TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4460, 6 July 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(from our own correspondents.) Auckland, Monday. Country lauds auctioned to-day at Matekohe, Takapuna, and other places, realised Is. to ss. per acre. The gale last night was very severe ; the damage is roughly estimated at £2OOO. This estimate is most likely excessive. The damage is spread over a large number of craft and works, in amounts from £5 to ;6100. Thames-street, Grahamstown, and Shortland were flooded, causing damage to goods in shops. It was the highest tide experienced since the place has been settled. Nelson, Monday. The football match to-day was splendidly contested, but ended in a draw. Nelson had slightly the best, winning a goal and a try against Wellington's goal. The play commenced at three and closed at five o'clock. Some slight accidents occurred, but nothing serious. Both sides played splendidly, and the best feeling prevailed between the teams. A dinner is to be given this evening to the WelKngtonians. The ground was in very bad condition owing to the heavy rain, being sloppy and muddy, and there were frequent falls owing to this cause. There was no special event further worth recording. There was a large attendance, including many ladies. (PER PRESS AGENCY.) Auckland, Monday. There was a terrific N.W. gale last night. Considerable damage was done to the small coasting craft in the harbor, and a number of fences were blown down. There is no record of any loss of life. Waymouth's, boat-builder, yard was completely wrecked by last night's gale. Henderson and Spraggon's yard was also damaged. There was other minor damage, but chiefly to small crafts, and very widely distributed. The Zeminio broke adrift, and was driven on to Obley's store, damaging the piles. The vessel is not much damaged. Supreme Court. —Judge Gillies, in charging the jury, congratulated them on the lightness of the calendar, and the absence of crimes of forgery, embezzlement, and false pretences, which were once very common. In allusion to the charge against a landlord at the Thames, of obtaining forcible entry to his house after giving the tenant notice to quit, his Honor said there was no deubt that a landlord so behaving was guilty of the crime of forcible entry. The landlord has no right to use force to obtain possession of his property, nor even to make a show of violence in order to overawe the tenant into obedience to his wishes. Alexandra, Monday. There was a tremendous gale here yesterday. It is fine to-day. Those natives who can are determined to hold on to their wheat for an advance, as they cannot understand the prices at this station. One of the Turners was at Kawhia lately to buy cattle. Tapihaua put on an aukati and prevented him going on to Mokau. GRAHAsrsTOWN, Monday. There was a terrific north-west gale and an extraordinarily high tide last night. A large amount of damage was done. Grahamstown was flooded, the water being over a foot deep in some of the stores at the shore end. Thompson's timber wharf was carried away. There is a large gap in the Grahamstown wharf. The Tararu wharf is nearly all carried away. It is believed to bo damaged beyond redemption. The gardens along the beach had the soil washed off and many fences carried away. The Grahamstown and Tararu Tramway Company's engine-shed was destroyed, the seawall having been undermined. Napiek, Monday. The Provincial Council has been prorogued. The Waterworks Act, as passed, will require a Validation Act of the General Assembly, according to the opinion of the municipal solicitor. » Dr. Carr, mesmerist, is drawing good houses. John Thomas, charged with stabbing James Cable, has been again remanded, the wounded man not being able to appear to give evidence. He was very seriously injured, but it is not likely to terminate fatally. A fine lot of heavy draught houses from the Auckland railway works are now hero for sale. If not sold privately, they will be auctioned next Saturday.

Nelson, Monday. Tho football match to-day ended in a draw. The ground was very heavy and slippery after the incessant rain yesterday. Play commenced at three o'clock, and iu a quarter of an hour Nelson obtained a try, and ten minutes later Monro kicked a goal. Goals were changed ten minutes later, and in twenty minutes a goal was secured for Wellington by J. Campbell. From that time the game was most interesting, both sides doing their very best, but unable to obtain any advantage, and so it continued till live, when timo was called, Nelson having slightly the best, owing to the try in addition to the goal. The Nelson team comprised—Gully, T. Nicholson, Warnock, Hall, Hodgson, Harvey, G. Nicholson, Monro, Speed, Tennent, Webb, Scarfe, Hopkins, and Barnicoat. Capital weather throughout. The Wellington team was far superior to the Nelson in weight and strength, but Nelson was more active. Chmstchokch, Monday. Tho shop of Mr. Cohen, pawnbroker, was burglariously entered last Saturday night, but only two or threo pounds' worth of imitation gold rings were taken. An attempt was made to open an iron safe in which all the valuable portion of tho stock was kept, but without success. The Canterbury Jockey Club at a meeting on Saturday night endorsed the action of the Auckland Jockey Club in disqualifying Edward Kelly, the jockey, and Alexander Huntley or Barron, the trainer of Maori Weed. Mr. A. G. Howland, of Christchurch, has patented an ingenious contrivance called a shaft clip, for attaching shafts or poles to vehicles. Its qualities aro simplicity, safety, and greater facility in attaching or detaching shaft*, and economy.

The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court opened this morning. Judge Williams, in his charge to the Grand Jury, expressed great satisfaction at the new prison regulations. Several cases were heard, but sentence in each was deferred till to-morrow. Dunedin-, Monday. The amount of insurance on Flexman's fire is £BOOO, as follows :—Transatlantic, £2500 ; Norwich, £I6OO ; Eoyal, £IOOO ; Victoria, £IOOO ; South British, £SOO ; New Zealand, £9OO. Flexman's estate loss is £SOOO and over. One office refused to take another £IOOO from him last Friday. Judge Johnston to-day ordered the policemen to take off their hats in court. He said the matter had been settled by the Court of Appeal. The Star says it is strange the Chief Justice never thought of this. A suspicious fire occurred at the house of a man named Costello on Saturday. He was insured for £IOO, but refused to give the police any information. An inquiry will be held. A man named Graham died of tetanus yesterday. Last week his finger was caught in a cogwheel of the machinery of the dredge. Eobert Newton, a young man engaged at the Sparrow Ironworks,was killed on Saturday. He was placing a piece of wood over a hole near the flywheel, when the end of the wood was caught by the wheel, struck him in the stomach, and hurled him a distance of fifteen feet. The criminal sessions opened to-day. Judge Johnston said it would ill become him, with so limited a knowledge of the statistics of the district, to make any general observations with regard to crime. He said he had not been able in any part of the colony to discover any traces of dangerous classes of immigrants introduced to our shores. William Barnes, for forgery, got three years ; John Coney, for robbery from the person, four years, with hard labor; John Sullivan, for robbery with violence, six years. The Grand Jury threw out a bill against Crossan, charged with assault.