WELLINGTON NEWS NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9808, 1 May 1895, Page 5

WELLINGTON NEWS NOTES.

[by telegraph— correspondent.] Wellington, Tuesday. THE PREMIER AND CHIEF JUSTICE

BURNSIDE. The Premier in a letter, which is published in the Times this morning, replios to Mr. Justice Burnside's statement that there was no truth in a certain Ministerial statement lately published in Auckland which statement was also described as "generally incorrect and misleading." The Premier's reply is positive and uncompromising. He states in his reply, " You rausb know that the main statements in the paragraph are correct, and there are also statements in the same which it would have been impossible for you to have known at the time you wrote either directly or indirectly." Tho Premier also churges Mr. Salt, the chairman of the company, with having violated the confidence of Chief Justice Bumside in proof of which he cites the interview between Mr. Salt and the Christchurcli Press correspondent which has been printed, and is the same in effect as published in the Herald. THE UREWERA TROUBLE. This difficulty is said to be at an end. The speech of Kereru, the principal chief, is published officially this morning as follows. He said : "Thisis ray word. lam not one with the loud talk. I have listened patiently to what has been said on both sides. All this wild talk is nonsense. Mr. Carroll has explained on behalf of the Government. I accept that explanation. We should have confidence in the law. I gave my word last year to tho Premier that henceforth I would not allow fighting, that I would not revert to tho evils of the past, that I would uphold tho law, and live and abide under it. These words of mine are gone out to the world. How can Igo back and oat those words Let this trouble end. Sufficient for us to rest our thoughts on the promise Mr. Carroll has given to concede our rights to the soil. This pledge was given last year, and it is now repeated." After Kereru had finished a number of tho chiefs discussod matters with Mr. Carroll, and the conference waa over. THE CYANIDE PROCESS. A commission to take evidence in a suit for the revocation of the patent rights assigned by McArthur-Forresb and Company to Cassels Company (defendants), which is now pending in the High Court of the South African Republic, has arrived here. The real plaintiff is Mr. James Hay. The evidence is being taken on behalf of both parties to the action. Tho commissioners are Mr. R. W. Pennefather and Mr. Fowler (Melbourne, barrister). The com mission is accompanied by counsel and solicitor. They go to Auckland on Friday, and thence to tho Thames. They took evidence in Dunedin. MR. WARD AND THE UNPLEDGED SECURITIES. Tho Treasurer told the London Chamber of Commerce that New Zealand possessed three millions' worth of unpledged securities. It is stated on good authority that Mr. Ward was nearly a million out. Including debentures under the Stock Consolidation £1,300,400, Manawatu Railway debentures £20,000, Oamaru Harbour bonds £42,000, Imperial Guarantee debentures £800,000, the total is £2,168,000, but of this sum only £476,000 avails the consolidated fund. The balance is held for tho Public Trust, Post Office Savings Bank, and other departments.