COLONIAL TELEGRAMS

Wanganui Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 2656, 16 December 1875, Page 2

COLONIAL TELEGRAMS

—* : • .; [PER PRESS AGENCY.] Tauuaxga, Dee. 16. Eight of the A. C.'s and two men of the Volunteers fired a match yesterday with a similar number ;;of the crew of H.M.S. Sappho, md beat them by 142 points. "Wellington, Dec. 16. HUTT BACES. . ■[ The day turned out beautifully line, but comparatively few people present/ The Governor arrived upon the ground about noon. : Hutt Park Stakes, 50 soys. Mile and a half. Eleven entries.- The following; horses 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 np for another start. After 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 other horses trod upon him, and he was carried oft" the'course. Princess Mary cut out the running-, leadingPhoenix and Cocksure by six or seven lengths ; Hap Hazard was behind from the first, and had no show. Upon nearing the straight Cocksure overhauled Princess Maryoasily, followed by Phcenix, and then led both at the straight by several lengths. Won by eight" lengths, Phoenix 2nd, Princess Mary 3rd. Dr Diver attended to the boy, aylio it turned out had life'thigh broken. The Liuna lias just returned from White's Bay. The test indicates a clean break of the cable .about.fourteen miles from here. . : Major Atkinson leaves for Taranaki per Luna to-night. The schooner,: Young Dick was sold to-day at Auction by order of the Vice Admiralty Court, and bought in for the ; Captain by Turnbull and Co., for £2075 ; the Aipset price fixed by the Court was £1,500. The expenses of the casein Court amounted to £1100. Wellington, Dec. 15. l3rogden's schooner Julius Yog'el was offered at auction to-day,but bought in at £800. AH Brogden's railway stores were sold. '■! ::■' : Mayoralty election—result of poll :— Thorutlcm. Tianibtou. Te Aro. TI. Hutchison 124 205 326—G08 Gisborne 175 220 191—589 Majority for Hutchison—72. Gisborne has abandoned his intention of standing- for Wellington, in consequence, it is supposed, of his defeat for the mayoralty. A^ From tests applied here, tht in the cable appears to be midway across the Straits. The Luna left this after-

noon with Lemon to ascertain what the tests from Wliitc's Bay indicate.. All the gear necessary for lifting tlic cable is here, but it will take nearly a week to fix on board the Luna. The Government have chartered the steamer Tui to run across twice each wav'every 24- hours until the cable is repaired. Subsidy. £2Z per day, '...:■ a Taiunaki Dec. 15. : Elections are fixed as follows •— Grey and Bell, Dec. 22 ; Town of New Plymouth, 23rd ■ Egmont, 2i.-.. ; , Major Atkinson's mooting -postponed till Saturday' next.