TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4405, 3 May 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[from our own correspondent.] Auckland, Saturday. The immigrants per Eerndale are securing engagements rapidly. Mr. Knowles, Under-Secretary for Public Works, telegraphed to the City Council that there are no General Government funds available for metalling the Beach-road. In any case the city and Harbor Board must contribute largely. About one hundred and sixty shooting (game) licenses have been issued. Tonks, Provincial Treasurer, goes Home shortly. No arrangement is yet made for his successor. Large number of nominations for Auckland Autumn Race Meeting. The prospectors of Tairua have purchased a battery. The trial of Major Clare, at Hamilton, is considered a farce. There were thirty-nine deaths during April. [Per Press Agency.] Auckland, Saturday. Tire Rev. Charles Clark was a passenger by the Hero which sailed on Saturday for Sydney. The Waikato Times has been sold to Mr. Silver. Grahamstown, Saturday. There were registered at the Thames during the month of April 43 deaths. Of these 39 were infants and four adults. Three of the adults were the result of accidents, and do not come within the death-rate for April The principal causes of death were measles, and debility after measles. Maketd, Saturday. The whole of the charges brought by the natives against Sub-Inspector Mair have been dismissed. The Government’s decision re official misdemeanor ended in an apology being offered to and accepted by the officer aggrieved.

Hamilton, Saturday. There is nothing in the evidence that ha* been taken, to involve Major Clare. On thtt contrary, it is shown by an order of date 4th March, 1871, that if be had stopped Sub-In-spector Northcroft from going through to Taranaki, it would have been in direct disobedience. . Napier, Saturday. Election addresses are issued from Mr. A., Deane, Ruataniwha; Mr. J. L. Herrick, Hampden ; and Mr. J. L. Lawrence, Te The first nomination is on Monday next, {or the Napier country districts. There are three candidates—Messrs. Maney, W, R, Russell, and Tiffin—to run for two seats. ■ The Mayor wants the City Council to go in for the Corporation Waterworks Act, 1872. There is strong opposition to it. A very able letter from B. A. Ferard appears in to-day’s Herald on the subject. The Council meet on Monday, when the question will be discussed. We are expecting to be in telegraphic communication with Poverty Bay hourly. A great number of East Coast Maoris are in town to interview Sir Donald McLean about land disputes. Wanganui, Saturday. The case of Whitlock v. Parson and another, damages £IOO, for diversion of stream, resulted in a verdict for plaintiff for £7 10s. The butchers contemplate raising the price . of meat. Beef, 25a. per lOOlbs.;, fat sheep,, none sold. Exports for the fortnight, 136 head cattle and 1000 sheep. Blenheim, Saturday. The Provincial Council was prorogued last night. The Appropriation Bill is for £16,300. AD. the BiUs brought in were passed, including one for amending the Education Act, and providing for grammar schools, and a system of general school examination papers, as practised in France, besides the inspection by Government Inspector. £BOO was voted for a grammar school in Blenheim, and also an endowment of . land to the value , of £2OO a year. Mr. Seymour, member of Assembly for Wairau, has called a meeting of electors for Thursday night. Canterbury, Saturday. The salmon ova have arrived. They conveyed to the ponds, and the boxes opened, when the ova were found in a very unsatisfactory state. Ic is not expected that a single • fish will be hatched out of the whole 20,000 ova. An international rifle match, England v. Scotland, was fired on Thursday—Paton and Cameron, representing Scotland; Fox and Chapman, England—which resulted in a victory for the former by 15 points. The Governor leaves for Dunedin on Tuesday next. He will go by the train to Rangitata, and thence by a special coach to Timaru, doing the remainder of the distance probably by steamer. Ashburton races.—Second day ; .District Hurdle Race—Peaks’s BiUy Button, 1. Publican’s Purse—Tommy Dodd, 1 ; Nectar, 2. Somerset Stakes—Castaway, 1 ; Nectar, 2 ; Muscatel, 3. Consolation Handicap —Sonnambula, 1 ; Nectar, 2. The hands employed in. two of the principal boot manufactories are on strike for an advance of 20 per cent, in wages. Mr. George Dobson, Empire Hotel, Dunedin is said to have purchased a racing mare and several other mares from Mr. Redwood. The new Provincial Executive are at issue with the Board of Governors of the Christchurch CoUege and Museum respecting additions to the latter. The late Executive sanctioned the acceptance of a tender for £14,000 just before retiring from office, and the new Executive wish to withdraw from the contract, by paying compensation to the contractors, on the grounds of insufficient funds in the Treasury, compared with the demands on it. The Board of Governors are expected to refuse to agree to withdraw from the contract. Timaru, Saturday. The Otago bridge, 527 ft. long, was opened for traffic yesterday. The bridges over the Orau, Paraora, Waiku, and Waitangi are approaching completion. Lyttelton, Sunday. Mercer’s execution has been fixed to take place on Friday, May 7. The prisoner is caUous to his fate. Dunedin, Sunday. M. Langatine. French consoL -and woolbroker, committed suicide on Friday through taking strychnine. His body was found yesterday in a paddock near his residence. Deceased was involved in pecuniary matters, but only to such a trifling extent that many of his numerous friends would have assisted him. He was high up in the Masonic craft. A meeting of that body was caDed last night to take steps for his funeral. It has been raining, snowing, and thundering during the day, and the weather is intensely cold. The water-supply is aU right. The third quarterly meeting of the Press Club was held last night. The report was highly satisfactory. The proceedings closed with a dinner, at which there was a large attendance. •