LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 706, 3 January 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

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Dunedin, January 2,

Tlvo centre of the city was held possession of during the small homa of New Year’s morning by a mob of full grown larrikins, who demolished several houses of ill-fame and a Ciliine.se toyshop. The value of the damage is estimated at over .£IOO. Inspector Mallard was stunned with a stone and covered with ll mr, ami a cm-table had

his head damaged. A number of d«*kiu-quent-i were captured and hive been sent to gaol for terras of from a fortnight to two months. The Caledonian Sports to-day and yesterday weie hugely attended about 15,000 having passed through the gates. All the events were well contested. The Youths’ Handicap Quarter Mile was won by J. Clarke, in limn. sec. The Caledonian Handicap, which was the big event, was won by D. Scott, Henderson being second. Allen, the champion light weight wrestler, again carried of the honors for border style. Win. Clayton, an unknown pedestrian, beat all (he crack walkists on the ground and secured first place in the three mile match with the. utmost rase.

A large proportion of the gas lamps which the City Council resolved to import without allowing local manuficturers a chance of competing, have arrived in a smashed condition, having been badly packed.

N klson, January 2,

The sports and baby show yesterday were highly successful. There were 50 entries of babies.

Arrived—Ferng'en, with 280 immigrants, all well.

Christchurch, January 1. The City Council contemplate erecting fresh and salt water baths.

Mr Sheehan lectures at the Working Men’s Club on Friday night. The Premier, Justice Gillies, and Bishop Cowie will take part in the proceedings. Ranglora, January 1.

This pretty township was alive today, the Good Templars of North Canterbury district h ilding their annual demons! i ation. There were 500 persons at the sports, which was preceded by a procession Tiie prog-amnie included 20 events all of which were well contested. At the public meeting in the evening at the Literary Institute there were addresses i- 'cibals, and s ings. The weather was hue but cloudy. There was a cricket match bct veeu the. Sunnyside Asylum and Hingiroa. Wellington. D member 31. Sum • months ago certain representations were made he’-e by an Amoi-icin Rhipm.is'er, regarding a valuable trade to be develop! on_the N Z eow of New Guinea, and which he sod he iia 1 be-n ch aged in tors Mne year-, evhibifing at the same time a number n>' s av-i mens •( tne pi- dn :t. In c mseqn Mice of this a company was formed, wh > purchase I his vessel, the Courier, an! fitted her out with trade, and to>k two me i to leave l>eb nd as post traders. SI) • h’fi. b -re ’Mi 27 b Snitember, an 1 on 25th () :t ib ir sighte 1 Cipe King William, and by evenin' was within 10 miles of the e .trance to Astralobe R iv—a g ilf of a . >;u 3-1 m les long an 1 20 wide, but ntnly destitute of

shelter or anchorage, but with, 75 ; fathoms of water within a quarter of a ' mile of tlie shore. They were several days occupied looking for the achorage, which they subsequently found on the west side of Astral obe .Bay, due south from Dampier Island. The country ; proved to be totally unlike wlmt had been described, excessively wild, and and barren and mountainous, thickly wooded with inferior looking timber ; natives very numerous, and almost i entirely naked, short of stature, black, j and of inferior physique, exceedingly ' friendly, but no women .seen ; they had evidently hidden away in the bush. Natives seemed to be very poor, none of the canoes, which were extremely numerous, had anything but a few yams and cocoa nuts, and a sample of ginger and sugar cane were the only other native products. Natives appear to have no wants, not coveting iron, cloth, or beads, and had no notion whatever of trade, and nothing to offer in barter ; weather excessively hot; thermometer 92 in cabin at 9 p.m. After further explorations, during which little of interest was discovered, the vessel left on the 15th November, on her return to Wellington, arriving here this morning. Wellington, January 2. A lawyer and surveyor of reefs, and Staite, of Palmerston, drew Wellington in Tonks’s sweep. They also drew First Lord out of 12 tickets. The post mortem on Christie, who died while mowing on Thursday, shows death was caused by sunstroke. Two Chinamen were discharging crackers on the wharf «m New Years night, when the cry of “ Down with the Chinese” was raised, and they had to seek shelter in the Pier Hotel for some hours. Auckland. January 2. Mr G. M. Reed 1 mmigratiim agent, arrived to-day- He leaves for Melbourne on Tuesday. A buy 'mined Longbottoni was rescued from drowning at the North Shore by a Thames miner named Scntt.

