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Evening Star, Issue 3457, 21 March 1874, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

. Oamaru, March 20. The sale of Dr Webster’s well-known flock o Romney Marsh sheep took place at th Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Associa tion Show Grounds to-day. Mr Driver, of th firm of Driver, Stewart and Co., acted a auctioneer. The result of the sale was a gtea success, the attendance, being large, the bidding spirited, an*i competition. for the choicer lot very keen: The to£’ price was fetched byj pure-bred Romney • Marsh ram, which wa knocked down at Ll5O. The intermediate lot sold well,.the prices ! for' ewes in some case ranging to; L 50.-: •. Messrs Tolmie. Wilkin Holmes, E. W. Stafford, O’Callaghan, Barker and Gillies, were, the largest buyers. ~ _ Napier, March 21. Mr Donald Ross. 0.E.; has obtained th* contract for thfe'formation of the railwayhe tween Waipawa and Waipukurau, four and a half miles.. The contract includes the con •traction of two bridges of sixty feet span The contract price is L 23,410 .: Instructions have been given to cut up th( confiscated block at Patutah, Poverty Bay, t( be deld. by auction. , ; Sections on the flats to hi forty and 100 acres respectively; on the; hilh of 600 and 1,000 acres. , The total . acreagelf about 60,000 acres. A township will- be laic out. * .j.;, . iiTepders;, .•*s. called for the reclamation 6i fifteen acres of land adjoihing the new wharves at Port Ahuriri, ' l ' ; • , ■ -Naskbt, March 20.: v A young man named Jbnes was,, to-daj charged with selling a horse belonging; ,tt Thomas Logan,- of Cromwell, to one Layerty, qf Hyde.; : , The exanaination ,<»ntinued all day and the accused was remanded to Monday morning «t the request of the police. « 0 , CgoirwKLV March 19. . The Cromwell Company have finished t parcel of 54 tons,' giving 4006 m; of - retortec gold.- - • -■ J - ■■ ■ /-■- ;■ ■ J ‘ Chrlstohorch, March 20. The nomination for the Superintendencj takes place on Monday week. The present Superintendent,' Mif RoUeston, is likely to have a Walk-0yer..,*.., ■ r‘‘ - - A general holiday is to he proclaimed f or the Interprovincial Regatta, The,hanquet v torthe yiaitmg crews will be held bh. Monday,.'Mai&h the Supqrinfcehdeint in the chair. -v. - -. 11 . . - ■ ' ! v* A-vi. , ‘ Kaiapoi 1 , March 20. Both the Wellington boats are hot , favorites for the ■ Intercolonial Champion’ l Race. - - ■ The Eclipse, Wellington in-rigged, is; a strong favorite for the LSO race. All are training hard, c ■ f> v :■ *•! ;! i ,* 6101^,^011201, TheTramework of a-ilarge goods,shed,; 200 ft ■lqng K . m. .erection, at, the railway, station, was blown down this morning during the westerly gale. : i > HokmikA, March 21. I® the Supreme Court; yesterday, the case ol ■Kegiija v. Levy, ifor attempting. to murder iSyerBeer Fergnsony broke j down through a flaw' ir the indictments. ; „ ...