TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5084, 10 July 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PER PRESS AGENCY.) Auckland, Monday.

In the boat race between the Pet and The Brothers, the Pet, being longer, gave its opponent one minute. The Brothers got first under way. Coming to the winning-post, the Pet fouled a ship at anchor, but was soon extricated. The Brothers, having her minute of allowed time, tacked, and was in the act of winning when approaching the wharf, when it suddenly went about before passing the win-ning-post. The judges’ decision is not yet announced.

There was a foot race for £2O a side, of 120 yards, between Whiteside and Gitton. The former won.

An influential company has been formed here to work a copper lode, recently discovered at Port Augustus, South Australia. The capital is £30,000, in shares of £1; five thousand shares to be awarded to the discoverers. Turney’s analysis shows an average yield of copper of 43 per cent. The degree of Bachelor of Arts will be publicly presented to Miss Edgar in the Choral Hall by Mr. Lusk, M.H.R. At St. Andrew’s the Bev. David Bruce was presented by the parishioners with 650 sovs. as a farewell testimonial.' Mr. Bruce has been pastor for a quarter of a century. In the divorce case White v. White and Bennett the jury found the material facta alleged by petitioner proved. The case will now go before the Full Court for a decree absolute.

The judges have decided that the race between the Pet and Brothers shall be sailed again.

Napier, Monday.

A meeting on the Local Option Bill has been held at Waipawa. A petition has been agreed to in conformity with the draft circulated at the meeting held in Wellington on last Monday.

Nelson, Monday.

Evan Davis, a farmer who resided in Quail Valley, situated twenty miles from Nelson, hung himself this morning. The cause which led him to commit the act is not known.

Hokitika, Monday.

Mr. Button, M.H.E., addressed a full meeting of his constituents at the Town Hall on Saturday evening. After reviewing the last session, he said he would support the present Ministry. He advocated the taxation of laud on growing unimproved value. He hoped a new Bankruptcy Act would be passed, and approved of the principle of the Local Option Bill. He held that counties or road hoards would have to give way, and he could not see how a honorarium to members could be avoided. He favored free and secular education, but not compulsory, and would support a proper distribution of the land fund. A vote of confidence was carried unanimously. The body of Cooney, killed by the late mining accident, has been recovered. The body was much disfigured. Great difficulty was experienced in extricating it from the fallen debris, the ground continually falling in whilst the rescuers were at work. An inquest, on the three bodies will be held to-morrow. Subscriptions are being started for the relief of Cooney’s wife and family. A public entertainment is being got up for the same object. Christchurch, Monday.

The agitation against the new railway tariff is rapidly increasing. The passenger traffic is, according to the newspaper reports, decreasing, while the waggons on public roads and coastal steamers are starting in opposition'to the railway for goods traffic. Three public meetings of merchants and agriculturists are called for this week, to consider and protest against the tariff.

Dunedin, Monday.

At a meeting of the Harbor Board held today the dock question was finally settled by the adoption of a modified scheme submitted by the engineer. The body of a male infant was found in a closet in London-stree<t late on Friday night. An inquest will be held to-day. The inquest on the child found in a closet in Loudon-street shows that it was born alive, but nothing is known as to who its mother was. A house occupied by a man named Bacon, at Eavensbourne, was burned down on Saturday. It was insured iu the Standard office for £l5O, and in the New Zealand office for £l5O.

A cookery school is about to be opened here by Miss Piddler, of Adelaide. Addresses were delivered iu connection with it on Saturday afternoon by Dr. Coughtrey and Mr. Bathgate, E.M.