BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 2723, 28 October 1870, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Wkllintstox, October 27tli, Mr Heller's performance last night produced LlO for tlio Lyttelton Relief Fund. An inquest was held to-day on a t ody foiind in the harbour, and which was identified as that of William Fortcous, a carpenter. The jury roUirned a verdict of " Found drowned." Avckt.anf), October 25th, cia Wan-.j.vnui, October 27th. The Governor issued a proclamation to-day prohibiting the export of gold, except on ptymimt of the old ra'o of duty. The Diocesan Synod opened yesterday. Alluvial workings have been discovered at the Thames. The enquiry into the Coroinandel election has concluded, and the conduct of the returning oilicer and others lias been exposed. Chang, the Chinese giant, appeared last night at the I'riuue of Wales Theatre. Th.'re were about, 800 persons present. The Auckland races take place on 'ho 2nd and :'>rd January. The entries for the Two Mile Handicap close on the l'.Mh November. Tho prb.es are L 7-*» ;»id L'S>. Mr JJunnett's JJiorama of the San Francisco mail route is a success. The elections are already exciting much interest. Mr John Williamson, .Mr Gillies (Superintendent), and Mr Dignan

are standing for Auckland City West. Mr R. Wood and six other candidates s have come forward for tho East Coast. Sir Oeorire Grey is not on the electoral i roll, otherwise he would als > have come forward. Mr Cruiu'hton hf>s been re- .' quested to stand airain for Newton. ] Timaki;, Octo ver 27th. ( The Annual Show of the Timnru ~ Agricultural and Pastoral Society took , p iiwto-day, and was numerously at ended y visitors, from Otago and other parts of Canterbury. The weather was wet last , msrht, but cleared up tins morning. ( The Judges of merino sheep were Messrs Peters (Ashburton), Hurst, and . James Macdonakl. They had to begin • their duties yesterday at noon, on account of the largo number of entries. The principal exhibitors were Messrs Campbell and Low (Mr Rich's We fluck), Mr W. A. Tolmie, Messrs Studholme Bros., Mr El orthy, and the Otago and Canterbury Association, Levels. The merinoes were truly magnificent, and were pronounced on all hands to be the finest collection ever brought together in New Zealand. In many cases, however, the effects of the wet winter were visible. The num' er of entries in merinoes was 123, against 107 last year. The following are tho takers of the first prizes in each class :— la Class.—For the five best rpms, 4toothed, or over—the Otago and Canterbury Association. 2nd Class.—For the five best rams, 2toothed, or under—Mr W. A. Tolmie. 3rd Class.—For the best ram, 4 toothed or over—Messrs Campbell and Low. 4 h Class.—For the best ram, 2-toothed, . or under—-Messrs Campbell and Low. sth Class.—For the best New Zealand Hred ram, 4 toothed, or over—Messrs ■ Campbell and Low. Gth Class. —For the best New Zealand '■ breil r;>m, 2-toothed, or under—Mr W. xV. Tolmie. 1 i 7th Class.—For the five besb ewes, 4- ! toothed, or over—Messrs Campbell and i T • Low. Bth Class.—For the five best ewes, 2toothed, or under—Mr W. A. Tolmie. 9th Class.—For the best ewo, 4-toothed, , or over —Messrs Studholme Bros. j 10th Ciaas.—For the best ewe, 2t toothed, or under, Mr W. A. Tolmie. s 11th Class.—For the best New Zealand t bred ewe, 4-toothed, or over—Mr \V. A. i Tolmie.. £ 12 h Class.—For the best Nev Zealand * bred ewe, 2-too'.lied, or under.—Messrs Studholme Bros. 1 loth Class.—For the best pen of 20 ] ! rams, 2-toothod, and under. —Mr | El worthy, g 14i.h Class.—For the best pon of 20 0 ewes, 2-toothed, and under.—Mr Ele I worthy. t 15t.1i Class.—For the best five ewes, with lambs at foot—Otago and Cantorr bury Association. 1 The total number of points scored for 6 j first, second, and third prizes was as fole j lows : —Messrs Campbell and Low, 22 ; s| Mr Tolmie, 18 ; Mr Elworthy, 17 ; I i Messrs Sudholme Bros. 15 ; and the ! Otatro and Canterbury Association, 12. Messrs Campbell and Low consequently won the Silver Cup, valued at L2O. | In long-woolled sheep there were 35 entries, against 2S last year. The Judges were Messrs Studholme, Rich, and Mac- ,' auley. The exhibits were very good. c There was a tie for the Cup, the number ,j of points being—Mr Russell, 17; Otago t and Canterbury Association, 17 ; and Mr s, VV. K. Macdonald, 12. Mr Russell took it the Cup, as he had the largest number of c first prizes. '■' In cattle there waa not much competi- * tion. H There were six entries for entire draught horses, Mr Garrow'a Tasman n taking the first prize, and Mr Slack's c Scottish Chief the s cond. Messrs lleid and Gray, of Oamaru, received prizes for their exhibits of agricul- [ tural machinery, but there was no compe<j tition. lfc Bluff, October 27th. !r The s.s. Gothenburg, Captain Pearce, arrived here this evening at G 50. She } £ left Melbourne at 3 p.m. on the 22nd. j. The Ran>j itoto has been overhauled, and was to leave Melbourne on the 27th for Hokitika, and the Tararua on the ' c 29th for the Bluff. d Passengers per Gothenburg : — For I; D'inedin —Miss J. Rose, Miss E. Malcolm, Miss Farquhar, Mr and Mrs Mamn ton, Mr Turnbull, and 34 in the steerage. II For Lyttelton —Mr Oakden. Cargo List :—For Dunedin, ISO tons ; \\ for Lyttelton, 50 tons ; for Wellington, 33 tons ; for Nelson, 8 tons ; total, 271 * tons. MiaiiOUK.vK, October 22nd. The Duke of Edinburgh is a passenger by the Luly Young, which arrived at Quoensclilf this afternoon. He is to land at Sandridge, and proceed thonce to j' Toorak. TheGrantTustinionialFundlias reached L2o'H>. The lists close at the end of December. 1 The new wing of the Benevolent Asylum has been opened. It can accommodate 120 inmates. A portion of the barracks lias been converted into an Industrial School for n 400 children. ;- Karrn, the defaulting Secretary of the Shire Council, who wa3 lately captured at Auckland while endeavouring to J escape to America, has been committed for trial. 4 Mr P. J. Martin has been struck off ■t tho roll of Magistrates for being convicted a of infrinniiu; tho Trade Marks Act. A traction engine lias been started on ( ] the Whil.tlesoa road, for the purpose of conveying timber to Melbourne. Detective Christio, who accompanied 0 the Duke of ISdini'iu-gh to New Zealand, r has been reduced to the 3rd class, and a h Hoard has been appointed to enquire into >. luh cond net. j n A majority of tho shareholders in the Win-i-enheip Distillery Company have !i decided to stop the works at present, to r reduce the stock, cut down the expenses, a and givu tho concern another chance.

