NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 4119, 24 August 1882, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

NATIVE MEETING.

Auckland, August 24.

An important meeting is going on ai Korakonui, at -which Maungatautari and Tawhiao, and a large number of influential chiefs, are present. The object is to discuss the desirableness of putting certain large blocks of land through the Land Courts; also, ot turning all half-castes oat of the King country, in consequence of the action taken by Barlow in the oapture of "Winiata. STACKS OF OATS BURNT. Oamaru, October 24. Two stacks of oats belonging to A. McNaught, of Awamoko, were destroyed by fire on Monday night. They were not insured, and the fire is supposed to have been caused by an incendiary. MARBLE AT CASWELL SOUND. Dunedin, August 24. At a meeting of the Land Board the Caswell Sound Marble Company applied for a long lease of the marble area or to be allowed to purchase the area. An opinion was expressed unfavorable to any sale of land, and also that conditions should be inserted in any lease issued regarding the working of quarries. Kl' LED BY KICK PROM A HORSE. James Lucky, a carter in the employ of Findlay Bros., was killed yesterday afternoon through being kicked by a horse which was rendered restive by a lengthy piece of timber. Lucky was killed instantaneously. He leaves a wife and three children.