TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4294, 24 December 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[Press Telegraph Agency.] Auckland, Wednesday. The waterman Conley, for having twentyfive lbs. of smuggled tobacco in his possession has been fined £IOO, and sentenced to be imprisoned till the fine is paid. Tho Licensed Victuallers presented £32 as a Christmas box to various Auckland charities. The Bank of New Zealand shipped per Wonga Wonga for Sydney, to-day, 3951 ounces of gold, a portion of which was from Invercargill. A boy named James Wodham, gathering Pohutukawa flowers, fell over the cliff, and is lying in a precarious state. A co-operative meat supply company has been successfully floated, and officers appointed. Gkahajistown, Wednesday. Te Hira and others want a fortnight for breathing time, and to smooth down their cross friends. Sir D. McLean is to go away to the Bay of Islands, and return in about two weeks, when the whole terms of cession will bo arranged and a proclamation issued. To Hira’s opposition all through, it is said, arose from a sense of tho responsibility of his position as guardian of tho tribe, and not from a selfish desire to keep back the opening to suit his own ends. A number -of natives interviewed Te Hira and Te Moananui at Pariwai yesterday, and accused them of giving away the gold secretly at night. Although expressing their indignation at such conduct, most of them concurred in the action while condemning the way in which it was carried out. Those who have consistently been advocating tho opening of tho land express themselves ready to sign the necessary deeds at any time.

Mr. James Mackay is very unwell. His exertions during the last few weeks, and travel, and talking, have heen too much for him. The excitement being over, the reaction has set in. New Plymouth, Wednesday.' Major Hopp has issued a notice to all militiamen to send in their arms before the end of January next. The Herald says this order will instil confidence in the minds of persons about to settle in the province. The Egmont Rifle Volunteers have dissolved, and their funds (£SO) have been handed over to the Acclimatisation Society. Dunedin, Wednesday. At a meeting last night a committee was formed for collecting subscriptions for a testimonial to the Hon. Mr. Reynolds. A salmon trout weighing seven pounds has been caught in the harbor. Chiustchuiich, Wednesday. The programme of the autumn race meeting, 23rd and 24th April, includes the Trial Plate* 100 sovs., one and a quarter miles; St. Reger Stakes, 100 sovs., one mile, six furlongs, 132 yards; Champagne Stakes, 100 sovs., six furlongs; St. George's Handicap, 100 sovs., one mile; Handicap Hurdle, 50 sovs., two miles; Great Autumn Handicap, 300 sovs., one and a half miles; Selling race, 50 sovs., one mile; Plying Handicap, 150 sovs., three-quarters of a mile; Consolation Handicap, 40 sovs, one mile; Hack Race, 10 sovs., half a mile.