YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 861, 28 March 1877, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS.

MR TRAVERS*RBTDRNED FOR WELLINGTON. Auckland, March 27. Six thousand sheep are to be placed immediately on Russell anti Studholme's Raglan run, which is calculated to carry thirty thousand. The police have made a raid on light weights. Several tradesmen have been fined. The goods of the Rev Father Raul, a Roman Catholic priest, have been seized for education rates, The criminal calendar includes one case of wilful murder, four of theft, one of larceny as bailee, three of forging and uttering, two of indecent assault, one of obtaining money on false pretences, three of breaking and entering, two of horse stealing and burglary, and one of arson. The Hon Mr Whitaker promised a deputation to day to assist in securing the separation of tne East Coast Sawmills from the Thames and Coromandel counties. Moanatairi shares sold to day at £l9 10s. ex 30 div, but declined to .£lB tonight. Wellington, March 27. Mr Trr.vers has been elected for the city of Wellington by a m."j >rity of 13. The numbers ware—Travers, 573; Hutchison, 560. About a hundred people, friends of Sir William Fitzherbeit, and amongst them many of the oldest settlers, met to-day to offer him their congratulations on his elevation to knighthood, His health was drunk with enthusiasm, and Sir William replied most effectively. Dunedin, March 27. A rule nisi for a new trial was granted today in the case of Robertson v Ross. The City Council have fixed a rate of Is 3d in the £ for the ensuing year. The Hon D. Reid, accompanied by Dr Brown, has gone to inspect the Quarantine Island this evening. If the Doctor approves, the patients will be landed on the island to-morrow.