LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1195, 13 December 1880, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[Flu)!! OVty OWN OO^RISSPONDKNT.] ' : " ""' '■"■ This Day. The Criminal Sittings of the- Supreme Court commenced this morning, before His Honor Judge Richmond, The calender comprises twelve prisoners, and

sixteen charges, sonic of the prisoners having more than ona charge againat them. ; .;■? '" -- ' " ; WELLINGTON. * This Day,, .y ; The following is understood to ba the Governor's arrangement' for a. ■ tour, through the colony. Leaving Wellington soma time in the : , course of next motithV he will proceed overland to Napier and thence by way of Tauranga and Cambridge to Auckland. The Hinemoa will then, convey His Excellency from the Manukau to New Plymouth, where lie will land, and' return to Wellington overland, visiting Wanganui en route. His Excellency will next go from Wellington by the Hinemoa to Lyttelton, proceeding at once overland to Westland, thence by sea to the Bluff calling at the West Coast Sounds and. other places of interest. From the Bluff he will travel overland to Invercargill, Dunedin, Oamaru, Timarn, and Christchurch, finally embarking, at Lyttelton in "the: Hinemoa on his return to Wellington, where he is expected to arrive . about the. end of-, IVlarcn:" His Excellency's visit to Southland j&i|l. be^tiuied so as to meet Lady GordwiaV the Bluff, ii.possible, as she is expected -to arrive there in March. ■ .. ' • AUCKLAND. .. This Day. Four or five sailors of .H.M. S. Alacrity were received on Saturday into the hospital suffering from prostration, resulting from a cruise among the Islands. The New Zealand Timber Company has been successfully floated, and has purchased the Whangapoua Estate of 25,000 acres with plant, etc. The tender of Larkins and O'Brien, Has been accepted for. the Kawa Kawa Railway contract No 3, formation and permanent way, amount £23,957GRAHAMSTOWN. This Day...,. One cwt of pioked specimens from a leader in the Prospectors claim at Te Aroha, . yieldqd >-19Joz. of gold. T^he warden's opinion is that .the gpldfield; extends over a large area, even in blocks included in Patet'ere. Several claims 'Te Aroha. have been formed into limited liability companies, and scrip issued. CHRISTCHURCH. r h This Day. One of the' Armed Constabulary at J Ripa Island was re-loading a revolver j on Saturday when it exploded, and the j ball entered his right thigh shattering the bone. He was sent by train to Christchurch, an.l hiken to the hospital where the ball was extracted. TIMARU. This Day. Mr. Wakefield met his constituents at Temuka on Friday night, but was unable to obtain a hearing through the disorderly conduct of some of the audience. The majority did their best to secure a hearing for Mr. Wakefield, but eventually left the hall with him. DUNEDIN. ' This Day. • Sir Dillon Ball was presented on Saturday with a silver claret jog and cup at Palmerston. The present was purchased by subscriptions limited to one shilling each. In acknowledging the present, Sir Dillon Bell denied that his taking office of Agent-General waa a matter of arrangement between the .'Government and himself. He was stir-, prised when the offer was made. He claimed to have devoted /himself unselfishly to the service of {he Colony, and as having been one of .the first adventurous band that rescued the country from a wilderness^" H3P hacl T great pleasure in returning tp : EijglantT to represent the Colony.-' "'" J "- "''—-