TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4123, 8 June 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

A MAORI QUARREL. [Press Telegravh Agency.] Auckland, Saturday. Intelligence from Waimate, in the Bay of Islands, gives some particulars of a dispute among the Maoris, which is likely to end in open hostilities. A party of Natives have been digging gum on a piece of tapued land near Kaikohe, on the Hokianga side of Waimate. They had collected between twenty and forty tons, when Mohi Tawhia, a leading fighting chief, with a party, objected to the removal of the gum on the ground that the land was tapued, and claimed it for himself. The two factions ranged themselves in hostile bands, mustering from 150 to 180 on each side, well armed. The Natives who had dug the gum remained to protect it, and erected a pa on the field, while Mohi and his party went over to the property of the gum-diggers, and commenced an onslaught on their potatoes, pigs, and sheep, on which they have been living for over a week. Mohi also built apa at Tuhuna. The Natives protecting the gum are now getting short of food, and Mohi is. resolved to starve thern out. It is thought not improbable that shooting would commence between the parties yesterday (Friday). The upshot of the affair will probably bo loss of life and the burning of the gum. The Europeans have been warned by Mohi not to buy the gum. Sunday. The s.s. City of Adelaide has arrived from the South. Alexandra, Saturday. Negotiations have been carried on quietly for some time past between Major Te Wheoro and Tawhiao. The Major is now here, with the Rev. W. Barton, and proceeds to meet Tawhiao at Waitorua to-morrow. It is on the cards that Tawhiao will be in town before the cud of the week. XiYTTKLton', Saturday. The Northampton, with 370 souls, seventythree days out from London, has been placed in quarantine, having small-pox on board. Two smart shocks of earthquake took place this morning at 7.15. CinuHTCH t.'RCir, S aturday. Two shocks of earthquake were felt about eight o'clock this morning. Timaku, Saturday. A shook of earthquake was' felt at 5 a.m., and a second sharper one at twenty minutes to eight, lasting several seconds. The direction was east to west. Xo damage. HoKixtKA, Saturday. Haworth's lower saw-mill was burned down this morning. The loss is a thousand pounds. Uninsured. Tauranga, Saturday. The approximate Native census returns for the Tauranga district gives a return of 1200. Guahamstown, Saturday. An explosion of lire damp occurred in the Crown Prince Mine last night. The manager narrowly escaped injury. This is the first time an explosive gas has been met with on the Thames. Gold lodgements : Bank of New Zealand, for week, 1103 ounces. 1000 ounces expected from Old Whau, for three weeks' crushing. Alburnias have taken a sudden rise in consequence of the old Whau's splendid gold near the boundary. Alburnias are firmly held at