LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 80, 19 January 1876, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

J in: toss aokxc'v. j Wi’JJJNLTOy. JiumarV 11. Supreme ('our! —Beni mVhi S- loiiimiis I*■;i v. 1 ;;t i iii* Vat i in I*. .■(!.<.. of I bin 11 11 , i■!!■ ir;a;■ ■ 1 \v;i!i ; >• 1 ‘/Ai' 1 1 ill ( ring a rill ,p| ■ ini ii ;) ;u V.M.s hum 1 ] m iT'v ,\! ■.;-Ii• I K'. fur re. n ‘ nil a lll.l!'! !■•■! •r. .11l I ,-|l I . ■ . • : • ! i i;: I. w,is 1 1 link ; •; 4! V I a , nr,;: i■■ I! .. I .Dll lii ill. ’ s iiir r■■ ■ "•! aii v a• s’ p i'll s-: Vila I <n the ;i.;i V V Hi 11-e:i-t V.-l! '. ;■■ r -I;. i•. II,rI iI ■ 1 '■■■■ :k il ! i>e : ;ii iir having li rii .ils.-.i, r ■,I. h' a, •’ CpT.P i<);.h wi I j...i, !.’y l> • s:ii rs a ill. ’ i li:' i.ii v <i■: ii - (•■A I \ ,1 , 1 ■ I'l 1 M ir ■ i !l" I■ > I .)• ;i 111 ; M I'.'lr II I n!' , ■ ii- it Tiir I !i;i i Mil 1 , \\ ■ ii r prrini! i mi;. Hart a;; mi mi Mm lay iis-rLt. -illrimuy 1 7. The Artillery have eiinehnLd bring for '(• 1 1 <i:<"* n)' ft pn smi!at ives. Tlir following are t JI.; •.•cores —MilaoH, IH. Jj 1 ’;l I Ul>«I< • J‘, I ;>i ; Sievens. 1 G7. Av;i'hiii'l:r ship. 1,1 li 1 !o:is sn-'C'c^^!”iil ly 1;n 111 • ii ■< 1 I’lnni the p iiirl slip tu-Gay. II A-! hj 11 (i<Tir* ‘ii■ ■ t!i(i;■/>liy!i nV er'i.-i ii I. <in iiDiu'u Liinii, \. r.v cr s I'.iiy M mi; lay night. Alt In>ii.l:1 1 tln'iv was a wry strong 1 t i.!.• will. If.-iw swell a ll. l .••rioil alill’ breeze (' ir g;"' j I’r-I WilS liir'OVU OV T ilbimt I‘ilic fiii i morning. 'i’iii! 1 irat cm.-it was not sir■(•r.-'S 1 ii 1 . •hilllrii iit a 11.iv. ,'Hiri mil having hr II made lor lie' iilivi 1 nii lii, • lilie. Tire iiirniiil also unsure ■•-■-;hi 1 1. Grapnel wben li.mlr.l in. .showed ii leal been dragging over rocks, one pong hrokrn, the others niu.c or less injured. A third cast was 0 ii.lr, mnl at'hr some dragging, ihc cable was i anglit, and every one x< atebei! an. ion.siy (lie tautened chain. Tin-n:rain sieadiiv increased, anil ilia Lull power <>f winding seemed to have hccn readied. At last there \s as a jerk and quiver, and ail 11 11 nim; 1 1 1 ili** cable! was lost. However a Her inuring in suin' slack flu 1 strain was again apparent, though nin:;h leas 1 ban hufme. It turn.■•! on! that the cable laid hroki n when the slrain w;ls an t ■iiicndons. and 11 ml now tier broken I ieeo was being liamed in. A length of LJG7 talboms was brocjgbt on board. Tlie appi aranee of Hie cable showed lilllt il led !) ■el) res)ilia- Oil very rollyii rocky bottom —in Tact uniV on ,-i phnmeie of rock. Here and tliere considerable portion of cable appeared to be as sound as when llrsi laid. I’arls were more or less oxidised, (.'able was covered will) animal ami veyaable life. Winding in took two

