TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5494, 24 September 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

I -w - . - |^BY SPECIAL WIBE.J Grahamstown, Tuesday. A meeting of the Liberal Association was held last nig lit at the Pacific Hotel. Mr G-. N. Brassey was elected chairman. The following re solutions were passed : — "That no memper of the i" association ia eligible to hold office or be. a member "of the committee uilless he be a supporter, of Sir George tJreV and his policy as: riow.Hai declared." "That in addition to the policy enunciati sd f in the Governor's ■• ' | speech this association takes cognisance J . of and promotes all measures of aliberal chai-acter which may be introduced into ' * Parliament, and] will bring them before . . the public for discussion at public meet- ; i! ings." The meeting then closed, and shortly afterwards Mr S. Stephenson gave public notice of ] his intention to move at the next meeting, ' ' That the native policy of the Governiinent is vacillating j; ana ; humiliating to $he colonists of New Zea- ; ' ••.. land, and a direct insult to the British! > : . Crown in thaj/Her Majesty's laws are "set : at defiance, find ths lives of- her subjects ; >- endangeredc'and threatened by the natives; and that tne present Government are un- , willing or incapable to force the statutes for the protectiou of, life and property." ' I Auckland, Tuesday. The schooner Orpheus has sailed for Mercury \Bay, where she loads timber f or Napierii • ■ ; „ , Tawhiacj is making gl^ajbpreparations for planting food for a great March '. .'. meeting at^Hikurangi. The natives.from Te Kuiti gind the surrounding districts have been"^summoned to assist in the work. Pomr hundred acres are to be planted in potatoes. .<"'"' Mr John Uundon, M.H.K^for the Bay of Islands, i^ stated to from indisposition. .-^ - .^ It is stated that' the Ngatihakos have : determined to stop the navigation of the Waitoa river. Taipara has gone to Piako to warn the Piako natives of the consequences of joining the Ngatihakos. The Thames authorities advise the Government to arm the Waitemata settlers for their self-protection. \ Oheistchurch, Tuesday. " " Out of seventy-eight applicants for the position of steward at the hospital,, E. Bell, a late arrival from England, was appointed. In the. crush last evening to the : gallery of the theatre to witness the performance of the Victoria Loftus Troupe, a middle-aged man was forced over ihe stairs, and fell heavily against the lower door. He was picked up : insensible, and remained unconscious until a late hour last night. ' The Resident Magistrate at Kaiapoi yesterday insisted that publicans serving drink on Sunday, whether it was paid for or not, broke the law, unless the person served was a hona fide traveller or lodger. A ship has been reported from the '.'-. Heads, 20 miles to the northward. She is • - supposed to be one of- the English ships ; now due, that has run past the port. .'-(. Councillor Ayers is the only candidate ■■•'■■' at present spoken of for the. Mayoralty.

but there Seems little desposition at present to inoye in the matter. K „- A shock- 'of earthquake was felt at the *y/ Bealey early this morning. >- A correspondent writes to the Lyttelton limes this-' morning, stating that the Normal School, which is built on a piece of rather swampy ground, is a perfect hot bed for the dissemination of fever, &c. He asserts, thatttme 'of his children caught > diphtheria/"; and communicated it to a family of ten, who were saved with great difficulty, Svhile another boy died of the same disease. ". ' Oamartt, Tuesday. The bodies of the two persons drowned in the Ohau river have*. been recovered. Their names are Mrs Morrison and her little daughter. They were being driven across the fiver by the manager of their station, in- company with Mr Morrison, when the buggy upset. : Timartj, Tuesday. - A man i named David Leech was arrested ajt Temuka yesterday on the charge of being concerned in a fire which took place |there on Saturday. • He was, however, released on having clearly proved ~~that he was not near tho spot at the time 0^%6-fire.^ • > j Wellington, Tuesday. - Parliament will be opened by commission to-morrow afternoon-. It is stated that Councillor Allen will contest the Mayoralty in opposition to Mr Hutchison. Nothing; has been heard of the missing man HoUghtou. The police have dragged the wells in the neighborhood of his residence, but without any trace being founVl. The stewards of the Wellington Racing Club have recommended that the intended race meeting to bo held during the ensuing session should not take place. : ' . : : The Postmaster-General invites competitive designs for new Telegraph and Post offices. The premium for the approval design, is ifelOO, and for the second £50. The ship Matilda, which was in a dangerous position yesterday, arrived in Jkajbor early this morning, but lost her -anchor and about 30 fathoms of chain.