TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3803, 13 May 1873, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

OTAGO POLITICS. A MURDER AT KAWAU. ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. DISPATCH FROM MR MACKAY. NOMINATION AT LYTTELTON. CATTLE REGULATIONS AT CANTERBURY. FURTHER NEWS FROM THE WAIKATO. GREAT EXCITEMENT AMONGST THE SETTLERS. (NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, Monday. The following telegram received from the Waikato yesterday, too late for retransmission, says : — There has been great excitement all last night and today. Families are flocking into a redoubt from the southward of Cambridge. About Pukapuka, shots were heard last night. Twelve Constabulary and volunteers, under Mackay, Major Clare, and twelve other volunteers under Captain Runciman, mustered at midnight and scoured the country for ten miles out in the direction in which the shat3 were heard. The first named party returned at 8 a.m., and the second at 11 a.m. to-day. The following is Mackay's report : — When we had been out one hour we heard two shots. Traced out the sleeping or resting place of three Maoris quite fresh near Parker and Walker's station. We met a boy out in Bearch of cattle, who reported to have been chased by a native. This was about 7 o'clock in the morning. Mackay believed that the firing is intended to be repeated for a few nights, so as to put the European's off their guard. Colonel Lyon arrived at midnight and accompanied the scouts. Mounted reinforcements have just arrived. The following report has been received from Mr Mackay : — " The night has passed over quietly. I believe the three natives whose tracks were seen yesterday retreated to the ranges, having been disturbed by the cavalry patrols on Saturday night and Sunday morning. lam of opinion they came to see whether we were on the alert or unguarded. There is no reason at present to anticipate further j annoyance from them." A man named Peter Bluers has been murdered at the Island of Kawau. It is supposed to have been done by his mate. He was working with another man felling bush and cutting scrub. One day his mate returned from work stating that Bleurs had gone mad. Search was made for the missing man, and his body was found in a creek last Saturday with hands tied, and also hia feet. An inquest is being held to-day. j On Saturday an inquest held on the man who was knocked down in the street by a horse and killed. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. Several accidents are reported from Tauranga. A runanga house house has been opened at Tauranga. Dunedin, Monday. Keith Ramsay has purchased the wreck of the Mary Ogilvie for £510. Arrived — Rangatira, from the North ; Eleanor, Thomas Henry, P. C. E., from Newcastle. Macandrew, in a message, complains that between the majority of the Council j and himself there is an absence of that mutual desire for progress and that community of sentiment so essential to the promotion of the public weal. John O'Loughlin, a miner, has been killed at Surface Hill, by a fall of earth. The three-masted schooner Margaret Campbell, which went ashore at 5 a.m. on Saturday, was insured to half her value, and she has been sold for £90. Her cargo for Wellington is greatly damaged. The cutter Advance is ashore at Waikouaiti, a total wreck. At the meeting of the Council to-day, a message was received from the Superintendent, in which he expresses hia surprise at the Council declaring his action unconstitutional. He says he is prepared to act in the same manner again under similar circumstances, and believing his act has the support of the country, he asks the Council to agree to an immediate dissolution. Mr Reid stated he had been sent for, but had not yet made any progress in forming a Government. He hoped to be able to announce the names to-morrow. Mr Barton has given notice of a motion approving of MrPlimsoll's action in the House of Commons re English shipping, and recommending a vote for his defence in the action for libel. The Gabriel's Gully Quartz Mining Company have obtained 416 ounces for six weeks' crushing. This will give a dividend of £1000 after paying all expenses. Logan's claim at Cromwell has struck a reef giving 30 ozs to the ton. Lyttelton, Monday. The nomination for the town took place to-day at^l p.m. Messrs Aynsley and H. R. Webb were proposed, the show of hands being in favor of the latter. The election will be keen. Mr Webb made a capital speech, avowing himself a Yogel supporter. A large meeting to hear the candidate's opinions is now being held. Arrived and sailed — Rangitoto. Sailed —Crusader, for London ; Adelheid, for Auckland. Christchurch, Monday. At a meeting of the Cattle Board today, the Superintendent presiding, the

following resolutions were unanimouslycarried : — "1. That it is expedient that effect should be given to the decision at the recent conference of delegates from the Australian colonies respecting the prohibition of importation of stock from beyond the limits of the Australian colonies." 2. "That in the event of the colony of New Zealand adopting the decision of the conference, it should be made a condition that all the other colonies of Australia and Tasmania should issue a similar prohibition." 3. "That such prohibition should take effect from a date to be agreed upon by all the colonies, and that notice of such prohibition shall be given in the l Times' newspaper at least fourteen days previously." " 4. That in the meantime the landing of all stock should be made subject to very stringent regulations as to inspection and. quarantine."