THE KAFFIR WAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5372, 4 February 1879, Page 3

THE KAFFIR WAR.

Loxdox, February 1. Cetawayo, not having submitted, war lu? been declared against him. COLONIAL NEWS. [from our own correspondent.] Sydney, February 3. Owing to the heavy rains, the match English r. Batliurst was not played out. The body of Captain Fraser, burnt on board of the brig Iserbrook, six weeks ago, was recovered on Saturday on the vessel being pumped out. It was almost unrecognisable. It is rumoured that Mr. Weld, of Tasmania, will be our new Governor. Wilson, alias Smith, was arrested on board the Francis Thorpe, from London, on Saturday, for fraudulent insolvency at Hull. Brisbane, February 3. Mr. Thomson, Minister of Justice, has been re-elected for Ipswich, by a majority of 14. The prize essay has been awarded to Carl Fieldberg, a popular journalist. An aboriginal, Captain .Piper, has been arrested for a murder committed in ISG6. Melbourne, February 3.

There is a scandal in the Reform League Office, which is alleged to have accepted £100 to get a person appointed magistrate. Other corruptions in the Land Office are alleged. Adelaide, February 3. Breadstuffs are unchanged. NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. (PER " BERALD " SPECIAL WIRE.) TFROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] THAMES, Monday. GOLD RETURNS. Oz.dwt.gr. Kuranui Company 467 10 0 Q teen of Beauty Company 5 3 0 Ditto Wingate's tribute 3S 10 0 Total ... ... ... ... 511 3 0 Kuranui.—The amalgam accumulated daring the past month was retorted to-day for the return of 4670z5. lOdwts. gold. It i 3 estimated that about 520 tons of general dirt have been crushed. The amalgam did not turn out as well as that of the previous month. There is no change to notice at the mine.

lloanataiari. —The Point Ru3sell rise is timbered up and completed. The men 3tartei to open out the new level on the lode to-day. The cross-cnt at the 21S-feet level ia ia 170 feet, and is in the strike of the No. 1 reef.

The fire yesterday morning destroyed Mrs. Campbell's house and store, a cottage occupied by Mr. Hugh Fisher, blacksmith, alsa a cottage occupied by a man named O'Xeill. A small cottage, occupied by a miner named Glasson, was pulled down to arrest the iiaraes. The lire originated in Mrs. Campbell's shop. Herself, child, and servant girl narrowly escaped with thtir lives. The st>re was insured iu the Norwich Union for £259. Mr. Campbell loses £25 which he had in the hows at the time ot tile fire. It is rumoured that there are suspicious circumstances connected with the origin of the fire, which will he made the subject of an eaquiry. COROMANDEL, Monday. The Osmefc are crushing several tonj of goo-i stuff, which is shewing up well. At a special meeting of the County Council the whole Act was brought into force. The people are jubilant. GIS BORNE, Monday. Kipata and other natives b -ing unable to come to terms with the late Captain Reid's trustees in reference to some blocks of land they were interested in, have taken possession of his hause at Hapers. The Magistrate ha? decided that the upstairs bar, presided over by Monte in the Albion Hotel, is illegal, as the consent of the Licensing Bench had not first been obtained. A line of £5 wa3 indicted. The proprietors are likely to apply for a rehearing. DUiNEDIN', Monday. •Seven boys, whose ages ranged from 15 to 12, were charged before the Court to-day, charged with damaging Pelichet Bay baths, by removing planks from the platform. The evidence shewed that on Monday night the prisoners were enacting the Kelly gang for their own amusement. The »"st lad, who was tho part of Neu. Kelly, sauted some weapon, in order to more ably delineate the character, and at the aivica of his companions, tore the planks ofl the baths. Xhe keeper rushed out, and, catching Hodgetts and one or two youths, tiok them to the North Dunediu Station, where he obtained from them the names of Others. The Bench discharged the lads with * severe reprimand, advising them to avoid fr' r the future any representations of the Kelly g aD g. Chancellor ha 9 advanced in the betting ■Blrket, owing to the fact that the owner is taking up bets about him.

