NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5397, 5 March 1879, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(PER "HERALD" SPECIAL WIRE.) [FROM OUR OWN" CORRESPONDENT.] THAMES, Tuesday. Gold Returns.—Last Chance, -iozi. 4 dwts. ; Kurauui Hill, 2210z5. ; Alburnia tribute, George, oiozs. (they crashed ii\-e loads). ... The Kuranm have been crashing irregularly tor about a month. The PriDce Imperial are troubled with <113. Kingsford's tribute had to stop work. r Ash and Northey (Knranui tributes) are crushing now. At the licensiug meeting, Mr. Taipari, assessor, objected to the granting of two hotel licences at Te Aroha, and both had to be adjourned. A performance 13 to be got up 111 aid of the Kaitangata sufferers. The County Council intend pushing on the Katikati Road. They are calling for tenders for two contracts. It was stated at the Water Supply meeting . to-night that when the local bodies' guarantee wa3 paid, the committee's account at the back would have to be closed. A special meeting is to be held to diseass the desirability of leading a supply to the Borough. The committee are absolutely without funds, CAMBRIDGE, Tuesday. A serious accident has occurred to Dr. Waddington. Late on Friday evening Dr. Waddington was sent for to go to Uhaupo. On his way thither his horse ran on a heap of gravel, which had been left in the centre of the road by contractors, instead of spreadin*7 it before leaving work. He was thrown from his buagy, and fell across the splashboard. After a while he managed to start but is now in a somewhat critical condition, the injuries being much greater than expected. Are not the Road Boards responsible for the doings of contractors ? DUNEDIN, Tuesday. Great complaints are being made here at the unusual lapse ot time which intervenes fcerween the despatch of telegrams and their delivery. Yesterday the transmission of messages from Kaitangata to Dunediii, a distance of 53 milis, occupied two hours, and this is by no means a solitary instance. 31 r. Creswick made his debut last night, and created a most favourable impression. Mr. Darrell does not intend taking him to Aucklan 1. Puerperal fever prevails in the city. The JU raid devotes a sub-leader to Auckland Citv West election. It says :—The contest between Mr. P. Dignan and Mr. Goldie for the representation of Auckland City West, although hailed by free and inde- . pendent electors tnere as an occasion for the exhibition of a certain amount of enthusiasm, is not of any great importance to us in Dunedis, or to the welfare of the colony at large. With the exception of one point, there is a striking similarity in the political creed of ; the candidates. They are both supporters of the present Government, though in different degrees. One is a very pronounced supporter° from the fact of a relation of his being highly honoured by the Ministry. The other gives that very questionable support which has been daogerous to Government of late. Pie will go to Wellington ; 15 untied"' or *' unbound" it elected, and will give Sir George Grey as much sup- ; port a3 he consistently can. The one point of difference between the candidates consists in Mr. Dignan being a denominatiocalist, while Mr."Goldie is an advocate of oar present secular system. No doubt much . will he made of the'result of this election, .however it may terminate, but we wish to point out that the question at issue between the candidates only slightly affects the reJitroinction of Bible reading into our s:hools. [PRESS A3SeCIATIO>\] WELLINGTON, Tuesday. The statement that Government intend to allow the Council to elect their Speaker is denied. No appointment will be made at present. It is rumoured that the Government propose to give the unsold portion of the reclaimed land as an endowment for a Harbour Board, on condition that the Board reclaim additional land and construct a large graving dock for ocean steamers. It i 3 said a bill to do this will be introduced next session. A commencement is to be made next week of the West Coast railway, starting from Kaiwaroa through Porirua. Government have sent home for engines and carriages similar to those on the tramway, for working on the railway to Lower Hutt. At the licensing meeting to-day, the Bench expressed an opinion that all licensed houses should shut at ten o'clock. The concert in aid of the Kaitangata "Fund to-night is crowded. Nearly 100 performers. CHRISTCH DRC H, Tuesday. Edward Wakefield, who, as telegraphed yesterday, died at the Destitute Persons' Home, Ashburton, has been staying there some time. He refused to allow his friends to be telegraphed for till the last moment, when it was too late. His last days were clouded by the same blot that has obstructed his later life, and the money obtaiued by writing articles for the local papers and other means was all devotod to the same purpose. The Resident Magistrate gave a lesson to larrikins to-day. Five youngsters were brought up on several charges of stealing tead, money, and grapes, the latter from Booth's vinery. The evidence shewed.that * system of plundering had been carded on, the elder lads apparently leading away the yoanger. The Bench ordered them to be taken to Addington Gaol for four hours, and | receive—the elder, two dozen lashes each, the younger, one dozen. During the past fortnight 25 cases of typhoid fever and 3of diphtheria have been , Sported to the health authorities. < Two hundred and eighty-three persons j *ere nominated at the immigration office I fa passages last month. This is the largest ! Bomber nominated for one mail for some time past. j The traffic has increassd so much thai an j €xtra afternoon train has been put on to Hornby, the junction of the Southbridge and *&ain lines. 1 A muff cricket match, in character, be- < ?*een the Muff Club and the City Council, ' being arranged in aid of the Kaitangata disaster. "Cabbage" W T ilsoa is to appear Sir John Falstaff. Messrs. Bird and Paul . Jave collected £133 for the Kaitangata suf- ( of which £32 was sent to Dunedin , j«b evening. The Court Star of Canter- : W, A.0.F., voted £30 as a first donation 1 J° the fund. At the City Council meeting ; to-night, the Mayor intimated that he had 1 Personally collected between £50 and £60. J