TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5384, 17 May 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

■ i' ■ ■.' ~ — v\- — w , ~ — ~ ' . >•$ ; '!! 77, ' i [BY'/Si?E6IAL ) '^Btß'.n _„.' .'."'"' i A complimentary .benefit^uhder most influential- auspices' is 'to- be 'given "in,' Wellington to George Darreu.^uv recognition of his enterprise 1 in, introducing' such artists as preswick and 'Rigriolct to the coldny. ' ' ' v '' '"''' ' ; : "> ." J " : ! A letter has., been received, by" the Sydney 'ExiiiDitioii Oommissiohera.'frOm Mr, . Morris, .the, executive; jsecretary at , Sydney, 'requesting them V.to assist >/in' getting up a. 'good ethnological; display at • the Exhibition.. •..Similar circulars .'have* been sent to the,. commissioners' in New Caledonia, Fiji;. &c;,= and. the: executive secretary desires the' " collection and ex-* . hibition, on as comprehensive a scale as possible, of the dwellings (full-sized or models), arms,; economic ! implements, dresses, ornaments, and art^ as well/as samples of articles of diet, illustrative of , the ethnology 'of the aboriginal inhabitants of; Australasia' and the Pacific Islands." The circular states further that a sum of £100 has been placed as : . the disposal of Coumiodore '"Wilson for, the purpose of purchasing ethnological specimens in the course of his voyages. w >' A man named Maddox has beeni committed for trial at Timaru on a charge pf. fraiidulent bankruptcy. • The Mayoralty nomination for -Wei- . lihgton'takes'' place tq-inorrow. - Two' candidates will be nominated— Mr 7W\ Hutchison aiid Mr Goo. Hunter; M.H.R. The Wellington City Council on Thiirsr . day directed a letter of regret and '.'s'ym- ' pathy to be sent to the late Mayor, Mr Dransfield. ,7 .. .- Eroih the official meteorological report for. April,, 1879, it appears that the ;mean temperature of the air was considerably belbw the average at all stations, \ the.?, deficiency varying ! from l'l deg. in Dunedin and I' 3 deg. in Wellington' to- 3*o deg. in Auckland and 2:8 deg. in Nelson. The highest 'aiid lowest temperature in the colony for the month were as usual bothurecorded in Christchurch, 75*5: and; 307.r espectively. •'■ • . 7 u> ,<..,;,.- X ' The Government, are calling for tenders for the erection of the new Supreme Court-h'ousei Wellington; ; The total imports, of; the colony for the quarter ending March 31 were £2,5,56,652, to which 1 " Napier contributed, ' £68y61 1 . For the corresponding .quarter of last year the imports were : £2,349,291. The Exports for the quarter were £2,445,677, ' as against £2,396,190 for the corresponding quarter of last year. ; The. recently-discovered .reef: at' Cple'sj Creek;;' Collingwood, is proving, fairly;, rich in gold as it is being opened' out, and Mr Adams is -about to procure machinery for crushing the quartz. * 1 < I There were only two, declarations of in- [ solvency in Dunedin last week, neither very important, j 'A wrestling match, which is creating a* good deal of local interest, will come off , at .Dunedin this afternoon, at ' the Oal'edpjfian Grounds, between J. Tiffin arid E., Hudson. The stakes are £100, and the eleven stone championship of the colony. •; The services of a cavalry troop whioh it was proposed to raise at the Thames have been declined for the present, on account of the scarcity of arms and accoutrements in the Government stores. ! ,''■'' The Native encampment at Te Kopna broke up yesterday, and Tawhiao started for Hikurangi. Mr Sheehan leaves Alexandra to meet Rewi, at Iftlulrihi. It ; is not yet known whether the meeting will be public or not. . , . . , , i Some of the natives homeward' bound from the Kppua.ineeting, stole, a ,nunib'er r of valuable horses, from Mr Duffus on Thursday night. ; The body of a man that .was .taken out of the river Avon at Christohuroh on Monday was identified as that pf a farmer John Goodwin, who had been living at Harewood-road, Papanui; > There was a korero of natives at the Kaiapoi pah last night, when' a committee of six leading natives yvas appointed to " visit the various hapus throughout the South Island, to ascertain the nUmber of natives alive at the time of the Kemp and Mantell purchase who did not participate in the reserves and distribution of moneys