TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4894, 28 November 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PER PRESS AGENCY.)

Auckland, Monday. A team of Canterbury gentlemen cricketers is expected about Christmas. Mr. C. E. Pritchard, ia Auckland, has made proposals to the Waste Lands Board for the purchase of 20,000 acris near Waikato Heads, and to introduce 1200 immigrants, paying passages, advancing tools, implements and rations on security, and employing immigrant on roads, and aiding in building houses. The scheme is very similar to the Eeilding Settlement ; one-third of the land to be allotted to the immigrants, the remaining tw6-thirds, in blocks of 50 to 1000 acres, be sold from time to time. Mr. Pritchard represents an English association, including Lord Bathurst, Earl Egmont. Colonels Doile and Trevelyan, and Mr. Morice ; in all, eighteen capitalists. ' Grahamstown, Monday. Mr. Eowe, M.H.E., addressed a meeting at the Theatre Eoyal on Saturday night. The Mayor was in the chair. The Theatre was as crowded as on the occasion of Sir George Grey’s meeting. Mr. Eowe’s speech was more local than general in its interest. He had (he said) before his election stated his belief in abolition, and when in Wellington he had voted against separation because he saw no good in the resolutions. He believed the Counties Bill would have been much more acceptable had it been entirely permissive, leaving to existing local bodies the management of the affairs of the country until the necessity existed for County Councils and other expensive matters necessitated by the Counties Bill. The speaker referred to education,'and expressed the hope that soon one uniform system of sound secular education would prevail. The Government had made liberal provision for the year. He had voted against the repeal of the gold duty because of the exceptional circumstances of the Thames, though he admitted the tax was Wrong in principle. Mr. Eowe then referred to his efforts to obtain land for settlement, and what he did to promote the passage of the Thames Bills through the Legislature, and to some other matters. The speech occupied an hour and a half, and some impatience was manifested towards the close, and there were repeated interruptions. A number of questions were asked, and then. a resolution was proposed to the effect that the meeting expresses its satisfaction with Mr. Eowe’s general policy during the late session, and thanks him for the manner in which he worked for the good of the district. An amendment was proposed, that the meeting thanks Mr, Eowe for addressing

them, but declines to endorse his action, was declared by the chairman to be carried. , Hokitika, Monday. I c* ocro was great excitement in town on Saturday night over another rich vein of silver being struck at the Rangitoto Silver Mine. The manager reports striking on Friday, at midnight, another rich vein of silver ore 12in. i vj. - , 00nsi(3ers it superior to anything yet obtained.

, , Dunedin, Monday. Five hundred and twenty-five pounds will be given away in prizes at the forthcoming (Jaledoman Sports. , Found Hill tunnel was passed as completed on Saturday. The line to Lawrence will be opened in January.

Invercargill, Monday. Xhe Curator of the Southland Acclimatisation Society reports that the shipment of Californian ova transmitted here turned out a thorough success. At least twenty thousand ova have been hatched successfully, and the young fish look remarkably welh