TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4430, 1 June 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(feom oun own coeeespondents.) Ceeytown, Monday.. As Walker’s waggon was passing another, near the top of Rimutaka, on the gully side, the bank gave way and the waggon and four horses fell down the gully. Two horses were killed. They were endeavoring to extricate a horse from under the waggon when the coach passed. I have just heard that the tunnel on the Pakuratahi, on this side, is all right, but the other side fell in. Auckland, Monday.

A queer revelation in connection with claims to vote in the Waitemata district has • been made. A man paid to make objections was bribed by some parties to go away on the day of hearing. The Superintendent made a long communication to the General Government on the subject of the purchases of native lands. Ho points out that many blocks of land purchased have claims upon them, respecting timber, &o.; some of them are illegal. He proposes whenever the province takes over the land from the General Government, it should he subject to all agreements and leases with which it is encumbered. Where claims for compensation are made, the matter should he referred to the Provincial Council, or some other convenient court,

where the case might be publicly heard, and the amount of compensation liquidated by a vote of the General Legislature. Doubtful claims to compensation should be carefully.inquired into. He says the rights of the public and natives should not be dealt with in a private room, by any one man. Great complaints are made at the want of accommodation in the lunatic asylum. The dangerous and quiet lunatics are not separated. At the inquest to-day, on the body of John Cobum, killed on the Ellerslie racecourse, a verdict of accidental death was returned. The annual balance-sheet of the Moanatairi Goldraining Company shows a profit of

The annual meeting and report of the Bay of Islands Coal Company, to-day, shows that during the year 22,835 tons were shipped, against 27,724 in the previous year. Eeceipts for year, £21,215 ; expenditure, £19,455. The report and balance-sheet were adopted. Dunedin, Monday.

At the inquest on the body of Jenkins, to-day, ouewitnessstatedthatdeceasedwas in possession of two rifles, and that witness had applied to the police tc take them away, as deceased had been known to point them at his own children, and this after having been in the lunatic asylum, and when suffering from delirium tremens. The police declined to interfere,*and the coroner did not see how they could have done so, and, besides, it made very little difference, because if the man were determined to commit suicide, he would do it without a rifle. This is considered a strange conclusion. In the Provincial Council, Mr. Moody brought down his financial statement to-night, after which the Council adjourned. “ Sparring” commences to-morrow, and most likely a want of confidence motion will be brought up, The gentlemen of the Dunedin Press entertained Mr. Nicholls, late sub-editor Times, at supper, at Wain’s Hotel, on Saturday night, and a presentation was made, in consequence of his leaving to assume the position of editor of the Bruce Herald. P. Humphries, subeditor of the Times, was in the chair ; J. J. Utting, sub-editor of the Guardian, in the vice. Logan's claim at Cromwell burned out 570 ounces last week. There were 100 births and 64 deaths in Dunedin during May, Professor Coughtrey delivers the opening address in the University hall to-night. [Per Press Agency.] Auckland, Monday. Mr. Deader Wood has been gazetted Provincial Secretary. There is a household tax of 20s. and a bachelor tax of 10s. levied for education for the ensuing year. Judge Gillies is a passenger by the Ladybird. A Eotorua telegram states that a party of three gentlemen, Adams, Kemp, and Gilfillan, on their way in a canoe to Manaperua spring (Eotorua Lake), were capsized in a gale on the 27th inst, on the Eotorua, between Ohinemutu and the Island of Mokoia. John Gilfillan, of Wanganui, was drowned. The other two, by sticking to the bottom of the canoe, drifted towards Mokoia, from whence the accident had been witnessed by the natives, who made several unsuccessful attempts to launch a canoe to go to their assistance. Upon the canoe drifting within a short distance towards the island, a native woman courageously swam to their assistance, bringing the survivor-3 to land, carried them in spite ofj,themselves into a hot bath, which soon restored them. The state of the lake prevented communication with the main land until Saturday morning. The body of Gilfillan has not yet been recovered. The natives and Armed Constabulary are searching for it. Quite a gloom has been cast over the district by the accident, as Gilfillan was much respected. New Plymouth, Monday.

Colonel Trimble is on a visit to this province. He has been interviewed by several persons. The Hospital Board waited on his Honor this morning. The Superintendent said he had decided to send the lunatics away.

The railway is progressing fast. The Provincial Council will be called together about the 14 th June. Napier, Monday.

In the Supreme Court, this morning, the Chief Justice delivered a brief address. He congratulated the Grand Jury on the lightness of the calendar, and the great improvement in the accommodation in the new courthouse. It is a commodious well-finistmd building ; but there is no reporting accommodation, and it is very difficult to hear in. The Grand Jury found true bills in all oases. John Stoker pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing wearing apparel, from the Clarendon Hotel, and was remanded for sentence. Bobert Johnston, charged with burglary at the Club, was acquitted. William Mills and Alexander Campbell were charged with larceny (stealing greenstone, the property of John Ootty, of Palmerston). Mills pleaded guilty, and was remanded for sentence. Campbell pleaded not guilty. Christchurch, Monday.

Kecently, two prominent members of the Typographical Society, first-class compositors and steady men, were suddenly dismissed from employment on one of the morning papers, and the society, on application, failed to obtain the reasons for this from employers, while some society men on the other morning paper were told they must resign from the society or leave employment, and they selected to do the former. A meeting of the society was held on Saturday night to discuss the whole matter, when it was decided to vote 30s. to the two men who had been dismissed from their employment, and divide the remainder of the funds pro rata among the rest of the members, and then dissolve the, society. At one time a strike appeared imminent.' A match is on the tapis ■ between young Delaney, of Auckland, and S. Collins, of Dunedin, to run three races, in Dunedin—loo, 150, and 200 yards—for £25 a-side. It is rumoured here that a case of forgery to the extent of £20,000, by a Christchurch merchant, is just on the eve of exposure. Oajiaru, Monday.

The National Bank has obtained the Municipal account. Tenders were invited by the Corporation, who have £15,000 to deposit. The bank give five per cent, for £3OOO, for three years; and six per cent, for £7OOO, for twelve months; and six per cent, for £3OOO, for six months. The bank is to charge no exchange or commission on the transmission of interest to debenture-holders, and is to allow an overdraft, if required, at the same rate as that given for deposits. One hundred and three pounds have been collected here towards the Euphrosyne fund. An entertainment is being got up towards the same fund.

Dunedin, Monday.

A man named Jenkins, living in Fileulstreet, blew his brains out on Saturday. He had been recently an inmate of the lunatic asylum. He leaves several children in the industrial school. The statement re notes stolen from the Treasury is correct. A strict inquiry is to be held. It is supposed that when it was discovered they were cancelled, the thief returned them to the gold box. The bailiffs’ room of the Resident Magistrate's Courthouse was broken into between Saturday night and this morning, and £l3O stolen. The thieves must have obtained ingress by means of a window facing Waterstreet, which was left unlocked. The inquiry re the bank notes stolen from the Treasury was adjourned at four o’clock till Wednesday. Each witness has been examined. The proceedings are private. At the inquest on the body of Jenkins, who shot himself on Saturday, the jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity. The Chain Hills tunnel, on the Clutha line, was successfully broken through to-day. The lines and levels were within one inch. The tunnel is 471 yards long. It is expected that trains will inn through to Clutha in eight weeks from to-day. A large party of officials and others went out by special train to-day, and entering the tunnel, walked to where the break through was made. Champagne was introduced, and success to Messrs. Brogden, the contractors, was heartily drunk.