TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4160, 21 July 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[Pebss Telegraph Agency.] Grahamstown, Monday. The Queen of Beauty claim has declared a dividend of £290 the full share for the fortnight’s crushing. , Westport, Monday. On Saturday evening Mrs. Carruthers, wife of the Town Clerk, committed suicide by plunging into the Buller River, off Nelson Street groin. She had been drinking for some days. The body is not yet found. Alexandra, Monday. Produce from the King country still continues to pour in. A great number of Natives are here to-day. They are getting 7s. for maize and oats per bushel, and 6s. 6d. for wheat; potatoes, £5. Taubanga, Monday. Messrs. Firth, Wrigly, Harmon, Bodill Conway, and Norris have been returned Town Board trustees. Hokitika, Monday. There was a heavy thunderstorm yesterday, The house of Mr. James Scott was struck by lightning, which set the building on fire, but the flames were quickly extinguished, and not much damage was done. Christchurch, Monday. 2500 immigrants have arrived in this Province during the past three months. The Government have provided barracks, and the Road Boards have erected cottages in various parts of the Province, The Road Boards are employing large numbers, and arrangements have just been completed between the Government and City Council in forming outlying streets and the belts of Christchurch. Another meeting has been called for tomorrow to protest against the erection of the College on the Domain, with a view to influencing the Upper House to reject the Bilk Auckland, Monday. The Sash and Door Company have declared a dividend of ten per cent. Mr. Isaacs has been elected Mayor. New Plymouth, Monday. A survey was held on the p.s. Paterson on Saturday, when she was condemned. Captain Kennedy, from Auckland, on behalf of the New Zealand Insurance Company, and Captain Webster, from Messrs. Brogden & Sons, arrived by steamer yesterday. The schooner Eliza Webster has been got into the Waitara river. Napier, Monday. Shares in the Colonial Bank, to the number of 7600, have been applied for here, and applications are still coming in. The jury returned a verdict that Mr. Walter Dome Campbell, of Waimarama, died from natural causes, aggravated by prolonged exposure to wet and cold. The funeral took place this afternoon, from Mr. Kinross’s residence, and was largely attended. Dunedin, Monday. In the Supreme Court to-day, before Judge Chapman, the libel case of Dawson v. Mackay was heard. It was a defamatory libel published in the Bruce Herald on November 11, as follows :—“ Birth.—On Ist inst., at Fourth Street, Dunedin, Mary, eldest daughter of G. B. Dawson, of a daughter ; both doing well.” The libel was admitted, and £lO paid into Court. The defendant pleaded that there had been no malice or gross negligence, and that an apology had been published. A verdict for £SO damages was given. The heaviest fall of snow for many years occurred to-day.