SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VIII, Issue 2192, 6 November 1875, Page 3

SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

i ;* (PEB PBESS AGENCY.) ' Weuikgton, Friday. ' •Mr. F, D, Fenton has been definitely appointed District Judge in the provinco of - Auckland, and Mr B. 0. Barstow Eesident Magistrate at Auckland.—At about ..-. three; o'clock. this afternoon a tolerably . respectable-looking man deliberately 'broke five large plate glass windows at Government House with a heavy.walkingstick. , .Bis Excellency and hi.S{ ( priyate,, secretary were jn one of the : rooms'while one of the windows init was: being •'sm&shed. Lieut, Maling inBtantlyjumped out of the window of an 1 adjoining rpom, which was fortunately open, and gave chase .to the man, and. collared him after a short run. ; The man was perfectly sober, and when asked the reason for his extraordinary conduct, said, "It was for'a wager, and I have done it." . He is no^.in : the/; lock-up, ;«i'd will be brought .before the Magistrate to-mor-row.—Tuesday .next, the.9th instant, is declared "a public 3 hbliday to all officers and;, employees of the-.General /Government, with of the Customs, post-office, telegraph, and railway offices. —The following . notice; appears in the General Government Gtote, published Inst night With a view to the application of the sum-granted for the current year to municipalities/arid road boards, it is requested that returns; showing the amount actually reoeived by ; eabli muni- . cipality or road board during its last past financial year in respect :'of fates levied for that period mußt be forwarded without delay to the Provincial Auditor of the . province. ; Such returns must be made on forms to be obtained from the. Prosolemn declaration of the Mayor of the municipality or chairman of road board, as" the case may be,—H.'A.Atkinson,'' /";./' PamebstonNobth, Friday, : It is rumoured that Messrs Gisborne, Walter Johnston, Halcombe, Bailer, and Major Mcflarnett will . be. candidates for theManawatu seat.••.k ; / Q, • WAKGisni, Friday'.'. ' A .requisition- asking Sir Julius Vogel to /stand for Wanganui has - just been started.—lt is rumoured that Dr. Buller has abandoned all idea of standing/for Wanganui.—The Jockey Club last night arranged* a programme for the 13th'and 14th/of January, The principal race is a handicap, of £170.'A'Derby is to be insti-' «tuted.—The Agricultural Show yesterday; . . was a great success. The draught stock of horsef looked splendid, as' there were a large nuciber of horses' that had taken prizes in other parts of the colony as well ; as Australia./ Lincoln sheep also looked. ;well. Gladiator , took; first prize for thoroughbreds, and.Elswick second j both V imported.lhe stud company's Lofty' / first'for imported draught," and Coningsbv second. Douglas arid Company's Presi- • dent, lately from; O.tago, took first prize <■' for colonial horses and /also ithe' champion prize.; Shields'. Surprise, also from Otago, was . second. The principal prizes in ; sheep were taken by Messrs Hair, Easspri | Brothers, arid Owen/ arid' Lethbridge. I Bethuneand ' Hunter also took prizes; I but rio first where there was competition, I The, weather was much against .the sue- ; cess,/but there was a good number of. visitpra.- .

, ' Hokitika, Friday. ;: A spepimea of: silver ore has been discovered near Mount Eangitoto, south'of Hokitika,: by /a party •of prospeotors. Several hundredweight of tho ore has been;' brought into town, and will be forwarded to.Melbourne for analysis'by sext steamer.

i| ' :7 Chbistchuboh, .Friday. . The following weights were last niglitFree Handicap: 'TempletoD, 9st ,71b; Tamboiirini," 9st 41b; Jlory O'More, 9st;i King-Philip, Bst 131b ; Guy Fawkes, Bst 101b; Hercules, Bst 61b ; Sonnainbula, Bst 31b ; Tadmor, 7st ! 121b; Fanolph, 7st. 91b; Cocksure; 1 7st 61b; Tatter, 7st 61b;" Pangawerewere, 7st6lb; Elfia ling, ;7st 41b; Tommy Dodd,.7at 41b; Muscatel, 7st 41b; SpeouJation, 6at ; Pakeba, 7at 41b; Theodore, 7st 41b;; The. Chief,, 7st 31b ; Daniel 7st 31b; Korari, 7st 31b; Castiliari, yst 21b; Fishhook, 7st 21b; Cloth of.Gold,;7st; Blair Athol, 7st; Twitter, 6st lib; : :Follp Farino, 6st lllb; Fair '•P urjtanV ifolt,. 6st 111b; Alice Greyj 6st }llb; JNestor; 6st lllb; MissTotara, 6st. Handicap Hurdle Eace; Tommy Dodd, list 71b; Theodore, list 31b; - Pakeba, lOst fjlb; Muscatel, lOat 21b; . Speculaliop, ■ 9st.—There 'arenearly §00 . entries for the Metropolitan Agricultural ; Exhibition.-Great publici-: interest _ ia' ' shpw'n'in the forthcoming races.- A £500 Derby sweep ;was . drawn;, last night. Several Calputtaf sweeps are to be .drawn -to-nic[ht.—A i man'.namedv Barnes was :, found dead in" the closet of the Empire ; ; Hptpl last fa i g h t. ; It 'is supposed he died : jn a fit. u He had'just joined the Good ; Templars. [. . Dunedin, Friday. * . £ A most.: destructive fire occurred at ( Tokomairiro in XeggeVmill, at Henlens* 'brook, which was totally destroyed. | NothiDg was saved but a little flour and I vgiftin. There wpre'thirty tons of flour, I ' apveraf ions pf oatmeal and wheat in the I ipiillat the time.:. The.,large water*wheel. I ;SntidM;'the :machineiy^w^ I v IHe insurances are £1,600 in the Standard; I office op the ; gtpck, and £2,?OO.i^theNor«{

Wich Union on building and plant. Legge estimates, his: loss at £5.000. The origin of tho fire ifc .unknown. The Standard had re-insured £750--with tho South British. ■:■■■