BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3048, 25 November 1872, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

{From the Ken: Zealand Press Association.)

Wklunotox, November 23. The regulations fo tbe Colonial Prize Fiiim; for 1873 are published. 'I ho competition takes place at ISeCon. Jlieic arc lorn cl'B°e3 of prizes— Colonial, General, Pis trict, and Special. The representatives are allotted as follows :-Auekland, o ; Wairoa and Waiuku, 2; Waika-o 2 ; lhames ,.i; Tauranca and Opotiki, 1 ; White Cliffs, JSew pf;moutb, and Egmont 2 ; Wangamu, Patca, and Bangitikci, 2 ; Hutt and Wellington, 3 ) Waiißiapaj 3 ; papier, auua, and

Poverty Bay, 2 ; Nelson and Marlborough, I ; Canterbury, 3 ; Otago and Southland, 7; Westland, I -/Armed Constabulary, 3. f | be principal alteration in last year’s arrangements for the Colonial prize firing is that the skii mishing, running, and rapidity matches are left out in the competition for the championship. November 24. The West Coast Natives have sent an invitation to the Governor to meet thorn at a united meeting at the Manawatu Gorge, on Wednesday or Thursday, when they will bid him farewell. All the assembled tribes will take part in the proceedings, A general amnesty to the Natives will he declared in a few days. The principle has been agreed to by the Government in Cabinet. The details have not yet been decided upon. November 25. It is understood that Captain Johnstone brings the Dacotah down the coast.

TT.maku, November 23. An inquest was held yesterday on the body of Murdoch M‘Lean, who was found drowned in the Washdyke Creek. The jury returned an open verdict. T is liU.-' doubt that M ‘Lean met his death by his own act. It would appear that he attach d a piece of pig iron, weighing 721b, to his neck with flax, and waded with the iron upon his shoulder into the deep water where his body was found. An inquest was commenced to-day upon the body of a man found in a creek near Mount Horrible, and who was named George Blackall. The inquest was adjoin nod until Monday for further evidence. The evidence already taken tends to show that he was accidentally drowned. He had been in the water for a month. Auckland, November 25. Mr Win. Kelly has been elected M.P.C. for the Pensioner Settlements. The Opera Troupe has been engaged at LIOO a night to play at the Choral Hall for six nights. They leave fm- the South on the 3rd of December, playing one night at Nelson, one rdght at Wellington, and seasons at Christchurch and Dunedin.