NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5364, 25 January 1879, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[rF.I; " HERALD " <PBCIAr. WIRE.] THA.M tS, Friday. GOLD RETTENS Oz <lwt ?r. Q-O'i'ii <>i li.j.i.uty tribute, Wilson ... .'i<> 11 0 Albunih tiibute, McLoan 40 10 0 Caleioniiii tribute. Kane X 10 0 T'reuj- .J.ine ... 117 0 kittle Lizzie 4170 Total 85 15 0 — : Kuranui, 14s to 13s; Cure, 3s 6'd ; Union Insurance, 13- .'M Sellers: Monataiari, 50< ; Kuranu', 13s; Albnrnia, ; Cure, 3s Gd ; Colonial Bank, 50?. There ia no to report in the Kuranui. NAPIER, Friday. A narrow escape from serious accident happened here. to a woman named Mr 3. Z'ider. She was extinguishing a kerosene lamp, when, by gome means, it exploded over the table and over Mrs. Zoder's dress. With remarkable presence of mind, she moved the table into the yard, but while dointr so the flames caught her She was, however, /r»»m serious harm by Mr. Zoder wrapping some clothing round tar, and so smotb'Tina th-j flim-a. The oaly injury that Mrs. Znder sustained was having her wrists scorched. Raker and Farron are playing to very good houses.

The Hawke's Bay Pitle Association firing commences on Monday next. S-'orae very good prizes are to be shot for, including the • f a yor s silver cup, and several other prizes fciven by the citizens of Napier. • \\°bfcrt \ iusen, who was lately in business !° *p I'^ r as a coachbui d« r, , was arrested 10 Chriatchurch on Wednesday afternoon, t'Q a charge made atrairst him here of larceny f s The warrant charges him with ln fa f . converted to his own lue a cb' que f<T r'.i' to him by Mr. George Edwards J* Robert McAlpine, f.o withdr-^v proa.isisory note of Kdwin Turpin for £*25. ram Was Christchuroh apprisy c * police there t ; at the warrant waß * an d the was made soon after. NEW PLYMOUTH, Friday. f n . 7? . 8 Company arc preparing the site ar« i v ' or k*. i» the < xpc-ctatioa of the of the plant.

. . WAXGAXOI, Friday, irv l J !" IVa * e Com pany to form a railway Yf, '»ratford station to Bulls is being 111 } supported in the Hangitikei district, r , WELLINGTON, Friday. SOm rd , movements have been miaeir a ]^ -His Excellency's cornerror Q . aS OVerDOr of Victoria, by some Do ' f°f by the San Frantill no f therefore arrive here fore rW His Excellency has, thereMelknn» ern3 - £° on 116 P r.rawata, but leave her at 0»i D i • the Canterbury * fio Districts, travelling overland to

