SOUTHEREN TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VIII, Issue 2227, 17 December 1875, Page 3

SOUTHEREN TELEGRAMS.

(PEB PBESS iiJENOI.)

. Wellington, Wednesday. The Government have; received, and published a despatch from Sir J. Togel, in which he impugns certain statements made in a letter from the Loan Agents to the Colonial Secretary, dated' May 13th, He says: "lam of opinion the conduct ofthe three agents, especially that of Dr Eeatherston, in sending to the Government such a letter and enclosures, without allowing me to see very unbecoming and - detrimental to the interests of the public service, and I have the honour formally to make complaint on the'subject," .Sir J, Togel then goes on to say that owing to the publication of that letter in the colony, a widespread misunderstanding exists as to his action in London with respect to the deposit of the four million loan with the Bank of New the determination as to the deposit of the loan was arrived at by the agents at the time of negotiation with Messrs.. Epthsohild..;, The,. corres-,' pondence was ; tpO: lengthy for a; telegram. The ; have.;alsp,' received a cablegram from.Sir Julius stating he had succeeded in effecting an arrangement with the-Bank of England by which the bank inscribes and manages the. stock, This; will make our' bonds current, and give the holder the advantage of obtaining bonds f'to bearer," and exchanging baokwards'iand;' forwards. ; This arrangement is subject .to the approval of the Assembly.: ; Sir, JuliusJefc England per -' Somersetshire'; on' November 15.—-The 'Luna'ihas just; returned from White's Bay. "Tests indicate a: clean break of the cable about- fourteen miles from here.— ;MajorAtkinson leaves forTaranakiper ■'Luna'' to-night,—Messrs.-Pearce ; and Hunter addressed a large- meeting of Wellington electors last night. Both are strpniy opposed to: separation,:and'in favour of,secular education. 'They, said the; reason why they did ? nofr.ask for a ; third member for the city, they !knew it' would be useless.- They had. assisted in getting one extra member for the province and four'for the. North-Island..

THE HDTI MOBS.

: The day turned out beafitifuliy fine, •bufc"tnere ; were eomparativelyfew people. The Governor arrived upon the ground about noon- Hutt;Park'Stakes of 1 ' 50 sovs, ; 'onemile and a-half j'eleye'n entries. The .following were scratched:—Guy Fawkes, Tattler,-Cloth of Gold, Templeton, Lady Grey; Castillian. Before starting Princess.Mary bolted,and.went the distance before being pulled,up, but ranged,.up for another -start. The first quarter of -a mile Voltaire threw his rider, who seemed to be about to rise. off the!ground when,.to all appearance, one ,of the other horses trod upon him, and he.was carried off the course. Princess Mary cut' out" the running, leading Phcenix and Cocksure six or seven lengths. 'Haphazard, was behind from the first, and had'no show.. Upon nearing 'the straight, Cocksure overhauled Princess easily, followed by. Phcenix, and then led both' at the' straight by several lengths; and won by eightlorjglha, Phcenix second,; Princess Mary.■ third. -Dr-Diver attended to the boy who was thrown, who, it turned out, had his thigh broken. 1 Wellington, Debby, of 100 sots., added I to a sweepstake of 10 sovs. each, half"forfeit; for three-year olds; •• Distance, one mile and a half.-,"/ Mr Eedwood's Korari,: Bsfc 101b -1 Mr Delmain's Pungawerewere, Bsfc' !' : '•■6lb-'-' v,;; : : -'.'- : .-;:;-.';;--.v---'V-i8 Mr P.■; Campbell's Daniel O'Bourke ;: Bst 101b .- : .'.;;-:„: 3 Mr • O'Brien's Fishhook (late lough ;r Neigh), Bst 101b ::•' ■ V : . 4 There were seven "entries. .Banker, Cocksure, and Voltarine were scratched, Korari at once dashed off with a lead so strong that it looked like a bolting match, but the jockey checked him soon. .Pungawerewere was second, Daniel O'Bourke third, and' Fishhook fourth; They koptin this order until about three-quarters of amile from homeKwhen Daniel O'Eourke cut down.Pungawerewere, and made a .desperate effort to overhaul Korari, but though he ,was : ,whipped all the way up the straight Korari won as he liked, hands down/seven lengths ahead, Daniel O'Bourke a bad third, Fishhook a longway behind. Korari was loudly cheered upon coming Jiack to the saddling paddock. The betting men did not seem to do much upon this race. A good deal was expected from Fishhook, on account of the way he ran when balled Lough Neigh, but all were sadly disappointed. The company was too, good .for himi- The race was a poor one. Korari-was never asked to run;— The' course: is beginning to freshen 'up a little now.'.; ■~..

'Jockey Club Handicap of 100 soya;

one mile and a-half; second horse,to

; save his stakes. .; Mr , Bed wood's br h Guy Fawkes; ■; ; '''4yrs'i;Bst--V : -.•'..',. ■^y.'Q.i '•'•.:.''■■■ 1 Mr F. W; Delamain's b h Templeton, ,; : ■ ;; 6yr3,'83t.121b;:.;r v; '.':;,-;v ..-V/■ ; 2

; There were sixteen.entries,' and only the following horses came to the soratch: - Guy Fawkes; Templeton, ; Flora Maodonald, Premier, and Tattler. This iwas a splendid race between Guy Fawkes and Templeton; G.uy Fawkes took the lead, Templotoa-..liaingT_BeDond.--and_all—.&»-others in a cluster, all holding in.; About half-way round Flora Macdonald made a push forward, : but icould not keep her position; then Templeton challenged Guy :Fawkes for first-place, passing, all,the others; easily. Then came the tug of Va'r between the two* and a : splendid-run up the straight ensued, Guy. Fawkes winning, by ; half a...length, and Templeton whipping hard,, '._..;.

■ ; . :'\ Chbisiohcboh, Wednesday."' The New Zealand' Loan' and Mercan-; tile Agency received yesterday the following London ;.telegram, dated 24th .November:'." The fourth seiies of wool sales opened at the level of; last sales. .Up to date.B7,ooo bales have arrived ;■ 8,000 bales have been sent to the manufacturing districts, direct. Market unchanged, for., scoured;. Cape of Good Hope ;has declined to Id per lb."--Mr .Moorhouse,;addressed the' electors at Kriightstowh; on the 14th; instant.' Ho received a vote of confidence,.

, "■;■;:':'•:■■" - DuNEDiNi Wednesday.; .Mr'J. 0. Brown, in announcing him* self for Lawrence, goes in for federation and separation. Strong efforts are being made to get Mr Bastings to oppose him, The Times says the' jpunedin seats are nearly going begging' because of the fear ofthe length of the : future sessions. "It would be no breach of confidence to mention names, but it is no seoret that there are men amongst .lis who have proved themselves able administrators in their dealings with provincial affairs who have.refused .to be put in:nomination solely upon this ground. This is one of the difficulties we shall have to'face in the fature.and it is a very great one, and admits of no remedy."—The Star says Captain Eraser, of the steamer .'Express,', claims "£IO,OOO salvage for bringing the 'Tairoa' into port.—The evening paper published inlnvercargiil contains an account of an.accident on the Southland railway. James Laurie, en gine-driver, as the train, neared Ihvercargill, leaned outside theengineto see if all was clear, when his head came in contact with the timber platform. He was injured very severely, but not fatally.r-There was splendid shooting at the Association's matches yesterday, by McKenzie, of Waikari,. who, ;in the. extra match, made 56 out of a possible 60 81300,400, and 500 yards.