TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4466, 13 July 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(prom odr own correspondent.) Ddnedin, Monday. The pollution case ax-ising out of the mining at Tinker’s is set down for hearing this week. The Jewish synagogue is to be enlarged at a cost of £I2OO. A man named Benjamin Nash has been missing from his home at Cromwell for a week. He was last seen under the influence of drink, and it is feared has fallen into the river and been drowned. The Princess’s dramatic company has been strenthened. Mr. and Mrs. Hooper, Miss Grace Follande, and Miss Polly Leake, have been engaged. The Dax*rells open on Monday. , Councillors Walters and Reeves are at present the only two candidates for the Mayoralty. It is thought a third will come out. Reeves is rather the favorite. (PER PRESS AGENCY.) Alexandra, Monday. Produce is coming in fast to-day. Eighteen canoes are now at the landing-place. Tawhaio and party arrived yesterday, and are staying at Whareama. There was a tremendous south-west gale here to-day. The new public hall has been just blown down, and is a complete wreck, this being the second time the same building has come to grief. The workmen were fortunately at dinner at the time, and there were no casualties. Gbahamstown, Monday. The Queen of Beauty has had another splendid fortnight’s yield of 5880z5., which will give a handsome dividend. A man named James Bennett, charged with common assault, declined to plead guilty. A charge is now being heard of assault with intent to ravish Emma Hill, a married woman. Taubanga, Monday. The Bay of Plenty Times will appear in an enlarged form as soon as the necessary plant arrives from Melbourne. H.M.S. Dido is hourly expected from Auckland. Napier, Monday, John Thomas, charged with stabbing James Cable, was further remanded for a week. The wounded man has not yet been able to appear in court, though progressing favorably. A heavy gale is blowing. There was a hailstorm at 5 p.m. Wanganui, Monday. The poor-box in the Catholic Church was broken open on Satxxrday night, and the contents abstracted. It had been closed since the beginning of the year, and was supposed to contain a considerable sum. The police have suspicion of a seedy-looking individual who visited Father Kirk on Saturday. It is blowing a N.W. gale, the heaviest this season. Christchurch, Monday. The practice of placing stones on the rails of the Oxford branch of the railway is very prevalent of late. On Saturday the enginedriver. saw a boy about twelve yeax*s old deliberately plaee a large stone on the rails as the train was approaching. The driver stopped the train in time, and chased the boy, caught him, and gave him into custody. ; The entries for the Midwinter Agricultural Show on Thursday are 146, against 170 last year. ' A furious gale from the south-west has been blowing all day, bxit is now rapidly subsiding. Hokitika, Monday. The samples of coal obtained from Jackson’s Bay were taken to Wellington by the Superintendent, and have been analysed by the Government analyst, who reports the coal is genuine bitumen, though of rather inferior quality, owing to ash being high. Still, it would pi*ove very useful for general purposes. The samples sent were merely from one crop of the seam. A severe storm occurred last night, but no damage has boon done to the shipping. Dunedin, Monday. Petty robberies are becoming common in Dhnedin. An attempt was made on Saturday to enter a bedroom, but the thief was disturbed. Young, saddler, at Outram, had his shop and house burned down last Friday. He was insured in the New Zealand Company. His claim was paid to-day. It has been blowing a heavy S.W. gale, with large hail and rain. • The Guardian, of this morning wants to know what has become of Mr. Adam, the immigration agent sent home for the province. It says it has frequently heard of him writing to a friend sympathetically about Vogel’s health, but has not seen any official correspondence as to how he is doing his duties in sending out eligible colonists. Sir John Richardson leaves to-morrow per Wellington. Bates fas Macbeth on Saturday was very good. Things are quiet. Weather wretched.