TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4831, 15 September 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(per pbess agency.) Auckland, Thursday. ?' Simonsens’ Opera Company played Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro” last night to a full house. The opera is a great success. Grahahstown, Wednesday.

At a meeting held at Mackaytown on Monday evening resolutions were passed to the effect that the Thames members be requested to procure the expenditure of a sum of money for opening up districts by means of roads, and that the Government also be asked to fix a site for a telegraph station. Resolutions to be forwarded to the Thames members and the Colonial Secretary. Mr. Adam Porter said the Colonial Secretary had promised that whenthe goldfields from the district warranted it, money would be forthcoming, and he thought there had been recent returns which fairly entitled them to ask that promise to be carried out..

News from Ohinemuri mines continues to be encouraging. The Waitekauri Company is expected to yield - a thousand ounces for the first month’s work. The Welcome is showing well for three ounces to the ton.

The Municipal election resulted in returning Ehrenfield and Renshaw (retiring candidates), and John Read, new member, in place of Davies, who retired. Davis has been twice Mayor. ■ - ■ Macdonald and Brodie have returned to-day. Skating rink in successful operation and well patronised. Napier, Thursday. Municipal elections to-day. Lyndon, 254 ; Williams, 240 ; G. R. Lee, 222 ; Holder, 204; Large, 60. The three first were elected. Hokitika, Thursday. The following is the result of the Borough election:—Hansen, 247; Learmonth, 221; Purkiss, 171; Tait, 165. The three first were elected. GreymOuih, Thursday. Great indignation was felt here yesterday at the Otago going on to Hokitika without waiting, although the tug was in readiness and the bar good. She discharged part of her cargo at Hokitika and all the Greymouth passengers there, then came back here this morning, where she shipped 8000 ounces of gold and a large number of passengers. She is now at Hokitika trying to get the balance of her cargo out. There are 3768 ounces of gold waiting for the Alhambra, nearly all of which is Reef ton gold. Christchurch, Thursday.

A fire broke out at midnight in the shop of Barsht and Taylor. It was soon extinguished, but the drapery stock was a good deal injured by smoke and water. The insurances are light. . 1 It has been decided to let the skating rink stand over till April next.

A slight shock of earthquake was felt here yesterday. Dunedin, Thursday.

At a meeting of the Tire Brigade last night the secretary was instructed-to telegraph to the Wellington Brigade to the following effect: —“V alue of cup to be twenty guineas ; the time for competing, December 26, at the Caledonian Society’s new ground ; eight best men of each brigade to form competing teams.” It was also resolved that there should be a grand demonstration, tor which the various brigades of Sydney, Victoria, Tasmania, and New Zealand should be invited.

The question of union between the Presbyterian Church of the North and that of Otago and Southland occupied a special meeting of the Synod at the First Church during the whole of yesterday, and up to 1 o’clock this morning. The question occasioned a hot discussion. Beyond affirming the desirability of the proposed union, the meeting proved resultess, the resolutions which were carried being to the effect that the Synod approves of the union of the Churches, but consider that, in the face of existing opposition, it is not expedient to proceed in the matter at present. Roberts beat Weston last night by fifty-four points. An extraordinary occurrence took place yesterday at the funeral of a Good Templar. Hages, a member of the Hearts of Oak Lodge, died in the hospital on Monday, and was buried at the expense of the lodge, with the approval of his widow. The funeral left the hospital about 2.30 p.m. for the Northern Cemetery, where a piece of ground had been purchased by the lodge. The widow accompanied the hearse in a carriage as chief mourner. When in King-street, and near Union-street, a party of about ten or twelve men overtook the funeral procession. One of the men seized the horses' heads, and some of the others said, “You have gone far enough; we will take it our way now.” In order to avoid a scene, the Good Templars, numbering about 70 or 80, did not offer any resistance, and withdrew from the procession. The men who had possession of the hearse and body then asked the undertaker to drive to the Roman Catholic Cemetery. Upon arriving there it was found that no preparation had been made for the burial, and between five and six o’clock last night the body still remained unburied. It is understood the lodge had been allowing the man’s wife 10s. a week while the husband was in the hospital. One of the members of the lodge, who had'taken a principal part in the funeral arrangements, says there had been no intimation whatever conveyed to the lodge that any objection would be taken to their proceedings until the funeral was interrupted in King-street. The railway charge for the conveyance of wool has been reduced.

Dunning, who purchased at auction yesterday Steele and Keogh’s lease of the Queen’s Theatre for £lO, has some difficulty in getting the lease transferred, owing to an alleged previous transfer to a commonwealth of the dramatic company.