NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5359, 20 January 1879, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[pep. "herald" SPECIAL wire.] THAMES, Saturday. GOLD RETURNS. Oz.(lwt.gr. Mouuataiari Company ... ... 2GO 0 0 Alburxiia tribute (Nicholas)... - G 16 0 Queen of Beauty tribute (Winglake) 23 3 0 NewNfcrth Devoa tribute (Mallett) 5 5 0 NonpM*il tribute (Bagnall)... ... 7 5 0 Crown. Princess tribute (Graham)... 11 15 0 Second Try 5 0 0 Cnly Chance ... ... ... .. 2 1G 0 Total 325 2 0 Moanataiari.—The first retorting for this company since the holidays took place today. The battery has been running about a fortnight, during which time 312 tons of geueril Jirt have been crushed, for the return of 200&z3. of gold, which shews a considerable improvement on late crushings. Sharemarket. — Sale-* : Kuranui, 13s. Buyers : Moanataiari, 355. A number of the members of the New Ztiland Rifle Association were oat practising at the butts to-day. The shooting was some of the best lhat has ever been ciide on the Thames. Among the scores were 70. 07, GG, G5. and G4, out of a possible 3i>. The ranges were 200, 3CO, 500, and U"0 yards. At 500 yards a large number at* .! at 55 and 54 out of a possible GO. COROMANDEL, Saturday. Kelly's Lease. —Nine men are sinking a shaft to cut the reef. The water is very heavy. The show in the surface drive is • fry cood. The Corby eut a leader on the low level, carrying gold. It is supposed to be a branch irom No. 2. Tukatea.—The manager reports that he baa commenced stoping from No. 1 reef, which looks well; 18 inches from No. 4, stoping inwards, also a good reef. No. 2 tr.uute section: A few pounds of picked •it jnc-are to hand. McJury's tribute ; A small leader ha 3 come in the winze. Guld is exTil-.- Royal Oak manager reports that in .-itopi'Jg from the intermediate level gold shewr in blotches j in the low level payable •■ituff ie Leiog got. It is rumoured than there has been a good hvil of specimens from the hill. RUSSELL, Saturday. Captain Dearborn, of the mail steamer C:ty of Sydney, was a passenger by the Wanaka ; aod we hope his visit will add to the future consumption of our coal, and to more being known of oar splendid harbour. A cricket match is played between the Mauganese Cricket Club and that of Russell. GISBORNE, Saturday. The Cook County Council have written to the Government, asking advice under the following circumstances : —" At time of election, only one Retnrning-OfSeer for the whole County, inetead of one for each R ding, was appointed. Several other irregularities also existed, tending to vitiate whole of election." (ovc-rnment have promised to make a survey of the harbour immediately, to enable Sir John Coode to report. NAPIER, Saturday. •Jamea Watt, of the late firm of Watt brothers, of the Spit, died at Longlands this atternoon. He was iu Ntpier yesterday, and went to his place at Longlands by tbe a?:emooa train. NEW PLYMOUTH, Saturday. A report was circulated to-day that a • iuantity of arms and ammunition collected by natives bad been seized atHawera. It is utterly unfounded. WELLINGTON, Saturday. Messrs. Simpson and Co.'s Shorthorns hire been landed in excellent condition. H.M. s. Nympbe, and the ships Wairoa »>t. Leonards, sailed for Loudon to-day. Tae Wairoa took a cargo valued at £7G.495, a-d the St. Leonards one valued at £91,745. I Ihe land sales for last month of the Wellington Land District reached only 90 acres, tlie amount received bting £119. liie residents in Newtown have subscribed ''' r 237 shares out of 300, which the TramCompany required to betaken up as a cognition of extending the rails there. •Just as H.M. s. Nymphe was about to sail tuLs afternoon a telegraph messenger rushed the office and on to the breastwork, holding up a telegram, and making frantic 'iguiU for tbe ship to stop. He was unseen, however, and the ship continued on her Course. A bystander suggested to the mesto run to Government House and the signal made for her to stop. He at parted off, and a few minutes later a .Igua. of recall was run up on Government ">use flagstaff, jus*, as the ship was about to Fortunately it was seen, the Nymphe returned, aent a boat

