SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XII, Issue 3237, 6 February 1879, Page 3

SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

(PEB PBESS AGENCY.)

Wediisgton, Wednesday. To morrow will be observed as a public holiday. The Cup Bace will be run at half past two. It is stated that Andrew Young, the owner of Sailor, will give his jockey £300 if he wins the Cup liace. There are some murmurs of dissatisfaction at the Gas Company giving no intimation of its intention to reduce the price of gas after tho handsome dividend declared. The purchasers of reclaimed land sections have been offered one thousand advanoe on the price they paid for some land. The Land Valuers here are again applying for the use of the Corporation assessment lists, but have again been refused. Thes.s.'Hinemoa' goes to' Auckland to-morrow to take the commissioners on Higher Education. She is to bring down the incoming San Francipco mail due on Tuesday next. Mr Barton, M. H ,R., has sold bis house and grounds at the Hutt. Wm. Makeham, farmer, at Wainuiomata, was thrown from a restive horse a day or two ago, and died this morning. . Mr J. P. Jones, bookseller, of Courtney Place, who was in a depressed state of mind the last few days, disappeared early yesterday morning, and has not been seen since. He was late from the Thames. Poet Chalmers, Wednesday. Arrived: Thes.s.'Tararua.' A Lyttelton passenger named A. J. Bylie, by the' Kaster Hill,' makes a startling statement to the effect that, on January 9th, at 8 a.m,, when the sea was comparatively smooth, William Taylor, the sKip's boy, aged 17 years, fell from the main royal mast and broke a ratlin which he .struck, and fell overboard. A seaman named Johnston jumped after, endeavouring to save him. Ho did not succeed, and was drawn on board. The vessel was going 2 knots, and, yet no effort beyond this was made to save the. boy, who. floated as the ship passed out of sight. Taubangi, Wednesday, The Bay of 'Plenty limes' reporter at Taupo wires that a gross insult has been offered to the representatives of the Government by EewiNgatimaniapoto. Eewi sent a message to Major Scannel yesterday expressing a desire to see him, but as the major's horse was not at home he was unable to go. To-day he went to Onenui, where Eewi is, accompanied by Mr Walker and an interpreter. After mutual greetings, Eewi coolly rolled himself up in his blanket, and composed himself to Bleep. Halt-an-hours' silence ensued, when Major Scannel;said to him, "You sent for me; what have you to sayP" Eewi answered that he did not send for him, and had ' nothing to say. 1 Major Scannel then said, "If you have nothing to say to me I will go," and left the whare without taking formal leave.