NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5356, 16 January 1879, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[PEK "herald" special wire] THAMES, Wednesday. GOLD RETURNS. Oz.dwt gr. Prince Imperial ... ... ... 70 18 0 Ditto tribute, Luckie ... ... 2 7 0 Hapc Cn?<»k tribute, Tetley ... ... 517 0 Hopeful Claim ... ... ... ... 3 0 0 Last Chatice ••• ••• 018 0 Total 92 0 0 Moanataian. —The men working in the ride on the Point Russell lode broke through into the winzD this morning, but it will be another week before it is completed, as there is a large portion of that lately gone through which requires squaring up. Prince Imperial.—The crushing for this company was litiiabed to-day, f»>r the return of TOozs. IS Iwts. g"ld. About GO tons of general dirt was crushed for this yi«dd. A fatal accideut occurred this morning at Messrs.Kilgourand Coombua'sbiuh, Kauwaerauga Creek, by which a man name 1 Patrick McQeary lost his life. It would appt-ar that McGi ary was working on the slop ng roadway down wiiiuh the logs are rolled to the river, and was iu the act of movirg a log when another behiud him slipped, c.ushicg him to death iustantly. The body was brought into town this afternoon, and au inquest will be held to-morrow. The Thames 1$ citing Ciub have received at intimation that their boat, ordered of the celebrated English lirin of Walter aud Co., was shipped on board the Endytmoue, now about due. GISBORNE, Wednesday. James Mackay is here, having returned from the East Capo last night, where he has purchased 1000 acres of land from the natives for Wellington peculators. The price is stated to be 7s Gd per acre, which is considered very considering the nature of the ccnutry. Mr. J. iS. Macfarlane has been busy with preparations for the sale of land in Captain Read's estate. He has paid legacy duty to the Government, under protest, an they owe the estate .£*2ooo, for which ho will sue. He is surrounded and interviewed by Maoris, and has a '* tail " quite as large as that of the Native Minister. The land sale begius tomorrow, but .it seems doubtful whether large prices will be realised, on accouut of the tightness of money, and theunsatiffactory state of some of the titles. It is also said that some of the foreign banks have been lending liberally, but hive suddenly reversed their policy, and are now calling in all their advances, on accuint of the demand for money in Australia. Every person oue meets here lias the same etory to tell of the scarceness of money ; but still the place is growing with wonderful rapidity, and would be more prosperous than ever if people could get titled to their lauds. Mr. Rees is at p Caent away in the South, but has a number of paid haugers-on who are doing some mischief to settlement. Tnere are ac present t?n cases of colonial fever iu (Jisborue ; some of them are of a serious character. XEW PLYMOUTH, Wednesday. The HcraUl publishes the following from To Awauiutu :— l> It i 3 correct that Rewi starts for Tuupo on the ISth to gather tho natives, and it is his intention to go across the bouudary lines, and form a uetv settleiflrnt on dUputfd lauds. His own tribe are turning against him. Taonui, who accompanied him to Waitara, has turned against him, and goue back to the King's old place. Complaints are made through the papers of mails uot being sorted on Sunday when steamers arrive, or until the morniug after the arrival of the mail by coach. The staff consists only of the postmaster, a cadet, ami me-senger, uhich th« Herald says is not sulHcient. It advices the public to till the grievance is rectified. The di-jcharg'} of coal vtssel-»at Waitara is areatly delayed by the want of iailw;i) trucks. WANGANUI, Wednr.sday. A man named Scott was to have crossed the river yesterday on a halc-ineh wire rope, but, owing to a strong wind, the attempt was p.iStp >ued to Saturday. The charge against Sergt Donnelly and Constabh- Buchanan, of committing a bre tch ot the pea<_e, by fighting in the streets, will be heard to-murrcw. WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Mr. Sperry, the Cijief Land Tax Ccm.nissioner, is at present on a tou»* of inspec"i'>n to the different eeir res of population in all Provincial Districts, v.i'h a view of making himself person illy acquainted with the various details connected with his department. Your dsputy-cummissioner may expect Mr. Sperry to arrive iu Auckland at a Very early date. It is stat:.-d on good authority that voluminous memoranda are parsing bitwe*u the Marquis of N\-r:aanby, his Minister's, and the "Victorian authorities, as to the mauner of His Excellency's departure for his new sphere of duty in Melbourne. Some persons believe that the Preuii.tr will place thf Hinemoa at the Governor's disposal, to land him at the Williaiustown whatf, whilst others assert that in all probability the Victorian Government will specially despatch a sUarner for Her Majesty's new representative, when he is ready to leave Wediugton for the sister colony. It is not at all improbable that Sir Hercules Kobinson, the new Governor, will land at Auckland, and then come to the Kmpire City by the Government steamer Hinemoa. liumonrs are current of further disagreements between the Governor and Minister.