[press association.] NAPIER, Monday. Information was received in town yester"ay that on Saturday night John Hare was Wrested at Farndon on a charge of burglary upon the premises of Mr. White, of the .radon Hotel. It appears that Mr. White biased lately a considerable portion of the stock that he kept in his store, and he had , vu Q imputing dishonesty to the servants and '■aera in the honse quite groundlessly, as it ° Q k Saturday evening something •the manner of Hare aroused suspicions in Qite a mind, and he kept watch upon the «s movements, and about ten p.m. Mmgo round the house, open the store, it tin' r * White was on the balcony e • ~ me < but quickly slid down, and fastu J seQ t for Constable Motley, brmmi ™ 3a found to have a bottle of alki. ' n h ! s Possession, which Mr. White ha k' 3 property, and it ia stated that iidof entrance to the store with the to th v 8^ e^efcon key. Hare was brought Napier hospital to-day, as he was »nf-

faring from the effects of a fit. Ho is now in a very precarious condition. A man named Peter Retgan, who was brought down from Tologa Bay charged with lunacy, and who attempted suicide by catting his throat, was brought up at the R, M. Court on Saturday last for attempting Buicide, and committed for trial at the next Supreme Court sitting at Wellington. The following are the acceptances for the Napier Handicap:—Ben Jievis, Dainty, Pohukura, Otupai, Danebury, Mufti, Lady Ellen, Merlin, Lara, Sinking Fund, Laertes, Lady Elizabeth, Pitifire, Repo, Pungawerewere, Xantippe, Grey Momu*, lkaia. An inquest is to be held on the late fire at the Honiki Hotel. WELLIKGTON, Monday. The Hon. Mr. Buckley has resigned the governorship of the College, as dissatisfied with the management of the majority of the governing body. Miss Joces, of College fame, is announced as the lecturer of Carey's Arctic panorama. On Saturday night the house ownt.d by Mrs. Hughey, at Taita, occupied by ii'MuKenzie, a shoemaker, was burned to the ground by the explosion of a kerosene lamp. The family of -six children escaped, but one little girl, aged 4, was overlooked, and was burnt to death. The house was insured in the South British for £200. McKenzie waß not insured, and is left destitute. This is the second time he has been burned out within a year. The Post says:—"We find, on inquiry, that the falling off in the postal reveuue is only apparent, and not real, arising from the fact that the Treasury abstracts are made up before the complete postal returns come in. Thus the revenue of £47,658 in reality shews the receipts for five months only; for six months the amount actually : received was £51,750, besides £60tiC received on account of English service, and an amount of £3000 has still to be received | This makes a total of £60,750, or exactly half of the estimate for tho year. The latVr half always produces a considerably larger revenue than the first, as the fees for boxes, too., are paid in the third quarter. It is expeoted the revenue will largely exceed the •stimate."

Very little is doing on the Cap. In a few small Calcutta sweeps Danebury and Lord brought are about equal prices, but very low. CHRI3TCHURCH, Monday. Two deaths have occurred at the Quarantine Station, one an infant on Sunday, the other yesterday of a girl 7 years old. Fish-hook has been scratched for all engagements. The annual cricket match between Otago and Canterbury commences on Monday. Only four or five of the Victoria team will be players in our eleven. Mrs. Groves, a well-known resident of Kaiapoi, died suddenly of heart disease yesterday. She was fo*nd about 10 a.m. lying dead in her garden. At the inquest it was ascertained that death resulted from apoplexy. The total number of persons nominated in the Christcharch office during the past month for free passages were 164 souls, equal to 138 statute adults. Rignold and Company left for Dunedin to-dsy. Rignold will probably return for a short season in March or April. The tailors of Christchurch, in an omnibus decked gaily with evergreens and flowers, headed by Warner's Band, paraded the streets of the city on the way to the scene of their picnic this morning. Prizes were give by Mr. Back, General Manager of Railways, for competition at the Baby Show at the Railway picnic. The rirat prize was a cruet-stand, the second a cup, and the third a silver knife, fork, and spoon; for the best baby, not to exceed one year. An arrangement has been made by the New Zealand and Australiau Land Company with the Railway Department to carry 5000 sheep from the Levels station, Timaru, to Edendale station, Southland, a distance of

245 miles, and the work will be commenced on Friday next, and occupy ten days, the loaded waggons running down every alternate day. Twenty-live waggons will be used, starting at 5 a.m., and arriving at the destination at 1.40 a.m., nearly twenty-one hours. The engine will run right through, and return with the empties at once. It was found necessary to forward the sheep by rail, as the country is too dry to travel them through. DUNEDIN, Monda3'. A tender has been accepted for the survey of the Waimea Plains Railway. Mr. Higginson is the successful tenderer for the survey ; amount, £219. Marion Johnson, one of the principal witnesses in the Hit or-Miss sly grog-selling case, and in the charge of perjury arising therefrom against Mrs. Reid, was charged at the Police Court this morning with perjury. The further hearing of the case is adjourned to Thursday next. Mr. Conyers remains about the same. Neal, who was kicked in the stomach by a horse at South Dunedin on Friday night, died on Sunday morning.

The Rev. Mr. Fitchett preached to a large congregation in All Saints' Church yesterday.