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Otago Daily Times, Issue 2802, 30 January 1871, Page 2

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I Auckland, January 26th, via Tauranga, January 28fchl Ohinemuri news states that a meeting •; of natives, including Te Kooti, is to Be ' jheld at Ohineroa, and that it ia propose* ; | to revive the old Maori customs, and pay ' | bid European intercourse. A meeting-, | jcalled by Mere Kuru, is also to beheld afr Awiti. She. wishes to stop the overland communication with Tauranga. J j An attempt to float the City of Auck- ! iland failed,- and she drifted into deeper . water. Another attempt, is to be made , this evening. ■A case of suspected incendiarism oe- • curred last night, when the only kerosene store here was; destroyed, together witlt. s its contents, consisting of 1200 cases of > kerosene.. The loss is estimated at LI7G% ■ and is not covered by insurance. Fortu- > nately the building is an isolated one. 1 At Grahamstown, 1 Mj Curtis, of tha l. Pacific Hotel, discovered a bundle o£ :: jlighted rags, wet with kerosene, under • ;the Academy.of Music. He offers LSO '.. reward for ,the detection of the criminal • " -"'" January 27th. . Another fire hsa taken place by whicfe: r the Choral Society's Masic HaU has been. , totally destroyed.^ _.. The building was in- , sured in the New Zealand Insurance So- > ciety for LI4OO. [The musical instraf_ ments were also insured. A school soiree ' was held in the building up till 11 o'clock, 1 and the fir? broke out at 3 o'clock; 5 The City of Auckland has been rai&ed; • and brought to the jetty. L' Nelson, January 28th. Messrs Alfred Baigent and Joseph: i Shephard were nominated for the Wal- ' inea district, which includes the Wanga- ' Peka-add other gold-producing districts ' Mr D. M. Luckie was also proposed hut declined to stand. The. Bhow o£ hands; was in favour of Mr Baigent, and a pott , was demanded for Mr Shephard, who was proposed without his knowledge. ','■■ 7 Wesiport, JanuMy~2Bthi At the nomination to-day Messes George Donne, E. J. O'Connor, and Edward Yardley were proposed. Blenheim, January 28th» The following is the result of the Picton, General Assembly election :-— ' Kenny, 163;, Donslin, 85; Parker, 40* [ Timaru, January 28th. t. The cricket match between 16 oST ' Timaru and 9 of the Otago team toofc ■ place to-day, and was won by the latter >. by one run. The betting was 3to 1 ore. »' Timaru. Two of the Otago Eleven wer& > not present, Tokomairiro, January 29th. The polling for the election of & member to represent the district of Bruee t in the General Assembly took place yesI terday with the following result:—W. r A. Murray, 122 ; Dyer, 87 ; Cutten, 71 ] ; Black, 31. The returns from Hillend are, not in. The official declaration, of the poll takes place at 4 p. m. on Monday., Great excitement prevailed during the day. Balcit&tha, January 29th. Mr Donald Reid's meeting yesterday was a great success. The room waa crowded, and Mr G. Richardson was irt the chair. Mr Richardson, who is a candidate for the representation of the Clutha district in the General Assembly, also addressed a crowded meeting the same evening. Mr Walter Taylor presided Votes of confidence were unanimously passed to the candidates in both cases. Invercaegill, January 29th. Mr Macandrew addressed a crowded! meeting at the Theatre Royal last nightj, and met with an enthusiastic reception. Mr J. W. Mitchell was in the chair. Me Macandrew began by asking the indulgence of the meeting, as he had just bees travelling for sixteen hours. He said that the real question at issue was not so much who should be Superin-* tendent, as whether the province should agree, to Mr Vogel's scheme or not. His opinion was that further resistance by the Provincial Council would be useless, and that public works were imperatively,'required, whether they were constructed under colonial or provincial control. He had been an ultra-provincialist, but he was ready to accept Centralism, provided we got the money. With regard to light railways, immigration, and. the land laws, he adhered to his published programme. He was severely | questioned relative to his circular setting forth his ideas as to the status of the Superintendent, and answered somewhat evasively. He thought ifc was desirable that the Superintendent should have the power of dissolving the Council without dissolvinghimself at the same time. Great confusion took place towards t&e end of the meeting. Mr Wade proposed a vote of confidence in Mr Macandrew, oa which a contrary amendment was moved by Mr Jaggers amid a perfect storm ot cheers and hisses. Mr Macandrew said he was willing to accept the thanks of the. meeting, and leave the rest to the ballet*.

The amendment was put and lost and the - -original motion was then carried by accla--Tnation.