SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1052, 22 March 1879, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

[press agency. J AUCKLAND, last night. A telegram was received that the ! new steamer 'Gleuelg', for the Tauranga trade, landed a man to i Cape Maria Van Dieman, who rode ! to Hokiaoga and telegraphed that ; the steamer had passed the Cipe in ! distress, without provisions and her sails carried away. The ' Argyle', with Capt. McGregor, left this afternoon with the necessary stores. Sir G. Grey turns the first sod of the Wangarei-Kamo Railway tomorrow. The Under-Secretary for Public Works telegraphed to Mr ALlerton that pressure of business readers a flying' survey of the railway extension from Helens ville to Whangarei impossible. The German residents celebrate Emperor William's Eighty-second Birthday to-morrow. COROMANDEL, Wednesday. At a large public meeting held i last night the proposal to establish a Borough at Coromandel was condemned by a large majority. No arguments were adduced in its favor. Another meeting will be held tomorrow. NEW PLYMOUTH, Tuesday. THEPARIHAKA MEETING. The Pftiihaka March Maori meeting commenced yesterday morning, the last of the natives having arrived . on Sunday afternoon. About 1500 , were present. Te Whiti delivered : his speech in a calm, deliberate I niannev, making lengthy pauses after each sentence. He stood still while speaking. When he had done, a Wanganui native asked a question, which he replied to evasively. Preparations for feeding were then . commenced. Green ferns were laid I on the ground, and about 20 roasted t pigs were placed in a row, with about 160 baskets of bread aad 30 large crocks of tea, a case of matches, and about five boxes of tobacco. Tho food was then served out. Three and a half tons of flour had been baked into large round loaves, i The notorious Hiroki was one of the } procession. He was got up in regular fighting costume, having only a cloth round his loins, a scarf I across his heart, and a tomahawk stuck in his belt. In his right hand he had a double-barrelled gun capped i and full cocked. His face was ' I painted with red spots, aud as he! * entered he paused, protruded his I t tongue, and stared in a most defiant ' J manner. On going out he repeated * the performance, to the disgust of all Europeans present. There was a [ large attendance of natives from Wanganui, Ngatitnaru, and Waitara, besides Titokowaru and his folio ;y ers. HIROKFS STORY. j He asserts that he had a dispute . with the owner of the dog. 3 It is bt lieved that he intended to have shot the dog instead of McLean. Next day he went to the camp of Weber, and declared that the man fired first at him and wounded him, after whbh he shot him, and then returned to the whave where he was living and told the Maories that he ' shot at the pakeha, after which he I went and saw Tamai, stating that he \ svas going away. The facts of the y case are thus asserted : — Hiroki went to the survey camp for the purpose ofoommittinganother robbery, which v he effected. Arriving at the camp he saw McLean drawing water from the creek, and shot him. He took some things from the camp — a sheet, McLeans hat, some ammunition, and ! other things. After the shooting, [ he went and told the old natives . what he had done, and his aged I confidant then went to Henry South- . come at the Waitotara, telling him that Hiroki had killed a man. Strange to say, intelligence did not leak out from Southcombe for three or four days. Mr Soutcbcombe, it is asserted, is one of Brissenden's agents. After the inquest took place, the pursuit after Hiroki ensued. Had this intelligence been given earlier his capture should have been comparatively easy. All the details of his pursuit and being shot afc inland of Wapoikona are public property. Mr Williams, when he was shot at, found the things he had pilfered from the camp. When he went to Parihaka he asserted that he had shot McLean because he was 'pouri' about the confiscated land, and Ihus obtained protection, sympathy, and condolence. Tbe men here still believe the story, and henpo tl)e demand for his life as a portion of the price for Waimate. CHRISTCHURCH, Wtdnesday. At a quarterly sitting of the Christchurch Licensing Court, | yesterday, eight applications weze made for new hotels, All were refused. E. Edwards, at Karie. Kaiapoi district, has bagged 960 bushels beans and 750 bushels barley this season off 12 acres of lund. At last night's meeting of the City Council, a resolution was carried calling for competitive designs for the town hall,— cost not to exceed £20,000. DUNEDIN, Wednesday. Telephone communication has been established between Port Chalmers and Portobello, on the other side of the bay, aud is worked by the officers of the Tebgraph Do-

partment. It has ■tiroady been | found' of no am ill service by the inhabitants. DUNEDIN, Thursday. Three heaps of s ones were found ph teed on the Part line, near Ituveiisborne, late on Monday afternoon. They are said to have been placed there by two boys. At a s-de of runs at the Waste Lauds Office, to-day, a slight scene occurrei through an M H.R. running up some of the laud to a high price, and refusing to take a block that was knocited down to him. An M.'i.R offered to kick him for half-a-crown, and an M.L.O. threatened to throw liirn down stairs. No damage was clone. WELLINGTON, Thursday. On several occasions during the last few days the poiuta on the Hutt Railway have been tound displaced after being left safe. Last night the passenger train ran into some trucks on the siding at the Upper Hutt station, through the points beiiivjr open, which had been clo-ed only short! -, before. No great damage was done. The win-iows of oue of the stations have also been broken by sonin miscreant. WELLINGTON, last night. The correspondent of the ' S'ar telegraphs that it is rumored iu confidential circles that the Ministry feel that their position next session is by no means secure, as there have lately been several desertions from the Ministerial ranks. It is said that Government will therefore endeavor next session to pass the estimates at the opening of the session and amend the Representation Bill iu order to dis&olve and appeal to the country.