TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4882, 14 November 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PEE PRESS AGENCY.) •I , ■ ■ Auckland, Monday. Two other cases of being struck by lightning occurred on Saturday. A weatherboarded house was struck, the lining- boards being thrown into the .room, and the weather- - boards outwards. Some of the lining boards ‘ fell on a child in bed, but fortunately without injury to the infant. 1 , , j Joseph Tyson was crushed to death by logs ' at Awhitu. j ' Gbeymouth, Monday. ’ ! The whole capital for the Greymouth and Kumara Tramway was subscribed in two. days. Operations will be commenced at once. Cheistchukch, Monday. : The Certificated Teachers’ Association have appointed two delegates to attend the Conference in Wellington. in January, and suggest the following • questions for discussion : “ The recognition of’teachers by Government as civil servants,” . “That examinations for teachers and children throughout New Zealand be similar.” “ That education be free, compulsory, and secular, and that pupil teachers be'apprenticed for.a given period." ' ; | The the Metropolitan race meeting’ passed off ’ satisfactorily. Bookmakers, generally speaking, did well. Twenty-six entries were received for.the Derby of 187.8. 1 The salmon ova* received from America by mail 1 steamer are. hatching out splendidly. Scarcely any ora are bad. I The first meeting of the Education Board was held to-day,’ when John Inglis, Chairman of the previous board, was elected chairman, j At the sale of pure'bred stock, H. Redwood, Of Nelson, and J. Gilligan, of Wellington, purchased’ a number of;Lincoln rams. At the sale of racing stock to-day, Redwood’s Lady of -the Lake was purchased by Gilligan for £lO5, and Abi6hia by S. Stead, ! of Christchurch, for £204. ' ' Others were offered, but not sold. , ■, Steps are being taken to present Mr. Rolleston, M.H.R., late' Superintendent, with a testimonial, as a-mark of appreciation of his services as - a public man. The subscriptions are ’limited to £5 each. It is expected that oyer £IOOO wUI be raised. [ , Dunedin, Monday, j At- the meeting!6f shareholders f in vthe, National'* Insurance 'Company, to-day, twentyfive persons were present. ,The report was adopted unanimously. For the half-year, the receipts were £51,890 ; expenditure, £38,461. >A dividend at ■ the rate of' 20 per cent, per annum was declared, and’a balance of £8420 carriedrforward.*'’ No addition'-was made ’ to the reserve funds consequent upon the heavy Josses, ..amounting... to_£2s,46l.—G—Proudfoot asked ;a jquestion.respectingitheirefiisal to pay the claim of the<Gzarewitoh. Mr.Larnach replied,' that the/relations y contained,in the ship’s log w.ere: such.as to justify the'.action of ’the Board, i.and In appealing, theylonlyiacted Upon advice of. their solicitors. He did mot think proper caution would Jnjurevthej compfany,;. and;.had they, t not taken this couree, they would -have been liable to the accusation -of .parting too : readily ,with , the money..-’ Mri 1 roudfoot said he was satisfied with the reply.~1 . vote ofthanks',’,was accorded to :the direoit >rs unanimously. 1 • • A : ■; 'AUSTRALIAN- SUMMARY,?"* t .. -.-,-Mblbookne,: November 9. > j The Government’;are. pressing their, measures t irough Parliament, and f\v|U close the .session, before Christmas if .possible.-, The Harbor Trust Bill passed the Assembly

after much opposition. The Electoral Bill has finally become law. - ** ’’ ' / • ■ The Council have thrown‘out the Mining on Private Property Bill. ' j ‘■.r ; . The Governors oh Now i South Wales _ and South Australia beihg.at. present on a .visit to Governor Bowen, sight-seeing is the order of the day, and this being carnival week, there are plenty, of amusements.... , . " The races commenced on Saturday. The attendance on the Derby day numbered about 25,000, and on the Cup day over three times that number. . All passed off, pleasantly and well. Nine started for the Derby, which was won by Briseis easily. The favorite (Newminster) ‘ and Tooal being “nowhere, in-fact running nearly last. Briseis won the Cup in 3min. 36Jsec., very good time, beating a field of thirty, and beating all the cracks. The race was won by about a length. The bookmakers won heavily. 1 All'the first three horses in the Cup were by the same sire, Tim Whiffler. : ■ The English cricketers reached Adelaide all well, and play the first match there next week. Robert Beer has been playing in Melbourne, and was beaten two nights running by nearly 'SOO points. ! The National Agricultural show was one of the largest and finest which has ever taken 'place here. The show of implements was the moat numerous ever seen in Melbourne. The extraordinary case at the Alfred Hospi-' jtal, where a pair of bulldog forceps and a sponge were sewn up in the body of. a woman after an operation, has been enquired into by a coroner’s jury, who acquitted the operating surgeon of blame, but the. matter has been much talked about and commented on. ‘ All the places of amusement have been well patronised —circus and theatres. The new academy of music which opened on Monday is a very elegant theatre. An Italian Opera Company arrived by the St. Osyth, and Miss Catherine Lewis, a prima donna, has arrived under engagement to Lyster. '<'■ ' ! i: ■