TELEGRAMS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4717, 28 March 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

' [FeOH THE PfiES3 A GENCr.I > Auckland, March 27, 1 The scores in the Interprovincial pigeon match were as follows Wynyard, 18 ; Rq*. . sell, 17 ; Aitken, 19; Hill, 20 ; Middleton, 18 - 1 Hay, 21; Morrin 20 j Laing, 24 : Bishop’ 24 ; GWynne, 24 ; total, 205. ! The calendar for the session to begin on Mon--1 day next contains only eight names. Thera are five charges of forgery, one of wilful murder (Himiona’s case), and one of ind«w>r,t; > assault. Captain Eyre, Governor of Mount Edgn Gaol, lies in a dying state. There are no good brands of Southern flout in first hands. The bakers have about one month’s stock. Wheat, none; oats, our market is well stocked with old ; bran, 4s 10d ; maize, 3s 3d ; bacon and hams, 1s ; cheese, 9i; butter, Is. Business is very quiet. Nelson, March 27. The steamer Hibernia arrived yesterday* from Sydney. She has taken in live stock here for the voyage, and sails for England to-morrow. Westpoet, March 27. The J. B. Coleson, brigantine, from Lyttelton, with railway plant, &0., is in the roadstead. Charleston, March 27. Arrived—Sarah and Mary, ketch, from Lyttelton. Dunedin, March 27. The scores of the Otago team in the Interprovincial Pigeon Match are—Roberts 23, Edwards 21, M. Godby 21, S. J. Smith 19, Lathbury 19, Hodgkinson 19, Stewart 18, Shannon 16, Dr Smith 13, M'Keliar 12; total; 181. Dodgson, the top scorer on New Year’s* Day, was unable to compete on account of his. health. The body of Constable Henry Yemon, of Green Island, was found fearfully mutilated in the Oaversham railway tunnel yesterday. Deceased was on duty at the racecourse on Saturday from two till half-past six. Itia not yet known whether he fell from the train or was run over when walking through the tunnel. He was considered a thoroughly steady and efficient officer. The total amount taken at the Enox ChurchBazaar was £2250. A fire at Milton destroyed Atkinson’s Commercial Hotel, stables, and outhouses, and another at Christie’s farm, Upper Harbour, destroyed a house, machinery, cows, and an. entire horse. The estimated loss is £I3OO. An inquest on Constable Vernon will ba held to-morrow. It is now supposed he was walking through the tunnel, not expecting the. train. At the race meeting the lessee of the gates insisted on charging the reporters of the newspapers for admission, contrary to the conditions of sale. Legal proceedings have been taken to obtain a refund of the shillings paid under compulsion. In the produce market there is a fair demand! for wheat at from 4s 6d to 4s 8d for primes and 4a to 4s 4d for middling and moderate. There is an enquiry for oats at Is lOd to Is. lid for best milling, and Is 9i for feed. (feosi a coaaseposDENT.) _ „ Hokitika, March 22, The Superintendent has received a letter from a gentleman in Switzerland who is desirous of emigrating to Westland, bringing; with him a number of immigrants to settle* down in the Southern part of this Province. The writer seems to consider that Westland f« eminently suited as a place of settlement far the natives of Switzerland. Arrived.—Yesterday, Prosperity, from Melbourne. Sailed.—Yesterday, Augusta, for Lyttelton; Elibank Castle, for Oamaru j Alert, for Lyttelton. The tug-boat Lioness sails for Dunedin foerepairs to-night. The Alhambra is hourly expected from Melbourne direct.