Tho Otago exhibits for the Sydney Exhibition number 120» 'In variety and value they are stated to exceed those from the Whole of the rest of the colony. The misaing schooner Young Dick arrived at Port Stevens yesterday from Timaru, after a passage of 4A days, She Was hniind f«i« a--A^ - v

The annual football match botween North and South Canterbury takes place to-day. Oaptain Davis, of the barque John Knox, was charged at the Ohnstohuroa RiM. f\op.ri vesterday . -vyitli violently assaiiltiiig Charles ikwson< -ttie "b'datswain. pf the vessel. The latter was taking h'is brealcfast in the galley when the captain came forward and ordered him out. The boatswain threw a cup ol coffee in the captain's face, when the latter seised him and held him againsfc the ship's rail till he was black in the" face,.^ Captain Davis was fined 40s and costs} , i _, K , A farmer named 1 Alex. Gordon; living at Seafield, in the Ashburtdn district, has been missing since Saturday. He left Ashburton that afternoon, under the influence of liquor, with a load of coal. The horses and cart we're found at Wakanui, but there was no, appearance of tHe m'an. It is supposed that he wandered away and perished in a snow-storm. The difficulty that has been for some time existing in connection with the Christchurch Theatre Royal is now settled. The sale of the building will not therefore take place. The Wellington Reform Football Club have handed over £17 16s lOd to the Lunatic Asylum, being the amount received on the occasion of the football match by electric light. The .Wellington Guards have elected the Hon. G. Randall Johnston as captain. Steps are to be taken in Wellington to form a gold prospecting company, as several reports have reached Wellington lately that payable gold had been found in the Wairarapa district. In consequence of a .question from Mr Evans Brown, the Premier has caused instructions to be issued to the DeputyCommissioners of land tax not to object to the appearance of agents other than solicitors, in appeals against the tax. The schooner Richard and Mary, which recently stranded while on her voyage from Greymouth to Foxton, has been abandoned. The Hawera agent of the Press Association telegraphs that he visited the new settlements that are being formed by the natives on the plains about two miles from Waingongoro bridge. The Maoris were most friendly, and accepting their hearty invitation he dined with them. " They are at present," he states, " erecting a ditch and bank parallel with the road, but not obstructing it in any way. The Maoris are thoroughly good tempered. They will have another plantation at the bridge. There is not the slightest war preparation." The general opinion at Hawera is that Te Whiti and Hiroki should be taken at once, prior to any negotiations being made in. regard to the land. Men are now being taken on. on the railway works. A New Plymouth telegram states that the Tikorangi prisoners were brought before Mr Rea and committed to Wellington for trail. Twenty-five natives have been arrested at Bell Block for ploughing Mr Hoskin's land. The land they were ploughing is not any part of , the confiscated land, which makes it a new feature in the present movement of the natives. About 50 natives from Mahotahi commenced ploughing Mr Street's farm at Bell Block yesterday morning, and a large Armed Constabu-^ lary force has gone out to arrest them. THE LIBERAL DEMONSTRATION. A preliminary meeting for the purpose of forming a New Zealand Liberal Association, convened by Mr Feldwick,M.H.R., Secretary of the Reform Association, was held on Thursday evening in the Arcade, Manners-street, Wellington. About 2000 people were present. Owing to the absence of the Mayor, Mr Crook was voted to the chair. Among the persons on the platform, there were Sir George Grey, Messrs Reea, Feldwick, and Barton, M. H.R's. On Mr Rees rising, for several minutes the noise and confusion were so great that it was impossible to obtain a hearing. Eventually Sir George Grey rose, when order was partially restored. He explained the object of the meeting and dwelt strongly upon the necessity that existed throughout New Zealand for for organising such an association as was about to be proposed. It was not a question for Parliament, but for the whole of the people of New Zealand ! to deal with and take in hand. There was no chance of success for them in future unless fairer representation of the people were provided, a better administrotion of the land, and equal land laws for the sain and management of Crown lands, and of lands held by tho natives. It was imperative that such an association should exist, if it were desired to avert ouch misery as the working classes now experienced throughout Great Britain. Messrs iices and Barton followed in a similar strain. The speakers declined to submit any resolutions to the meeting, as the desire was to fully ventilate the object contemplated, after which another meeting would be called to give practical effect to the proposals. After three cheers for Sir George Grey the meeting terminated.