NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5398, 6 March 1879, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(PER " HERALD" SPECIAL WIRE.) [FROSI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] THAMES, Wednesday. GOLD F.ETUKNS. Oz. dwt. gr. Alburnia tribute (Foster) ... 177 0 0 Prince Imperial ... ... ... 11l 13 0 Caledonian tribute (Paltridge)... 24 0 0 Priuce Imperial tribute (Peters) 210 0 Total 315 3 0 Foster's tribute crushed 17 loads for their return. The Priace Imperial crushed about 70 tons of general stuff and loOlbs. of picked stone. The gas having receded, the Golden Calf minera were able to resume work this afternoon. Cure. —The winze on Gilmour's leader is shewing a little gold. There is great excitement here about the rifle shooting. Even money is bet that one of the belts will come to the Thames. A vessel, supposed to bo the Amherst, from Newcastle, has arrived off Whakatiwai. The bank has refused further overdraft to the Cemetery Committee. RUSSELL, Wednesday. A large meeting was held last night at liawakawa, for the purpose of forming a company to purchase the s.s. Ida for ferry work. A company was formed, the name to be "iThe Bay of Islands Navigation Company." The shares were readily taken, and everything augurs a success for this venture. About half the shares will be held in Russell and the remainder at Kawakawa. A newspayer is also to be started at the coal mines. DUNEDIN, Wednesday. The Herald informs its readers that it does not regret the result of the City West election, and patronisingly avers that it has great hopes in Mr. Goldie. It adds : —"He goes to Wellington an independent supporter of Sir George Grey. This means, if anything, that ):e will probably give the Ministry infinite trouble and annoyance, as so many independent supporters did last session. Being ' Gr-yites,' the Ministry was compelled to keep peace towards them. At the same time, the Ministers could not but feel galled at having to stand the gibes and hard knocks of those who should have lauded and defended them. Mr. Goldie advocates secular education, but, if wc mistake not, he belongs to that school of secularists which only require a little gentle pressure to make its secularism fit in with Bible reading in the public schools. There are not a few public men in Otago whose views upon this same subject have undergone wonderful change since they discovered the direction in which public opinion has set, and human nature, we presume, is very much the same in Auckland as it is in Otago. We Bhall, no doubt, find Mr. Goldie, upon trial, far too amiable to interpose difficulties in the way of a satisfactory settlement of the education qnes- ' tion." The Volunteers are dismayed at the clean sweep which Nelson and the Thames representatives are making at the firing contest. Otago is well represented, but ' has as yet won only a few pounds. [press association. ] NEW PLYMOUTH, Wednesday. Letters received here state that, after the native meeting in Waikato, Rewi and Mr. Sheehan will come through to Taranaki, to attend a sitting at Waitara. Te Whetu says a meeting will be held at Waitara this month, but few will attend. Some of his people will be there, although not himself. At an adjourned meeting of the creditors ia A S. Faithful's estate, the offer of 5s in < the £1 was accepted. Several societies are getting up entertain-. ment3 for the Kaitangata Relief Fund. Only seven attended the meeting called to arrange for the raising subscriptions, and proceedings were adjourned until Monday. NAPIER, Wednesday. The Native Minister leaves Napier for Wanganui to-morrow. A refreshing rain, which was sadly wanted, ell to day. It i 3 not yet known who will put up for Karaitiani's vacant seat in the General Assembly. Tareha, the former member, is in failing health. The Georgia Minstrels close a good season to-night. They leave for Wellington tomorrow. The Georgia 3, after completing thetaurof New Zealand, intend proceeding ; to England, where they performed six years 1 ago. WELLINGTON, Wednesday. A meeting last night was held to form a i Naval Brigade. Fifty-seven names were enrolled. The Benevolent Society have accepted 1 sole charge of the distribution of charitable ' aid in the city. A man named Miller, employed on the - collier Ellea, fell down a hatch, fracturing i his ribs. It is not a fact that Mr. G. B. Barton is j appointed Assistant Law Officer, nor has ■ the appointment yet been filled. < Parliament is further prorogued to the j 14th May. A concert last night added £90 to the 1 funds (£300) previously collected for the Kai- ' tangata Relief Fund. 1 The evening papers state that Mr. Holt s retires from the Press Agency at the end of 1 the present quarter. ' GREYMOUTH, Wednesday, 'i'he following are the quantities of gold ' shipped by the banks from Greymouth per Claud Hamilton, for Melbourne to-morrow J morning Bank of Australia, IGOCozs. ; * National