SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 17, 8 June 1872, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

TO TIIE " WAIKATO TIMES." ! ALEXANDRA. Friday j A chief from' Kawhia. named Pikin, attired in the most correct native costume, | visited the Native Minister this day and pie- • sented him with a very handsome spear and j mat, addressing him at the same time with a , speech expressive of his desire for peac<\ the i spear and mat being the symbol of his iuten- | tions. !

TELEGRAPHIC |

From the New Zealand. Herald. j WELLINGTON. Wednesday, 6.40 p.m. j The prosecution of Mr. and Mrs. buther- j laud for alleged cruelty to patients under j Lunatic Act, commenced this morning. Iwo j witnesses were examined, and the case was j adjourned for further evidence. Mr. Allen ; appeared for the defence. j Thursday. i A " New Zealand Gazette" of today ap- ; points the following Returning Officers : — j E. C. Bai'stow, for Pensioner Settlement, Onehunga, Franklin, Thames, and Raglan ; C. E. M. Williams, for Bay of Tslands • E. B Laing, Registrar of Births, &c., for Bay ot Islands; R. E. Barstow has been appointed j R.M., vice Mellsop, deceased. The local code of signals for Manukau harbor, prepared by Captain Wing are approved of. Vogel denies having any interest in the Navigators' Islands. DUNEDIN. Wednesday. Thirty-eight applicants for assisted passages have been received this month. Commissioner Welden replies to the polico that the Provincial Government; declines to

accede to their request to be allowed to resume duty, adding - that their application for reinstalmeut was couched in terras indicatingl that they were not alive to the grsrvity of their offeuce. Their application was of such a nature that if acceded tu it would be subversive of discipline. William Parker was killed "by a fall of earth. The Naseby escort brought 13,350 ounces of gold. Thursday. Coffey, one of the constables on strike died suddenly. A copper lode has been discovered at Waikouaiti supposed to be payable. C HRISTOH U KCH. Wednesday. In the Provincial Council lust night, the Hon Col. Brett moved, " That in the opinion of the Council it is expedient that the «d----ministration of the police department should be placed under the control of the General Government, and that the Superintendent take steps to carry this resolution into effect." The motion was carried on the voices. A motion for setting 1 .ipnrt one hundred acres of land as a public cemetery for Christchurch and suburbs, not less than three miles

distant from the city was carried. Tosswill moved an amendment to the Ex ecutive Council ordinances, to give the Superintendent po • er to dismiss his Exocutive. The motion was negatived. The Diocesan Synod have appointed a com. mittee to report on the advisability of appointing a Central Committee for the purpose of promoting Church extension by means of local committees and cheap religious literature. A resolution was also adopted asking the Government to recognise and aid denominational schools in the Education Bill; also,to sanction the reading of the Scriptures and daily prayers

It was also decided to establish a guaranteed fund by aid of the laity for obtaining clergy from England. PORT CHALMERS. The Nebraska has been detained to convey the Suez mail North. The Albion is expected to-night. NAPIER. The Bench dismissed the information against Colonel Whitmore. MELBOURNE. May 30. i A case is on similar to the Tichborne case; it is called the Graham case. The identity of one of the parties is a question. The cas- is proceeding. Graham was a rich brewer, and is lately deceased. An experiment at utilising prison labor is being tried by a gang levelling ground in the waste lands. SYDNEY. Reports from Fiji state that the United States have assumed the protectorate over the Navigators 7 group. The Polynesian Agricultural Company said to be the instigators. Vogel, Webb and other Americans are said to be interested. New York. market report shows the market for foreign descriptions ot wool qu?et. No demand. Tallow is dull, owing to high freight to London. _ ! Flour, 8s lower. New Zealand wheat, 5s 8d to 5s 9d. Arrived : John Knox and Amateur, from New Zealand. ; Sailed : City of Melbourne. NEWCASTLE. j Arrived —Fawn. j

ADELAIDE. The Hon. Thomas Loder has determined to establish a camel express, at his own cost, to bridge over the intervening space between tho two lines. The motion for the arrangement with Queensland to run a steamer to connect with the cable to Port Darwin has been negatived. The Treasurer stated that ho expected to be able to lay upon the (able a telegnain from Europe within a fortnight. The Assembly has voted a bonus of £2000 for the production of the first five liun I red tons of pig iron in the colony. The man Everett, who was charged with having murdered a shipmate named (jrrifUi>hs > on Board the ship City of Dublin, on her passage out, has, in consideration of extenuating circumstances, been sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Wheat, 5s 9d ; flour, £12 10s to £11. Sailed—East Lothian, barque, tor Auckland. THE SUEZ MAIL. WELLINGTON. Wednesday, 9.15 pm. The following is all the ncA-s obtainable from the papers. No telegrams hove arrived owing to the fact that the P. and O. Co.'s boat, Nubia ran to Melbourne, anticipating telegraphic despatches from Adelaide. The Nubia transhipped the New Zealand mads to the Albion at Port Phillip Heads. WOOL. Helmulh Schwartz reports the result of the i opening series of sales as very satisfactory | and promising as regards the future. Best Australian wool, from 2s 8d and upwards, same as highest time in February ; medium and good qualities fetched between 2s 2d to 2s Gd, just a shade lower than at the close of last series of sales, the difference really being no more than a halfpenny; inferior wools, both washed and greasy, have fallen one penny; the same may be said of lambs* pieces, and locks. As the series goes on the reserve will probably be abandoned and present prices supported. There is confidence, no doubt, in the healthy condition, of tho market. HIDES. New Zealand fair to good, first heavy,, G|d ; ditto light, 7£d ; inferior second class, Gd perlb. Market rather quiet. HEMP MARKET; Good parcels taken at full rates. Strong competition at latest, sale. On April 11th 290 bales met a steady demand. Low medium to medium, Jt'33 to .£&> 10s; good to fine dressed, £3"» l ; )s to i' 39 ; tow, ,£ls 1.55. Of

'200 coils New Zealand rope: 40 coils,, £-inch, sold at £42; remainder, 1 to 2 inch, bough I: in at 15s ta it 43. Schiehallion sailed on April 13th, for Wellington, with about 124 navvies for Mr. Brogden. Preserved meat in demand. On the whole brisk prices, but not so satisfactory owing to sone importers forcing sales, Complaints* are made of the- meat being over-cooked. Tonnage loading on berth for Australia and New Zealand, April, 18,04*2.