NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5358, 18 January 1879, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[per "herald" special WIRE.] THAMES, Friday. GOLD RETURNS. Oz.dwt sr. l'unce Imperial tribute. Kendall ... Gl4 Q Portia claim ... ... ... ... 10 10 0 claim ... ... ... ... 4 0 0 21 4 0 TLe directors of tho Waio-Karaka Pump i::_; Association have in contemplation a jcLecie by which the pump conld be driven by water instead of s:cam. It is thought that by this mems the cost of maintenance wv:!d be considerably reduced. They have applied to the C-.uoty Council for the necessary supply of water, and if successful the punipi Will be started again shortly. GIBBORXE, Friday. Protests were lodged against the sale of the late Mr. Read's estate yesterday, by Mr. Kees and The property sold very high, notwithstanding. The Masonic building was bought by the New Zealand lusnraLce Company. Captain Read's freehold land averaged bet'veen £10 and £11 fieracp. 1350 acres were sold. By the «•«>:;of sale purchasers take all risks. WELLINGTON, Friday. Ti:e City Council eat till 4 20 this mornin 1., discussing the drainage A motion to appoint Mr. Climie drainage engineer wa3 negatived, and then the minority commenced to talk against time. In the end a resolution was come to to carry out Mr. Clarke's scheme under the supervision of Mr. Baird, City Engineer. The Gazette to nigrjt declares the following blocks ft native lands to be waste lands of the Crown:—Te Onekura, Kaipara, 323 acrca : Kaipotiki, Kaipara, 3454 acres. r«ot:c - in money being paid on, and negotiations f»oii)gon for the purchase of the following bl. •cks of native lands:—Waihi, Nos. I. 2, 3, 4, aud 5, Hauraki District ; Paruauku, No. 1, Te Uohui, Otaki District ; Ouotu. Mangatawhero, Te Keikei, Puketotara. Whangauui District. The powers under Mines Act are delegated to the County Council, Wallace. S'-C.ion 151, I'razertown, Auckland, is (reserved for a cemetery. A number of former temporary reserves are made permanent. Louirf .tihrenrried (Thames), and Edward Parsons (Te Awamutu), are gizetted J.P.V The resignations of Ciptain Macdonald and »>ub-Liectenaufc Camion, Thames Scottish, accepted. Th*s first meeting of the Cu vernors of the Thames High School will be held on the 4th February, at 7 pm. The tuiiowing auditors of School Committees and Kd'i ;at:on Board accounts are gazetted :— Auckland, Louis Adolphus Durrien ; Tii.ran.iki, Robert Macaiister ; Hawke's H-y. Robert Macaiister ; Wellington, Rr'bert 2>lacalister; Marlborough, Robert M:*:alister; Net-on, Robert Pollock ; Westlaud. Edward Waltern ; Canterbury, N. and Olhvitr ; Otago, Henry Livingstone, •loha «\>l!ivier, auditor Canterbury Cdleie ; Henry Livingstone, auditor Otago Uni-ve»--:ty : L. A. Durrien, auditor Aucklaod College and Grammar School ; Henry auditor Dunedin High School aad Southland High School. The Melbourne regulations as to Customs drawbacks and several notices to mariners are also published. Mr. G. S. Anderson is appointed surv-'.or, and A. A. Forbes draughtsman in the .-fuTveyor General's Oilice. Mr. Studhohu\i election is gazetted. The names of the Woodgiae and Waicoa post-offices at Auckland are altered to Papatoitoi and Morr:c3ville respectively. J. B. Strange, Parnell, is appointed land tax va'uer, vice C. K. Koskrnge, for the Borough of Parnell. H. M. g. Nyaiphe is likely to leave for England to-morrow. Ballance leaves for Daaedin tomorrow. It is understood that the New Zealand Shinning Co, will declare a 10 per cent, dividend.

The National Bank has declared an interim dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum for the half-year ending 30th September. To-day a deputation from the City Council waited on the Minister of Public Works, to urge the immediate construction of the Railway Wharf. Mr. Macandrew said that Mr. .Blackett had already prepared plans, and tenders would be called for as soon as specifications had been prepared,—that would be within ten days or a fortnight. There were matorals on the "round to the value of C7OOO or £SOOO, and there was nothing to hinder the work being proceeded with as as specifications were out. Still, that would not suHic* for the rapidly-growing wants of the city, and the Corporation should not relax th<ir efforts to find still further accommodation. Government had been fully alive to the position of the town and the necessity for a raihva}' wharf, and it was only the extreme pressure of work that had prevented pHna being prepared. Mr. Macandrew laid on the table a plau of the new wharf. This shewed, directly opposite Government Buildings, a smail triangular reclamation for turn-tables, &c., from which the wharf will be carried out to a distance of GSO feet, the width bein* rather less than that of the present wharf. It runs almost at right ang'es to the existing wharf, in nearly the same direction as the cross tees, and has provision for arms running out like the fork 3 of a tree, with inner branches ; but this extension is not to be carried out at once. The Koyal Commission to inquire iuto the Jackson Bay Special Settlement leave here in the Stella on the 2Sth. The Auckland yacht Contrabandiere has just been overhauled by Messrs. Coffey and Dixon, aud supplied with a false keel, in preparation for the regatta. In the District Court, to-day, the case of the trustees of Macdonald r. J. E. Nathan was tried. It was an action to recover £200 for wrongful conversion of furniture of a honrding-house on the Terrace, known as York House. Two grounds of defence were set up—one that the furniture belouged to defendant, and was simply leased to Macdonald, together with the house ; and the other, that the defeudant distrained the goods for arrears of reut. The verdict was for the plaintiff for the full amount. The boy Bacon has made a written confession of the Anchor office robbery, and is further remanded.

