The Globe. MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1875. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume III, Issue 254, 5 April 1875, Page 2

The Globe. MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1875. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(Press Telegraph Agency.') Auckland, April 3. A deputation from the Education Board waited on the Superintendent to represent that the Board was completely out of funds, and was unable to carry on. They said the present expenditure was For teachers’ salaries, £17,000 per annum; and administration. inspection, school rents, fittings,&c., about £3OOO. The rate this year would only yield £12,000; leaving a deficiency of £BOOO to be provided >for. The endowments would not yield more than £4OOO a year, and many were valueless for leasing. His Honor considered the question of education of paramount importance in the colony, and should be dealt with by the General Government. He was convinced that, if the present colonial revenues were administered with proper economy, the savings alone would be sufficient to educate the whole colony. He was not satisfied with the present mode of rating, which was unfair. The subject should receive his utmost attention, and he would do his best to place the education system of the province on a more secure basis, but, pending the meeting of the Council, he would see that the wants of the Board were provided for. Grahamstown, April 3 . Mr Masters, of the Pyrites Reduction Works, has furnished a report. He says an analysis has been made by him of two pieces of stone knocked out near Ohinemuri. No 1, from a large or main reef, gives a yield at the rate of 3ozs sdwts Bgrs of gold and 14oz IGdvvts silver to the ton; value per ton, £IG 14s lOd. No 2, from a reef higher up the hill, loz 12dwts Ggrs of gold and l9ozs odwts llgrs of silver; value per ton, £ll 5s 4£d. Mr Masters says it will be apparent that in this claim the stona will require special treatment, and an ordinary battery will not save the metals contained in it. The gold returns for the week are about ISOOozs.

It is reported that the Queen of Beauty will discharge all their men to-day, owing to the want of water to crush with. This will throw about 150 men out of work between the mine and batteries. Wellington, April 3,

The Customs returns, exclusive of harbor charges, amount last quarter to £36,984; corresponding quarter last year, £32,939, Within the past fortnight 320,000 feet of timber have been imported. A cargo of Grey coal recently imported for the gasworks, is pronounced of very superior quality. Hokitika, April 3. A presentation and address has been made to Judge Harvey by a large number of friends on his leaving the coast. He leaves for Otago by the Albion. Nelson, April 3. A slight explosion took place at the gas works last night, injuring two men who were clearing out a scrubber in which a small quantity had been left. One man was a good deal burned about the face and neck. THIS HATS TELEGRAMS. Westport, April 5. The following are the entries for the Westport races to come off on Thursday:— Trial Stakes Kingfisher, Magenta, Sandy, Jasper, Luna, Lilly, Jackey and Whynot. Railway Plate —Tommy Dodd, Yatterina, Kingfisher, Magenta, Sandy, Jasper, Luna, Lilly, Jackey, and Whynot. The weights for the 70 sovs stakes are Yatterina lOst; Sandy, Bst 81bs ; Tommy Dodd, Bst 41bs; Magenta, Bst ; Jasper, 7s 71bs; Jockey, 7st ; Whynot, 6st lOlbs; Luna, 6st 71bs. Dunedin, April 5. The Times contradicts the Iribnne’s statement re Major Palmer’s report on surveys. It would be astonishing to expose any official professional blundering, but it has the best authority for stating that the Tribune is misinformed, and that whatever is the nature of the report with regard to the other provinces, the Otago surveys will amply confirm the confidence the public has always felt in their thoroughness and accuracy. Mr J. P. Armstrong, M.P.C., has been requisitioned to stand for Waikouaiti for the seat in the Assembly. An old Otago miner, writing from Cooktown, Palmer goldfields, cautions Otago men meditating coming to reflect well before they start. The road to the Palmer and here is dotted with the graves of men, a large proportion of whom were New Zealanders, who were strong and able to do the work of a horse, but who had to succumb to the hardships of northern Queensland. Mr Stout, provincial solicitor, stated at a meeting of a school committee, that the revenue of the province for 1874 and 1875 had exceeded that of the previous year by a hundred thousand pounds.

Judge Gray, better known as Wilson Gray, died at noon yesterday at Lawrence. He was born in 1813, and arrived in Dunedin in 1862. He remained two years on the barristers roll of the Supreme Court, and then accepted office as a district judge. He was universally respected, and died without leaving an enemy. The funeral takes place to-morrow in Dunedin, and will be numerously attended. His death has cast quite a gloom over the city.

[FROM OUR AUCKLAND CORRESPONDENT.] Auckland, April 3. The Auckland racing club is in a very low way, as the liabilities and assets do no more than balance each other. The club is endeavoring to hit ( ’on some experiment by which to raise the wind. A correspondent of the Star to-night urges as a step towards the popularism, and improving of the turf, the appointment of a handicapper for the whole colony, and paid by all the clubs such a salary as would be a guarantee to owners and the public. This would create confidence, and give better sport than the present rules. The club have issued an Autumn programme for the Queen’s Birthday. The races are the Trial Stakes of 30 sovs, with a sweep of 2 sovs; the Hurdle Eace of 30 sovs, with a sweep of 2 sovs ; the Birthday Handicap of 60 sovs, with a sweep of 5 sovs, and the Hurry Scurry of 10 sovs. On the second day there are the Champagne Stakes of 100 sovs, with a sweep of 10 sovs; the Steeple Chase of 50 sovs, with a sweep of 3 sovs ; tha Autuaja Handicap of 60 sov*, with a

sweep of 3 sovs ; the Selling Race of 30 soys, with a sweep of 3 sovs, and the Consolation Race of 20 sovs. The day for nominations for the Birthday and Autumn Handicaps is the 30th April and the gene! al entries, acceptances, and sweepstakes are due on the 15th of May.