TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 51, 13 January 1872, Page 6

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

, «. ■ Auckland, January 6. Dairy cattle have advanced 30s. Good demand for fat wethers. Those ex Go-ahead realised from 16s 9d to 21s; inferior, lis to 14s. Wheat is firmer. Prime Canterbury being worth from 5s to 5s 6d. Flour, £l2 to £l3. Supreme Court.—Frederick Walters, forgery, five years. The Grand Jury found no bill against the prisoners charged with stealing specimens from the Caledonian. Oames M'Rae, publican at Rotorua, beyond Tauranga, was sentenced to eight years for rape on a girl aged thirteen. Patrick Kearn has been killed by a fall of rock in a quarry at the Thames. Walter Stevenson, foundry clerk, recently married, dropped dead immediately after rising from bed. Napier, January 5. Kereopa was executed this morning at 8 o'clock, in the presence of the gaol officials and ten other persons. He died without a struggle, and without making any public statement. All he said was, " Make haste ; have it over quick." The Rev S. Williams was in attendance on him to the last. The Oakburn freehold estate and run has been bought by Mr Canning for the sum of £9BOO. January 10. A large number of ladies and gentlemen attended the opening of the new native school at Pakowhai, the object of which is to teach the natives English. KaraitianaTakamoana.M.H.R., addressing the Bishop of Waipu at the meeting, censured the schools established under the various church trusts. Foxton, January 9. Both coaches came into Foxton last night, Young's with six horses, the Wanganui with four. The drivers pronounce the road quite practicable.Wanganui, January 6. Mr R. S. Low reports fat cattle, £4 to £4 10s ; dairy cows, £3 to £3 10s ; fat sheep, 8s to 10s. Draught horses, £25 to £3O ; hacks, £l2 to £l7. Mr Ingestre's house, at the Mile-and-a-half Bush, near Waihi, was burned yesterday, while the owner was absent in Wanganui. The cause of the fire is unknown. January 8. Settlers at the Patea notice that considerable misunderstanding exists among various newspapers with reference to the state of the district, and the attitude of the natives north of Waingongoro. Nothing has transpired in the

district to cause any alarm or uneasiness. , . , . Titokowaru is still in his retreat among the fastnesses at the back of the Waitara. .. . , The settler's house at Waiki, stroyed by fire a few days, ago is supposed to have been burned by drunken bushmen. . The natives on the coast are spoken of by persons who have been driving cattle through as behaving most hospitably. They were friendly and frank, and expressed a desire for employment. The twentv Armed Constabulary from the depot marched for the Patea this morning. The Malay was towed over the bar this morning by the Luna. Taranaki, January 10. Mr Rattenbury, who on Friday last cut his eve out, died this morning. The survey of the Waitara railway is to be commenced at once. The Defence Minister is expected Hokitika, January fi. The body of a man, named Hugh Slutchell, a miner, native of Londonderry, was found-' yesterday in the Kawhaka Creek. The deceased was missing since the 28th December. The markets are unchanged. January Jl. The County Council is in session. Cattle sale at Arahura : 64 head were sold at £S 10s per head for average weights. Lyttelton, January 6. The figure-head of a ship, mentioned in the telegraphic news per Tararua as having been picked up on the shore of Western Australia with marks of fire on it, has been recognised as the figure-head of the Blue Jacket. The place it was found at should be Rotterest Island, Swan River. CiiRrsTCHURCH, January 6. In the Provincial Council last night, the Provincial Secretary corrected an error in the Superintendent's speech. The sum of £150,350 then mentioned was not the General Government's contribution towards the branch railways, but the total to be contributed by both Provincial and General Governments. The Treasurer has brought down his budget for the ensuing nine months. The receipts are estimated at £243,738 10s Bcl, aud the expenditure at £207,040 7s Bd. The former sum includes £76,408 19s lid balance now in hand, and £28,738 anticipated from released sinking fund, and £19,716 15s Id railway refunds from General Government. The latter includes £25,475 to be expended on public works, and £8330 for education, £12,250 for road boards, and £80,750 for railways. The profits on the railways for the last year have been £17,856 9s Sd, and the receipts from the waste lands for the same period £25,000. The produce market is very dull. "Wheat is inactive at 4s 6d ; flour is £l3, and very little better. HoVlers of oats are anxious to quit at 2s 6d, as harvesting the new crop has already commenced. There is no alteration in other produce. The Kaiapoi regatta took place today. The weather was very good, and the attendance large. The three mile champion foar-oar race was won .by the Mayflower, of Lytielton; the Kuku, of Kaiapoi, being second. The race was the finest one ever witnessed in the province, the first four boats being all in a ruck. In the s.culler's race, J. Dawson was first and U. Wright second. The Canterbury eleven were met, on their return from Dunedin, by a large number of .cricketers, and were entertained at a luncheon. Janunry 10. A special session of the Diocesan Sydnod was opened. The business was to consider matters relating to the Cathedral, towards the erection of which subscriptions to the amount of £ISOO had been promised without canvas. The Primate, in his address, said he would be glad if the revised lectionary became authorised by the New Zealand Church. He was not satisfied, however, that it could acquire force as a regulation of the General Synod, under clause twenty-one of the Constitution, as had been suggested by the Nelson Synod. lie thought it would have to be formally authorised by an Act of the General Synod. He adverted to the great loss the church had sustained by the death