CHRISTCHCJRCH, Friday. Ford and Co. sold Gilligan's horses Laertes and Javelin to-day. The former, entered for the Wellington Cup, Napier Handicap, and Dunedin Publicans' Handicap, after a spirited competition, was knocked down to P. Butler for 450 guineas. Javelin was sold to Mr. Delamain for 300 guineas. Jangler, the property of Mr. William -, was al?o offered, but passed in at 450 guineas. The bowling match between Christchurch and Dunedin to-day, resulted in the defeat of the former by S4 points to 32. They were completely overmatched. The Health Officer is of opinion that the prevalence of disease on board the immigrant ship is due to defective sanitary management. H- is to prepare a special report on the subject, which will be then brought under the notice of Government. There are over a thousand cesspools iu Christchurch to which and the porous, saturated nature of the soil most of the zymotic diseases are attributed. Mr. H. J. Tancred was to-day re-elected chairman of the Drainage Board. This is his third yea/ of office. TIMARU, Friday. The valuation of the borough of Timaru for IS7O amounts to £45,500, being an increase of £10,300 over last year. The scho.-ner Alert sai'ed for Wellington to day, to take part in the regatta there. A marked improvement has taken place in the crops during the last fortnight or three weeks, and on higher grounds some splendid paddocks <?re now noticeable. It is believed that the yield, on the whole, partly owing to increased area sown, will be fully equal to last year. DUNEDIN, Friday. The Daily Tim*.<? and Herald unite in con- ; demning the Cabinet for recommeuding the commutation of the sentence on Walsh the murderer. The Thii' df in an article on the money market, says : —There is no change in the position of the money market since our last report. Applications for loans are in excess of funds available, and rate? have a tendency rather to harden than give way. The absence of any inllux of money from home for investment contributes to its present scarcity, and almost the only moneys available are from re-payments of loans falling due. The cession of remittances from home is not due, however, to any want of contidenee in New Zealaud securities, for our credit deservedly stands high in the old country, but is rather attributable to the dulness of trade at home, and monetary resources required for tiding over late financial difficult there. There is every hope, however, that the depression here is only temporary, and, should the coming harvest prove a failure, the sun of prosperity will again shine upon ns. At present accouuts are too conflicting to foretell with any certainty whether the harvest will be an average one or not. Advances on good freehold security, 10 per cent. In the sharemarket there is an inclination to sell. The general opinion is that the Colonial Bank would have done more wisely to strengthen its position thin carry out their announced intention of declaring an increased dividend at the next meeting. Union Insurance shares flat. At the annual meeting of the Builders' Association, it was resolved to adopt, for general g-neral use, a contract agreement drawn up at the conference of architects and builders. This agreement is based on one adopted by the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Loudon Builders' Association, altered simply to suit local trade. A second meeting of the promoters of the Roslyn Tramway Company was held this evening. The nominal capital is to be £400,0U0, one-third to be called up. The estimated cost of the work is £17,000. Thomas, the Vic'.orian wrestler, who was defeated by Tyson, of Napier, for the championship, was presented with a purse of 70rfove. last night, previous to his departure for Victoria. A man named Robert McGregor has bren killed near Outram by the up3utting of his dray. Considerable curiosity existed as to who will be invited to the banquet at the opening ceremony of the railway on Wednesday. The Mayor has not received any information either from Christchurch or the Railway Department. Three hundred and seventy-two Volunteers turned out at battalion parade last night. A man named Great was charged at the Police Court, this morning, with larceny from a dwelling house at Mataura Bridge. After some evidence had been taken, the case was adjourned for a week. The official declaration of the poll for the election for a member for Mataura took placd to-d*y, when Mr. Shanks was declared elected by a majority of 59. Both candidates addressed the electors, but only local matters were referred to. Mr. Kinross, the defeated candidate, bitterly attacked his opponent and Messrs. Feldwick and Joyce, M. H. It's. The weather is very aultrj'. Mr. Varlev's services here will commence on Sunday, 2Gth inst. He is expected to stay three weeks.