LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVII, Issue 3456, 26 March 1872, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

«~ . [pee geevjlle's tbl. Co., heuter's agents, j Auckland (via Shifting Camp), Sunday. A man named George Erskine, attempted to cut his throat at Newton yesterday, and inflicted a serious wound. A bank book, showing a credit of £280, was found in . the house. Erslriue was unmarried, and has a brother and sister living in Melbourne. The City of Melbourne has arrived with the Australian mails, and the Nebraska sailed to-day. Some splendid specimens have been obtained from the Bismarck Claim at Coromandel, and have caused considerable excitement. Napier, Monday. The twelve of the Napier Kifle Club fired 10-day in the match with Wellington, making a total score of 680 points, and thus beating Wellington by 81. The 1 highest scorer was Blake, with 70 ; the lowest, Wood, with 47. Dunedin, Monday. I John Turner, a groom, who was throsvn from his hotse in the Ootogon I on Saturday, when returning from the [ races, died yesterday. i The extra day's racing today was well attended. The Selling Race, of £25, was won by Minx. The Dunedin Handicap, of £35, with sweepstakes of £2, was a selj, Exile being so lightly weighted that the owners of Yatterina, Burgundy, and other horses entered refused to accept, and Exile walked over. The Consolation Stakes, of £30, were won by Banjo. A private match for £40, between Exile and Bobbie Bums, distance two miles, was won by the former. I/m-ELTON, Monday. 24th— Arrived, Alhambra, from Port Chalmers. 25th, 5 p.m. — Sailed, Alhambra, for Wellington. Can girls stand a collcgo course of study ? MvsStanton thinks they can and says:— 'l would like you to take 1,300 young men and laco them up, and huug ten to twenty pounds' weight of clothes on their waists, perch them on three-inch heels, cover their heads with ripples, chignons, rats and mice, and stick ten thousand hair-pins into their scalps ; if they can stand all this they will stand a little Latin and Greek. 1