of Bishop Patteson, and expressed a desire that the Synod should follow the example of the Auckland Synod, and consider the establishment of a Bishop Patteson Memorial Fund, in order to show reverence for the Melanesian martyr. The Provincial Government, yesterday, passed a resolution, bringing the Forest Trees Planting Encouragement Act, 1871, into operation. At the Nisi JPrms sitting of the Supreme Court, yesterday, a case of seduction —Mr Bennison v. Mr M'llwraith —was heard, and £SOO damages awarded. January 11. The Synod came to a determination yesterday. A resolution was passed expressive of sympathy with the Melanesian missionary staff in the bereavement caused by the death of Bishop Patteson. An address was also agreed on to the Archbishop of Canterbury, praying his Grace to endeavor to secure the suppression of the so-called labor traffic. In regard to the Cathedral, a wish was expressed that matters might be amicably arranged with the City Council. The Lyttelton and Kaiapoi Clubs are building new boats for the inter-pro-vincial race. The Canterbury Club has just received a new boat from Clasper; she is 42 feet long, 20 inches beam, and 12 inches deep. The chance of one of our boats winning the race is considered very good. The Opera is still so crowded that people are obliged to go there an hour and a quarter before the performance commences or they can scarcely procure seats. Dunedin, January 6. The Corporation has decided to build gas works of its own, the lessees of the present works not having consented to the reductions required by the Corporation. Wheat is almost out of the market. The price is 5s to 5s 3d, but there are no sales. Oats are quiet at 2s to 2s 2d. Malting barley is in request at from 3s 6d to 4s. Flour is becoming scarce, as all the mills have been stopped, owing to the scarcity of wheat. Trade lots meet with ready sale at £l3. January 8. Mr W. A. Murray met his constituents at Tokomairiro on Thursday. A motion was carried approving of his conduct, and disapproving of the extravagant and reckless policy of the present Ministry. The Interprovincial Match Committee has agreed that future matches must be played between the 12th January and the 12th February in each year, and that the teams shall include only permanent residents in the provinces. Arthur Anderson, a resident at the Clutha, has shot himself while in a stale of temporary insanity. The following sentences have been passed in the Supreme Court: —Edwd. Clarke, forgery, eight months; Arthur Dimock, forgery, two years ; John Grey, attempted arson, three years; Joseph Connor, robbery from the person, four years ; Maria Webb, bigamy, six months. Invbrcargtll, January 8. Mr E. H. Ingpen, Registrar of the Supreme Court, was brought before the Police Court this morning on a charge of having embezzled about £6O of fees received by him as registrar of births, deaths, and marriages. He was committed for trial.