TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 6301, 22 June 1881, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(UNITED PBES3 ASSOCIATION.) Haweba, June 21. The gravelling contractor entered some land at Te Parapara, where the natives did all the fencing, for the purpose of taking gravel, being under the impression that the land belonged to the Government. The Maoris stopped him, and Mr. Hurathouse, the road engineer, as soon as he heard of it gave orders to the contractor to “ clear.” No political significance is attached to the circumstance. Titokowaru stated at Manaia yesterday that there was no quarrel between the races, that the stoppage was a private affair, and that Te Whiti or Tohu had nothing to do with it. Maori sentries aro still kept at Parapara the same as in the days of the fencing. At a large meeting at Parihaka all the prisoners were present. Te Whiti invites all men, women, and children along the coast to go and live there. There are very few now on the Plains. Bishop Redwood preached to a large congregation on Sunday. Nelson, June 21. Mr. H. Halliday, who has been connected with the Telegraph Department here for many years, has been ordered to Wellington, it being understood for promotion. His fellow officers have presented him with a gold pencil case, and expressed the good feeling which has always existed between them. Last night some forty citizens assembled in his honor, and the Mayor made him a presentation of a travelling-case and a purse of sovereigns. It is announced this morning that the Colonist newspaper will be issued as a daily morning paper, commencing in July. The circuit sittings of the Supreme Court were to have been held to-day, but there were neither criminal nor civil cases. Dunedin, June 21. Mr. Alexander Bond, aged eignty, died suddenly of heart disease last night at Hillside. At the City Court to-day AVilliam McAdam was charged with attempted suicide whilst drunk. He laid himself down on a tram line at Porbury, and with difficulty was removed. He was remanded for medical examination. Auckland, June 21. The special meeting of the Licensed Victuallers Association which was c died to consider the proposals from the Dunedin and Hawkes Bay Associations with regard to the Licensing Bill was adjourned owing to the poor attendance. At the Licensing Court to-day, five licenses, the consideration of which had been postponed from the annual sitting, were granted, the landlords having made the required improvements. Chkistchubgh, June 21. At the Licensing Court to-day the proprietor of the Riccarton Hotel represented that he had obtained a new tenant, whose fitness was certified to by a number of prominent citizens, and the Bench agreed to grant a license to him, provided he entered on the occupation by Thursday. They said they would not give Lewis (under whom the gambling transaction already telegraphed took place) a license for a day A number of other renewals was adjourned for police inspection. The Bench expressed themselves in favor of another hotel at Sumner, but in view of the passing of the Licensing Act, they did not grant a license. A. R. Eva, who was let off by the Bench yesterday, was arrested on warrant to-day for wife desertion, and will be sent to Wellington. The Wakatipu to-day took close on 10,000 sacks of potatoes for Sydney. Two children of a passenger from Dunedin by the Wakatipu for Sydney were attacked by measles on the voyage up, and the whole family of six has been quarantined. New Plymouth, June 21. Mr. Parris has proceeded to the White Cliffs to-day. He has gone there with a view to fixing the exact position of the boundary of the confiscated land and to attend to other matters connected with claims of the Mokau natives. With reference to the rumored obstruction by natives, it is stated that tha land was not owned by the natives at all, being to the seaward of the road, and that it belongs to the Government. Napier, June 21. After a lengthy hearing, the jury to-day gave a verdict of £IOO damages against the Bank of New South Wales, for dishonoring a cheque drawn by Mr. Evans, now of Canterbury, but at the time a storekeeper at Poverty Bay. Mr. Evans had received notice to pay up his overdraft, and to give no further cheques, but this cheque was given before the notice was sent, and the manager knew it was current. Yesterday a verdict for £l5O damages was given against Dr. Todd, of Waipawa, for malpractice. Ha treated a man named Sntton for a sprained arm when his shoulder was dislocated. Arrangements have been made by a number of gentlemen interested in education to bring out a monthly educational journal of sixteen pages. The first number appears at the beginning of Auaust. It will be published at the Herald office. A man named Sutherland, carrier, died at the hospital to-day from injuries received from a fall from his horse.