TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4974, 2 March 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

‘(FKOir OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Foxton, Thursday. At the Manawatu Council sittings yesterday, the Council declined to carry out the road from Carnarvon Junction to Palmerston and the Gorge-road, as requested by the Minister of Public Works. The Council are in a fix for money. The bank cannot give an overdraft, no previous rates having been collected. The Governor has been applied to, under clause 209, to remedy the defect. Halcombe’s motion, to give an additional member to the Manchester Riding, was considered in a special sitting. Gower moved an amendment, postponing the question for twelve months, which was carried. Halcomhe, in a warm speech, threatened forming the Manchester Riding into a separate county. Auckland, Thursday. The Chicago Minstrels are engaged to appear here. Francis Darwin writes to the Star: — “Down Beckenham, Kent Railway Station, Orpington, S.S.R., January 4, 1877. —Dear Sir,—My father directs me to thank you for your account of an alleged discovery in New Ireland. My father does not believe in the existence of tailed men; but even if it should prove true, it would (as a mere inherited montrosity) have no important bearing on evolution.—Yours faithfully, Francis Darwin.” The Chamber of Commerce to-day met Commissioner Young, of the Dominion of Canada. He said he was on his way to the Sydney Exhibition as agent for Canada. Two vessels—the Gem and the Escort—are on their way with Canadian exhibits for Sydney. His object is to cement commercial relations between New Zealand, Australian colonies, and Canada. Tauranga, Thursday. The Bay of Plenty Times Rotorua correspondent wires that late last night out in the Rotorua Lake a geyser started suddenly, spouting up an immense body of water to a height of thirty feet. It lasted some time, and was accompanied by a rumbling sound. It was witnessed by the greater portion of the inhabitants of Ohinemutu, whom it roused up, causing considerable excitement. All is quiet now, and only a deep hole marks the spot. The weather is moat magnificent. Oamaru, Thursday.

Notwithstanding the late floods the grain crops in this district are thrashing out remarkably well; the thrashing is almost completed, and large quantities of grain are coming into town for milling. Messsrs. J. and T. Meek’s and Hay and Barr’s flour mills are now working night and day. On seme farms in the district the wheat averages 60 bushels to the acre, and on others oats go as high on an average as 75 bushels. Altogether the average yield in the district will be higher than it has been for two years past. Wheat is being bought at 4s. 2d. up to 4s. fid. for first-class samples, while oats range at from 2s. to 2s. 3d. COLONIAL PRIZE FIRING. Hokitika, Thursday, The All Comers Match is finished. Winners —Murray, 52 ; Anderson, 61 ; Morrow, 50 ; Willocks, 50 ; Melsopp, 49 ; Armstrong, 49 ; Hill, 48 ; Cummins, 48 ; Kettle, 48. The firing is all over, and the camp will be broken up to-morrow afternoon.