TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1355, 30 January 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

♦ (from our own correspondent.) Auckland, 28. A destructive fire broke out on the Mount Eden road, at 9 o'clock to-night, near the scene of the late' fire at the shop of Wr James, grocer. Owing to the defective water supply the fire was only arrested after tHe destruction of five residences and three shops. The total loss is between £4,000 and £5,000, of which about £2,500 is insured in various offices. The origin of the fire was caused by a tenant's carelessness in leaving a fire burning after going to bed. . - .

Dunedin, 29. The -Garibaldi -Company's crushing of ICO tons yielded 163 ouncef. OaMalUj. 28. The charge against a young man named Ward; for assaulting the Salva tion Army captain wa» heard to-day at the Resident Magistrates Court. The evidence was confined to the assault, and a great deal of it was of a contradictory nature, The accua^sl was represented by counsel, and the case occupied the Court all day. The magistrate inflicted a sentence of three days' imprisonment. A heavy rain set in from the south this morning, and has continued all the day. The harvest, which was expeoted to begin in a week or so, will be delayed, even if the crops do not suffer a good deal from the rain.' Hvi. FLTKOtTTH, 29. The Miyor has called a public meeting for to-night, for the purpose of discussing the question of the speedy Commencement of the trunk line of railway to Auckland, and the appointment of a councillor to watch 'the interest of Taranaki-Auckland Hue. A shocking accident has occurred at Te Aroha. A. lad najwed Rolleston was working ihl a saw-pit, when a log rolled down thf-hill, striking him,' and causing him .to '.take, a somersau 1 .... His neck was broken, and his head was found buried nix inches iv the ground. Atf-KfcVND, 28. W. H. Jones, manager of the Onehunga Iron Works, was committed for trial for the attempted murder of John YlcDermott Mr Bryce has received a telegram from Mr Wilkinson, Native agent in the Waikato, reporting that Rewi had been induced by Tawhianga to withdraw from association with the Manipoto tribe in their agreement with Mr Bryce as to surveys, roads, and railways, and to stipulate as the condition of his consenting to include his laud In the arrangement- that, in return, "local self-government" shall be granted to the Maoris. Rewi stated that he was a.ting independently of the rest of the Manipotos in this matter, and that his' action did not affect the Manipotes generally. He was "all by himself/; and he said he believed there would be.'^wrong.and trouble" for himself in what he had done. His reason was that* a newspaper article had predicted the sale and leasing of Native jatids.as the sequel of their being surveyed, and put through the Court. . No importance whatever is attached' to Bewi 1 ? -eteesion, as it is perfectly well known that he could be turned round' fcflaiar in five minutes were he worth the ., trouble, buf, -.while the real land owners, Wahanui and Tonui, remain 1 constant, it matters little what either Rewi or Tawhaio miay. do or say, and even were Wahanui and Tonui to be' influenced. by such a person as Taiwhanga, which is most improbable, that would not now be allowed to form any impediment to progress. -^^ ; s An application was. made yesterday to Mr Justice Richmond to determine the basis. of the dissolution .of partnership in the action "Brandon v. Shaw, an ' attempt at ,a' friendly settlement of the, dimculty having, -failed. 'lis i Honor declined,. to hear pbe case without a jury, and the application is still pending. ...... t \ - "'■'