TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5314, 6 April 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PER PRESS AGENCY). ' Auckland, Friday. Sir George Arney, writing to a friend in Auckland, denies the rumor of his marriage. The police are making another raid against persons using unstamped weights. ' The Board of Education have elected Judge Gillies, Colonel Haultain,and-Mr. J.;L.,Campbell grammar school governors. A discovery is reported of a bed of clay in the north, supposed to be.meerschaum. The town clock was illuminated last night. Andrew Smith, charged with rape at Coromandel, was acquitted, the witnesses for the defence proving that the girl was a thief and an habitual liar. Five hundred French Communists arrived per Higginson to work in the copper mines at New Caledonia, by contract for twenty years, at 10 cents, per head a day. Noumea hag suffered lately from unprecedented heat. Sunstrokes were numerous. There is great distress through the failure of the banks. The, Government inquiry is proceeding in reference to reforms in the bankruptcy law. Six New Hebrides workmen attempted to escape ; one was killed and another wounded. Eich gold has been discovered at Onebins. Kussell, charged with three,, cases of embezzlement, has been remanded; Grahamstown, Friday. , ; The census returns show that the borough population is 2880 males, 2575 females. Thames County population, 4960; Piako County, 447; total population of the Thames District, 10,423. In 1874, including Coromaudel, the population was 12,272. The Coromandel returns are not yet completed. ' Wanganui, Friday. The Wallace was towed in by the. s.s. Murray, sent from Nelson this afternoon. The Wallace left Nelson on Tuesday, and on Wednesday morning', when about twenty-five miles N.E. of Stephen Island,, found her paddle shaft injured. The shaft was disconnected, and she tried to proceed with one engine, and afterwards by sail. She got within four miles of Wanganui Heads, and then dropped her anchor and signalled for assistance. The ■Wallace will go back to Nelson for repairs. Kumara, Friday. Some days ago Mr. C. Brown, the editor of the Kumara Times, issued a writ against Father Heunebery for slander, laying damages at £IOOO, but it was not served, in the hope that Father Hennebery woilld retract. Today Mr. Brown’s solicitor received an extraordinary letter from' Father Heunebery, covering ten sheets of paper, threatening that it the action were proceeded with the police would be at Brown’s door. Brown has since instructed bis solicitors to serve the writ at once. ■ Hokitika, Friday. The jury in Eyan’s case have been locked up since five o’clock, and there appears no likelihood of an agreement. Nelson, Friday. The census returns for the city of Nelson show—Males, 3380 ; females, 3482 ; total, 6862. In 1874 the total was 5860. Christchurch, Friday. The receipts of the Canterbury Board of Education for 1877 were £75,100, and expenditure £58,963. , A woolshed on the New Zealand and Australian Land Company’s run, in the Rakaia District, was destroyed by fire yesterday. It contained grass seed worth £3OOO and grain of the value of £2OOO. The total damage amounts to £7500. The property was partly insured. : ' , The Eev. W. J. Habens resigned the Secretaryship of the Board of Education yesterday, when the following resolution was unanimously carried, —That the Board of Education, in accepting the resignation of the Eev. W. J. Habens, desire to express their appreciation of the admirable manner in which he has discharged the duties of secretary since his appointment, and to place on record the high

sense ,they entertain of the.value of bi«services to the cause of education, and ,of his special fitness for the higb 'office of Inspector-General-which has'been conferred upon him. ! At a meeting of the Philosophical Institute last night Dr. Von Haast said a gigantic kitchen midden (sic), 20 miles long by 300 or 400 yards wide, exists in the colony, ana some day he intends to explore it with view to obtaining information of the antiquity of man j in New Zealand. ’ . - Dunedin, Friday, The census returns for Dunedin and the suburban municipalities are now completed as follows : —Population of Dunedin—Hales, 11,605; females,lo,Bßß; total, 22,493. Roslyn Males, 766; females, 803; total, 1569. Momiugton—Males, 1098; females, 1149; total, 2207. Maori Hill—Males, 186; females, 157; total, 343. St. Kilda and South Dunedin—Males, 1084; females, 1229; total, 2313. Caversham—Males, 1780; females, 1662; total, 3442.’ • , „ .... , It will be discussed at the next sitting ot the Court of Appeal whether the Tippling Act of George 11. is law in this colony. _ Sir John Goode is expected to arrive m Dunedin to-morrow night. Miss Fidler, of the Dunedin Cookery School, has gone to Invercargill to commence a series of lessons there. . A special meeting of shareholders is to be held on the 23rd instant, to consider the advisability of winding up the Albion Brewery Company. _ ■ Invercargill, Friday. Sir John Coode inspected the New River Harbor to-day, and without expressing any opinion one way or another, said he presumed the chief object at present was to do away with the shoal water in the vicinity of the jetty. He left per rail en route for Dunedin in the afternoon, and will stay at Clinton tonight. He will he in Dunedin to-morrow forenoon, having on the score of duty abandoned his intention of taking a trip to Bake Wakatipu. PALMERSTON RACES. (I’UCM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Palmerston North, Friday. The Scratch Race meeting took place to-day, with the following result : Foxton Hurdle Race.—Campion’s Don, 1 ; McGrath’s Tauranga, 2 ; Mr. J. Robinson’s Dandy Jim, 3. Four started. Hack Hurdle Race.—Mr. Lmnsden’s Ricgona, 1 ; Mr. Campion’s Tornado, 2 ; Mr. Reeves’ Jack, 3. Four started. Maiden Plate.—Mr. D. Scott’s Abolition, 1 ; Mr. Campion’s Separation, 2 ; Mr. Liddell's Lucifer, 3. Bight started. Pony Race.—Mr. Reeves’ Tim Whiffler, 1: Mr. Liddell’s Pet, 2, Five started. Manawatu Stakes. —Mr. Scott’s Haphazard, 1 1 ; Mr. Murtagh’s Black Prince, 2 ; Mr. Reeves’ Tim Whiffler, 3. Seven started. ] Hack Race.—Mr. D. Scott’s Lady Mary, . 1 ; Mr. Reeves’ Blue Gown, 2; Mr. C. Simpson’s Mountain Hare, 3. Seven started. 1 Produce Stakes. —Mr. J. Robinson’s Sylva, . 1 ; Mr. Reeves’ Kingfisher, 2 ; Mr. Amon's Awahou, 3. Six started. Consolation Race.—Mr. Murtagh's Black Prince, 1. Three started.