TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4997, 29 March 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

-,-r *- : (PEK PRKSS AGENCT.) Auckland, Wednesday. The Hawea is detained until eight o'clock on Friday.. :',

The Chicago Minstrels appear at the Theatre Royal on the 11th. ' Pet|er McGi-ath was committed for trial today on the; charge, of having committed a brutal assault;oh-his .wife. The evidence disclosed the most inhuman treatment of a sober industrious woman by a: drunken husband. Ju consequence of the death of a chief named Toa at -Mercerj a ■ hundred Kingites are coming to the tangi. ■ At the; City Council meeting to-day, the Mayor stated that advices had been received by the Bank" of New Zealand that the balance of the city debentures were sold in London at par. The amount of Government subsidy payable to the city is £2185. : I , GitAHAMSTOWN, Wednesday. Fifteen hundredweight of rich specimens were taken out,of the Moanatairi this moru-, ing. ;Two blocks are on view at the Bank of New (Zealand, with a band of what looks almost like/solid* gold six inches wide. , Such rich stone was never got in the Caledonian. Shares are'pretty firm at-£l9 ex-dividend. j . New PiTMotJTH, Wednesday. District Prize Firing.—Rifle prize winners— S. ,! Mathews,'7b ;'R. "Cock, 74; S. Barriball, 71; ;!C. Barriball, 69.;.. J.. C. Davies, 69. Carbine' prize" winners —Oxendeu, 56; Adlam, CI ; Hooker, 37. Geheral entries for the races close to-night. Maiden Plate—Tairiouri, Keretu, ; Sir Walter, Marama, Otawa, Mountain Deer, Speculation, Rangatira. Taranaki "Cup. Bide-a-Wee, Opawa, Resolution, Bedouin, Elsa, Flora Macdonald, Perfume! Ladies Purse. —Sir Walter, Opa^ a » Flora, Resolution, Bedouin, Elsa, Flora Macdojiald, Queen of the Vale, May Moon. Railway Stakes. Bide-a-Wee, Marama, Opawa, Bedouin, Elsa, Flora Macdonald, Speculation, Queen of the Vale, and May Moon.

A match for £2OO between Bedouin, 6, years, and Sir Walter, 5 years, takeasplace on Saturday morning, . Hokitika, Wednesday. The Chief Justice opened the Supreme Court sittings to-day. The caße of Ann Vincent, for murder, oocupied the Court all day. The jury retired, and are considering their verdict. Christchdboh, Wednesday. s At the Heathcote regatta yesterday, the Canterbury Bowing Club, Christohurch, won first prize in every race.

*' The New Zealand Shipping Company have received advice of the arriyaljofiths'ship W«imate, at London, from Lyttelton, after sage of eighty-three days.?; jA|llwell:|_ v,, ' A lunatic inquiry, the first of: itsjkind helre, came before his Honor Mr.' .Justice Johnston and a jury to-day. It was an inquiry into the sanity er otherwise of William Arthur Gray, an inmate of. tiie Sunnyside Asylum, who con-, tends, despite medical testimony, that he is sane. The jury decided he was not fit to be at large, and it was agreed he should be confined in a private asylum.... Dhnedin, Wednesday.

The following amounts' 'were 1 ' paid over by the Jockey Club last evening, to the winners of the various races :—O'Brien, £BSO ; Redwood, £545 ; Delamain, £l7l ; Taggart, £157; Smith, £lls ; Mackey, Sen., £lO2 ; Loean, £B6 ; Gourley, £76 ; Gilligan, £47 ; Walters, £47 ; McKenzie, £34 ; Stephenson, . £l9 , Nosworthy, £l9 ; Mrs. Seabright, £l4 ; Coulson, £9. Mr. William Hooper, late editor of the Temperance Times, intends prosecuting that paper for libel if an apology be not made. The Education Board has decided to appoint, three teachers of music for the Dunedin Girls' High School, one at £2OO and two at £l5O a year. The object is to reduce the cost to pupils^ AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. Melbourne, March 22. We are still anxiously waiting for'the Minis-, terial policy, which the Postmaster-General has intimated will be bold and liberal, and, if accepted, will advance the beat interests of the country. It only requires the Premier's manifesto to make the election campaign complete. ; Professor Pearson and Sir C. Gavan Duffy have been the chief speaker.sof ,the week.. The latter denounced the stone-wall action. The defeat of the English Eleven by the Colonial Eleven has been an important event. Bannerman's batting was superb, and Kendall's bowling secured him the prize cup. On Saturday there were ten thousand persona present. There was a grand display of cricket on beth sides. The heavy rain has been succeeded by very hot weather. Southern Cross won the two handicaps at Kyneton. Nearly nine thousand pounds has been subscribed towards the Cathedral fund. The Bishop gives £SOO, and Judge Fellows £SOO. '■ The new Law Courts are to be built of Tasmanian stone. A tender has been accepted for over £23,000. All the places of amusement are doing fairly. Bailey and Cooper's circus, at Adelaide, is averaging £6OO daily. Business is dull. Sugars maintain a fair price. The number of arrivals from New Zealand during the week has been large. The will of Mr. Rnmsden, the well-known miller, was proved at £160,00.0.