LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1092, 31 March 1880, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[tTNITEtt eHESs ASSOCIATION.] ‘

1 1 ‘ Wellington, MarOh ! 3U. The secretary to the post office supplies the following memo The s.S; Australia with the February mails arrived at Sat! Francisco on the 23rd inst—t Wo :dkyS in advance of the time table date. The s.s; City of Sydney; with the’London mails, live days late! The very late departure of the City bf Sydney from "Shn Francisbo is e*oop* tional, ■ but it id'no doubt due l tb' the fact that the steamer-caught firO On the 14th inst, a day before she should haVe sailed for Auckland; The fire, it WAs alleged, was speedily extinguished, abd that but little damage was' done; Judging, howeVer, from the reported very late sailing!of the City of-’Sydney, the damage must have been-more/seri-ous than was at first anticipated. The mail shotild reach Auckland on the 1 Oth proximo; and arrive herb- bn Monday, 12 th inst. A cjerk named. Henry; Eifk'ia reported missing since the 26th January. He had once or; twice been examined oil suspicion; of unsound mind, but was pronounced sanp,,, He left his- lodgings on the day named in an excited state; and has not been heard of since. The Minister of Public Works leaves for Auckland tp-piorrow, visitiug Wan* gaiitll And Taranaki en route, . Sinking Piind; while being led in frbth the Hutt yesterday to ship to the south; took fright at a passing train; broke away from the. bqy, and uiced the train albn£; 'the road,' injuring himself so badly that.it is feared his rating days Are bybr. V ' '

The Post contains the particular's of ii railway aiccidbMt which Occurred 1 oh the Clutha line, 1 heat Waihola last day evening, and , which narrowly escaped heibgv<hs particulars have been kept remarkably quiet in the 1 south. ’ . ‘ ' CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLXtfi TUMN MEETING; Christchurch, March 30: The Autumn races took place to-day; The first event was the Free Handicap—Three started, viz, Le Loup, Tera; and On Dit. Le Loup won , after a Capital race by a lepgth, Tera second On Hit third. The next race was the Autumn Handicap—Nine started, viz, man, Camballo, Mata, Betrayer, Foul Play, Titania, Volunteer, Marie . Antoinette, and Laura. Camballo won by a length, Mata second, Betrayer a middling .third-. The nekt race was tlie Champagne Stakes, Sir Modred ,#as, the favorite, and justified his confidence, winning by a very little, Luna second, Virginia Water third. Roinea and the Governor also started.

The Epsom Stakes was the next race, for three year olds And Upwards. No horses coming to the post but Mata, he walked over for the event.

Richard Webb, a clerk in the NeW Zealand Insurance Company, Nelson, was arrested by the police at Lyttelton, on the arrival of the Maori from Nelson, on a charge of embezzlement of monies belonging to the Company.