I ashore, obtained the telegram, and started ) again at 3 p.m., after about an hour's delay. A charge of abduction of two girls against Lucy 11ickey, herself a girl of 18, was dismissed to-day, the Magistrate, however, „ giving all parties some good advice. This morning the constables stationed in Wellington District not on duty met at the house of Superintendent Atchison, to make a presentation to Mrs. Atchison, on her leaving with her husband for Nelson. Constable Lyster, of the Hutt, the oldest cond stable, not only in Wellington, but in New i- Zealand, handed the gift, which consisted of y a lady's reticule, containing gold, to Mrs. 3 Atchison, and, in so doing, said the amount e was subscribed by the members of the police 0 force as a slight token of their esteem, and 0 tliey would ask her to purchase with it somo memento by which she and lu r f - .ily would remember those who ha l been o(Ec - .Ily > associated with Superintendent Achist..: for e many years. They experienced deep regret at " the severance of the connection, and desired to express their warm wishes for the future happiness and prosperity of Superintendent Atchison and his family. After a few 9 remarks by the others present and late 1 members of the force, Mis. Atchison, iu suitable terms, acknowledged the gift, and expressed the regret of the family at leaving Wellington. The Public Works Department are now seriously obliged to face the sleeper difficulty. Large quantities are required, and advertising for tenders is almost useless, ! none being received in reply. The practice of - obtaining hard wood sleepers from Tasmania > was some time since discontinued, but owing to the impossibility of getting supplies in New Zealand, and as the ouTy means of preventing delay in the works now in progress, it is feared the Government will bo obliged to send large erders out of the colony. Offers ; for supplying a million sleepers from Tasi mania have been received, and as a tenii porary measure to preveut absolute stoppage of one or two works approaching complotioo, 50,000 have in the meanwhile been ordered from theuco. Baker and Farrou are drawing excellent houses at the Royal. The Stewarts open tonight at the Opera House. Mr. 'Iheo. Heale, Judge of the Native Lauds Court, has resigned on account of ill health. The Colonial Treasurer will, after his trip South, visit Auckland and Waikato. Mr. Luckie takes office on Monday. The Government have received a petition in favour of Walsh ; also a certificate of the medical man that he suffers from mania. A commission of three doctors has been appointed to examine him and report. The Commission on Higher Education has appointed committees on the various subjects. Mr. Ballance and Mr. Macandrew leave in the Hinemoa to-night, to be preseut at the opening of the railway from Dunedin to InYorcargill. K.UMARA, Saturday. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT KUMARA. A destructive fire occurred last night in the main street. The following were the houses destroyed :—Reefton Hotel, Dungan anil O'Brien's Hotel, and Beehive store. Owiag entirely to the exertions of the local brigade the fire was stayed. The whole street was in danger at one time. Insurances: Keefton Hotel, £1000, South British •, Dungan and O'Brien, £400, South British ; Beehive store, £200, office not known. O.AMARU, Sunday. Owing to the Waitaki River having shifted 1 its channel, apprehension was felt regarding i the safety of the railway bridge. Steps have been taken to render everything safe, by placing quantities of stones around the cylinders most exposed. CHRI3TCKURCH, Sunday. The of replacing with steel rails is \ going on rapidly. During the present week ( two miles of South Selwyn have been taken up and 521b. steel rails laid down. At yesterday's meeting of the Drainage Doard tenders amounting to £16S0 ISs (3d were accepted for work in Antigua-street. Mr. A. Dowden was last night elected 1 clerk to the Railway Employees' Mutual Benefit Society. ' The first grain of the season arrived yes- , t.