hours. and as evening was near mill a -a rising, ilia J.uii; i (11111!' In Worsi-rs Pay for flic night. Work will, if weather permits, bo eormiHU,erd to-morrow. aLCKLAND. January 1 L Ibis-v-ll ;ui(l !)i l f’;t ll r, solicit.g--. iveciVed iust rurt ions, ;hm•(>; ll j>a:ii<■< i ).v documentary evidence, In lak ■ ai'linu on charges ni' bnbeiy in connection with 11ic Last ('oast ehcth.li. (limitary l. r >. Tlii‘ Premilt staled to a deputation from tin- Thauu-.s that tin* Asu-kiaiul go dl'n-uis revenue was slopped in meet d> i<• i• ■ 111 i.-a bii tiic MrcfiiV' iai!>.'-• ay I’M' and working I'Xpciis. s. January IS. I’nlliinr ai I loknUiga for Mam i ■ elect ion Xortheru 1 iStrii-l -n i< i>n!ci Tawhiti. 17;!; Ib-wi Tc 1 .lil'apiibia, I«>i> ; Win-mu Kal.uie, Id; Molai Peiie Tni, 1. 'i !u- inanity ! k i-tinii c Jin I >!.-i c returns give Sheehan a majorb.v of eighteen. Wil.iaul PUckhci! d.-ibl. (tl’.V HAAISTOWX. .L-iunary Id. ,V ]iiil)'ic meeting iia.-ilicnii conveued for Ibis eveui ug, l>v nu|uisi! inn, to take into coiisidr-ration the present' depressed sab; of I lie Field.” A great. iiumV iiu-ii arc out oC employ - incut. \\ *;ii i• t■ ran through flic Tbrtuies race for tin- ii n-t i iinc yesterday as far aw Ivaraka \'r-';-k. Ib-servoir and distribution pipes ■vet to lx* completed. Fears are ciiterlaiucd for the safety of the ivseivoir of the Thani 'S wafer supply. 'The water has be-eu drawn nit lo aa\ c bursting. Westcnt Maori Lleetdral—l dm- all. of polling : Slio r llaud —llo.-ud Nairn, 251. ; Wi I’urata, 0 : Major Ivemp, 1. There was a little exclt uncut, hut no show of vio’cuce, [tarty feeling all being oh due side, ME I;SOX. January 15. Arrived—Slop Caroline, with 271 immigrants, all well. t>b days out from .Plymouth. (’■•.irliiiKi repres •ulalion tiring—Hiirling, 'lO7 ; Xiehokson, 100. W LSTPOKT. January 15. fid tic sales ex Wallabi, from Wanganui —Prices easier. Prime beasts averaged bOW. Sheep, IRsGd. TAUiiAXGA. Jiinu.'iry 15. I?r Maori murder at Taurua, the Bay iif I’li'i/f// Timex [uddisbes the following particulars :—An old Maori named Petefa Koikoi lias been murdered by Ibrec natives of the Wnhgarcwa tribe. The old man had been for some time siispebted as a priest of the black art, and several deaths lately were sftribtitcd to his powers. The latest accusation against him was that he had nifd-ufined the chief To Minihi, who died a few days ago. Last Saturday three natives proceeded from VVhangamata to Tanrna, where the old mail resided. When lie met tbo Ibrec natives be asked thorn if Minihi was dead, and they replied ‘‘Yes.” He then said., “I, suppose you have come to kill me.” , After which he nibbed noses with them and adjourned to a public house, and all got under the influence of litpior. The old mail was then ordered to get into a boat. . After pushing off. he was ordered to lake oil’ Ids hat, which he did, and, received a crushing blow from a tomahawk, killing him instantaneously. The body was taken to Whangmuala, where it was redeived by a parly of deceased’s people and buried. The names of I he murderers are unknown. It is said that if a fresh election (fustics consequent on the aelion for bribery and corruption against Hold, Edgecombe; fwopiietor of the Taurunya Timex, will conIcst the (.lection.

PORT CHARM KRS. January 17. A sword fish, measuring .10 leg 11 inches by J feet.. 4 inches ac.oss, was captured in a bay che-w to t.h 'dmiran! in" Island this afternoon by a w'ferinan after a detenninod light on both sides. It is said fo be the first of (he <rcniis a •en in New / 1 iian.l waters. XAl’I KR. a mn i’ v 1.7. ivvilci hj Maoii Klee!(a;‘d [);slri< t -Ed! a : N .pier • Kar.-dliana. I i : Pomiiii ; la- ■ a ilia 1 1 a. .‘> ! ■; i I Aim, -Pi : K pa. 17 ; \\ air.ira 11 i Kai ail in na. d>d. \\ a iron —1 ■ arai- ■ i ni '. 17 : Hot. n •. 'Si. Tan - o---K irailiana. i 1 ; Rep p A,, '.'.'.■ tip wi- if I'iii t .in. 77 : ii sh ;re ■ - Kc an niin, 1 ( ; Ho!, nr, -PS. !n ii r ivt nrna n > v I in hand. >,i ■So • v d. ini ; .>‘lll : 'i a •.■(• ! ,hii (a ei ire on a | eiisi n !• 'A .viaH-li. having oven ■J ) a.i's mt. V.'i f. j l l *l it sa •. :<•. . ;■■■ | j a \ ra i s ••onlii.lie: in' low -‘\ tag 1 • *ll sar • Ibid ■ waior, can dug scnoii-i loss and >.ia.llae'e. OI’NHDJX: ■1 ,inPi ar V 17. Tl'.-re lia'. eb 'en sevimal lleW eases oi scar'd fever reported during the last two or three days. J lines H;U 1 ray, who has just returned from honi a ins presented ihc Province with a soleiidid nd portrait of (laptrtin Hook, copied P'l’ns the omi in Greenwich Hospital, which was taken from life. In yesterday's (,'l.itha hvivU-r , there appears the following 1 letter from Macaudrew :—lt, appears to have been staled at the t'liithu nomination .yesterday, lipon what anllioriiV 1 know not, that Sir Julius Vo; el is to join the Opposition, and lh.it in tael !m and 1 are to lorm a Govoniin,mt. Adlmingli lids is no doubt a. v ery fettering- compliment to me, it is due to the ( Till ha ejectors to say that I have no knowledge as to what the future Him of action of Sir Julius Vogel may be. If I mil o judge of Ids opiiiioin and tiolicy by those of bis colleagm s in the Government, the one contingency is jits* a.s unlikely as tiic other. The following return is to 11ainl for the Waika elev-li*in —Hastings, 114 ; Ireland, GA Return of the fonder considered certain. Retiirlis for Gtagu vr.ilways fdr December, H IA9GS | flir whole year, A'BGA4G. Result of pulling at N’aseby and St Rat bans for Mount Ida elect ion ; 1 >e!ator-. Ini’); (,'haptmui. 42. (flier returns to enlll e in, but will ail incrcaric Delator's majority. Auckland The Prank'in returns give Hamlin, .Td'd ; Lusk, JUG (Greyilcs) : -Hay, ISG ; Goodfellow, AM ('Centralists); Woodward, 17G (independent). Then; are three other returns to come in. HOKITIKA. January 17. Ketmiis i;r---I>ar'f, OPii ; Pillion, 777; Reid, 711 ; Seildom -PiG. The remaining returns are not likely to alter the positions.