Thomas Patterson was drowned from the Manga whan wharf, Northern Wairoa, while laboring under delirium tremens. This afternoon a house in Grafton Road, i cm pied by the widow of Carlile. who was lately killed at the graving •lock was burnt down. The Premier leaves Hawaii 10-morrow hy the Hinem-m, f.r Wellington. Mr &heeh-m leaves for Waikato, to meet Rewi, ami thence to the Thames to interview Tuknmtu concerning the Tnaiims and Ohineinnri road to Pnhoi.

Arrived—Schooner Mazeppa, from the Islands, She brings Capt. AYatt ami the crew of the wrecked schooner Talisman.

LATEST UNPUBLISHED,

SUICIDE OF A WOMAN,

Auckland, January 2. Bridget Connolly, a married woman committed suicide yesterday, by poison. Deceased had been reclaimed from the horrible habit of drinking for the past two yen’s, and became temperate. She commenced to drink again this Christmas, and returned home on Monday drunk. The following morning she asked her husband for money to obtain drink. He refused. She then said she would take a bitter cup of drink during the day, and shortly afterwards she took a bottle off the shelf, containing carbolic acid, and drank. Two girls were present at the lime, who were taken by surprise, and the rash act was done before it could be prevented. Only a tew words were uttered by the woman b-fore being removed to the hospital, which were—“ D ~n the drink." The woman died a few hours after entrance to the hospital. When sober, the woman was an industrious, kind-hearted pens >n. Wellington, January 2. Ou Hew Fear’s D.ty morning, a large number- ot roughs assaulted a couple of Chinamen, who ran into the Pier H >tel for protection, where thev were followed by a crowd of about 100 people. The police’ several times disposed the ciowd, and rescued the Chinamen, but the crowd always collected again, and as the Chinamen were o-i their wav home they were again assaubed, an 1 had to seek refuge in the Eni-ure. Ilot-d, wh -re thy had to remai i till about four o’clock in th * m li ning, -luring which time the crowd outside sva : ting for them. Ani'i'igst. the number of vesse's sivht'-d »v the ship Pleiades was the barq m (J ara, from Havuinah to Malm to i, which reported having lost, the master and five men from y-dUw f ver. Dunedin, January 2 The customs r’venue of Dunedin for the la-t qu irier amounted to .£B4. 803 The impoits to Dunedin for the m mth have, been .£166.555 ; a d for the qn u-ter. £623,365. against £ 1-1)2 835 i . t-e c n resp aiding quart a- of last vc;i -, For fh ,j yen, £2.6 >6 67-1, agi’n.t k £2,200,438 Dst. j ear.

NEW YEAR’S SPORTS. A large mi in her of people wore in town yesterday, and the consequence was another day’s sports was started by the landlord of the Kumara Hotel, who, by subscribing a liberal pecuniary donation, set an example that was soon followed by others mercantile of the inhabitants, and in a very short time, by the assistance of a few of the astute portion of the mining cnramnnitj, the nucleus of a prize fund was obtained. Shortly after noon the sports commenced, and they were continued up to a late hour of the evening. All the events excited. great interest, as shown by the enormous crowd of persons congregated to witness them. The following are the various events, the names of the competitors, and the re* suits;—

Quoit Match : distance, 18 yards. Entrance, Is. —First prize, £1; second, 10s. John Hamilton... ... ... ... 1 John Marks 2

For this there were ten competitors, J. M'Kenzie v. Smart, T. Robinson v, Mai’ks, D. Marshall v. Watson, Hamilton v. Howe, D. M'Kenzie v. Moreland.

Second bout,—Marks v. Watson, J. M'Kenzie v. Marks, Hamilton v. D. M'Kenzie.

