TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 420, 26 December 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

, " (From the Dunedin Dailies. ) „ , Wellington, December 23rd. The Customs Returns show that £700 more was taken 1 during the last four weeks than the previous four, while this month shows an increase of fifty per cent, over the corresponding month of that year. There is a steady sale of land privately at the Provincial Land Office. A large quantity of the Fielding land, withdrawn yesterday, was applied for today, at the upset prices, the' {principal purchasers being large landholders in the neighborhood. About £1500 was sold to-day. Lyell, the Banker at Merfcon, in this Province, once of Dunedin, and lately apprehended at Tauranga, for embezzlement, has been remanded to Merfcon, was accepted himself in £1000, and two sureties in £1000 each. Conley, a waterman, for having 251bs of smuggled tobacco in his possession, was fined £100, or to be imprisoned until the- fine is paid. The] licensed victuallers presented £32 as a Christmas box to the Auckland charities. The bank of New Zealand shipped, per Wonga, Wonga, for Sydney, 39510zs of gold," a'porjion of . which quantity was from the Invercargill Co. * December 24th. A "Gazette- 11 proclamation notifies that Mr. _ J. ,Speny has been appointed Superintendent J of Collectors of Agricultural Statistics for 1875 for Otago. Mr.

James Paterson, of Port Molyneux, has been appointed Justice of the Peace. - , During November the Provincial , Government sold 32.543. acres of Provincial land. The amount received was £24,618 cash, and £425 in Bcrip. The Marquis of Normanby has intimated to the Mayor that he and Lady Normanby will attend the Citizens' Ball on any day which is fixed. The customers of the bank of Australasia intend to give a dinner, to- Mr. Buchanan, the, retiring manager. Last night, Mr. Lee, Travelling Colonial' Inspector for the London and Liverpool Fire Insurance Company, had the Central Brigade turned out to test the water power of the city. The Brigade Bent nine jets playing at once, each throwing the water 80ft. : high. Mr. Lee said it was the best display of water power he had seen in New Zealand, and gave £10 to the Brigade. ■- Auckland, Dec. 14. The Resident Magistrate dismissed a charge brought under the barmaid clause of the Licensing Act, on the ground that the barmaid said she stayed in the bar after 11 voluntarily, and was not kept by the landlord or under his control. He said, after examining the definition of the word employ, he was satisfied, from the absurdity of the clause, 'that the drafter of' it never intended to secure a conviction. In a number of cases there has been a resistance of the education rate, to defend which a public subscription was raised. The case was settled by payment out of Court, counsel for defendants advising their clients that the only possible way to disprove the validity of the Act under which the rate was levied was to take it to the Appeal Court. The body found near Rangitoto has seen identified as the cook of the steamer Lalla Kook who fell overboard. Christchtjbch, December 23rd. The programme of the Autumn Race Meeting to be held on April 23 and 24th, is as follows :— Trial plate, 100 soys., 1| mile; St. Leger Stakeß, 100 boys., 1 mile 6 furlongs 132 yards; Champange Stakes, 100 soys., 6 furlongs ; St. George's Handicap, 100 boys., 1 mile ; Handicap Hurdle Race, 50 soys., 2 miles ; Great Autumn Handicap, 300 3ovs., li mile ; Selling Race, 50 boys-, 1 mile ; Flying Handicap, 150 boys., | of a mile ; Consolation Handicap, 40 sovs,'l milei Hack Race, 16 soys., £ a mile. .