TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4311, 14 January 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[Press Telegraph Agency.] Auckland, "Wednesday. Miss Christian's farewell concert —tendered by the Choral Society—was a most brilliant affair : the best of the kind that has occurred in Auckland for yeara. The half-yearly meeting of the New Zealand Insurance Company was held to-day. A dividend was declared of 20 per cent, amounting to £IO,OOO. The premiums received were upwards of eleven thousand pounds in excess of those for the corresponding half-year of 1873. The directors' report stated that although the proposal to Bell shares did not meet with the response anticipated, the shareholders availed themselves of the opportunity of taking up the balance of unallotted shares. The shares were now more widely distributed, the company consisting of nearly three hundred members. The total premiums for the half-year were £55,548, and the losses £41,177. Messrs. James Williamson and J. B. Owen were reelected directors. Grahamstown, Wednesday. The sample of gold brought down from Ohinemuri, found in the Waitaki block, can Bcarcely be called alluvial, althoiigh found in the drift. There are some small particles of quarts adhering. The finder is a well known Thames resident. Napier, Wednesday. At a well attended meeting last night, the following candidates for Borough Councillors spoke '.—Messrs. Barrows, Britten, Campbell, Ford, Gray, Jacobs, Kennedy, Tauge, Lyndon, Miller, Newton, and Swan. A vote of thanks was passed to them for their attendance, AcAll promised attention to the measures of water supply, drainage, street repairs, and to keep down the rates as much as possible. The proceedings were orderly throughout. Mr. F' Sutton, M.8.C., was in the chair. The newspapers are full of election addresses. Much interest ia taken in the event, which is to come off next Monday. Dunkdin, Wednesday. A purse, containing 210sovs. was presented to the Rev. Father Coleman, who has just returned from home after a few mouths' absence, by his friends, hist night.