BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3948, 20 October 1875, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

WiibLUCTOR, October 19. The fallowing tend-rsweie received for th • compl tion of the Port Chabnc 3 contract, Inuiedin-.Moeraki Railway. Accepted, Alkn and Kingstrcet, __ Wellington, 1,32,700; declined, L). M Kenzio, lJune lin, L 32,710 ; Matheson Brothers, 1.35,36 >; iTob Wain and Co, 1,37,00 O D. Pmrdfoot, L 33 600; ’i hos. Logan, i, 33,983 ; X ah worth Gresham, I 41,514; J. Hunbo, 1 4-1,750; W. H. Topham, Inver cargill, l 15,923. G rahamstown', October 19. Robert Ray, a V' aterloo veteran, died here yest' rday, aged seventv-seven Mrs Wall, theinurdcess, betraysn-.in!stal:s-able signs of dolirinm, and does not appear to know the nature of her cums, Gold from the new rci f discovered at Upper Talma is valued at 1.3 5s lOd per ounce. Christchurch, October 10. The New Zealand Shipping Company have received telegraphic advices irom London, as follows';— Arrived -Tnverene, prior to October Ist; Ringkikei, prior to October 11th, after a passage of about eiaht-y days. Sailed—Rakaia, tor ( tago; Conmii.ss ry, for Wellington; Ocean Mail and Carnatic, for Auckland ; Waitara, for Bluff; Waifangi, for Canterbury; nl iu September. Oiaii (from Plymouth), f r Canti-rhur*, (>ctob. r 11th, wi'h lire Hon. John Hall a ,V I P a -3- ng?r. Reading: for J.yt e ton —Otaki and Uangitikei ; for "Wellington — Commonwealth and Himmui ; for Auckland ~ , )V- ve T u,J an Ardear ; for Otago—Theseus and 9ir Launcelot. , October 20. r»iit,rrß :uo Loing to get up the Interpiovinnal Pigeon > booling Match. It is likely that Canterbury, Otago, Auckland, Wel'in* l '- ton, and Wang.uni shall compete. It po.--cd Inat each I rovuwe i\V choose ten comaLoo'iiig on their own grounds, and these will elect their own hain ioapper. First, second, and third prizes will be given for aggregate scores, Tmvi KCAi.oii.r-, October 19. At the Kosi lent Magistral ’s Court to-day, Thomas M'Matli, a fanner at Grovebush, was charged with wounding John Grant, r. neighlor.ng settlor. Giant had been in the habit of using a track through M‘Math’s properly,

and came to town with hi# dray on Saturday. On returning he found the track fenced. He went to a gate, and was chaUenged by defendant for trespassing, and after some words had passed Grant was knocked down and maltreated by M'Math, who bit n pieco out of Grant’s uo; e. The case was adjourned for ft we k, bail in L2O being i.cccpted. The section of tho railway, Winton to Daniel’s Crossing, was opened to-day. The Mayor end Corporation have gone up the line, {From our own Corre -pjndcnt ) OAMAIiU, October 20. Air Shrimski, late Mayor of Cam am, met the editor of the ‘North Ctago Times’ this morning and demanded an apology for a letter that appeared in that paper during the election for Mayor two months ago. The editor refused, upon which Mr Shi in-ski drew a horsewhip and made a cut at him. Tho editor then took him by tho collar and threw him clown in I the road, Mr Shnniski falling ou his face and cutting his cheek and nose. Ho soon got up and made another rush at the editor, who again pushed him off, throwing him on the pavement. Air Shrimski got up again and then the editor seized the whip and told him not to disgrace himself in the street. Eventually the late Mayor went off.