TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XI, Issue 3846, 11 March 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

[FEOII OVU OWN CORRESPONDENTS.! IJNTEE-PEOYINCIAL. NAPIER, Tuesday. The Colonial Representatives arrived about 1 p.m., and -were met on landing by the Artillery and Rifle Volunteers, as also by a largo number of the residents. They then marched f o town, preceded by the baud, and went out to the range at once, were they found tho camp arrangements very complete. Tho raugo is highly spoken of- The shooting hu3 been postponed until Saturday to enable the representatives to attend the races. , NELSON, Tuesday. The late did much damogo to the orchards end top srr.rdons. The Customs -wipls yesterday were £2-1 »3, the largest eusn ever taken here in one day. WILLING-TON, Tuesday. The stallion Ka'ki.po has beon purchased to improve the Lreeri in the province. The Jookev Club has already drawn up a programme for the next year's races, in the hope to ensure the attendance of first-rate horses from ali parts of the colony. There -will be several £100 prizes, and the Wellington Cup prize will be £200. The Dolly Vorden crew and boat leave by 'he Ladybird to-morrow for Canterbury ; also, J. Brown, sculler, and boat. NEW PLYMOUTH, Tuesday. There are complaints made against the mail' being carried on. CHRISTCHURCIT, Tuesday. The boating men ore all nt loggerheads. No crew has yet been elected to represent tho city in tho inter-provincial regatta. The Kaiapoi crew havo bad only one training, and they have no boat yet. Two splendid racing entires for li. G-. Griffiths, in capital condition, hove arrived from England. I/£TTELTON : Tuesday. In the Annzi case the captains of English vessels here in harfour, while not defending Captain Holman's c. ndnct, consider he did neifeetlv in mg towards the i-ake shore intend of Raneitoto reef. Captain Roberts, of the shi . Pleiades, stales that he bus reseatedlv had', go inside the reef without a pilot, although blue lights, rockets, and ;uni were tired. He -ays it if well kxswa by the authorities that 'he pilot station should be at Tiritivi, as oidenced when tho last American steamer arrived. DUNEDIN, Tuesday. The Califorcisn mail leaves to-day. It is not so largely us-'d ai the Suez route. It has beer, rc-solvid that there shall bo a thorough affiliation of the Otago with the ■Je-'terbury Ui-iversity. TWO VESSELS WRECKED. [IKCOI A COIiKSSPONKENT.] DUNEDIN, Tuesday. The Silver Lining, brig, is a total wreck at Kakanui. She is it-.rured iu the Victoria for £1000, and for £'250 the New Zealand. The Alary Van Every is a total wreck at the Molyneus. She is in jured iu the New Zealand Office for £200.

PROVINCIAL.

THAMES, Tuesday. The Moiumiairi muJ.; a start this afternoon, —Mrs. John I'roirn, daughter of one of tlie directors, <■ iH.--:;:the online. The start was s splendid one, the whole of the fortystampers mov;"3 i if like clock-work ; -100 to 500 tons of stuii' r-:a in stock, or about a week's crtiriU!":;. Xi.e iai:ie in well opened, J and «5 extr '• ■. 'is i~-i ei;s*r*.j»c , ci co rHiT»culty will be expc-ji:-r.:rc.i keeping the rlu:ap;-r5 Tile Son? of Fi'ec'ijr-A lodged 377j <**• 01 j melted gold, the rccr.lt of three weeks' crushings. The Old is agsin looking splendid. The stone brought into town is us rich, a? the Caledonian. Ouo piece is 19 lbs. weight, c i perfect beauty. Tyro tons of picked stone i and several buudrcJr. ight of good «pieiuiei#s, j and upwards of COO ~z=. of hard amalgam ] have been cbJair.-'d from the platen of f.G ; .-f-jrnpers duri*:~ the ' .:t 48 hours. The Golden Call crudhing is looking,splendid for nearly 3 ozu, ;;er lon. Tbo rniae id a'»o looking Ihe Centra! l!::h- r:.-w 'ode is yielding very i rich stone. About CO lbs. of specimen? the • ' -t 43 hours. j Bjarket prio-:;. r?.!cs: C.:.'ed'.:iiaT; : £3.0 ; iz 6d; Whau. OOf; Golden Calf (duubic j issue), 20s, se-'Oi'd ','s tid. Buyers: Gtlticn , Cnlf (double), 20:, second Si 6.1; Cri.djt Smile, 52s So ; llh-i Hand, lisGJ ; Qtu ."f tbo llav. 6s G". : (. )'v of London, 18 s 3d. The itf i C o—n did' not arrive i-t Tararu until nearly .seven o'clock. When otf Puru sin- descried a signal of distress dying from the i—lter Turn o' Shanter. Bore down and found her v\tter-!ogged, and all her igails in ribbons. Two men were on board. Lowered her boat and took tho men oil, and ' iwed the vessel to Tararu wharf. She has a cargo of 20 tone of firewood, tho property of Captain Souter. The Crown leaves at 12 o'clock noon tomorrow. There is a strong N.E. gale blowing. COROHASDEL, Tuesday. In the City of Aucklund, thirty pounds of good specimens have been got from the winze. More expected to-morrow. Thero is a remarkable cliange for the better in the face workings of tho Coromandel On the Coromandel side throe different kinds of strata are in hand. Something good may be come upon at any moment. In the Kapariga steam is likely to be got up to-morrow, preparatory to re-commencing the shaft workings. The case between the City of York and Quinton's claim was heard to-day in tho Warden's Court. Judgment reserved till tomorrow. At the inquest on tho body of James McFarlane, a verdict of " accidental death" was recorded. Bennett's battery, I understand, has again started on the Bismarck Company's stuff. The quartz in front of the Siege of Paris level will • be immediately sent down to tho battery paddock. .The crashing of the stuff from this paddock is likely to shape well. There are four slopes going ahead in tbe Bismarck level. In the Tokatea there is an improvement in the stuff being grassed from the stopes in the Bismarck level. A small parcel of specimens is also reported. The company will very likely have its fortnight's clean-up on Thursday. * Retorting for the New Pacific will very likely take place to-morrow. Both tho specimens and general stuff showed running for a good average. Capital prospects continue to be obtained from the New Green Harp, also from its next neighbour—the New Caledonia, There iB no other special nows. The weather is broken. TAURANG-A, Tuesday. The Murray sailed for Auckland at 9.80 thiß morning. Passengers : Maher, Sykes, and Hickman, Three hundred sheep, arrived per' Bella from Matata, are to be her freight. Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful to them, to praise which deceives them. He who esteems trifles for himself, is a trifler ; he who esteems tj6ui for the conclusions to bo drawn is u philosopher. .. A Yankee correspondent says, " I attended a wedding a few days Bince. Wishing to say something becoming the occasion, I approached the fair .young bride in the course of the dnv, and after congratulating her on her departure from the state of Bingle blessedness, I wished her a pleasant voyage down the rive* of life. She said she hoped so, but phe he&rd there was a great deal of fevor or. the river no?/—she hoped she woulo't catch it on the way down," j