-rday from Southbrid^e. During the present week no less than , 80 trucks were turned out of the railway , workshop. The Mayor's cap for the best score for the district prize-firing, on view in Sandestien's, jeweller's, window, is thirteen inches high, and very handsome. A deputation, introduced by Mr. Stevens, M.H.R., consisting of his Worship the Mayor, Councillors Gapes, Benstead, and Wilson, last evening waited on the Attor-ney-General in reference to the market on the reserve, to 3ee if there was any probability of obtaining a grant to the City 1 Council unreservedly, that land offices might be built thereon. Mr. Stout ex- 1 pressed his opinion that Government would consider the application favourably, and remove the present reservation, so that it ' could be used for the purpose desired. A man named Peter Gilberton had his ankle broken at Baxter's Saw-mill, Oxford, on Friday, by a log rolling off the saw-bench '■ In the Supreme Court, the evHence in the case Henderson v. the Napier Harbour Board was continued on Saturday. Allowing for deductions, plaintiff's claim amounts to £12,407 13s 7d. The case will be resumed on Monday, at 10 a m. ' Miss Rose Warne, the young lady who has taken a leading part in amateur operatic ' performances, was presented on the stage ' la3t night with a gold watch by Sir J. C. : Wilson, on behalf of the members of the company. The new billiard-reom at the Terminus Hotel, containing four tables, said to be the finest room south of the Line, was opened la3t night by a match between Weston and a new arrival named Keith. The latter, who received 240 points out of GOO, proved to be J a good player, and was only beaten by five or six piints. Mir. Jardine, the sub-librarian of the ; public library, has resigned. The Stewart family left on Thursday for Wellington, after a ra ist successful season. They promise to return about March. Mr. McCallum, jeweller, has given a gold medal to be fired for at the representative firing of the New Zealand Rifle Association. Two lots of superior ewes and rams < were imported by the Ringarooma from Tasmania, which have arrived in excellent condition. The same vessel brought eleven handsome specimens of Shorthorn cattle, — a very valuable lot. DUNEDIN, Saturday. At yesterday's sitting of the Presbyterian Synod, the Rev. Mr. Watt gave notice of • the following motion : •' That this Synod view 3 with satisfaction the steps recently taken by the Council of the University of j Otago to secure for that institution an independent charter, and earnestly hopes that J this action of the Council may be crowded with success." , Mr. Varley, Evangelist, will, it i 3 under- j stood, make a stay of three weeks in i Dunedin. He is expected on Saturday, the < 25th, and will commence his meetings in the * Queen's Theatre on the 2Gth. It is stated that a project, which has bean : on foot for some time past in commercial ] circles in Dunedin, for floating a company to carry on business operations of a very com- . prehensive description, including land, loan, j investment, auctioneer, and other business generally comprised under the term agency, i is about to come to a head. The capital will probably be about £75,000, though it is not proposed to call up anything like that amount at the commencement. The promoters consider that with the rapid growth i of the city and province, they have abundance of scope for their operations. The damages claimed iu the breach of promise case, Clayford v. Carrnthers, which : commenced before the Supreme Court on the : 27th ult., are £1500. The defence is that the alleged promise was obtained by fraud, J the plaintiff having exhibited a falsa certificate, said to be signed by a medical man. J Mr. Denniston appears for the plaintiff; Mr. , Smith, instructed by Mr. F. J. Wade, of , Invercargill, for the defence. A large number of witnesses have been subpenaed on both i sides, and the case is likely to occupy 3ome i days. i The Morning Herald comments editorially J on the appointment of Mr. Dignan to the ( Legislative Council. It accepts these and j other recent additions as a deliberate inten- : tion on the part of the Ministry to lower the ] character of the Council, and to secure a sub- j servient majority accustomed to obey. Such ( men, it says, will vote in a block, following , the orderH of their political leader. From his i early military career in the rank-and-file of the British army, the now hon. Mr. Dignan ' will move readily, be amenable to the discip- ! line of obeyiDg the orders of the Colonel ' commanding. The Ministerial battalion in 1 the Upper House will rejoice to welcome an j old soldier and docile follower once more to ( the ranks where an unqualified obedience is ] considered to bo the highest merit. Tifere is nothing to prevent the Ministry getting their ] majority by thus filling the Council with i well-drilled subordinates —men without much ] capacity. —;