TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5397, 2 June 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

,t '. ;:-. _,|}BY r .SPBOIAIi -WnWB.X .-.?:- '.'^l : There was a large attendance of- sport■in r g -■ men bn Saturday morning the? ■premises 1 of Messrs' 5 Ford ' and Co.-,' iin jCakhel-street, ' ' OhristcKurohi - when i ;^Mx iW,,F. Neilson's race-horses were, offered^ |fdir ■uhreserved*.,; dale. 'Fishhook "jfr'as^' 1 started at^4so' guineas,, and was fun iip'in^ ! fifties J;o ,650. • ;at'. : wMtbh. ; jhrco "itf, i wW'jknqcljed, '.d^own ,to Mr j E.jjV ßay.' j J|i^dletpn,. ? ,was.j i started at! iOi.guiileas, j and was purohasei: by Mr .fiass'et, forf,4s ! guineas. . iT.6 .Wheto.^ vrps . started ; at • guineas, and was knocked dowitratjßo guineas^td f; Mr K,- Berrett.,'.: ,The! Modse^ | was bought for 32 guineas by Mr Boyle. i Luifa' l 2s<gliiriettS >andAw,asC knbcked^dowri -for 55 guineas to-Mr>W. fH._ Oram. Brib.ery was j .stairjl|ed^at-?fi.ve^ i guineas ! axid was bought by Mr^Ar^aun 1 -? I ders i for ,25 guineas. Sif'^atton^'was : Btarted lk at V s" 'guineas' latid"-fdli^p'\m^P--1 Kay's;bidof ,£T.ilQsj May.Que*ejii fcJroocL mare, in foal to Middleton and witn.idal aj; foot' by, Korari, was sold for^lQ guine,as» tp,,Mr %' .Miilett. ; •A- two-year-old;^lly fry Talisman, out of.'. May .Queen, _. .was sold for.i 9 guineas to.Mr.Millett.jfori * r , ; or Messrs H. Matson and-Go;, t 6i«,Ghristchurohj' offered for sale on 'Saturday,- ihe? racing stud- of Mr J. Horsfall. ~ The-fii-sl; silbniitted was Deception,- in foal' to Eandwick.' ■ '; The auctioneer reminded th6se ; present that Deception was 4>ne' darn of Traitor and Fallacy,' but' that 'did not succeed in drawijig a bid. .The chesiiut AiirSteel,. i,.,jiavs old,! in foal to Kandwiojcj!, was inext brought but.' ( : For her.ibhere^was. one ; sporting offer of £15,,.. audall the. persuasion of .the, eloquent" Auctioneer, not. being; able to get a ; second. bid, he said that according , to . instructions from the owner he would pass; ; the; whole, loti in.' » The "groom : , however,'; brought _ out a ttiirdy which, .waafimmediately dismissed with,, the observation from the auctioneer "There's not enough money in all this', orowd to bu^' 'that' house."' '"' : '" J " ; "' "/-{ " J '~ . -. The Ghristchurch.^«%. referring to the small', 'for Mr Neilson's torsea, ' says, '&atj.'Middjeton^^^. who/^waa bought for 45 guineas, was '; sold fop , 500 guineas,, after; he had, as a three 1 year' old^ won the -MaicLen JPiate/and,M|6fcr6politan. Sir Tatton, that was. knocked. doTvii for r "; 'guineas,' ohang^di owners at onetime^ ; between 1 k -hundred- and 300 guineas. . A - married- -wb'niaii -naxaed' Flanders attempted to 'commit suicide at Wellington yesterday; Ijy throwing herself I ' from wharf 'into' ; the harbor; , When rescued ,she was nearly dead. She; w,as at once taken "to the hospital. "'* Mr A. Henderson has been appointed Sheriff arid Supreme ' Court Registrar at Invercargill, vice Mr D. Stuart resigned. ' : The Hme'moa,' with the Goyernbr j- Sir George , Grey, and Colonel Whitniore on board, arrived' at New Plymouth on Saturday' morning. They landed at noon, and were conveyed to Mr Caverhill's house, which was given over to them for their accommodation during their stay, which will be until Tuesday next, when they will prooeed to . Auck-, land. >■■:■•:. .'i I. .'"<..-., ■ . '>!, ,'; J

Gleich, the absconding Adelaide bankrupt, has been/ released from gaol.

Alfred- Lindsay, boot importer, Wellington, has assigned' -his estate to T. W. Young, merchant. The, liabilities are about £I^,ooo, 'and the assets about £17.000.,.,

The" Customs revenue, collected at the Port' of Wellington for the month, ending last Saturday, amounted to £12,563 8s 9d; for the corresponding month last year it was £16,793.

