TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4950, 2 February 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(FROM, OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) .... , , ■ Thursday. ’ At' tile sittings of the Mahawatu Qounty Council* yesterday: . the ,;resqliition .that., the whole of, the Act 'should not 'come,into, force, was* lost; therefore the whole. Act isacceptfed. ' All provincial main roads, and Feilding-jjohd,- ; from Aw’ahuri,' are to be regarded aa comity ' roads, jahd,the offices;,of chairmanand secretary were amalgamated." The bridge dhj the * coach*; road at Otaki is to be‘repaired.* ! A special meeting will be held on February 28, to discuss the appointment of an extra member for the Manchester Riding. i _

• ' ■ ■ (PER PBKBB AQENOY.) ■ . i - , / Auckland, ; Thursday, ; The : English cricketers left' at 10 this morning in the steamer Wellington! ~ | ’ • The.fobt'-race between •' Selby and Ellis, : the Auckland, best runner,; for £IOO, resulted) in', the cricketer,winning easily. He is said;to be equal tb'Hewitt. • The Auckland Gas Company have declared a dividend of 15 per cent, ■ . ; Curtin who is under sentence of ■ death) is beginning. to manifest concern.. The scaffold is. being erected in the precincts of the gaol. Yesterday Curtin sent for a reporter and made a. long - statement, alleging that; he ■ fought Shanaghan with a stick, and that when be tied Shanaghan up he did not think the in? juries were so serious. , , _ , ' At the Supreme Court to-day McFarlane’ was appointed receiver in the estate of McArthur, Shera, , and','Co.'"! Affidavits ;of Larkins and Durham, on behalf of At McArthur,affirm,.that,the estate is indebted to McArthur, £90,000, and when wouiid up’ will leave a deficiency of £l2;000. Appointment "of receiver is on the motion of Shera to hayobhe. estate, wound; up in; consequence’ of the expiration of the partnership. j Rose has- been committed for trial on three "charges'of Obtaining;; goods onsfalse pretences, in having falsely represented himself agent! of Gibson, of Patea. " ' ‘ j The regatta prizes wore distributed to-day. .■ Nelson,’ Thursday:

... Anniversary Day, was kept as a strict hOliIdayLlXt. has ..been. dovely—weather,. and the Rriendly, Societies : fete ■ was .largely-attended. Part 'of, proceedings was a presentation to David Whiting,"; a lad ‘of. fourteen, j of,, a’ watoh and chain,, purchased, by shilling .subscriptions, for courageous action : in jumping .into - the water.m an attempt ,‘tq'r save M r - Eastwood, who ,ya% recently drownedip the;Haiti Jiiver. 'the presentation was made by Judgb‘Broad in the : .prespnce of three thousand people, the, boy being enthusiastically cheered,! i. '.1,1 fi ; ; , Christchuuch, Thursday! f '. The question of cabmen’s licenses was recbn : , sidered last evening. . The City Council upheld “its. former, decision, and, ref used to renew thirty • liCenhes. * The cabmen talk of going tolaiw. ’ An offer troma Melbournefirm toasphalte the "streeti of Ohristbhurchjis under tliq consideration of the City,Council. ; ! - / . j The Wesleyan Conference was brought to a ' close yesterday. Pour, alterations were made in the stationing of ministers. . j ; . Mi - . G.’ M. Dampier, the tragedian, left to fulfil ah engagement at Sydney/ ■ • . I A large number of‘ people left ' to-day iby • special train to Oainaru, on the occasion of the line being-opened to that place. ' '■■ ; ■ A bad case of drowning occurred yesterday at Kaiapoi. A girl named Kate East, ;13, years-of age, the daughterof -a.well-known settler,’ was induced by the heat of the weather to bathe in-the’river.'; She was swept away • hiy the current; and there being no assistance was drowned. : ■ : L , ■, - - Oamaku, Thursday, ~ ’ The railway through from Christchurch; was ‘ openedfrom Makihikihi tb-day; About SOO passengers went ■ north by the first train and . 150 by the second; - Tlie first southern train brought ly large number, of passengers. The . Mayors of , Timaru,. and. - Oamaru- both declared a public holiday-. The breakwater atitraqted,! much .The.' second train ebpthr brought !,.a npmber; pf, visitors -r from • Christchurch, : and.,a; salute of ninq guns, was .fired on its arrival. The’, last train after eight js expected to be crowded, as. passengers break "the journey at Timaru. . I .... ~. r.;......, - Ddnedin, Thursday. ~ • ,The Hon. W, Hunter Reynolds was elected a director of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand last night, vice Donald Reid, balloted out.

• r - Mr. Murray, M.H.R.,-will address his constituents at Milton to Morrow night. The weather is very-shitry. i > At the eighth annual meeting of the Union Permanent Building Society last night the report showed a surplus profit of £495. A shepherd named Bunion . McKenzie attempted to commit suicide by taking strychnine yesterday. He was only married the previous day, and it is reported that he committed the rash act so soon afterwards through jealousy, his wife having spoken concerning another man. At.the Police Court this morning McKenzie was'committed for trial. _ Balclutha, Thursday. The inhabitants of Balclutha were startled this‘morning'to read in Dunedin papers a' report of the ‘sale by Government, in Dunedin yesterday, of one hundred acres of land in the township of Balclutha. Not one individual here knew of the sale, in consequence of the advertisement appearing, only in the Gazette. It is reported here that the’ Government have lost as much revenue by this’dbe sale as would pay for advertising in the district for many years. , "■ ,V, ; - Timaru, Thursday. To-day is a public holiday, in honor of the 1 opening of the railway to Oamaru, and the town is utterly deserted. ! ’Many hundreds of excursionists are travelling, in both directions on the railway. The weather is intensely hot, and harvest hands ate working at night. There is a deadlock between the Mayor and Borough Council. At a special meeting to consider the conduct of the Mayor in giving orders to 1 the Engineer, contrary to a resolution of the Council, a scandalous scene ensued. No business could be done, as the Mayor left 'the chair, but would not leave the'room, and as he was not; absent the Council' could not elect’one of their, number to fill the chair. The Council -sat up till half-palsf twelve disputing, quarrelling, and chaffing; then all left the room, leaving the Mayor alone with the Town Clerk.

• ' The, Customs revenue •'for.vthe • month of January is £1090; as against £2600 last year. The trade of the port is declining alarmingly. Business of all sorts is. very dull, and money extremely 'tight. 7 ' ' ; . The Canterbury land sales are keeping up wonderfully. The receipts for the month are £41,521, or at the rate, of over half a million a year. ’ . ? ■ '