TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4269, 20 July 1875, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

THE SCHILLER'S MAILS. SERIOUS FLOOD AT THE HUTT. [FROM OUR OWN" CORRESPONDENTS.] Thames, Monday. Thcßendiuo Independent, Hamilton's tribute, has realised 2.5 ozs. / dwts. melted gold from 20 tons crushed. Pearson and party tributers for the White Rose Company, have realised 33 ozs. 15 dwts. retorted gold, from 20 tons crushed at the Moanatain nulL The Cure crushing at the Tararu mill for the past three days has been conlmed to lo head, owing to the poor supply of water, but has now resumed full swing, with 20 heaii. \nother parcel of picked stutt and specimens came to hand this day, about GO lbs. Sales : Tairua, 60s: City of London, 52s 3d ■ Bri"ht Smile, 34s ; Golden Calf, new, 4s ;' Britannia, Is fid; El Dorado, 4s ; Una, 4s ;' Royal Oak, Ss lid ; Gem, us Gd to 5s 7d. Sellers • Tairua, GO.*; City of London, 54s ; City of York, Us Gd : Bright Smile, 35s ; Queen of the May, 11s, Golden Calf, paid-up, 7s Gd ; Britannia, Is 3d ; El Dorado, 4s ; Una, 4s 3d ; Gem, Gs Gd. Buyers : Tairua, 57s Cd; City of London, 52s Gd; Bright Smile, 32s Gd ; Queen of the May, 10s Gd ; Golden Calf, paid-up Gs, double 10s Gd ; El Dorado, 3s Gd. The schooner built for Captain Souter will be launched from Stone's yard, Shortland, to-morrow morning. CoKOMASiiEi-, Monday. The Tokatea is crushing specimens to-day. The Union Beach will crush tomorrow. Arrived: Columbia, at Kennedy's Bay, from Xapier. [press agency.] Tackanga, Monday. The annual meeting of the Country Board electors took place on .Saturday evening. The proceedings were of an exciting nature. The meeting was packed by small holders, and thirteen names proposed as trustees. Messrs. Samuel Clarke, J. A. Chadwick, David Bill, Lundon, and Stephen Zarle were elected. Messrs. Clarke and Luudon declined acting, and the other candidates, as it came to their turn, also declined acting with Messrs. Chadwick and Bill. The matter has created great excitement, and the present trustees hold office until successors are appointed by the Superintendent. Mr. Edgecumbe, chairman of the Board, has submitted iivo names to His Honor. ' Wellington, Monday. The inward San Francisco mail consisted of 53 bags, containing 2321 (?) letters. According to the official information respecting the Schiller's mails, it appears the bags for London and Liverpool were saved, but the whole of the mails for the English country districts and Ireland, werelost. Some of the letters for Wales were put into the Liverpool bags, and. have been saved, but the great bulk of the mail is irretrievably lost. Hutt, Monday. There is an immense flood in the Hutt river. The water is over the road and the country for miles, and is still rising fast. The people are all preparing for it. Some of the houses are surrounded. It is raining and blowing hard. Curlstcuukch, Monday. The Civil Sessions of the Supreme Court opened this morning, and the case of Bain, surveyor, v. W. C Walker, for damages £500, is now proceeding. The alleged slander is based on a statement that Walker, in a letter to the Provincial Government, charges Bain with laying out a certain road to suit his own interests.