SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume IX, Issue 2454, 26 October 1876, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

, (feom oub own cobbespondents). ,: Auckland, Wednesday. ' -i A: private meeting; held to«day appointed a committee to communicato with Sir George.Grey..with 1 a view to holding a public meeting on Friday to consider the best way to receive Sir Geo. Grey and'the Auckland members. Arrived: The 'May Queon,' from Borotonga, with a valuable cargo of Island produce. At.the Supreme Court to-day, Messrs G. N. Brassey and M. L. Eeesing were admitted solicitors and barristers of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.—The case of Jones and Ware v. Brogden was called on, application being made by the plaintiffs' solicitor for judgment to be entered up on the .arbitrator's certificate Mr Buddie, who appeared for the defendant, obtained an adjournment for one week, the plaintiff then to move to enter judgment. • The Star to-night says the Governor may be expected here in a few weeks. H.M.S.' Sapphire' leaves for Wellington shortly, and will probably bring his Excellency hero. Correspondence between Mr John Lamb, of RWerhead, and the Under Secretary for Public Works, is published to-night re the laipara railway. The latter says the matter will be before Parliament in a fow days, and probably a decision as to the route arrived at. Martin Dwyer, for beating his wife with a tormentor, was sent to prison for fourteen days. . Sharemarket.—Sales: Waitekauri, 12s 6d. Buyers: Palmerston, 2s 9d; Bismarck, 7s; Welcome, 3s. Sellers: Palmerston, 3s; 13s j iioyal Oak, 7s 6d; Welcome, 3s 9d. Coeomandel, Wednesday. The Golden Point Company have just crushed 491bs of stone for 38ozs.—The Union Beach brought up 401bs of splendid specimens this morning. Taubanga, Wednesday. The Bay of Plenty Times has a strong leader denouncing the native administration, and charging Mr Henry Lacey Clarke 'with being the cause of tho ob.struction to the opening of the laimai. It states that he is merely raising imaginary difficulties, and on the retirement of Sir Donald McLean will return to Tauranga and open the fields with a flourish of penny'whistles. The paper blames :, Oapfc. Morris for apparent apathy, and ■eulogises Mr Sheehan for his action in the House. It is rumoured here that Mr Commissioner Brabant was yesterday instructed to discontinue all endeavours to open the field. : The Kaimai Committee requested Mr Sheehan to ask the House if such were true, and he has promised to do so. SOUTH HiiiN TBIJSGRA.MS,! * ■ (pee pbess agency.) Hokitiea, Wednesday. Splendid accounts from tho Mount Eangitoto silver mine. .The manager's report proves, the existence of 1,74 L tons of ore in the present workings. Westpoet, Wodnesday. In the Karamea, where a life-buoy, marked 'La Hogue,' was found, a carved gilt human figure off tho storn of a large vessel has been found; also, a cedar cubin door-step and a quantity of gear. Tho coast for miles is strewn with debris, warranting an official inquiry. Dunedin, Wednesday. Tho Hpkitika Fire Brigade intend to compete at the demonstration. Some interesting Maori relics were discovered in a eave near the Taieri. The. alleged assault case brought by an inmate of tho Lunatic Asylum against Superintendent Hume was resumed today, and tho decision adjourned for a week. Tho action, Mackay (proprietor of the Bruce Eerald) v. the National Bank, damages £15,000, for dishonouring bills, &e., was commenced in tho Supremo Court to-day. The Simonsen opera troupe open tonight. Kivebton, Wednesday. A requisition asking the Mayor to proclaim the day the Abolition Act comes into operation a public holiday, signed by a large number of ratepayers, was laid on the table at the meeting of the Town Council last night, and it was unanimously

resolved that the day in question should bo made a public holiday. It is reported that O'Conor, Provincial Secretary, while visiting the Earainea special settlement, got into an altercation with a settler namod Jorry O'Conor, and received a severe pummelling.