LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 96, 22 April 1875, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[Press Aoency.] INTER-PROVINCIAL Christchubch, Thursday. The Superintendent of Otago telegraphs saying that 20,000 salmon ova have been apportioned to Canterbury out of the lot to arrive by the ship Timaru. The Governor and Lady Normanby arrived by the Phoebe yesterday afternoon. The Superintendent, members of the Executive, Hon E. Richardson, and Captain Facke went on board at Gladstone Pier to receive the party. The Governor landed at four o'clock amid an artillery salute and salvos from the shipping. The town and shipping were most profusely decorated with bunting and evergreen devices. On arrival at the entrance to the railway station the echool children, numbering 600, Bang the Nationel AnthemJ and the Artillery Band played. Dr Rous e, Mayor, with iho membeisof the Town Council received the Governor and presented an address, to which the Governor replied. The party then, amid loud cheering, proceeded by Bpecial train to Christchurch, where they were received by the city officios, a large concourse of spectators, and a guard of honor. Tho party at once "drove off in a pair horee barouche, with a cavaly ef eort to the Clarendon Hotel. '1 he firing ofl' of the guDS and the cheering of the people cansed the horsea to bolt, which at one time looked serious, but the Governor and Lady Formanby took it very coolly, and after th* horses had galloped balf-a-mile, the driver (Mr Joseph Page) succeeded in pulling them np. After this the horses proceeded quietly to the hotel. The city is gay with decoration?. , The Governor holds a leree to-day, when addresses will be presented by tho City Council, and religious and other bodies. There will be a public hall in the evening. Four accidents occurred in connection with the Governor's reception yesterday. Two member*) of the Cavalry escort were thrown violently from the horses, receiving several bruises, but no bones were broken. A trap containing a woman and two children was capsized, and the trap smashfd, but the occupants were uninjured. A woman was kicked by a horse while standing _jn the crowd, and seriously hurt.

The following are the acceptances for the Autumn meeting: — St. George's Handicap : Rory O'Morc, 9st l2lbs; Castaway, Bsi ; Sonnambula, 7st 61bs; Guy Fawkes, 6st 12lbs; Ngaro, 6st 71bs; Spritsail, Gst slbs; Nectar, 6st 3lbs. Hurdle Race: Rory O'More, 12st 7 lbs; Medora, Ust4lbs; Tommy Dodd, lOst 4lbs; Mousetrap, Ost; Alice Grey, 9st. The interest in flic races is increasing, and there is considerable speculation on the Autumn Handicap. Tadmor came up with a rush io the betting yesterday. The odds are 2 to 1 agst Templeton; 3 to 1 a gst King Phillip, Tadmor, and Castaway; 4to 1 cgst Parawhehua. Napier, Thursday. Sir Donald M'Lean arrived to-day Irom Mahia, East Coast. At the Mayor's banquet last night, the Superintendent spoke ofthe pendiug changes in provincial institutions, and said he was in favor of the abolition of Provincialism. He might say without boastfulncss that, on retiring ftom office, he believed he carried with him the pood wishes of the general public. He had performed his duty consclt ntiously, and could look back upon his connection with the Provincial Government with feelings of unqualified satisfaction. At the Resident Magistrate's Court, judgement was given in the caso of the Police v. Gifford for a breach of tho "railway regulation?, in crossing the line in front of an ap proaching train. Two objections were raised for the defendant : the first that bye-!aw 27, under which the information was laid was in excess of the power of the Court; the second that under section 4 of an Imperial Act (incorporated with the New Zealand Act of 1 870) the company or lessee in New Zealand was bound to erect a gate at the local crossings. The Resident Magistrate dismissed the case, giving the defendant the benefit of the doubt, but he eaid tbat had the information been laid under the 79th clause of the Act of 1870, a conviction would probably have been obtained. Sickness still continues, and there are several new cases of typhoid fever. Auckland, Thursday. The gold obtained in the prospectors' claim at Tairua is worth 53s 6d per ounce. The shareholders in that claim have formed a company with a nominal capital of £500, in 1000 shares of 10s each. Since then 50s per share has been offered, and for half the full interest £1000 sterling has been ofiered. Gold has been found outside the prospectors' claim, but no work is doing, the ground being locked up in big lease?. A coal seam has been found a mile from the prospectors' claim. The out-crop is three feet thick, and fchowing coal of good quality. An application for a 650-acre lease has been lodged. Sir George Giey delivered the award in the oase of Shera v. Reed and Brett, and Rr ed v. Shera, t"e nllegcd libel rising out of the publication of a letter from Mr Hannaford relating to the Tauranga relief fund. Shera claimed £1000 for the refaction upon Mm. contained in tho letter chmplained of, and a counter charge for £1000 had been put in by Reed against Shera for an epithet raa<le use of in a letter to the Herald, reflecting upon Reed, lhe arbitrator decided thst written statements be forwarded to him Avithin seven days by both parties. By. Reed and Brett expressing regret that Hannaford's letter appeared, and satiVnction that Shera and tbe trustees were actuated by honorable motives in dealing with the funds. From Sherd, withdrawing the language complained of by Reed Those statements to be handed by Sir George Grey to tha parties entitled to them, with permission to mako them public. No award U made regarding costs, thus leaving each party to pay any expenses incurred by them. Two fires broke out within an hour of each other last night, one at the workshop of Cromwell's, furniture depot, Shortland-street, and the other at Burkes, bellows-maker, Wakefield-street. Both were extinguished before the fire got a firm holJ. Incendiarism is suspected in each case. At Burkes a quantity of flax, saturated with kerosene, was found. The polico took Burke into custody on suspicion. He is the captain of the Fire Brigade. Wellington, Wednesday. A cad accident occurred at the Lighthouse on Pencarrow Head on Monday; night, xttended with fatal rtsult9 Mrs Hendle, wife of one of the HghihouEe keepers, had been taking some coffee to her husband, who was on top ofthe tower, *nd she hod descendel the stairs safely *o far as the first landing, but just afterwards Mr Hendle heard a scream and a sound of a fall, and on going to see the came he found hi. wife hing at the foot of the 6tatrcose. Her ir juries were so seriouß that Bhe expired thia morning from the effects