TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4246, 29 October 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[Press Telegraph Agency.] Auckland, Wednesday. It is stated by the Star that it is the intention of Sir George Grey to publish another paper on the constitutional position of the colony. He recommends closer union with the home country, and proposes that there should be a Secretary of State for each colony resident in Loudon, who should be placed in direct communication with the Imperial Government on all matters affecting the colonies. Sir Donald McLean leaves for Napier on Saturday. Napier, Wednesday. A committee is being formed to arrange for a public dinner to Sir Donald McLean, to take place about a week hence. The Luna leaves for Poverty Bay and the Coast to-morrow. Blenheim, Wednesday. A man named Charles William Langstone has been committed for trial on a charge of obtaining an acceptance for £95 on false pretences. He sold, three months ago, an entire horse to which the name of Lincolnshire Traveller was given, and which he said was on its way from Christchurch. The horse was never there, and it is not known to have an existence at all. The prosecutor is Mr. John Shepherd, of Grovetown. TiMAKU, Wednesday. The Agricultural and Pastoral Association's Show to-day was a brilliant success. Nearly two thousand people were present. There was

a magnificent display of horses. The sheep and pigs were very good. The cattle were few but excellent. The Canterbury and Otago Association won the £SO cup for merinos, the £2O cup for Leicesters, and the gold medal for the best merino ram. Menlove of Oamaru won the £2O cup for horses, and the gold med&l for draught mares. Teschemaker's Talisman by Traducer, won the gold medal for thoroughbreds ; and Cramont's Marquis of Lome the ten guinea cup for the best entire. Tancred won the cattle cup; Kelland obtained the gold medal for wheat. It was the beat show ever held here. The horses were superior to those shown at the Christehurch show.

Donedin, Wednesday. A meeting of settlers of Outram was held at the drill-shed, Outram, last night, for the purpose of considering the best steps for having a branch line of railway made connecting Outram with the Dunedin-Balclutha main line. A deputation was appointed to wait on the Executive on Tuesday next, urging the necessity of making that branch railway out of the £60,000 granted by the Assembly. At a meeting of clergymen yesterday th« question of Sunday funerals was considered. Eight of the city ministers will decline, except in cases of emergency, to officiate at Sunday funerals.

At St. Bathan's a man, named McLeod or McLaren, was dangerously hurt this afternoon through a fall of earth, whilst working at the water-race for the Otago Company, at Lagoon Ten-ace on Surface Hill, and Dr. Pultney was sent for, but very little hopes of the man's recovery are entertained.