TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5035, 14 May 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(MR MESS AGENCY.) Gheytown, Sunday. C'aselberg’s store at Masterton was burned down at 3 o’clock this morning. Damage, £3OOO ; insurance, £7COO. The origin of the Jire is unknown. Auckland, Saturday. The Sheriff received a telegram that the Governor does not propose to interfere with the sentence of death passed on Te Patui. The sentence will probably be carried out some clay next week. The Pakuraugi Hunt Club’s opening meeting was held to-day. The meet was very' successful. New Plymouth, Saturday. The Taranaki Herald will be published as a daily paper from Monday next. . Westport, Saturday. The management of the Albion Coal Mine at Ngakawau has been transferred from Nelson to Dunedin. Messrs. Larnach, Oliver, Turnbull, Proudfoot, and Broderick are on the new directory. Tile first business will be to decide an offer of Henderson and Co. to construct branch works connecting the mine with the Mount Eochfort Railway. A meeting of the original shareholders in the Kurunui Coal Company resolved last evening that all shares not applied for by Ist June be allotted among the promoters, or such portion as is necessary to provide sufficient capital for the proposed works, so that no delay may occur in commencing operations. Christchurch, Sunday. The are 111 entries for ten scholarships offered by the Board of Education. The following are the entries for the Waimate Steeplechase : —Andrew’s Banjo, Jacob’s Will-Xf-I-Cau, Hoskins' Brunette, and Swanson’s Tommy Dodd. Maiden Plate— Martell's Jack, Hoskins’ Brunette, Jacobs’ Will-If-TCau, and Smith's Lone Hand. Waimate Steeplechase Handicajr—P raser’s Cleaver, Andrews' Banjo, Lottery, Hoskins' Brunette, Jacobs’ Will-Xf-I-Can, Swanson's Tommy Dodd.

At a meeting of the ratepayers held last night a report was read from Mr. W. B. Bray, C.E., condemning the leading features o£ Mr, Carruthers* scheme for the drainage of Christchurch, and a resolution was passed protesting against the adoption of the Carruthers* scheme. It was also resolved to hold meetings for a similar purpose in various parts of the drainage district. TnrARU, Sunday. The tidal wave did not attract much attention here. It rose about four feet and swung the ships about in all directions. Last night a tremendous storm of wind and rain arose, and has continued all day. The lifeboat crew were summoned about midnight, but all the vessels got safely to sea. The rainfall has been extraordinary, and floods may be expected. There is a fearful sea running now, and breaking almost up to the railway. There has not been such a long spell of bad weather here for years. Donedix, Saturday. A smart shock of earthquake is sported to have taken place at the Maori Kaik The motion was east and west. Sunday, An accident occurred at Henderson and Co.’s contract at Outram, on the Mosgiel railway line, on Saturday evening. A number of trucks were being drawn by an engine, when the buffers fouled and the trucks upset. A man named Clarke was killed, and five others were seriously hurt. On Saturday afternoon a meeting of the Council, Professors, and members of the Otago University was held, when the Chancellor, on behalf of the New Zealand University, presented Mr, Samuel Solomon with a diploma of 8.A., and Mr. Peter Seton Hay with a certificate of • honors. The attendance was large. The Chancellor congratulated Mr. Solomon on the success of his scholastic career, and delivered a longaddress, in which he referred to the difficulties which the University had to encounter, and the means taken to overcome them, and pointed out the present i and future benefits which result from a sound intellectual training. Xing Philip is being sold to Mr. Okain, of Mosgiel, for £3OO. Two cases of sticking-up in Dunedin by night have been reported to the police within the past week. Mr. Vincent Pyke has taken the initiative towards holding a conference with the Chairmen of the County Councils in Dunedin, for the purpose of considering in what respect the Counties Act can be amended.