TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 844, 8 March 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(Per Press Agency.)

Auckland, March 7.

The Manakau (-uuuiy Council to day r* solved not to bring the third section of the County Act into operation. Taupo, 7

Letters arrived yesterday Irom the Maori King !ipyri;i. g the friendly chiefs here of the JSiative Minister coming to l'aupo this mouth, the object being to carry out the policy oequeathed by bir Donald McLean to New Zealand, and interpreted by the Taupo chiefs as the policy of peace and goodwill, Wellington, March 7.

Mr Puarce resigned his seat iu the Houae of Kepresentativea to-day. Mr Travera and M). Huichiiaon at present aro the only candidates for the vacancy. The latter ad» dressed the electors last night, Mr Travera purposes doing so on Friday. It is reported that the constabulary am! police will be at onee amalgamated) but ai first they will be sworn in till the 30th o! juue nex , so that those who have engaged under the Provincial Ordinances may, if they think fit, retire after that date BYom the Ist of July the whole force will b. enrolled fcr one year certain ; four divisions at which, numbering 350 men, will be helti aa a reserve, and stationed in native dis tricta. These will receive the same pay ab the present armed constabulary, and will do similar duty. The remaining divisions, numbering about the same as the aggregati of the present several police forces, will form che police for the whole colony, will be liable to serve in any part of it, and may be coi, centrated in casa of emergency to dtfem any part of threatened attack until the forci are organised, but they will not be requiru DO take the field. Their pay wai be abuu

the same as that now received by the OhriFtcburch police. The inspectors will be moved from station to station with the view o their acquiring a local knowledge in each district, Probably one superintendent in •'pector will be appointed, but tbere will be no special inspectors for each island. The proposed changes will, it is believed, effect a saving of about £30,000 per annum. The Stella, with the Hon Donald Reid and the prize firing representatives, leaves for the south at 6 p.m. Mrs Young, dressmaker, was drowned at the Ocean Beach this afternoon. The body has been recovered, the was out bathing.

Nelson, March 7,

Last Saturday news was brought to town that payable alluvial gold had been dis covered in Tadmor Valley. Mr Lowtber Broad, 8.M., started for the place on Monday, and to-day telegraphed to Mr Curtis as follows :—"Visited Tadmor rush; about forty men on the ground. The recent floods have washed away a considerable extent of the top soil, leaving the gravel bed, In this the pronpect was found. Briggs's party got £3O worth of gold last week in four days for three men, Parata's party are making 30s per man per day. The claim below them has similar prospects, Briggs' party are working a stratum of washdirt about two feet thick, lying on a clay bottom. The depth of the sinking is three or four feet. There are indications of a regular lead, but little prospecting has yet been done. The lead, if it exists, runs through a heavily timbered flat land. A claim has been taken up, and payable prospects obtained where the timber land ends, a mile away from where the sup posed lead enters the timber land. The whole of the land is freehold. The holders of the present claims washed five prospects for me, each one showing payable gold. The place will only carry a limited population unless the lead proves of considerable width ; this will be ascertained by prospecting alone, L. Broad " The owner of the land allows occupation at one pound per chain per mau, of which arrangement the miners approve. Tadmor is forty miles from Nelson ; the rail way runi half way, and the rest is a good drayro*d. A telegram to the Evening Mail eays :—"There is every indication of a good alluvial lead, but the miners deprecate a rush at present as so very little prospecting has been done,"

Bunedin, 7,

The case of Pearson v the [City Corporation, in which the plaintiff claims £2O damages for alleged negligent treatment of his child while in the fever hospital, was commenced before Mr Mansford, R.M, to-day Mr Stout appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr J. R. Sinclair, of Smith, Anderson and Co, for the Corporation, The case was adjourned for a week.

An acrimonious discussion took place at the Dnnedin Presbytery to day re the dispute between Bishop Neville and Dr Stuart, in regard to Maori Kaik Church. Dr Htuart said, '• If there had been no discourtesy I should not mentioned the matter, I have no hesitation in saying that the Bishop has not acted as a Christian or a gentleman should have done, and when I see him I don't mind tellinghim so." It was resolved that the Presbyterian minister be advised to discontinue his visits to the Kaik in the meantime.

Dunedin, March 8.

The AVaste Lands Board had under consideration yesterday the question of how to deal with four runs, the leases of which will expire early next year. The chief surveyor reported that the country as comprised in the runs was very rough and unfit for agri cultural settlement, and proposed that the four runs should be cut up into five for the purpose of re-leasing. Mr Green dissented from this view, pointing out that the land being very close to the coast settlements, and some of it within a few miles of Dune din. it was certain to be in good demand, and would realise more than £1 an acre. He admitted that a great deal of it was rough country, but yet there were also many fertile valleys. The matter was adjourned for a week.

(From a correspondent of the Press.') DUNEDIN, March 7.

Guy Pawkes carries 10at 21 bs in the Dunedin Cup. The question of impost having been referred to the Editor of the Australasian,, he replied that the penalties are uot accumulative unless expressly stated so. Guy consequently only incurs 71b penalty. A private telegram to the Star says a rush has taken place this morning on the top of the terrace opposite the bank of the Teremakau above the point. The sinking is ten feet. The gold is coarse, and the prospect half an ounce to the load.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Dunedin, March 7.

The combination match, New South Wales and Victoria Twelve v All England Eleven, is to extend over four days. The following will probably compose the team : —Victoria —Messrs Allan, Cooper, Midwinter, Kelly, Blackham and Horan. New South Wales— Messrs D. Gregory, E. Gregory, E. Bannerman, Thompson, Spofforth, and Garrett. Evans has declined to come, but he may yet be prevail' d upon. Spa; k and Calama are the leading favorites for the Australian Cup ; Sultan and Barmaid for the Newmarket Handicap. On Monday last four men were committed for trial at Belfast for fire raising on stations. It fieems these fellows had gone about wilfully with lighted sucks setting fire tonvery thing they came across. They succeeded in doing damage to the amount of £IO,OOO. Bailey and Cooper's menagerie is now on a provincial tour. At Stawell, on Monday, a stupid fellow put his hand into the lion's den, and the lioness quickly caught at it and stripped off all the skin. The Circus took £IO,OOO during its three months' stay in Melbourne.

Lyster's Opera Company come to Dunedin on the conclusion of their Adelaide seamen. Catherine Lewis and Armes Beaumont will be the principals.