TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5666, 28 May 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PER PRESS AGENCY.) Auckland, Tuesday. The Hon. James Patterson received an ugly scalp wound by a fall on board the Rotorua. J. O’Connor, of Timaru, professes his willingness to run Sutton, of Auckland, up to 880 yards. Creswick appears at the Theatre Royal in readings. Rewi telegraphs to Te Wetere that he will accompany Sheehan to Auckland. The Northern Advocate says Government intend to propose a £10,000,000 loan, to be float'd in one sum. William Mulgrew, of Katikati, was brought down from Cambridge, having been committed by the. Resident Magistrate there for passing valueless cheques. Grahasistown, Tuesday. A man named Barnaby Murphy was committed to the Supreme Court by the presiding justices at the Magistrate’s Court this morning for stealing passengers’ tickets on board the Enterprise steamer on the passage from Auckland to the Thames. A good rich lode has been intersected by a party at Tararu, near the old mission ground. Kihikihi, Tuesday. The Hon. Mr, Sheehan has left here for Auckland. Cambridge, Tuesday. Two chiefs were wrestling last night, when one of them named Maniapoto, an influential chief, but physically less powerful than his friendly rival, was thrown heavily, receiving a severe injury. Dr. Waddington was called in, and found Maniapoto was suffering from a compound dislocation of the elbow, for his treatment of which Maniapoto was so delighted that he went round the warrior camps extolling the pakeha’s skill, and blessing Dr. Waddington. ’ An accident occurred to a Ngatihaua chief named Tuahakaino, who was riding a horse to-day, which bolted through -the township, and got impaled on the shaft of a dray, which entered its chest. The horse dropped dead, and tossed the chief into the cart. Gisborne, Tuesday. The charge against Robert Cooper and John Brodie, for a breach of the Arms Act, was proceeded with in the Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day. It is alleged that John Brodie obtained from the Customs a permit in his own name to purchase for Me-srs. Parnell and Boylan a double-barrelled gun and ammunition. The permit was handed to Cooper by Brodie, and a chief of the Ngatiporou tribe, named Tuta Nihohiho, bought the gun and ammunition on the permit. The Court was densely crowded. Very great interest is taken in the case, which is adjourned until Friday next. Napier, Tuesday. It is stated that some natives, acting under instructions from Te Whiti, purpose stopping the running of the Napier-Kopua trains. Precautionary measures have been taken, and a body of police have gone up the line from Napier. ■ ' Christchurch, Tuesday. Wilson’s tannery, at Woolston, was partly destroyed by fire this morning, but being near the River Heathcote, and there being plenty of willing hands to render assistance, the bulk of the building was saved. The scouring and drying rooms, however, were destroyed. The entire block of buildings and contents were insured in the Victoria oifice for £3OOO ; estimated damage, £6OO. At an inquest on a man named Newtown, who had been found dead in about eighteen inches of water near his home at Irvine, a verdict of found drowned was returned. Deceased had previously had an epileptic fit, and the medical testimony was to the effect that he had probably fallen into the water, owing to the rupture of a small blood vessel on his brain. _ _ A special session of the Diocesan Synod was opened to-day, the Primate delivering the opening address. The business done was only formal, and the Synod then adjourned till tomorrow afternoon. At a meeting of the Canterbury Jockey Club to-day, Mr. Stead moved that the maximum weight in any handicap be 9st 51b. The resolution was lost by six to twelve. It was resolved that in a dead heat the riders of the horses running off draw for place again. The programme of the Grand Metropolitan Meeting was adopted. It is nearly the same as last year, except that the Maiden Plate and Flying Stakes are omitted, and a “ Welcome” Stakes and a Two-year-old Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. are inserted. Timaru, Tuesday. A large waterspout was seen in the harbor to-day in the immediate vicinity of the shipping. It remained stationary some time, but eventually moved away in a north-easterly direction. • Invercargill, Tuesday. The Chamber of Commerce to-day adopted a report suggesting a number of amendments in the bankruptcy laws, and asking the cooperation of other Chambers. Copies of the report will be forwarded to the various Chambers. H. I. Sproull, the proprietor of the Imperial Hotel, died very suddenly this evening. Dunedin, Tuesday. Horatio Roberts, a hospital patient for many years, suffering from paralysis, fell dead in the street while on leave yesterday evening. At to-morrow's meeting of the Vincent County Council, Mr. Calolough is to move that the introduction of Chinese labor upon the County Works is to be discouraged ; and with this object it be an instruction to the County Engineer to insert a clause in all County specifications prohibiting the use of Chinese labor by contractors.

When the Council of the Acclimatisation Society met to-day a petition was received from settlers in Tokomairiro district, asking that a season should be opened for shooting hares. It was resolved to recommend the Colonial Secretary to proclaim the months of June and July an onen season to shoot hares ; the license to be 30s. The society's agent had successfully liberated a number of song birds on Stewart Islam!.