LAST NIGHT'S NEWS. [BY ELECTR1C TELEGRAPH.] [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1323, 21 December 1880, Page 2

LAST NIGHT'S NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Auckland, Last Night. Tlu 1 Provincial scholars! k> fxatninations co'umon<ed to-day. Tlurc aie one hundred ;uid nine c.indid.iti s for eight district yhol.ii-hip-, Te Awain.'tu sends ea: l>oy, aid two grills, H mtapu one boy, (J.unbndge one mvl. '1 he Locii Fleet has arrived from London v/ith 23 pn&sengers, all « ell. The Crown lands sale tl is morning ■was very well attended, but the prices obtained nero not largo, the majority of the lots boiiij.' knocked down at the upset prices. Tlu'ce lotb in the Waitoa district were .sold, eight in Te Arolia district, one m Pukerimu district, four in Kawakawa dibtiict, one in llinpekapeka district, three in the parish of Kawakawa, and one in the parish of Taranaki. 13,200 acres in the county of Mongonui were leaded for 14 years at a rental of £51.

Wellington, Last Night. The papers relating t'> the ease of the murderer Tuhi have been read by the Mini&tero and transmitted to the Governor for perusal, preparatory to the Executive meeting to-morrow when the fate of the prisoner will be finally settled. His execution is regarded as certain. To-day's telegrams from the Constabulary camp report all quiet ; nothing fresh. >Sir Hercules Robinson has purchased seven mares in England for stud purposes in this colon}'. They were selected from the Middle Park stud, and five of them are in foal to well-known hires.