LATEST TELEGRAMS

Kumara Times, Issue 420, 30 January 1878, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS

[PRESS AGENCY. I .Wellington, January 29, ' The Australians'required only 10 to win, and these were ©btuaned with the loss of 1 wicket, A -single innings match then bega*, Wtilliugton being sent to the wickets There was re* m.ukable improvemeat as compared with the preyious tw® days. ' Webb, who scored 27, reffiairiei! in for about ■6O ovei s j Kennedy' .made 30; and; Salmou 25. The Atfgtralians .. made seven chiujgeS in .tUe,tie; bowling, hut Wellington was not put out (ill 5.30,, when the sqo'ie stood 213. The stamps were drawn jia.half-an-hoiir after the Australians went in, ohJjmG having: been made. It is not likely that the uiuich will be continued. The annual'report of the Wellington GasL'oiniirtuy shows un available j.r.otifc for thu year of over £isooo. The directors reconitnend a pajaieut- of ten

ceaiopvlast haltyfeaV, aW new'j'capital ten per cent from" date of payment. •.. '■, i - ' . ! '•.._; , The Union Bafrik advertise a dividend : if sixteen!per,cent. i ..',....}[ ;, ,:,l , The following, horses are the. leading races at the next Welling- 1 ton meeting.— . I Cup—Renata Kawepo's Otu pai, .Bar- i ker's Standard Bearer, Redwooilfs Ariel, Walker's Glengary, Bolton's' 'Lara, < Ray's Danebury, Eraser's Trnmp Card, 1 Hayward's Ouida, Gilligan's Lady of 1 the Lake, Nectar, and Songster. Derby—Standard Bearer, Redwood's ] Chokebbre, and Trump Card! > '• Jockey Clnb I andieap—Renata'" Ka wepo's Tawera and Otttpai, Isjiac, j Walton, Redwood's Pinfire and Choke- , bore, Stent's Legacy, Glengarry, Dane- t -bury, Ray's Titania, Ouida, Gilligan's , Songster, Nectax;, and Stanley. •;,,■. • •■. 1 1 Hutt Park Stakes—Taweia, Stan- \ idard Bearer, Isaac Walt.ii, Pinfire, ( .Chqkebore, Danebury, Mufti, Onida, i Ladvotthe Like, and StiraWt. ! J Flying Stake* Handicap- Tawera, \ j Standard Bearer, Isaac Walton, Legacy, < i Glengarry, Danekiry-Titanvi, Kakapo, , LaSy of the Lake, Sti» : aWt, and . Tailor. / ; jftnide'ri Plate—Armstrong's Talley- 1 rand, Redwood's Pintire,-and Ray's Mufti. ■ , •■:■.. ; ■ ~-. .:, Provincial Plate— Legacy, Talley- i rand, Te Whetamarawa, Glengarry, Kakapo, Songster, and Nectar; Gisborne, January 29. i A slight shock of ear<hqtiak* was, ,- j felt at 2.20 p.m. on the 27th. To-day; there was a smart shock at 10 40 aim. pyxEDix, January 26. Nearly a thousand persons, attended, the meeting of the election of the | School Committer, last night. TljeJ meeting .was very stp^nvy.The mucle ! of election gave general dij^tisfaction,... and was severely criticised. ( acholics' held aloof. Resolutions wefe carried , to endeavour to have the defects of the Act remedied. ' Mr J. P. Armstrong is likely to bfr l c -me a candilate for the of Mount Ida; in 'the .General;.' seunbly, if Mr de Latour carries out his expressed intention of leaguing his seat. Telephones are being used here by*, one or two businesspeople, in to* connect warehouses with offices. AucKJLAKD, Jannrry 28i The' regatta t.» ilay was iVftilnre. owing to the dri-hcliing rain and no wind. '■ • ~ ~ , Tjumes, January 29. A deputation waftsed <»n th« Pr.-mM*r and urged the iro|#rtaittce of the Thames Valley rairw%. f>o*g* Gr»y replied thtt the iwtjiijgition ■■- f laud was being rapidly pttshei on, and all oUstucles to the Hue would soon he removed. ;; '•-...■;'/■'•• Ii LATEST prNPapi^HßD WELusoppx, Jauiiary 30. In the Conr't of Appeal while discussing certain points of law., arising our of h case b fore the Court..* Mr G. K. Barton, "barrister,, mttmated'. hi an uurnistakable maimed ttfait ijfc Court was aniia-ited'' by' a^'s^irit'u/t-'' : favorable toward hi in.; .The, :'(JW-ct". Jiwticeasked.Mr '.t^ri^ato.pxplain't'ne.', meaning of his language, Dec.uiNeJhe. , only construction that could l»e pat on his words wan that;the.Court was guilty of partiality in the administration of justice— was tlynt, what; he nfeajnt ? Mr f Barton re|M{e>ith:it it wasf 'The Chief*Justice and Justice Richmond then '' retired for, a quarter- of aii hour, and ! upon returning the. Chief Justic • in- i formed Mr Barton,that the Court 'lined'■' him far contempt. Thh Court then at once.-adjourned • Mr.Bat-ron '.' declared in Com t he would not pay the fine. . ■. . ..!' ; i On. the Court.i-e.suming the Ghi«-f Justice remarkeil that smen retiring the Registrar had iuformedhimthatnp>nthe : rising of the Court on Monday it had not. been, formally adjourned; con- j i sequently to-d*yy's. Appeal Court was Is not properly constituted and. the pro-"! ceediugs of that morning were, therefore, 'i informal. . ; / i .■■'. ; < [ 'i- .; ••;•■.: • ■ i i Mi- barton asked the Curt if hi.s , uiise w#>uld be afivcted by the int'orniality; if so he did not wish to take-, t any advantage of it. Without rej.lyii g\ I directly to Mr Barton's question, the I j Chief Justice eon tin ti)ed by(aiinounoiug 1 that all that morning's proceedings i were annulled., . » . • ■ i The l-esignHtions of Mr Tiavers anVl! i Mr Reader Wo-d will be gazetted to ( morrow. • ? : ! 7 i i; i New Plymouth, January 30. < At a meetingconVened by the Mayor to test, the question; of raising a loan j for Mxinicipal pui'j».>rie<j "a ie.solu'ion 1 ■wan carried in favour of i I for water, gas, :ind,pu. lic.iui- ! !proveqieut<.\-A"poll willnow'be taken. ! • > . .■:■ ,C a RISTC U U ROH, JaniVU'V 3(). ' t !• A pigeon r.iee took place yesterday, * bstwe.ui; AsJilmrcon and Ch.istoliuroh. 1 'iVelye pigjans started; Mr G. Trigg's 1

'Hector won: j The distance is, 50 miles; time 2 horn's's sees'. ."- : . ♦ J. §w«et, -who. recently leyanted, has fleecod £he Cricket Club of for both. the Press "Company,' his employers, amount to a very large sum. The Insurance Agents Association, offer a reward of £250 for information leading - to- the conviction-of -tho-person - "' who caused the recent fire* ►> ~f