BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3353, 18 November 1873, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Wellington, NovemberlT. On .application' l in the JJivorce Court today, the Otago case, Palmer v. Palmer, was set down for hearing on Wednesday next. Mr Hackworth, -formerly Collector «f Customs at Wellington, had a paralytic stroke .while in Auckland, ije is much better, but must retire from active work’for a time. • ■ ♦ i. /.

, AyuKLANDj November 17. . Tne half-yearly meeting of the South .British Insurance Company was held at two o’clock to-day. Tlie report stated that L 9,370 had been realised by the said of shares for increasing the 1 capital of the company, and that amount had been 1 oa'rried for warn to the reserve fund. ‘ The receipts for the half-year amount to 3j17,933, being an increase of L 3,931 on the business Of the previous half-year. The losses have be.u heavy, amounting to 'L0,551, including LI, 130 not paid before August 31, The balance carric 1 forward to the profit and loss new account is LI I 941, including L 625 transfeired to the reserve fund, making 1.10,000, Total assets, L 50,000. The bulk

of the business done is in yearly policies which only expire at the close of the first, year of the company’s operations. The dii ectors recommend making a call to provide more capital. The present investments are 1,43,220. Cash in han«L L 8,397. Thg report was passed, and JMc Beothaißj# Captain Daldy, Hob. Mf Plvsra Karl, Howard, and rejected 1 directors. The chairman, the comoany on the sound state its affshre. ► -l^|®oveha,|^r:-|,B. The Alexandra correspondent Herald, who was lately visited by Tawhaio, S;l y 3 Drink has obtained such a hold on the ]\incites, that they will sacritice anything to obtain it. It is rapidly killing them. To Kuoti is reported to bo a vict m of rum. -He wants to be tried ia EngLnd, und says he will get a fair trial there, but the Pakehas here are so incensed against him, that they refuse to hear, his defence. Ho says he will never engage in war acain, but will plant corn, catch fish, and drink rum, which is better.” Oama.ru, ■November'l7? For the show on Thursday there are 170 horses entered, or nearly double the number of last year. The cattle entries are Idfi. the last show only 68; and sheep 112 entries. 1 It ia expected to be a grand show ; there’are numerous visitors coming from the North. GrAhamstown, November .17. The Sb nr Hand Sawmill'Cc. have got more than 2,000 logs of kauri down the creek tiO.-day, valued at LIO,OOO or L 12,000. A few? ha ye floated out to sea. Tauranga, November 17. Mr Chadwick, a larte property > hojder, threutona, t,o fence and. ditch a portion of ihe Tauranga and Napier main load, m consequence of the Government declining to give him compensation. Such a course would stop the mail and other communication. Napier, November 17. Several hundred thousand feet of sawn timber are lying in the Seventy-Mile Bush awaiting transit. There is no haulage available, though the roads are in excellent order.! The price of the timber is 17« per 100 ft. A contract has been taken for LBSO for the construction of a bridge across the Ngaruroro, which will bring the traffic of the Southeastern district of the Province to the rail way. ' 2,600 acres of agricultural land adj itimg ( the railway station on the Waipara are ad-; vertised for sale, and are being laid.off,,now- i 1 Tenders are called for by the Superipton-, dent for the reclamation of four acres of the; lagoon adjoining the proposed whams and railway;stations at Port. Ahuriii. ,’ > . Bpuy very valuable Lincoln rant', ari£ ten tincohyewea. fpr Mr Ormond, .VLH.K., and s two Cots wold rams for Mr Hauiiltpn r ar , rived by Rangatira, ex Queen Bee, torday... j. Westport, Novemb* r I%' 'With,tec early curing tide the Harbor! Master crossed the nar and took the ps. (Lmcrang into the Ngakawhau this morn ng. ♦She-is now loading at the shoo', and will ; tranship her cargo into the schooner Pearl at; Westport, for Lyttelton. The Comerang' will i.hep go back to Ngakawhau fora cargv. of! coal for Westport ponsuinp ion, and again return for a load for Wanganui, she being j under charter to return to carry cattle for Westport, , ‘ , Captain Johnston, Mr Blackett, and, Mr Seed arrived in the Luna on Sunday, and visited the Ngakawhau yesterday. All three.' gentlemen expressed their astonishment at the extent of the Albion Coal Company’s i mines. ' November 18. The Coraerang if in the river from Ngakaivhau, with .100 tons of coal She will return to Ngakawhau to-morrow, weather permitting, and proceed thence to Nelson. Christchurch, November 17. The railway returns for the year ending September 30 show an excess. of receipt d.vpeiidilure amounting to nearly L29.0M) At Saturday’s sheep sale, Messrs John Martin, M'Master, and Hume, of Wellington, Mr Amos of Oamaru, and Mr M. It. Miller of Hawke’s Bay, W weie ’large'purchaura. The A uckland cricketers Who arrived on Friday, practised ,to-day. The genepl opinion is tbit the match will be a good ope, but that Canterbury will win ; it commences! on Tuesday. Wednesday is proclaimed a half-holiday, yfheiTthe Governor will attend i the cricket batch. ’ November 18. ; Mr Nosworthyfs sale of racing stock took : place to-day. . The Governor, Captain Per-! gusson, and the Superintendent were present Tiie principal sales were :—Lurline, „ the: winner of the Canterbury Cups for 1872-and 1873, to 1 Mr H; Redwood, Nelson, for 760 guineas; Calumny, to Mr K. Ray, Canterbury; for L 650 ; Defaxner, to Mr L, Witter, Canterbury,; fpr LJ7OI Hatred, cto Mr J£. Kay,.for L3OO f -Malice, to Mr R, N. Camp, bell, Canterbury for L 220. The total sum realised was about L 3,000. < ,