LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1096, 5 April 1880, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CiniisTCrtuiicii, April 3, There was a large attendance cf sporting raeri to-day at Ford and Co.’s sale of racehorses, but the bidding was exceedingly tame. The following was the result:—On account of G. Stead, Le Loup was passed in at 400 guineas ] on account of Stead and Griffiths, Betrayer, 400 guineas,—-purchaser G. Stead] on account of Bay and Company, The Governor, 233 guineas, J.

fjunn ; Fishhook, 335 guineas, J. Lunn’. Hornby, 450 guineas, J. Lunn ; Maritana, 175 guineas, 3. Lunn; Sauntercr, 100 giiineas, J. Lunn. The auctioneer stated that Mr Lunn.had purchased the horses oh account of P. Butler. Mr Alfred Waterhouse, retired partner of \\ aterlow and Sons has presented to the Reference Department four valuable works, on Brazilian ornitbol°gj. ...... Wellington, April 3. _ At. the, inquest ..on,The. body of the girl Ellen Miller, killed yesterday, a verdict of accidental death Was* returned. . A deputation from the Working Men’s Small Farm Association waited on the Government to-day urging the! necessity of blocks of laud heihg sob apart for the purpose of forming special settlements. The reply was that Government were doing all in their power tb promote settlements bn land-, and it was pointed but to the deputa* tion that it would be much better for the Association itself if it Went in for • land ttuder the deferred payment system clauses of the Act, and not under the special settlement clause. , . , ( , It is understood that Mr Pams has, gone. to Parihaka to communicate to Te Whiti the ndtiire of thc recoiumendation ad interim report, and to explain fully, to him the .views and intentions of the Govcrnnient in relation to those recommendations. The Commissioners will prbceed shortly to Dunedin and Hokitika to examine any Maori prisoners who.may desire to tender evidence before thenn!It is riot probable that they will con; ‘ elude their labor,, and send in their-., ultimate report, much before the end. of the current rhonth. ' ' April L ■ The stables occupied by a man named Gormorley were totally destroyed by fire early this morning, and one of the carriages was partly destroyed, There was ub insurance on the building or, vehicle; The satire building was bii fire twice in one evening three weeks ago; , tioyd failed to complete 112 inrles in, 24 hours. ; : • , _ DiiNEbxrr, April 4. Eighty thousand bushels of oats were sold at Waimate dtie day last week for Bid per bushel. .. Hew Plymouth, April 3. The Hitietnoa, from Wellinglbn; with the wives and families of the unemployed, numbering 60, arrived to-day. They will be accomodated in barracks for the present until arrangements are made for conveying them to join their relatives at Stonby River and- Stratford. Auckland, April 4, Bishop Selwyn, Bishop of Melanesia, preached in St. Raufs, which- was crowded to excess. . The steamer Glenelg has arrived frbrti the East Coast with a, large, num* ; ber of Maori witnesses in j. G.; Young’s case; Scott accomplished the feat of walki ing 112 miles in 24 hours, With eight minutes to spare. At the last mile he put oh A magnificent spurt, and .accomplished it in 8-| miniite^.... ! The theatre was * crowded. Tremendous excitement and enthiisiashi was evinced, and at the finish the platform Was rushed. Scott did ndt' appear to be distressed by his exertiblis. NArtEft, April 4. At a meeting of the Waipawa Council, the Road Overseer estimated the damage to roads and bridges in . tlis}t country by the recent floods .at over £3OOO. It was decided to ask fot a shai-e of the £50,000 voted for roads tii the North Island, as almost all thb damage is in the Seventy-mile Biisll road, nearly the whole of Which passes through Crown or Native lauds, and rbtiims ho rates. His Excellently the Governor will pay a Visit tb the Hon. H. R. Russell, at WaipuktiraU) for pheasant shooting.