INTERPROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 83, 4 May 1877, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

[Per- Press Agency.]

Auckland, May 1

r< Inspector Broham handed over the I-j charge of the police to-day to Inspector Thomson. The former was presented with a handsome illuminated address. May 2. The election for City West went off quietly. The result of the poll is—Dr. Wafiis, 470 ; Robert Graham, 268. The body of Mrs Scott was exhumed to-day, and a 2>ost mortem examination held. The inquest is not yet closed. • Wanganui, May 1. The libel action, Ballance, of the Herald- v. Carson, of the Chronicle, lasted all day. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff ; damages £15. Fielding, May 1. Mr. Fox, lecturing here on Monday night, said that the permissive principles of his Licensing Bill has been retained in the New Zealand Statute Book, and expressed his opinion that Parliament would next session pass an effective Permissive Bill. »" Nelson, May 1. The corner of Trafalgar and Bridge streets, where the old Wakatu Hotel stands, has been sold to the Bank of w New South Wales for £2250. Greymouth, April 30. Prospects of the new rush on the north toank of the Teremakau are imEight claims have bottomed on good, gold, and the load is pegged off several chains wide for nearly a mile. Should the shafts bottomed this week strike gold, there will be a large rush. About 300 people are on the ground. The Kumara and Greymouth Tramway commences running to-morrow. Kumara, May 1. A fatal mining accident occurred in Power's claim on Larrikins' terrace, to-day. Two men were buried by a fall of earth. One was dug out dead ; the other'has not yet been found, and there are no hopes of his being alive. In another claim, on the same lead, Alexander M'Leod had a leg broken by the fall of a ton weight of stone, Hokitika, April 30. Great interest was taken in the election for the General Assembly to-day. The total returns from Ross, Woodstock, Donoghue's, and Redman's show a majority of 21 in favour of Mr. Gisborne. Returns from further south are not yet to hand, but they cannot possilily affect the result. Mr. jrisborne's return may be looked upon as certain. May 2. The returns of the election are all to hand, except that from Jackson's Bay. Mr. Gisborne's majority now stands at 57. There are about 20 rotes only at Jackson's Bay. Dunedin, May 1. During the month of April, 135 births, 35 deaths, and 39 marriages were registered in Dunedin. May 2. The jury, last night, returned a verdict for plaintiff with £200, in the case Russell v. Smythies, for malicious prosecution. Napier, May 2. An unprecedently high tide occurred last night. As the wind blew heavily from the south, there was a high sea, |pd the breakers came over the beach, through the houses into the streets, knocking down fences, and carrying away small outhouses. A good deal of aJarm was felt, but no very serious injury was done, except that one house on the beach was knocked over. At the Spit, no injury was done to the harbour works. I Wellington, April 2. Fragments of wreckage have been washed ashore, at the Pilot Station. It is believed that they formed portion of the schooner Theresa, recently wrecked in Cloudy Bay, and which have been washed across by the late prevailing southerly weather.