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Evening Star, Issue 3761, 13 March 1875, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

■Wellington, March 12. In Banco, to-day, Mr Travers applied for a rule in Somerville v. Groves. ‘ Mr Hutchison opposed; onthe groundthat ttarßuprame Court nachinery should not he invoked when that of the R.M. Court was sufficient to accomplish the object. Mis Honor took time to consider the point. )T Sharp work occurred at the Waste Lands Board to-pay. A short time since ! ir.-BylW applied for a large area of 10s land ini the Rangitarua. Aa the Provincial Government found the land was worth more they withdraw it from sale by proclamation, but neglected to advertise that action as required by the Aj6t. Another application was then made for the ” eyes ”of the block. then Mr Bunny, £S Provincial Secretary, applied for the whole block, hoping that his larger claim would swallow up the lesser. The oases came bfefore the . Waste Lands Board, and caused a good deal of excitement. The Commissioner eventually refused ■ to entertain any, of the applications. The ‘ Post’says that, in the face of the news of tiie pnee New Zealand four and a-halfs, and South Australian, Victorian, and Queensland fours were selling, at in January, Mr Vogel’s negotiation of the loan at the price cannot be regarded as a great success. _ T^ ere _ ™ finite a scene at the Waste Lands Board to day,. over the Rangitarua rslock case. Dr Boiler appeared in person, and commissioner Holdswortn supported him and gave Mr Bunny the lie direct as to the latter’s account of the interview between them. Mr Bunny said he was prepared to swear, to-the accuracy of his statement, and the Commissioner subsided, Dr Boiler now threatens to appeal to the Supreme Court. . Tararua made the run from Nelsonhwe m nine hours.

r i. *r\f .. . . Auckland, March k i j , e Firing, the second squad oon-to-day. The highest score wasWeston, €8; Pink, second* 6 i. , {Prom our own Correspondents.) ‘ mi , c Chbistohohoh, MarohJ.2. ine list of .acceptors for the Dunedin ©up is smaller than was expected here. Templeton, Hercules, and Elfin King go south to-mbrroW in ul The two former are very well, but Elfin King may be short of. work. At the Little River races held yesterday, old Brown Stous won the Hurdle Race. Th? Little River Rurse was won by MuscateL . After the fire last night had been thoroughly R was thought, and the brig ide had left the place in charge of a watchman, it was discovered that the roof of M'CoUhelTs store, next : Morton's Hotel, was on fire. It/was promptly attacked, and luckily volunteers, succeeded in quenching it at once. If it had gone on but a few minutes more, it-must have attacked the hotel, which, being a mere, shell, could not have escaped.

' rm. t. ' March 13, /Hie Rev. Mr Clarke’s farewell lecture last night was attended by an overflowing audience. Great disappointment is felt at his, not staying t°. preach to-morrow,: He has, however, promised to return. ’

... .. Abbow, March 12. At the auction sale of ■ freehold property prices ruled high, and L 1,400 was realised. . Riverton, March 12. Ihe case against Archibald Wilson, of receiving money, the proceeds of the gold atnalgam sold to the National Bank, has been postponed till Friday, the 19 th inst., on account of :tne jllnesa of Archibald the prosecutor.

r\ Auckland, March 12. Mrs Duke, widow of James Duke, died suddenly in her house at Grahamstown under rather extraordinary circumstances. The deceased was of intemperate habits, and the landlord of the British Empire Hotel, had prevented her getting any liquor there; but she had evidently got some elsewhere. Yesterday afternoon she went to her own house, and a short time afterwards . the servant at the hotel went to see if she would have any dinner. Looking through the window she saw Mrs Duke haS sitting on a chair, with her head resting on the end of an American bucket and part of her face m the water. An alarm was given, but although the body was warm she was quite dead. An annuity was left the deceased by her late husband, and but for her unfortunate habits 8 have been comfortable and respect-

. An instance of the uncertainty of mining is cited in connection with Qhinemuri. Three yearn ago a miner, who prospected for some monthsat great risk from the Natives, returned to the Thames with quartz which, yielded a high average of gold, but was unable to proceed with the development of bis discovery, and he went to the West Coast, leaving instructions to telegraph for him immediately the district opened. Before the field was proclaimed he was telegraphed for, returned without wasting a moment, secured ten men to peg off a man’s ground, but has been unable to find the reef again, although positive that he has Sifter much searching through a rough Country discovered somewhere about the spot.