TEST SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 1500, 1 December 1874, Page 3

TEST SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

[RE AT LAWRENCE.—INSURANCE LOSS, £2,150.

THE DUNEDIN RACES.

DUNEDIN. (From our own Correspondent.) This day. S A. fire occurred at Lawrence yesterday by .vjl!which the upper storey of Meyers' store was .-^destroyed, and the lower premises gutted. ||The origin of the fire is unknown. The H following are the insurance losses on the '.■] building and stock :— I Northern Insurance Co £1,400 I Victoria do do 550 I South Britfsh do 200 I The brigantine George Noble, 87 days from ■ Poo Chow Foo, arrived, last night with 230 I tons tea. She encountered a heavy cyclone • lin latitude 13.42 south, longtitude 169.34 I east, during which she lost her topsail, H sprung mizzen boom, and was strained a I little amidships. On Saturday last spoke the ■ drip Howrah, from London to Wellington, ■ with immigrants, then 50 miles north Banks' H Peninsula. H| Despite the placing of the whole of the H^nckJand's shipment of immigrants, the Hdemand for labour is not abated a bit, and fflwork promises to be constant during the ™"»son. Wages are firm. ■9 The principal cases set down for trial before flp District Court on Wednesday are HutchBon's claim of £200 for injuries to a spritsail 'U the railway; Carrick v. Pyke, a claim Ha half-share in the Southern Mercury. -jaSood accounts come from the Sons of For■B<oe claim at Arrow, which turns out gold Hpthe rate of £30 per week a man. : m The Rule of Britain claim have struck rich ■ hsu-dirt in the new drive. ■ There was considerable excitement at |lwenßtown re the dispute between the |fl *spital authorities v. the Magistrate. A IS Publican named Feehey was sentenced at MJ^roßtown to three months' imprisonment ■™r habitual drunkenness. Dr. Douglas, the ■ *>spital Surgeon, considered him unfit to ■ j^el to Dunedin, and directed him to be ■ Wtento the hospital. The Magistrate re- ■ foed to sanction this, but the Inspector of l^Hce complied with the doctor's request, B *nd the man i 3 now in the hospital. The H **& has gone to higher authorities. IU s^eainer Maori commences a service ■ wt^een Dunedin and Martin's Bay the first ■ wek b December. m Ac Bank of New South Wales has ■ la«edgoldto£3 16s.

%dicap Hurdle Race, of 30 soys. Entrance 2 soys. One mile and a half, over seven fllfihts of hurdles 3fc 6in high. Walk orer for Kildare. *aidea Plate, of 20 soys. Entrance, 1 soy. jjoe mile and a quarter. Weight for age. *°r horses that have never won an adver- . «»ed prize exceeding £20. J. ng Phillip (Batty) 1 ««»Alfred (Peraton) 2 King (Cotton) 3 Betting 2 to 1 on the winner. , iais was" a good race, Lady Glasgow lead%ior the first quarter of a mile. Miss r"re<i pulled ahead and took the lead, but by King Phillip, hitherto hard "•W. which won easily by half a length. Trotting Race, of 20 soys. Three Entrance, 2 soys. No weight finder lOat. Optional saddle or harness. [ ollyore ea ... 1 3gie ' . . 2 ■ Thia race was won easily by Polly Green. ''Andrew's Handicap, of 85 soys., with a * reeP of 2 soys. ; the amount accruing ? o Oln *^c sweepstakes to go to second horse. "ne mile and a half. Nomination, 2 soys. Jr^Ptance, 2 soys. hfWeen (Low)' 1 fefJ-Calton) 2 (Green) 3 HaL? 61*1 dissatisfciction wa s caused by low*' Wtich had been the favourite, not from the post at the start, and

ultimately being trotted off the course.g The i matter will be investigated to see whether 1 tair play was used. If not the mare and rider will be disqualified. The mare is well known as a goo:i starter, and being at post there was every confidence. The indignation was increased when she won the Spring Handicap so easily. When she returned to the saddling paddock, after the latter race, she and her owner were received with howlmgs and hisses, which lasted some minutes. Selling Race, of 25 soys. Entrance, 30 shillings. One mile and a quarter. Weight for age. Horses entered to be sold for £50 to carry 101b over weight for age ; for £40 i^.f^Tfen* f°r age -; for £30 > all°wed 141b ; £20, 281b ; £10, 421b. The winner to be sold by auction, and any surplus to go to the funds. Miss Alfred j Miss King / "" 2 Gamester " [ '" 3 Time, 2 mins. 26 sees. The winner was bought by the owner for Spring Handicap, of 50 soys., with a sweep of 2 soys. The amount accruing from the sweep to go to the second horse. One mile and a distance, domination, 1 soy. Acceptance, 1 soy. The winner of St. Andrew's Handicap to carry 71b extra. Mabel j Verbena , .., " 2 Right Bower " '" 3 Betting even against Mabel, 3 to 2 against Envy and Verbena, 2 to 1 against Eight Bower, 4 to 1 against Lydia, and 5 to 1 against Nelly King. There was a good start, all getting off well together. Verbena led past the stand with Envy second, Right Bower third, and Mabel fourth. The last named mare then came up, and after a run with Verbena won easily by half a length, and admist low howls and hisses.

Time, 2 mins 10 sees. The attendance on the course was very large.