TELEGRAMS.

Colonist, Volume XXVI, Issue 3700, 3 September 1883, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[United Press Association.] DUNEDIN, September 2. A meeting of Dunedin shareholders in the Lankey Greek Gojd Mining Company, Beef,: ton, was held" oh Saturday evening. Great dissatisfaction was expressed at the conduct of the mine, and the money was_ subscribed to send a person' from here to inspect and report. ■ The football match, Auckland v. Otago, was played today, in the presence of seven or eight thousand people. The weather was dull and chilly but dry, and the ground was in good order. The game, which was played in two three-quarters hour spells, resulted in a draw No score'being obtained by either side. Auckland was forced down twice and Otago also twice. In the first spell Otago had the best of the play, the ball being k«pt principally in Auckland's quarters from the •tart. Once Austin; for Otago, got. across the line, and claimed a try. This was allowed by the Otago umpire, but refused by the Auckland one, and th» referee,'Mr Colbeck, of Auckland, gave it against Otago; Whitesidt, for Auckland, almost got across the Otagoline once, after a grand run, but the fall back, Braddon, stopped him cleverly. In the second .spell play ,wa* more even, though the ball was again more frequently down <at the, .Auckland end, till Whitside, towards, the.olpseof^Me play, relieved his.side and did one or-two magnificent runs; , ; he also., made a '.capital"pot; ! at/goal,-. but it was unsuccessful. Tho Auckland men played j off-side a good deal,, and a good deal of time was consumed thrbngh the,ball being called: back. /Whiteside, Bihg, Byan, and Warbeck played a,- grand., game. for, Auckland; and. Braddon, Galbraith, and. Murray for. Qtago.V The Ottgo forwards, had . the best of the. scrimmages, but the Auckland backs were undoubtedly, thie strongest, and their.passing was really good." The Aucklandefs trusted-. more to their backs than Otago, heeling the ball out of the scrimmages to them frequently. There was great. ~ excitement.;-occasionally. Both teams were well matched, and it is generally considered that from the report: of play rih Christchurch, : Otago held their opponents too cheap.. The Auckland team were entertained at dinner in the evening. „ ,-., ,=•.• * AUCKLAND,. \\.;j^ J■.■. :> '.';■■.. . .4,,.. \;September 1. The Cygnet,'from ..Samoa and Apiari, report a, hurricane in the Islands and,the lossliof the. whaling' barque Especulador,; belonging to Thomas -Henderson, junr. No' lives were lost. The insurances are not known. A of'other ? vessels were, wrecked at thVeaihe-tuhW ' lf '■•'■'•: - '•'■ <l ■ Mr C. C. Dacre has^received letters from Melbourne and Sydney.,expressing the imi bility of the. yacht clubs, at those places^Jjio, send-representatives"1 to,:take,' part jii. theproposed intercolonial'^ face ifi-iiuucklan^, ioi which':'it was proposed' to offer a.prize;of £250r 'An attempt will probably "be made' rioW to' send' an ; Aiiokland; yacht, tp Aus^ tralia; ■ ' i: "^"."^ « -'■ ; - ■ .... ■■••■ September 2. The Cygnet brought up Captain Irvine and crew (17) •of the wrecked • ■ whaling barque Especulador. -A- hurricane passed over the Hawaiian group on the 12th August, increasing on the 13th. The Cygnet and Especulador went ashore at Tipuka reef, the sea breaking over both vessels.: They ware got off four days afterwards. The schooners Matalato, Tipuka, Fußabaila,.and every vessel in Tipuka sailed up on the morning after the-storm. The Colonial office had an open policy on the cargo, and about £250 of oil and sugar on board at the time, two-thirds reinsured in the South British: £1500 on the hull, partly reinsured. • :^ The infant son of Alexander. Cameron, of Seafried View,, was accidentally scalded to death by the upsetting of. a kettle. ' TIMABTJ, ■ • • ■ September 2. At the inquest on Miss Lucy Hibbard, who was drtwned in a tank on Friday, a verdict of " Accidental Death " was returned. CHRISICHTJRCH. . September 1. Thp.cargo of frozen-taken by the British King to-day for London amounts to 1825 carcases. Th« at Belfait are now itoppad f« a while in order to allow of works neceesary for the increase of machinery being carried out.' During the season the Company hare frozen 40,709 sheep and 52 quarters of September 2. It it reported that prospectors from Ashburton baa discovered tin ore at Mt. Somers, about eight miles from supposed diamond rite. Professor Beokerton has,', it is said, pronounced the ore to b« rich, yesterday,' Minerva- was Bold for 750 guineas, and The Jilt for 460 guineas to Mr H^nneku. I* a announced that Natator hadtoten sold privately to go to Wanganui. Grip, Painter, Poet, Helda, and If So were passed in. Forest King ' was bought by Mr Honeywood for 75 guineas. NAPIER, September l v „ A man. named George Ness, a fellmqnger'aY'Kaikora, was .missing Vj on jThur^ay, evening. 1, His and .others a^gnt in* saarchrp'fhyn^u $he

to be in a'desponding state of/xnigd Jat^lyf' bis usuaL regular' remittance'ridt'Ohs^tirigS arrived by the last mail lrom7Aber^n»Jijrej&' hyhere his; relatives occupy,a wealtfcy.positfon^ iestierday" afternoon!'^they' discovered j'ihe man's'body-in a holeiri''the'Kaikora creeC with an old iron pump; tied "on his back.' ■"' '