Captains Hewitt, Rose/ anjctOrossi wKb form .the .Royal Commission touching the wrecfe ! of the' sis'. Taupb; from Tauranga to Wellington on Friday. It iß ; utidei;st'oodth.at they have not yet concluded their labors. ; "• »

1 ; A supplementary Gazette, issued, last Saturday, authorises.the shooting of .hares within, tn© counties 'of Maniatffto>Viriceixt, Waikouaitie, 1 ' Lake, -Peninsula, Taieri,! Brii&ei Clutha, and Tuapekai betwaen.'lst; June and 31st .<Tuly>; , ':>.-. ,± j

The experiment of lighting the trains) on 1 the Wellington and;, Featherston; railway with gas manufactured en. rojute has at length been rewarded with auccess. ; A trial was made on a train a night or two ago, and proved conclusively that-so soon as the 1 trains are fittedwith complete apparatus' it will be perfectly easyito light them with gas safely and economi: cally. Preparations are now in progress 1 to carry out this system of lighting 1 which, probably, will be applied to all the railways.: - •

; .A man on whose word we can-rely (says the Nev> Zealander) informed! us late last night that he had broughtjTto •town several onces of alluvial gold found in one of the up-country districts. At present we are not at liberty to mention the locale, as the party has not yet i secured its own interests, .and , wishes to ■make further investigations, but we have every reason to put faith, in the statement of our informant. , : „ .

On Thursday it was reported to the .Dunedin police that an. elderly man, named Stevens, working at the steam laundry in Cumberland-street, Dunedin, was missing; fro mjhis home. On Friday afternoon a resident of South Dunedin,, , whilst walking upon the beach near Dwyer's Head, found the body of a man which subsequetly proved to be that of Stevens. , A. bottle was found half-full of brandy at his side. ' ' The body was at once removed to the Morgue, and anj inquest will beJield.torday... .>, .' The Selwyn County Council has made a grant to the cemetery trustees for, fencing, levelling, and planting, and also a grant to the Avon Road Board for clear-; ing creeks, the object being to give work to the unemployed. The Council also voted £5500 for the further extension of the Malvem water-race. The Christchnrch Diocesan Synod, at Friday night's sitting, voted an additional £6000 for enlarging churches, parsonages, schools, «fee. At its rising it adjourned to the Ist July. Barnard, the Canterbury sheep stoaler, is still _ eluding the police, Avho are out in all directions after him in the Canterbury district. At a meeting of the Christchurch Chess .Club on Satui'day night 12 entries were received for the chess touvaaineat to take

tJ^^mv Tu —^y?*a^M^towing days, i „ a 8 a^»&inted vi^-president, ;^f "^sl KAirrß ;7^ meeting of, settlers Was held at New ' •Plymouth on SkturdaV. A resolutSu was passed expressing a hope that the Gotvemment -would not take any steps of .recession against the natives without Wst securing the protection of the dfc. . Jj^f JfitAOm -^ oe8 ; It Was also decided .-that a deputation snoiild waii' Updn thd PfptnMS «in<l> 'present the .xe&jftion. Accordingly a. deputation .consisting of J.P. a, members , of, the , Assembly/ind prominent put-sßttley^feltfed upon the '{ Atkni4n]h4Ving fuf mi^fhle^ltf 1& proceeded -to- &ife? the knxieiVekistimr among the settlers with -reference to the {ag^essiy^vattitiide,. c of,>ihe f ,<E t aUy ie 3 / < /an d asked whether the Ministry were preipared to , give an-;.absolufe assurance ,of protection to /the : settlers, ancPl&t 1 they^mighf remauv in .their I [homes' l^fe l!S ?n'#eorge Grey;repliedthat the .Gcnrertinienrwould do everything jnjfchewin then- ! endana^red; he thought it -would :be well if some of the leading settlers > j would meieltjhim mi gixejfelc(Mprj®ation Respecting their,§gyeral.,.4dk|^!ts and the " P^fep^W they^ppssepqeckrin caseßpf.auTr WW* MzmMHww r&HeOffi the. w.ouldVgfvfi^ jdl. .the. , B wfttotin in ttem.ppwer.| iSif Gteprge GrMO . SaidCthatthat wasUh'ejoattse oi hi&visitoO Maj&r Atlunsbn'saMVhß 'would .not literal f be*bne.of a* priv&ei Reputation.... <&w r i i George Grey^eplie^*!; ( ,no doubt^HereS ) Were other gentlemen' equally co^iSSfit^ ;of tjbe s state of the~cbutit'ry. Several of toe^'setrtlers 1 .Ka^iii^^s^okeii^SJr s S^w|l tUftt"ith^y { s.ftould {.quit. ■tJiei» o &pjpejsfeads..v Afterr ,vha.(|)oiej^ed 9 Jujq : ftangtifiGrar and! t ffidlariettWMti»j9k,W(j a. iiongu- disoussion with i i r a Jaumbir oo|»a A;- f t)ublio »nieetitig"«haßo>baen}a callfedfoyi^io^blook to-day? a3 I>ca .fe-uoli