Bank, 22430z5.; Bank of New Zea- ' land, 4375 ozs. : total, S2lSaz3. . A miner named Denis Hurley was killed by a fall of earth in his tail-race, at Mason's Gully, yesterday. HOKITIKA, Wednesday. j The Jackson Bay Commissioners sat yes- j terday, ana took evidence. Mr. Macfarlane, t the resident agent, against whom many com- , plaints and charges are expected, came here E this afternoon in the Stella. Mr. Paten has E been instructed to prepare a balance-sheet - of the settlements accounts. . , The Murray tried the bar twice yesterday, but found the current too strong to enter, and went back to Greymouth. The Stella is in Bight, and will be tendered at six o'clock. CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. One private list of collections for the Kaitangata Fund amounts to £178. The Lyttelton Times employees have contributed £15. ] The Christchurch Horticultural Society's 1 Autumn Show yesterday was most success- ] H and was excellent in all departments. 1 The land tax valuers complain that they ] cannot get their money according to pro- i miae. I lu the district cricket match yesterday— Christchurch against Sefton—Leach made i 183 (not out), the largest score yet recorded 1 m Canterbury. ' Major Withers inspected the Volunteers, i He complimented the Christchurch battery at last night's inspection from general ap- 1 Pearance and proficiency in drill. 1 . Owing to the frequency of fires at present, i insurance companies have decided to offer a < reward of £200 on conviotion of any persona I sealing fir« to premises ia Not Zea*

By the ship City of Quebec, from London, , two five-ton and two seven-ton guns arrived jor harbour defence. TIMARU, Wednesday. At the Board of Education to-day, Messrs. Belfiold, Tincred, and Barclay were elected to the school committee, to fill the places of ' three retiring members. Maritana has been scratched by Mr. Ray for all her Timaru engagements. The committeo appointed is actively can- , vassing for the Kaitangata Relief Fund. The amount collected by Messrs. Paul and Bird, for the Kaitangata Relief Fund, up to this evening, is £254. A concert in aid will take place to-morrow. Subscription lists are also going round. The immigrants by the Piako have all arrived in excellent order. One death and five births took place during the passage from Pernambuco. The ship is in excellent order. Twenty-five immigrants roturned from Pernambuco to England. The Piako met with light unfavourable weather from Pernambuco, which port she left on December 29. As the representatives of the Press were not allowed on board, no further particulars of the fire could be gathered this evening. OAMARU, Wednesday. A serious accident occurred on the railway line near Awamoko last night to a man named Weiss, a settler residing in Papakaio, that was driving a horse and drag over what is known as the creek road, when he was run into by the goods train, —the cowcatcher of the engine lifting the horse and drag and throwing them over an adjoining fence. The driver at once pulled up, and the injured man was brought into town and taken to the hospital, where he is now doing much better than could have beeD expected, having sustained very serious injuries about his head and legs. Over £7 was realised at the Service of Song in the Wesleyan Church in aid of the Kaitangata sufferers, DUNEDIN, Wednesday. Chas. Bright, the free-thought lecturer, has engagements for the North before leaving for Australia. He will delivery his first lecturc in Nelson on Sunday week. The annual session of the Senate for the New Zealand University commenced its sittings in the Museum to day, when the annual report of the Chancellor was read, and consideration deferred until the next session. The Rev. D. Bruce proposed the following resolution: —" That it is desirable to amend the regulations specifying the termß to be kept and the examinations to be passed for the B. A. degree, so as to allow students who support themselves under their undergraduate course to cosie up for examination after studying for the B. A. degree under less stringent conditions than those nowexisting." The mover said the object of his motion was to remove the impression that students could present themselves for examination as candidates for the B. A. degree during the fourth year after matriculation. It having been explained that the course suggested was frequsntly followed, the motion was withdrawn. The sitting will be resumed to-morrow. The Bruce County Council have given £100 to the Kaitangata Relief Fand. INVERCARGILL, Wednesday. The town is being actively canvassed for subscriptions to the Kaitangata Relief Fund. To-day, two canvassers collected between £20 and £30 from one small block of the town. The Hoskings and Charbonnet performances are greatly enjoyed by those who have attended them. Unfortunately, however, the patronage accorded them is hardly so extensive as could be desired.