The Government do not intend to prosecute llnjo Luvin^er again. The schooner Daphne has been sold at auction for LGIj. Me3sr3 George Lewis and Co, shipping agents, have assigned thyir estate. Their lia' ilities amount to LIO,OOO. Two skeletons have been found near Cape Otway. They are supposed to be th'ise of the South Sea Islanders who were wrecked there in the Marie Gatrielle hst year. The Colonial Bank has declared a dividend of 8 per cent., and the Melbourne Omnibus Company of 10 per cent. Henry Dante has been sentenced to nine years', aod James Smith to five years' imprisonment, for forgery on the Bank at Benalla. Patrick Quinn, Power's former protector, has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment for wounding a constable. Mr Parkes will be nominated again for Kiauma. The New South Wales Government propose to try the system of horse tramways. The Financial Statement of the Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales shows a deficit at the end of tlie year of L 200.000, the year's revenue being LIOO,OOO less than was anticipated. The Government intend to abolish the postage on newspapers and ad valorem duties, substituting measurement duties arranged according to the class of goods. At the Launceston assizes, an old man named Connolly, 80 years of age, was sentenced to death for murder. Mr Gawler, solicitor at Adelaide under the Torrens Act, will proceed shortly to New Zealand to initiate the Act there. At Brisbane a gunner named Poulden was killed on parade by the horses bolting with, a gun carriage, and running over him. Arrived. —Zephyr, from Ilokitika, after a passage of eight daya. At Sydney— Clara Hargreavea, from Lyttelton. Sailed. —Zephyr, and Sarah and Mary, for Ilokitika ; Martha and Lavinia, for ] Grey mouth ; Margaret, for Invercargill. Commercial.—The markets have fluctuated during the week. Feeding grains have been easier, but have again reached last quotations : whilst maize has reached 43 41. Wheat is at o* lOd, and flour at LI 2 10s to LI 3, being an improvement on last week. Sugars are firm, and teas are steady. A great rush took place to take teas out of bond at Sydney, in consequence of the rumoured increase of &\\ty. The new tariff'of New South Wales, however, increases the duty on coffee only, changes ad vultirvin into measurement duties, and makes the tariff generally very much like the Victorian tariff, practically realising as much from as many imports aa we do, only in another way. _______________

therance of this object, have visited the garil«na threi? or four tinn s within the laßfc three months, Imt as yet have not set'ii any animals or b.rds in duplicate worthy of acceptance for purposes of acclimatisation, except one; young six s-cK-nr, ■vliich would be valuable for introduction into the herd at Mr Rich's, and which 1 may accept of in part aa a return.— 1 am, 4c, Jno. M'Kwen. Mr Ecci.ks thought it would be unadvisable to breed from axis-deer sent from Britain, where they were not indigenous, and he should say, from his professional experience, likely to be subject to tubercle. After some desultory conversation, the meeting concluded.