BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3693, 23 December 1874, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

# Wellington, December 23. At the Fielding land side, as much as L4O was paid for quarter acre sections. Rural sections were in less demand, the great bulk being withdrawn. The prices obtained all round are considered very high. Nearly LIO,OOO was realised. A meeting called by the Mayor this afternoon appointed an influential committee to commemorate in a suitable manner the arrival of his Excellency. It was decided to give a bull during the first week in January—half-guinea tickets. The Post has published Mr Travers’s reasons for lefusing the Attorney-Generalship. The principal objection appears to be that the Attorney-General is “under the direction ” of the Minister of Justice, instead of coming under the provisions of the Attorney Generals Act, 1866. Christchurch, December 23. . T he programme of the Autumn Race Meeting, on April 23 and 24, includes a Trial Plate of 100 sovs, one and a-quarter jniles ; St Lesrer Stakes of 100 sovs, one mile six furlong and 132 yards; Champagne Stakes of 100 sovs, six furlongs ; St. George’s Handicap of 100 sovs, one mile ; Handicap Hurdle of 50 sovs, two miles ; Great Autumn Handicap of 300 sovs, one and A*nalf miles ; Selling Tlace of 50 sovs, one mile ; Flying Handicap of 150 sovs, three-quarters of a mile; Consolation Handicap of 40 sovs, one mile j and Hack Race of 10 sovs, half-a-mile. Wellington, December 23. Mr Harry Bennett, late providore to the New Zealand Steam Shipping Company and now of the s.s. Easby. has been entertained at a dinner, and presented with a gold watch by the stewards of the company. x - , Wanganui, December 23. Lyell, the hank defaulter, once of Dunedin, has been remanded to Marton, where the emhezzlement occurred. Bail has been accepted—himself in Ll,ooo and two sureties of LI 000 each. 1