SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

Thames Advertiser, Volume XIV, Issue 4197, 31 March 1882, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

: • (Per Press Association;) : ';V - ■ ■ Auckland; Thursday, ..Yesterday morning the following vessels endeavoured to leave liaipara harbour:— Vindex, barque; Transport, brig; Sarah Pile, brigantine'; ' Zior ' and - Energy, schooners. On reaching the channel they found tlie wind too.liglit, and anchored; the four first named vessels being off . the North. Spithead,: and the' Energy inside Tory Shoal; all the vessels wero rolling gunwales under. •. Later information states that the Vindex went ashore at 3 o'clock yesterday, aftefnobd on the North Spithead. No lives were lost; the captain, had his wife aboard.; The vessel is near the wreck of the James Ai'Stewart, and .will be a. total wreck. ; The other vessels, are all. right at present. Tho insurances : on the' barque 'Vindex are i-Soufh' British, £500 on hull, and another £1000 said' to be held by a Sydney office; her'cargo of timber is insured in the New Zealand : -for £750, who; have £300 "reinsured in the Colonial.

.. The police made a : raid on the houses of ill fame last night, and eight women were (irrested. 'Nearly all got six months. The police have a list • of 137.w0m0n ongagecl in prostitution. 1 John Law, arrested for a breach of tho Fraudulent -'Debtors' Act, ' was remanded on bail. 1 . r Tlie'Hoiis. 'J. Bryce, W. Rolleston, and Major Atkinson left'by train for the Waikato, accompanied by Mi' Paah, the reprosentativo of tho Essex Farmers'. Association, ■' • Mr-John Lundon intends standing for North Franklin. Wellington, Thursday.' Her Majesty's consent to the Chinese Immigration Act, 1881, is notified in tho Gazette. ' " ■ : Proclamations fixing the shooting seasons • for imported and native game, license fee, etc,, for the various districts in the colony, aro gazetted. •The registration of tho'Hon; Randall Johnson- as captain of the 1 .,: Wellington Guards is gazetted, as also is the resignation of Mr William Withers, as clerk in thoßßegistrar General'sr r General's Department. ,' ■ Tlie New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company report undor date London, 28th instant Wool competition is increasing, and quotations are on an average of Id to per lb. better than at the opening, Up to date, 227,000_ bales havo been sold, 125,000 of which have been taken for export. The sale programme has been curtailed by 4 days. Long staple' merino, scoured, waslied, and light' in the grease are; firm; short 'staple merino and heavy iii are easier j tho fino cross-bred market' is firm, and coarse cross-bred market easier. The next sales,are limited to 350,000 bales, and will commence on tho 16 th of May. Advices of short supplies from Australia, have been received,In wheat, the market is quiet, Adelaide being-worth 54s Gd, and New Zealand 525, per 496 lbs. Tallow is ' dull -of sale, best mutton being worth £42, and best beef, £39 per ton. In leather, tho market is firmoi; bost sides are worth ll|d.: v '■ '■ Nelson, Thursday. A man named John Dennott was found dead ia his bedroom at tho Custom-house Hotel this morning. Tho dccoased went to bed at 7.30 last evening, in'his'usual spirits, and on:tho servant going to call him to breakfast ho was found doad. Dr.

. ... .. V r- • [ Rogers stated that death was caused by asthma and hoart.disease combined. N& inquest, is considered. necessary. The deceased wasjwell known on the West Coast, whoro He took a great interest in mining matters, and was a brother of the lato Dr Dermott. j New Plymouth, Thursday.' There was a good attendance to-day at the Taranaki races. The following are the results: -Maiden Plate : Scotch Mist, 121b, 1; Normanby, Bst 21b, 2; Taxation, 9st 31b| 3. • . Steeplechase: Catcli'em, 9st 91b, "1; Grey Motnus, 2. Jockey Club Handicap, of 300sovs:' Larry I ,' IRandiwick, 2; Dan, 3. Patea, Thursday, j Mrs Sullivan .was committed for trial at the 'Supreme Court;at'New at thelnquest. V/;;"''.; ' " ' 'Christch'urch, Th'arsday.j j {..-..General entries; • for .the Clmstchurcli jockey: Club autumn, meeting and payment of 8 • Sovs ■to Champagne Stakes close atO p.m. on Saturday. ; ; ■ , •<>?. j • -Five long-sentenced prisoners have been sent to Lyttelton : ,from Napier gaol, ; which is over-crowded. - ■ : • ; A child.fell,into'the reservoir.' on his father's ground yesterday, and 1 would have been! |drp\yned : but j < for' the . singular fact that'lie was seen by. a passengeiviri a passing train.,;: The,,-manager. of theline jumped off the'car and.into the waterj otherwise the child Would have: been drowned, -i r-! A man named; Pratt.was convicted of systematic l communicationwith'' the' - pri-{ soncrs in Lyttelton gaol, atcl fined'£io or a month's imprisonment. 1 The "evidence showed .thai'lie got'money from 'the.prisoners on promises of raoney f and then id some instances' swindled.,; them afterwards., ! The hard work has, told on<Mrs.Hampson so miicli that she can't-go on with her mission until she has had a rest. ! " Patience " did not attract'such a large house at its opening as was ekpecte'd,-but there is : a,bigger. alidiebce to-night. j ■ The'.business in the grain market during the"' week lias, been moderatively :, a : 6tivei and. prices for all lines continue exiced*' ingly firm. '/Considerable 'sales' .of 1 wheat have ; been madpvat. current.rates; 'priini milling is.qubted at 4s s'd to 45.6 d, and'fof extra, quality,' 4a ; 7d.r .Oats - firm' at 3s to' 3s' Id ..for.- milling,and 25:,11 d :foi'( feed,, as the quantity coming forward: is- not .large - at-.the,';moment. Prices will likely ; Bai'lgy: Farmers aro'now beginiiing to thresh outl Good samples are quoted at 4'g 3d to 4s Gd.' Feed sorts are eagerly- bought :, up; Flour remains at £1010s for best brands i rye-grass, 4s 9d to' 1 5s'for best dressed seed; cocksfoot, ;i4|d, to; 4jd. Fresh butter, Is; per lb; cheese, 6d to lOd per lb. Beef, 2d,to Gd per,lb;. mutton, 2d ti 4d per lb; 'lamb, 2s Gd t6 3s per quarter pork, fid per lb.; ham, Is per lb; bacon, 9d per lb. ; 1 ? f ; ' Lyttelton, Thursday, j Arrived,: Rotomahana, from Melbourne and the South'; Merkswortlij from Westport ;, Croydon Lass; from Waitapu. . Sailed :• Wanaka, for the South; Glamis, for San Francisco'; Grafton, for Wellington; Annio. IJill, for the Bluff; Alexa, for Wellington. , : s ; , The Frozen Meat Company are communicating with the various.Shipping companies trading to New.Zcalan'd in order to obtain a. sufficient 1 . number tof i ships fitted witlr.the freezing -apparatus'; By next season it is expected 5 or 6 large ships will be required, and endeavours are being mado to get'at least '6no:steamer also.

There' are 12: cases 1 aM; 18, prisoners for trial at;the.sojDingsessibns : pf i tli e Supreme | Court. ! Wangandi, Thursday. I The following "are the agricultural statistics for the Counties of. Wanganui, Patea, and Hawera respectively Land under crops, 117,522 i: acres,-64,865, and 4i,885 : wheat (estimated), 59,664 bushels, 29,202, and 23188 ; oats, 3,0,139 buphels, 33,713, and 30,977 barley,'l727 bushels, 3Gls,'and 465. ; 'j