TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4388, 13 April 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[Per Press Agency.] Auckland, Monday. The son of Mr. Stewart, civil engineer, who has been missing for the last few days, has been found amongst the Maoris at Orakei. At the South British Insurance Company’s half-yearly meeting, the report showed that the premiums received amounted to £45,220. The total receipts were £60,671. The fire and marine losses amounted to £24,635. There was carried to capital account £7812. A dividend was paid at the rate of 10 per cent, on £50,000 capital. There was carried forward £14,662 to the new profit and loss account. Grahamstown, Monday. Three leases on the Tairua goldfield were registered to-day, and a number of miners’ rights were taken out by persons setting out for the new field. Discontent is expected at the opening of the field under the Mining Districts Act. A special reporter of the Star, who has visited Tairua, says the country is strongly indicative of gold. The prospectors have worked one fissure of rock, which contains quartz and rubble containing gold. Below the black soil, wherever sandstone is apparent, and on the banks of the creek, fine gold is observable after washing the quartz rubble. A correspondent of the same paper says that from samples of reef shown him he believes it will turn out remarkably rich. The whole work done by the prospectors would not exceed one week’s fair work for one man, and for this has been obtained, he learns on good authority, twenty-two ounces of gold. The Goldfields’ Enginner commenced to improve the track this morning. Warden Fraser proceeds thither on Wednesday. The City of London Company banked 509 ounces of gold on Saturday. The week’s returns, with this amount included, reached 2600 ounces. Alexandra, Monday. The great meeting at Kuiti still goes on there, with no appearance of Tawhiao at present. Ngakau Wiremu Hunia, the King’s secretary and mouthpiece, with Hawhawru were down at Kaipaiki on Saturday, looking tor Tawhiao. No business has as yet been done at Kuiti. Mr. Levinsohn, traveller for Messrs. Lewis Brothers, came to grief on Saturday morning, his horse and trap falling through the bridge between here and Awamuitu. Fortunately no bones were broken. Bishop Cowie and family are here. His Lordship preached yesterday to a large congregation. Nelson, Monday. A terrible accident accident has occurred on the Port-road, where the hill is being excavated to obtain material for the railway earthworks. About fifty tons of earth fell, burying two men named Downes and Kelly, the former an old settler, and the latter a recent immigrant by the Adamant. Twenty minutes elapsed before the bodies were recovered, when both of the men were found dead, one lying across the other. Downes leaves a widow and nine children, and Kelly a widow and four children. Hokitika, Monday. The Kanieri Lake water-race works are all completed. The company will be supplying water this week. At a meeting of workmen engaged in the building trade it has been resolved to maintain the present rate of wages —16s. per day of eight hours. The meeting was held in consequence of an attempted reduction to 15s. The revenue of the province for the quarter ended 30th March shows an increase of £4OOO on the corresponding quarter of 1874. Waijiate, Monday. An accident happened to a dray going to Timaru. It capsized, and killed a 'man by breaking his neck. The Waimate Tribune's first number is just out. Dunedin, Monday. The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court opened this morning. His Honor Chief Justice Prendergast presided. There was a large number of the Bar, practising and non-practis-ing, present; and it was intended, on the part of the Bar, to present an address, but the Chief-Justice previously expressed a wish that this should not be done. In lus opening speech he referred in graceful terms to the retirement of Judge Chapman, who brought, on his appointment to the district, a practical knowledge much needed, and discharged his duties with great ability, great perseverance, great patience, and great painstaking. He next alluded to Judgo Grey’s death, as a serious loss to the country. Referring to the calendar, he said ho regretted to see the number of homicides which resulted from drink. The other cases did not denote any particular state of morality, or want of morality, or call for any particular observation.