TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 3316, 5 February 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION'S SPECIAL: 7- ■■." 7/7 .'7 WIRE.) 7 y: . f 7 :> ; W : \ .Ma- '■■'M&®sJos&>' Tuesday.,; "■ ' ■ A. ; Mr J. ;^; Macfajlane ceedirigs-; agains&ptees, " t M.H."R., v f or ;£looo' [dattiages for slander and;maiicious defamation in connection witli Captain Read's estate at Poverty Bay. '^MessrsrWhitaker^ and Russell H have been retained by the plaintiff. " | ; MrM'Cosh Clarkis to be askedvtq, contest th^electi^ for City West.;* f S '\'7' : s.s~% J '■■./■ f Mr J.S. Macfariane has distributed, among the- country districts he represents, over 900 . : volames'drselec^^ about one half- more than hii hbhdrarium. 7NEW PLYMOUT^T^ A deputation waited on the immigration^: Officer for; tbe? purppse;of asking him to-rge^ more immigrants sent to Taranaki. In reply to Mr Kelly, Major Stapp said that out of 93 immigrants, originally shipped." by "the . Hermione for Taranaki,:. only 63 had arrived. There were a nhmbcr ' of r others; remaining in. Wellington:* The Immigration. -agent also said he had written to .the Government calling attention to the waniTof labor here, and enclosed copies of- advertisements that had: been inse^d.;.b^.f Hurstho'use,,'7'Berryi and Galey, the ; former beihg f0r7210 ihen, the latter for 30. 7 ; JEIe/%tso stated ,: that Hursthouse and Berry had broughtf 50 men from the Thames/Major Sfcappprbmised to bring the . views: of deputation before t Go vernmentf [; WELLINGTON, Tuesday. 7 Intelligence has. beeri received from Cape Campbell that the ship ■ Soutbniinster has broken upj and that the wreckage is strewing* the beach.- Mr-Boafdthaii, acting for/the /un derwriterp ' ; . concerned,; has ■ sayed a large i quantity of tlie cargo, namely, some 2000 ! cases of kerosene, 200 organs (?),' and between 7 200 and 300 cases of miscellaneous merchandise. Mr Bbardman has bought the hull of the'ship oh account of (fthe r , South] BritishCompany, for £70, and has saved about .£7OO. AAA:;.-.. -.:., v;-.;: _„-;•■ Fully 400 persons assembled in Mr R. J. Duncan's sale rooms to-day, : when, the reclaimed land was offered. In all there were 40/ section so ffered,having an area, varying from 13;;, to 19 perches each anda frontage of about 200 • feet. Colonel Whitmore was-presenjb on be-/ half of the Government. Bidding was spirited, ; 'and- all but four allotments were sold. The; prices ranged from £31 to £153 per, foot, and the total proceeds at the auction were £99,144 16s. It is understood the four, sections passed in have since been sold for some £3000 more. After the safe about : 150 gentlemen, at Mr Duncan's inyifcation, sat down to a splendid champagne lunch. ! f-Colohel Whitmore/ in complimentary terms, proposed tho auctioneer's health, ahd his own was then drunk in reply. He stated incidentally that the secret commission of distinguished officers fat home, - ! in their confidential report on the def ences of the colonies, ' devoted a long complimentary paragraph to 'the exertions that New Zealand settlers in times past had made in theii* own defence. The health of Mr Bunny, as the representative of the. late Provincial Government, by i,yhoni the reclamation had been .undertaken, was also honored. , „ -. : : . McKenzie, who was burned oiit on Satur : day night, at the : Taita, was collector for .the Hutt Local Board, and £40 of their money and the books /were destroyed ; and a subscription is being started. Both evening papers have strong articles condemnatory of the light sentences in the cases of the Glasgow Bank .directors. Wellington Races.— l just arrived in time to see Murtagh take Harkaway two miles at fine pace. He seems fit, but hardly capable of competing with his opponents. Black Prince had done two miles. He strikes me ■ as being scarcely good enough for other .than up-country events. Sailor was sent two miles and a half, three minutes being occupied With the "first half and a little less with the second. Te Whetu was sent too slow a gallop once round, and The Ageiit soon af ter- , wards did the same distance. Both moved nicely and the Hurdles promises to be a most interesting event, whilst the Handicap next day will enable Grey Moras and Otawa, ' "both of whom are in excellent condition, to fight out this event. The last-mentioned pair were sent once round at a fair pace, the first being accompanied towards the finish by a hack, who made the pace very warm. Rat- ' catcher was sent once round with sweaters, at a moderate pace, and the horse seemed no worse for his exercise. King Quail followed, on his recovering from his soreness, but does not show tbe pace which will carry him to the fore in the big event. ;Maritana and Bribery went half a mile together, when the Cup mare was sent on by herself for a round, after which Bribery again joined in, and the pace became much better for half a mile. I shall expect to see Maritana run a big race on Thursday, but the other mare seems short of work. Undine and Dundee did the fastest work once round, a mile and a quarter in 2 mm. 46 sees. This pair will go