the Bluff, and embarking oil board the Itingarooma on tho 20th February. In the late Bpecial jury case, O Neil v. Brown, tho plaintiff has accepted £loU ai.d costs, or tho other aide were going to move for a new trial. _ , . It is said that an action is going to be taken against certain City Councillors for improperly receiving pay for Bervices. The wharf committee of the Council, by 7 to 5, last night, refused Councillor Thompson permission to lay on the table a legal opinion that payments were illegal. Thomas Williams, defaulting secretary for the Foresters* Court, recently arrested at Tau rang,-i, was further remanded to-day. There is great complaint of the want of sufficient school accommodation. Hundreds have had to be refused, there being no I room. It i 3 estimated there are at least • 7(10 in the city for whom no provision is made. The custodian of the water-works, David Andrews, rode to town to-day, and on the way back dropped dead from his horse. He is believed to have had aneurbm of the heart. Turi, late chief of D'LTrville Island Maoris, died on tho 17th inst. Me leaves a large family of sons and daughters, and is much lamented by bis people, by whom he was greatly loved and esteemed. Part of the new hospital is now finished, and tho st>ff will soon move there; but one wing of tho present hospital will be retained as an emergency and accident ward. The Qazelte to-night, in a proclamation tinder the Land Tax Act, includes all the adjacent islands of the respective L.and lax I iJistricts. Regulations for electing members of Harbour Boards are published. Tho Thames County Council is to return two members of the Harbour Board, instead of the Waiotabi aud Kauwaeranga Highway Boards. Jaines llector, Joseph Dranatield, Wm, Hutchinson, Charles Lemon, William Hart Twin, Daniel Mclntyre, Frederick Augustus Krull, and John Sinythe McDowell Thompson are appointed Commissioners to naako arrangements to secure the representation of Now- Zeabind at the Sydney Exhibition of 1579, —Dr. Hector, chairman. The n imes of the Auckland Domain Board are published. Pokeno Fost-pflice is to be a money-order and savings bank office after the l3t of January. A preliminary meeting was held in the Council-chamber this evening, to consider the proposal to entertain the Governor prior t > his departure. A large aud influential committee was appointed to make arrangements and to decide the form the atfair should take. For tho past week negotiations have been going on between Mr. Collins, agent for Renter's Co., and the leading newspaper proprietors, in regard to the future supply of cable messages from London and Australia, Great improvement is promised. ICUMARA, Friday. An inquest on the fire was held, aud the jury returned a verdict that the fire was wilfully caused by some persons unknown. CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. Judge Johnson granted a rule nisi, returnable on March IS, at Christchurch, unless the application be made at the Court at Wellington to shew cause there. Two lads ran away from the Industrial School, walked to Christchurch, aud hid themselves in some goise. They were recaptured this morning, but only after a smart chase. liignold is drawing good houses. His Honor Judge Johnson sat in chambers and banco to-day. There are no less than 29 ca es on the list. A banquet, which was well attended, in connection with the installation of the Stanglistiue Lodge, took place in the .M isuuic Hall last night. Me-sru. Hiscocks and Hayman purchased yesterday the lease of the Theatre Iloyal. t hey take possession on February I S. It is intended to close the theatre for a souple of weeks for the purpose of renovating i". Hayman goes to Melbourne for the purpose of completing arrangements for open ng the new season. Millie. Cliarbon-n--r, had a splendid and liighly-fa=hionible attendance last night. TIMARU, Friday. Harvest operations are now in full swing in most parts of South Canterbury. The erop3, as a whole, are looking excellent. No deliveries of new grain worth speaking of hive taken place, aud prices are nominally os 01 to 03 91 for wheat, aud "2s 9d to 3s 3d for o~.t*. Barley will open at a high price. The weather i 3 splendid for harvesting work-. A sho:k of earthquake was felt last night at St. Andrew's, south of Timaru. At the South Canterbury Jockey Club meeting to-night, tho date ot the raca meeting was altered to tile 11th and 12th of March. OAMARU, Friday. A man named Williams, GO years of age, wa- charged at the Police Court, yesterday, with indecently assaulting a girl named Elizabeth Smith. The alleged offence wa? committed in a flour-mill in which prisoner was employed. The evidence disclosed some most disgusting facts. Tiie prisoner was com-mit:-d for trial at the District Court—bail being allowed. A young man named Geo. Stewart was brought up at the R.M Court to-day, charged with embezzling a cheque for £2; in bis possession as bailee at Port Molyneux, on the 20 h of last October. The prisoner at the nine of the alleged offence was engaged at the bank at Balclutha. He was remande t for the production of evidence, and will probably be forwarded to Balilutha in a few days. Mr. McLennan, formerly manager on the Hon. R. Campbell's estate, at Whitson, and who is leaving to take charge of a gentleman's estate in Manawa'u, was presented with a handsome tea and coffee service today. There is nothing doing in the grain and breadstuff's market. Prices remain as before quoted. DUN'EDIN, Friday. The opinion of Drs. Skae and Kenys and Prof<ssor McGregor v the convict Walsh has been communicated to the Government to-day. After a careful examination, they are unanimously of opinion that WaLh is not insane. A telegram from thg manager of the Cromwell Q iartz Company states that on Thursday ac tke weighing 734uzs. of gold from 41S tins, the result of three weeks' crushing, was brought into town. The discussion on the Divine origin of Christianity, by Green and Bright, will be resumed and concluded to-morrow evening The takings, fo far, though the price of admission is only lid belowstairs, and Is to the dress-circle, amount to about £125. The balance, after the cost of publishing the debate, is to be given to the Benevolent Society. The foundation stone of the Roman Catholic Cathedral is to be laid on Sunday afternoon by Bishop Moran, assist .-d by Bishop Redwood, of Wellington, and the clergy of the diocese. The Hon. Mr. Ballance has returned to Dnnpdin on urgent public business, but will visit Southland next week, in company .vith the Attorney General. The following telegram was this afternoon sent to Mr. Grant, General Manager : — " Gore, January 24, 10 a.m. Conyers is still semi-conacious. The Doctor reports the symptoms favourable and slight improvement.— F. W. Buck." Dr. Caffery is now attending.