TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
(PER PRESS AOKNOY.) Auckland, Friday. A butcher to-day was fined £2O for slaughtering cattle on his promises in Queenstreet. A box containing Captain Church's corticate and other papers was washed ashore from the wreck of the Tawera. There is little doubt that all hands wore lost. The names of the crew who shipped at Lyttelton arcCaptain Church, Peter Miller, Charles Anderson, Charles Roberts (cook). Captain Church leaves a wife and three children. Boat was found lashed on dock. Wreck swept with waves; masts gone; no bodies washed ashore. New Plymouth, Friday. The Hawea did not arrivo till six o'clock last evening, and consequently too late for the match to bo played. Great disappointment here, especially as lunch had been prepared, holiday proclaimed, and every preparation made for the match. Lyttelton, Friday. W. Murray, of the firm of Murray and Co., died suddenly yesterday morning. Another old colonist, George Scott, senior, died thiß week. Napier, Friday. The Native Land Court sittings commenced yesterday before Judgo Itogan. A large area of valuable land, comprising 153,000 acres, was sati factorily passed through, including Messrs. Bitch's run and the Akaoko block. Mauy natives from the southern part of the provinco were present. The sittings of the Court will likely occupy somo days hero, and it will then adjourn to Waipawa, and afterwards to Wairoa and the East Coast. Great preparations are being made for the Lands Court
to be held at the East Cape in a few months time. It is calculated that ab©ut 3000 natives will be present on the occasion. Dunedin, Friday. The Times, referring to the probable appointment of Major Palmer as SurveyorGeneral, says : It must be that we must get as Surveyor-General a gentleman standing very high in that branch of his profession which he has made his study, but who, as evidenced by his published report, has completely failed to grasp the only system of survey which is suited to colonial requirements.
Gkeymouth, Friday. The Greymouth annual race meeting is fixed for December 27 and 28, instead of March, as formerly programmed.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4523, 18 September 1875, Page 2
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