TELEGRAPHIC.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5546, 25 November 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

■ur t t^'wl ♦ AITOIfMND, Monday;,.; Afr^ f «rof Mr j:,.A. Tofej filtlL-R-, fo/Edeiv, is dead. &&&& Va\ .■ • iJPi?^^^ secretary of *ne mO English brown trout m tlie Mantf ' whero stream. '. • =, . 6 : tfPuP^ T 6 *^ 0- A - Harris, of 6hte i^er mill Wjmngapoua, were burnt 2? n Saturday. Mr Harris was insured m the Royal for £1350. ' " At the Qrown lands Sale to-dky there was *hk attendant . There w& kX SSSF^W^#- idtt Bituated in the |übJrB 3 of Opitiki, and a good advance on the upset price was obtained, but the remainder of the sale was devoid of interest. An old fisherman named Frederick Coverley 13 missing from Waiuku, Hia boat haß been found, and he is believed to bo droWnedi Itovi and his wife and, child; We cduie fit to Alexandra 4nd, will remain B . !VW" ** Sheafs.. of- Major Mair'. L.ewi then proceeds toT.eKuiti, where his people wish him to remain and recover strength. Judging #6rA Ms a^pearap'ce' this will in,o.st. lively, be his Ust visit to L European settlement". < CkiliSTcHTniCH, Monday. Five thousand persons visited the Oriental Exhibition last week. Shortly before 9 o'clock last night a lire broke out in a cottage ,situate at the back of MrE. Wilkin's store in Herefordstreet. The house was locked up, the occupants having gone to Sumner. The furniture and the walls were much damaged before the fire was extinguished. The fire originated in the kitchen. The furniture and effects were insured in the New Zealand office for £350. The Counoil of the Acclimatisation Society have purchased five pair sof robins, eight pairs of siskins, and one cock nightingale, recently imported from Germany by Mr Brand Afoelier. The price paid was £30, The birds have been placed iA large cages at the Society's grounds, and will be carefully looked after until acclimatised. The whole of the birds are in good condition. They were fed on the passage from Home with preserved raisins, ants, and ants' eggs. The nightingale is the first that has been introduced in New Zealand. Mr Brand Moeller brought the hen bird safely to Dunedin, but it died on the trip up from there. During the present season the aoeiety have liberated 30,000 young trout in the Canterbury streams, and they have 4000. trout still left in the gardens. Mr Dorsav, of the Ogden, has become the lessee of the Gaiety Theatre, whiehia I to be altered considerably, and furnished with dress circles. A company are now playing in it opera bouffe. The opening piece was played on Saturday night, and was a very pretty opera, "The Doctor of Alcantra. ' Dun-edin, Monday. Mr Dunsiman, the foreman smith of the Government workshops at Port. Chalmers, met with a serious accident on Saturday morning. A milk boy passing ■ along by the tunnel at Mansford Bay saw a a man lying across the railway line, and on going up recognised him to be Mr Dunsiman. From all appearances Mr Dunsiman must have fallen over the face of the tunnel, a distance of at least 60 feet from the ground. The third annual show of the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association will be held at Forbury park on Thursday and Friday next. The total number of exhibits this year is 760, being an increase of about fifty over the last show. " ' J New Plymouth, Monday. The charge against the hospital steward came on for hearing again this j morning. The Bench considered that a prima facie case had been made out against the prisoner. The Resident Magistrate said that the justices sitting with, him were doubtful if the more berious charge of rape could be sustained, but they were unanimous in committing the prisoner for trial on the lesser offence of indecent assault. Bail was allowed, the prisoner in £500 and two sureties in £250 each. Weijjngton, Monday. The damage to the steamer Tui, which sffuck at the Heads yesterday, is far more serious than was at first expected. About a dozen of her plates need replacing, and the repairs will cost nearly £600. The sale of the Martinborough estate, consisting of 40,000 acres, situated in the Wairarapa Valley, took place to-day, and wa 5 ? well attended. Several of the sections realised fair prices, and the remainder were passed in. The following weights have been declared for the Wellington Cup:—Fishhook, 9st 71b ; Templeton, 9st olb ; Mata, 9st olb ; Maritana, Bat 101 b ; Natator, Bst 61b ; Foul Play, Bst 41b ; Chancellor, 7st 131 b; Pinfire, 7st 121 b; Hornby, 7st 101 b ; Betrayer, 7st 101 b ; Camballo, 7st 71b ; Volunteer, 7st 71b ; Eesolution, 7st 71b ; Titania, 7st 61b ; Hippocampus, 7st 51b; Grip, 7st 41b; Sinking Fund, 7st 31b; Maid of Honor, 7st 31b; Otawa, 7st; Foam, 7st; Hailstorm, 6st 101 b; Lara, 6st 81b; York, 6st 81b; Eepudiator, 6st 81b ; Norseman, 6st Sib ; Leita, 6st 71b ; Comus, 6st 71b ; Merlin (4 yrs), 6st 71b ; Tera, 6st 51b ; Magnolia, 6st 51b ; Rata, 6st 51b ; Grand Duchess, 6st olb ; Soukar, 6st 41b ; Luna, 6st 41b ; Eepo, 6st 31b; King Quail, 6st 21b; Libeller, 6st ; Loch Lomond, 6st ; Laertes and Vampire, sst 121 b; On Dit, sst 121 b; Balmoral, ost 121 b : Wilberforce, sst 121 b. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce this afternoon a deputation was appointed to wait on the Government urging that material in which goods are packed be exempt from duty. Nelson, Monday. | Early yesterday morning a case of j drowning occurred off the Motueka wharf. The steamer Lady Barkley, with about 75 excursionists for Chiarini's Cireuß, had returned to the wharf at Motueka, when Edward Goffe Thomson, in the darkness, fell from the wharf. At daybreak his body was found. Grjleiamsto\vn, Monday. - Another breaking down to-day in the Alburnia mine left as good a show as ever. Shares have sold at 755, and buyers offer 72s 6d, sellers demanding / i S ud»

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT). Tatjpo, Monday. A native named Warena, a Hauhau, was brought here in custody of some membprs of his own tribe from Otukou, ' near JEtotoaira, charged with committing a rape on a girl 10 years of age. He was brought up before the Eesident Magis- I trate this morning, but owing to want of I evidence the case was adjourned for three days.