SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1064, 19 April 1879, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

[press agency. J AUCKLAND last night, Mr J. M. Clark was elected chairman by the Board of Education. An application from Hamilton East Schcol was deferred. Arthur Worrell kicked on the head by a horse at the Three Kings, is dead. AN OUTCOME OF THE WAIMATE DIFFICULTY. PATEA, Thursday. The^chief Tauroa y whe lives with j Ma people about three miles up the Patea River, having heard that the Waimate Plains land has been withI drawn from sale with the object of its being- retnrned to Titokowaru. and other prominent actors for several days past has been talking* quite freely of claiming Patea. If Titokowaru gets the Plains Tauroa says he himself was compelled by Tifcokawru t© fight or bo killed. The only alternative left" him during the lato war. He is much excited at the reporh, but is not altogether displeased, because he considers if the claims of the natives who started and forced the fighting are not entitled to such large compensation m land that his own claim to Patea and land formerly held by him, but which has been confiscated and sold to Europeans, will be undisputed. He expresses his determination to use every endeavor to secure it 3 return to the young men of the tribe. His land has been taken, and he has suffered imprisonment m Dunedin with his people while Titokowaru has always been free, and is now being better treated than himself who has suffered much by the war. GRAHAMSTuWN Thursday. THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW. The ' Advertiser' m its notes of lihe, trip to Waika,to, says ; < There.

can be no doubb that tho result of tha trip will be an aunual excursion, and encampment of our Volunteer forces, and we think the suggestion made that the troopers should meet us half way, a very good one. For instas.ee, they receive payment for so many days active service together each year, and when so engaged they could assemble at some spot to be agreed upon where they conld be joined by the Thames and Auckland Volunteers for out door exercise, and a few days encampment. Ab they are all mounted a ride across to Ohinemari orTe Aroha would be nothing to them, and the Aucklaud. and Thames men could as- ; semble there. The regret was generally expressed that the Auckland Volunteers weie not accompanying their goldfields brethren m arras on such an interesting occasion to add lustre to the turn out, and to profit by the example of the esprit de corps, whi«h the Thames was showing. ''^ CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday. The racehorses were submitted to auction yesterday, by Messrs Ford. The attendance was large, but bidders were few. Templeton was first offered, but was passed at 475 guineas. Maritana and Titania were next offered, and passed m at 250 and' 150 guineas respectively. Almost immediately after they were sold privately. The following were passed in :~ linking Fund, 175 guineas; insolvent, 75 guineas; ELornby, 275 guineas; Sanitaedor, 75 guineas. Neilson's horses were next offered, but passed m as follows :— Bribery, 75 guineas, Middleton, ;110 guineas; Luna, no bid. Delamain's horses were next brought out:— Belle of the Isle, Flattery, Atlanta filly, and Zaldhurst, all passed m. Messrs K. Wichen and Co. .submitted three yearlings on behalf of the Middle Park Stud Company, and, although the colts were splendid animals, none were sold, the highest bid being for a colt by Traducer— ldalia, of 580 guineas. The case against Schwartz, for arson, was quashed, after the evidence taken for the prosecution. Mr Joynt, for the accused, showed that the first count m the indictment, to defraud, had no snch offence m law ; the second count, to defraud the owner of the property, also; but there was no evidence given to show that the accused was not the owner, and he could not be charged with defrauding himself. Tias third, fourth, and fifth counts, alleged attempt to defraud the insurance company by setting fire to buildings, must also be accepted as bad, as no evidence was tendered to show that the building was insured. After hearing the argument, his Honor directed the jury to ghe a verdict of acquittal, but said it was a gross miscarriage of justice. Messrs Ford & Co. offered Mr Redwood's horses at Chokebone Stables to-day, The brood mares were first put up, but the bidding did not come up the reserve m any instances. A colt foal by Traducer, Kaugo, was ' knocked down to Mr Fraser for 50 guineas, and a filly foal Naroro, Toitoi, to Mr Donne for 100 guineas. The other youngsters 'were ali passed. Three * of Mr Fraser's were all bought by Mr Redwood at the following prices :— Naroro, 200 guineas ; Miss Dometfc, 100 guineas; Norsrnan, three-parts bi other to Natator, 100 guineas. Mtita, after some spirited bidding, was purchased by Mr H. Prince for 700 guineas. Nemo was passed at 180 guineas. Puriri waa ulso passed for 250 guineas. ' DTOEDIN, Wednesday. Some Volunteers who have just returned from the Volunteer demonstration at Invercargill have been guilt/ of most disgraceful conduct. About 30 of them proceeded to a house of ill-fame m Stuartstre^t, on Tuesday night, where, it is tuleged, one of tbeir number had latterly been robbed of £5. The invaders demanded restoration of the money. Their request was at first refused, upon which they threatened to pull the house down, and had actually [ begun the process of destruction, when the inmates yielded to the demand of the intruders. The body of red-coated warriors then paraded through the street, and defied the police. To-day, another Volunteer, beastly drunk, leaned against a post of a fraiterer's shop, offering pears and other kinds of fruit to everybody ' who passed. The offender hails either from Christchurch ov Titnaru. • Mnch indignation is felfc at their larrikini3h behavior. The ringleader is to be prosecuted at tho Police Court. .DUNEDIN, Thursdap. The conduct of the Volunteersjwho visited Dunedin recently is generally condemned. A warrant has been issued against one of the rioters for his conduct, and the commissioned officers are to be proceeded against for disorderly behavior. . WELLINGTON, Thursday. His Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson having received by last mail his full commission as Gover- | nor, was sworn m to day at noon, by hi 3 Honor Justice Richmond, m the verandah of Government House with the customary formalities. A guard of Armed Constabulary • was present, and a salute was fired by 1 H.M. s. Emerald. The oaths previously taken by his Excelloncy were as " Administrator of the Government," not,ar Governor. Mr Macandrew and Colonel Whitmore bad, returned, fhe Hiuewoa,

also brought Mr Sheehan, and Mr Wilson arrived from Napier, so that the whole Executive Council, with the exception of Mr Stout, were here to be re-sworn. The Government have determined to appoint Sir Julius Yogel one of the agents for Consolidation and Inscription of New Zealand Stock, the state of commercial matters at home having prevented earlier action. For strategical reasons the Wai-tara-Patea Railway, behind Mount Egmont, is to be pressed on rapidly. Inglewood to Stradford is to be completed by August. x