Foot Race (Handicap), 100 and 200 yard ; two events. Points :5, 3, 2, 1. First prize, £1 10s ; second, 15s. Entrance, Is. 100 Yards. Doyle, scratch 1 Jenkins, 2 yards . 2 Howe, 3 yards ... ... ... ... 3 Callaghan, 3 yards ... 0 200 Yards. Doyle, scratch ... 1 Jenkins, 3 yards ... ... ... 2 Callaghan, 4 yards ... ... ... 3 Howe, 4 yards. ... ... ... ... 0 Thus Doyle, with 10 points, took first prize ] Jenkins, with 6 poima, second prize. Quoit Match : distance, 15 yards. Entrance, Is.-—First prize, £1; second, 10s. Renton ... ... ... ... ... 1 Hamilton 2 For this event tlure were 16 entries, viz., Fraser v. R. S-sldon, (Griffiths v. H miilton, J. Barnett V. ’ D. MHCenzie, Thorne v. Ralph Renton, J. M'Kenzie v. Marks, Hoptou v. Smart, D. Mirshall v. Morland, A. Reid v. Robinson. Seond bout.—Seddon v, Hamilton, Morland v. Robinson, J. Barnett v. llopton, Marks v. Renton. Third bout. Renton v. Barnett, Robinson v. Hamilton. The next event, an amateur hancll--1 cap foot race, was looked foi ward to with a greit amount of inters-t. The entiies were numerous, and the handicapping liberal, as the following result shows:

Amateur Handicap Foot Race, 300 yds. First prize, 25s ; second, 15s ; third, 10s. Entrance, Is. ,11 entries. Murray, Joe, 00 yards start ... ... 1 Love, 15 yards ... ... ... ... 2 Kennedy, .15 yards ... S

Bell, 5 yards ... ... ... ... 4 Seddon, 30 yards ... ... ... 5 The other competitors were :—Jones, Hamilton, and Hopton, at scratch; O’Connnr, 10 yds; Ritchie, 25yds; Irwin, 50 yds. From this arose a challenge from Mr Seddon to Mr .1. Everett, of Diliman’s Town, to run 100 yards. The ch 1lenge was accepted, and the stakes, £1 each deposited. Mr Seddon had much the best of the start, and beat his oppnnant easily. Then followed another race, between Mr Doyle and Mr Everett, the former conceding 50 yards out of 100 to Mr Everett, who was to carry an list, man on his hack. This event created much amusement, and was won easily by the weight-carrier. There ,s to be a repetition of this to-mnvrow afternoon.

This concluded the sp nts for the day, which did not terminate till the last,rays of the setting sun were overpowered by those of the weaker luminary. which for so long a time past have fdled to penerate our thick West Coast atmosphere.

LYTTELTON REGATTA.

Lyttelton, January 1. The annual New Year’s Day regatta was field to-day. The weather was beautifully tine, with the wind northeisf, uii to 1 30. when it fi ll awav Hi*lit and shifting, making it si iw work for th« sailing lavits. The town ami harbor Wi re gay with bunting ; all the vessels h'inj vaily decorated in holiday attire. Tne magnificent vessel Hvdaspes was flagship, and at the 'invitation of t lief Regatta (Lunmittee, was visited by a Ituge number of visitors. The new tug s earner Lyttelton was used as the c nnnitte l ship. The arrangements male by the managing committe l we e • \e-Hent, ami the priz ts as liberal as o i former' years. The entries for the several events wen l not so numerous as l.*it year. Tne model yacht race was a

success there being twelve entries J several of the models were built in the port by amateurs. • For the ships’ boats * sailing race there, were three entries* jI the race being won by the Rangitikei. The Interprovincial Champion Whale* boat Race had no entries, although the first prize was ,£75 aiid the second £2s* The Double Sending Race had two entries, both Christchurch clubs, and was won by Lanauze and Lean. The Champion yacht two entries, the Dove* late Jimmy Flyn, and Waira, late I leet-wing. The race is nob yet finished; ' the Dove leading so far. In the Cham* pion sailing race for trading vessels, there were fon r star Levs—-.Tovea, Herald, Albeit, and Croydon Lass. The race is still on the wii\d being Ughtand very shifty. For the junior whaleboat race, there were four entries, one a Christ* church crew. The race was won by the Lyttelton crew. For the sailing race* in open boats, five entries ; won easily by Bailey’s Auckland boat. For the toy canoe race, four started, Lanauze, of Christchurch first, Jones!, Christ* church, second. The ship’s boats pulling race was won by the crew of the Hurani. The champion sailing races and yacht races will not he finished until evening. An immense number .of people are. in port, and the day has been a great success.

The Lyttelton Land sports were not so well attended as last year. An esc-* cellent programme has been provider], in which the Maori events for men and women are causing considerable amuse* meat.