*. A few days ago the New Zealand Tint':* denounced Mr. Wood's appointment to the Legislative Council as a job," and appealed to the Governor to prevent any further nominations to the Upper House. It i« said now, either that this article was inspired by His Excellency, or that he foithwitli shewed a strong desire to adopt the advice given in it iu preference to that tendered by Ministers. In reference to Mr. Dignan'a promotion, nothing definite is known further than that the objection was uot pressed, and Mr. Dignan will be duly called, and at once. The Governor, it appears, asked the Ministers to give him the Hinemoa to take him to Melbourne, and bring Governor Robinson back ; but they replied, regretting that the steamer could uot be spared from New Zca land waters. The forest Queen is not much injured, and may possibly be got off. The seventh New Zealand district meeting of the Primitive Methodist connection is being held in Wellington this week. A large number of delegates from all parts of the colony have arrived in the city, and it is anticipated that the proceedings will be of an important and interesting nature. The opening sermon was preached last evening by the Rev. B. F. Westbrook, at the Sydney-street church. To-night an ordination tervice will be held in the same church, when the Rev. James Guy, who arrived from England last July, and has since been assisting the Rev. J. Ward at Dunedin, where he has achieved a considerable amount of popularity, will be fully admitted to the ministry. Several more of the Hermione Immigrants will probably be released from quarautiue this week. The question of a Penny Bank has been considered by the Education Department, and the 83 stem will be introduced when the schools re assemble. Bookß have been prepared by the postal department which wdl ; render the account keeping a very simple i matter. It will rest with the local school committees to appoint trustees and treasurers, and in many cases the master will probably undertake the duty of cashier. A scholar having saved 5a will have at once to transfer his accouut to tho Post-olliee Savings Bank, without expense, aa the two banks will be connected. The conduct of the College Governors, in discussing the rc-organiaation of the staff with closed doors, is severely condemned. They are understood to have resolved t retain the services of the present principal, Mr. W. S. Wilson. Mr. 8 J. Hd', who was recently in ga d for contempt of Court, in persecutinghis wife, contrary to the injunction of the Court, is again in trouble, having been remanded oa a°charge of threatening language towards liis wife's shopman. CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. The rainfall on Monday and Tuesday registered at Chriatchurch was 2-14 inches. The rain was particularly heavy early on Tuesday morning. The opening of the line to Invercargill has been definitely lixed for Wednesday next. The iuvited guests from Christchurch will leave on Tuesday, and remain at Dunedin all night. A special will leave Dunedin at 10 a.m. next day. Mr. Cdnyers returns to-day, after a month's absence inspecting the Westland and Nelson lines. TIMARU, Wednesday. An inquest was held yesterday touching the death of Mary Connor, who hung herself at Waitahi Plat on Monday. A verdict of suicide, while labouring under temporary insanity, was returned. Deceased had only been in the colony about a year.

DUNEDIN, Wednesday. In the case of Smart v. Brogden, another claim for £GOS Sa Gd, balance due on a contract for railway works at Mosgnd, the jury to-day returned a verdict for £5/1 Gs, being the amount claimed, less the sum paid into Court. Mr. Smith, defendant's solicitor, accused the plaintiff flatly of perjury, and the opinion of the public seems to eudor-e the accusation. Tho case occupied three days. All the single women by the ship Oamaru were engaged at from £30 to £40 a-year. When the line is opened the journey from Invercargill to Duutdin will occupy six hours and a-ha l f. The Presbyterian Synod of Otago and Southland commenced sitting last night. The Rev. Dr. Copeland was elected moderutor. Ic was stated at the University Council meeting, yesterday, that when the University Budding* are completed, which will be at the end of March next, they will have cost £73,195. At a mcet.ng of the Synod, this morning, Dr. Stuart mentioned that he hail obtained information to the effect that the Rev. Mr. Mcllae, late of Waipu, had received a commission from Otago. It is understood to have been definitely fixed that the line Amberley to Bluff will be opened for through trailic on next, 22ud inst. An express train will leave Duuedin ftt 0 a m., and another wdl leave LiiYt rcargill at 9.30 a.m. The trains will meet at Clinton, arriving at 12.30 p.m., and there a stoppage of 15 minutes will be made for lunch. The express from Dunedin will stop at Balc utha and Milton. At the Waste Lauds Board, to-day, it was resolved to offer for sale 370 acres of the Hawkesbury commonage, clo.-e to the town*hip, at £10 per acre. The land is said to be worth £20,000. The Board also took into consideration the disposal of twenty run-, the leases of which expire in March, ISSO. It WAS resolved that Tesjhemaker's, No. 9S, and Webster's, No. 99, Kauroo District, comprising 9000 acres, should be sold as rural land. It was resolved to re-lease two other runs, which w<re all rough country, those carrying over 0000 to be divided into two portions. The University Council has decided to ask the Governor for power to borrow a sum not exceeding £10,000. Should the desired power be granted, the Council intend to endeavour to borrow a portion of the amount from the Benevolent Institutions' Committee, out of the £S,OOO to be received by the latter body from the Savings Batik, in accordance with tlo Act of Last Session of the Assembly. INVERCARGILL. Wednesday. At a meeting of the Bluff Boating Club, last nisjbt, it wa-» decided to send a crew to compete for the champion four-oared prize at the forthcoming Henley Regatta. The polling for the t\lata>ra election lias resulted as follows : —Waitopai : Shank*, 124; Kinross, 174. Campbeltown : Shanks, 14 ; Kinross, 13. Gore : Shanks, 4(1; Kinross, 12. Matauia Bridge: Shanks, 43; Kiijro3s, 3. Woodlands : Shank- 1 , nil ; Kinross, 31. Wyndham : Shanks, 52; Kinross, 3. This gives a total of 2SS for Mr. Shanks, and 249 for Mr Kinross. Uneietura has yet to come in, but it will, in all probability, only augment Mr. Shauks's majority.