LATEST TELEGRAPHIC

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 176, 4 June 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAPHIC

(per press agency, WELLINGTON,

The Government are making preparations 'to confront and cope with any difficulty likely to arise with natives on the West Coast. Enlisting A,C;'s and drilling going on, detachments of men being sent forward to various stations as soon as ready. Arrangements are being made to bring 1000 friendly natives lis a check upon Te Whiti's followers, Eedoubts and fortified places are being put in efficient repair. ••

Thirty-ono applications were mado to-day for twelve o'clock licenses instead of ten o'clock. They were all granted, the Bench not seeing the fairness of compelling one man to shut up at ten o'clock and see his customers cross the road, perhaps, to twelve o'clock house.

During the quarterly Licensing meeting to-day it transpired that during the last twelvo months 25 persons were arrested charged with drunkenness before ten o'clock at night, and 157 after that hour. Thirtyone hotels in the city hold night licenses.

Easby v, Anderson, and Anderson v. Easby assault eases has been arranged, on the case being re-opened before the R,M. this morning. It was stated that the lapse time since the assault had been committed had enabled amicable arrangement to be effected between the two parties. Anderson wthdrew liis charge against Easby, on the understanding that when the case against Anderson flame on in the Supreme Court, tlio prosecutor would not press the case. It was deemed unnecessary to bind Jover witnesses. All parties then left the Court. They thought it probable that nothing further would be heard of the case,

The Bingarooma lias arrived at the Bluff. Melbourne, May 27. The Governor was present at the Mayor's diuner, and spoke in condemnatory terms of the Socialistic tendencies of many communities nowadays. He looked uponjthat feeling as a.plague spot and enemy to good government and all good institutions. All examination into the affairs of suburban Bank showed the affairs to have been conducted as loosely as it was possible to conceive. The note issue far exceeded the amount set down in the last sworn return, and doubtful debts were made to appear much loss than they were. It appears that £24,000 had been advanced to Joseph Aarons 011 the security of as many hundreds, and £21,000 advanced to one firm of railway contractors on the security of £13,000. At a fire at Christie's Hotel the inmates were obliged to escape on to the roof in their night-dresses, and to be rescued afterwards by lire-escapes, A Chinaman at Ararat was found murdered in his hut, his head being split open witli an axe, A man suspected of the murder has been arrested, AUCKLAND. Tuesday. /It the Auckland Institute last night Eewi said he had coal and iron on his land, which he would sell to Europeans whenever they wished to buy. He visited the German man-of-war to-day. NEW PLYMOUTH. Monday.

The natives resinned ploughing on Mr Courtcnay's farm yesterday. The Hineinoa is still at anchor here. His Excellency the Governor is out shooting. Colonel Wliitniore visited Oakuru and Okato yesterday, and Ministers have proceeded in a special train to Inglewood to-day. Volunteer companies are rapidly forming here, ofi names have been received at Inglewood, 75 at Wai. tarn, and 50 at New Plymouth. The Government will accept short services, without uniforms. At a crowded meeting held this morning, at which the Mayor presided, it was resolved —" That this meeting adopts the resolution passed at a meeting of justices and others 011 Saturday, and presented to the Government by a deputation, as an expression of the general fceliug of tho community, and trust that while firmly asserting the supremacy of the law, Government may succeed in averting the calamity cf another war 011 this coast, and therefore, while deprecating any measure which would be taken as a challenge to fight, desires to press upon Government tho duty of immediately putting the whole of the threatened districts in the most complete state of defence, and of stationing and maintaining in the most suitable position a moveable force sullicicnt to show the disaffected natives that their own settlements can be at once destroyed if they commit acts of violence," Tuesday, Considerable excitement in town to-day An Executive Council is to be called, after which it is supposed that the Governor and Ministers will leave for Wellington. To Whiti prophesied that the Governor would visit ploughed land, but nothing would become of it; that all Europeans would be carted from confiscated lands into Now Plymouth by Maoris, after which an earthquake would come and destroy all the people in town. Nearly all tho natives in the district are at Pnrihaka; forty men for mounted volunteers enrolled. The Governor.visited land ploughed by natives. The Governor and Ministers will leave at 4 O'clock for Wellington. Tho Governor, Premier, Whitmore, and suite left for Wellington by tho Hinemoa at 4.30. The Governor has deferred his visit to Auckland till the 12th Jurie

CARTERTON. ■ s—— (From our own Correspondent.) Juno 3rd, 1879. In the memo I sent you on the meeting of the Pastoral Association held on Friday last, I mado a slight error, as instead of several membersbeing., present, thoa® actually in attendance- were confined to Messrs Liater-Kaye, Boys,' Moore, and Buchanan. It had been expected that there would be a general roll up, as the | meeting was convened to consider the finances of the Society, and pywe the report for the next general mel, j|, but here, as in many other-cases of a similar nature, it seemed that the willing. horse might work while the others let their collars rest very lightly on their shoulders. The Te Ore Ore natives are to give their dance here to-night, and a3 this is a sight which in this portion of the Colony is not to bo witnessed every day in the week, I expect the Public Hall will be well filled, and the spec provo remunerative. The Georgi&s the other night treated us, among other merceaux of a vocal nature, to " Hard times come again no more," and I guess no few among our community most devoutly pray that the burden of the song may prove a true augur/. One or two more have joined the glorious army of martyrs in this district, and there are a few more who are singing, to those who have gone before— We are coming 1 Wo are coming, For our funds are getting low; As the Bank won't grant au overdraft, Insoiveut wo must go'.] However, all thing have an end, and as I trust Mr Pressure has nearly found the end of his tether. The roads about here aro in a very delightful condition so far as mud-larks aro concerned, but not fit for any decent Christian to trudge over; for any one who has to travel marrow stage fares *tv the present date will hereabouts find himself over ankles in a sea of mud, "Whoso the fault 1" echo answers " whose," for no one can explain the mystery.