TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4165, 27 July 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[Press Tklegeaph Agency.] Auckland, Saturday. A man named Finlay fired two shots through the -window of the shop of Mr. Young, butcheri Queen Street, at Davis, the cleric. Both balls lodged harmlessly in the wall. The man was arrested. A six-chamber revolver, all the chambers of which were loaded, and the locks cocked, was taken from him. No cause for the deed is assigned. The whaler William Gifford has arrived in the Bay of Islands, with oil to the value of £16,000, the produce of a year's cruise. The jury in the case of Macfarlane v. Harris has been discharged without agreeing. It is understood to have been eight for verdict for the defendant on all material issues, and four for a verdict for the plaintiff, with nominal damages. The owner of the Lady Bowen prefers a claim for £12,000 salvage against the Miltiades. Grahamstows, Saturday. Up to date the gold lodged in the Bank of New Zealand amounts to 17240z5. Parcels from the Old Whavi and Bright Smile are expected this evening, which will make the weekly lodgmentin this bank close on three thousand ounces. Tauranga, Saturday. Two testimonials have been presented to Sergeant Naden, A.C., chief of police at Tauranga for three years, on his resignation of that office. One is signed by the Magistrates and Justices throughout the Bay of Plenty. The other is of a more public nature, and is signed by nearly every inhabitant, including all leading settlers. Mr. Bodell is elected Chairman of the Town Council. The road from Tauranga to Rotomakana will be completed in about six weeks, and will be an increased advantage to tourists, who "will then be able to drive within ten miles of the Pink and White Terraces. New Plymouth, Saturday. The boats and gear, etc., of the p.s. Paterson will be sold at Waitara, by auction, at noon to-day. A hundred more immigrants are wanted here. A number are required for the public works. Napier, Sunday. The immigrant ship Winchester has just arrived after a fine passage of eighty-four days. She brings about 430 immigrants. Christchuech, Saturday. A public meeting has been held, at which resolutions were adopted unanimously, endorsing the action of the City Council in applying to the General Assembly for an Act to make over the proceeds of the dog tax and the licenses of auctioneers and public-house keepers to the municipality within whose bounds they are collected. Tmaru, Sunday. Three hundred immigrants who arrived by the Peeress were landed this morning by the steamers Wellington and Comerang.