very near winning -the two events they are nominated for. Eversley was the only one of Yallance's team who worked, he did 2 miles and a half at a good pace, but was told out at the finish, there being a case of bellows to mend. Longlands and Undine then went' around at half -speed, the horse going more like himself than previously. Rata was out for a walk for the first time since his arrival; his. style of goi jg showed that had it hot been for?; his his trip, across lie must haye had a big say in the Cup, Vallance sent his team home unwoi'ked, in consequenoe of the presence of certain gentry whom he did not wish to see then work."' A slight.fall of rain has improved the course. Lara has. gradually much improved in publia favor, and is now; freely backed at short odds, as four to one, Ifc has become generally known that be carried over-weight last year, and Clifford is to ride him, which will make a difference, as he was taken very widely round the posts by his previous jockey. Alf Walker -has the mount on Driver, of whom report' speaks favorably. The boy will do him justice, and he has by no means a bad chancel NELSON, Tuesday. Yesterday being the anniversary of Nelson, a general holiday was observed, all the business places being closed. The Friendly Societies's fete at the Botanical Gardens was attended by over 2000 people, and the sports were exceedingly good. CHRISTCHUROH, TuesdAyJ At the inquest on Mrs Groves, at Kaiapoi, a verdict " died jfrom natural causes," was returned. , • ■ . , Mr Scott, the suicide, had returned home to his tea before he committed the rash act. He commenced •to scold before tea, and seemed out of temper, but he afterwards recovered his equanimity. After tea he returned to his bedroom, and discharged the contents of two chambers of a revolver into his head. He died instantly. The railway pic-nic is decided to take place on Thursday. Two deaths occurred on the Quarantine Island on Sunday, both infants. I The Interprovincial cricket match, Otago v. Canterbury, will be played on the 10th llth, and 12th. . Practice will take place every evening this week except Saturday. The Canterbury Eleven will be chosen from the folio vving players: — Ashby, Baii'd; Gorffe, Fuller, E. Fowler, J. Fowler, W. Frith, Godbv, Harman, Hartland, Leech, Longden, Moore, Neilson, Ollivier, Secretan, Skelton, Stevens, Turner, Watson, Mason, and Wood. The sergeant of police has returned fromthe search fqr the missing crew of the i schooner Clyde, and reports all saved. An inquiry will be held. A railway pass to each paper -will be issued to-morrow, but not to editors of weekly papers issued from daily paper offices. The girl "McGrath was brought before the Magistrate as a neglected child this morning. The child was almost star ved,and- had not taken off har clothes for fourteen days, She had' beeu in the same lonely place since December 16, and had been obliged on several occasions to beg for food from the neighbors. Afc tho conclusion of the case Mr "Mellish said the girl should be sent to the Industrial School for two years, to be brought up "in the Roman Catholic religion.. The total Customs revenue fqr the past month is £22,823 2s 2d, of which the largest items are spirits, £6573 3s od ; tobacco, £1578; lis 6d;tea, £2026 2s 10J; sugar, . £2999 10s 0d ; goods by weight, £1686 ; and ad valomm, £4843 lis 4d. TIMARU, Tuesday. The shipping community here are com-^ ; plaining bitterly of the high insurance rates . cjjarged on yeisejs fi^eftting tUo mcU:

;stead. Rates are. amounting now to 2£ per. :cent.7 : 7. „- v.77"'f^f . .'■ ■y.-y- : 77f7 ' f 7 The- potato f pest is * ."rapidly spreading, "and ; its ravages are heard of now from/all dh*ec-;' i tionsfj It is supposed so be the larvae of 7a//; cockchaffer 6i7beefclef7 - ff; 7f ;7,777 ; -AAyAi 7fff! " H U^NED^-TUESpAYi-^^ T^deputatioh /f rqm'B.^clutha waitedi oiii't'hef Minister of Public Works to-day^ahd requested a , loan of £9000 to the district for the.: purpose of rebuilding the bridge destroyed by -the -late -fioodar -MrvMacandrew: said-ihe Gq?^ vefhinent would be prepared fo grant a loan -of £7500. ;-r; v ? ijfLeaye to move/for a new trial has been granted to the plaintiff in the case of Richmond v. Stephenson.-. 7 . 1 . ,f„ .7 .^. ../ !i " "iA^confef eric^ proved of the coh^tituiion off thejf. proposed New Zealand Alliance. - / - The Mayor to-day received a telegram from the Governor's secretary, stating that His Excellency will leave Wellington on the 17th, and arrive ih.Dunedin on the 19th; He will hold an undress levee here, and proceed the same day per ßingairobma for Victoria. /'The Mayor^ : : -has.f been:^requested by-t he/ leading citizehs to call a meeting tofsee what 1 sU|)sl, can be taken to give His Excellency a suit--" able reception; 7 -" f . 7 / _ '•* The GhineseTqqestiqh is exciting .attention j ; here :/ 100' "Mongolians r haye 1 arrived for Proudfoot andf McKay's fraii\vay : works, and the laboring cl asses don' fc like it. - : The agent of Wood's reapers and binders is here fitting up the machine. .Ata preliminary trial yesterday it; gave great satisfaction.