TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5485, 25 October 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(from our own correspondent.) Dunedin, Thursday. The Daily Times proprietory is fearfully chagrined at the breakdown of the monopoly of the special wire, which has been planned in various forms for the past three years. It gave way when it saw the light for only three days. It was regarded as a trump card to cripple the Morn Iny Herald, which has not only a much greater circulation than, the Daily Times, but also alarmed the Times by its thorough distribution over the country, and by having broken through tho auctioneers’ compact, and secured more auctions and property sales than tho Times has. The Daily Times Government advertisements for some time past have been worth to it from £6 to £8 per day. George Fenwick has gone to Christchurch to confer with Beeves and Hamilton. Horton left Auckland for Sydney, taking the Government memorandum with him, and will arrive to find himself checkmated. Mathew Holmes’ remarks in the Upper House have attracted considerable attention hero. There is a strong feeling against tho monopolists.

(PER PRESS AGENCY.) Auckland, Thursday. A steamer for Light and Co,, of Napier, was launched this afternoon. Hamilton, tho tragedian, left Sydney to fill an engagement at the Theatre Boyal. Tho nominations for tho Auckland Cup, Bacing Club Handicap, and Steeplechase, close to-morrow. Two men were severely gored by bulls at tho slaughterhouse. Wanganui, Thursday. At a meeting of the County Council to-day it was resolved that £SO ha voted from the county funds to the relief of the immigrants per city of Auckland. A subscription list was also opened. A committee appointed three members to proceed to tho scene of tho wreck, and to offer work to any of the immigrants desirous of remaining on the West Coast. Great demand exists in this district for labor ; the whole of the City of Auckland's immigrants could bo absorbed. Tho Herald to-night strongly urges the erection of a lighthouse on Kapiti. If a light was there it would be ■ a real harbor of refugo for vessels in had weather. Since tho removal of the light from Mana wrecks aro frequent, as vessels standing in from the westward cannot distinguish low land in misty weather till too close. Patea, Thursday. Nows was received, hero last night that Hiroki hud arrived at Parihako, but that To Whifci had requested that no one should go to attempt his capture, as ho (To Whiti) desired to see the Native Minister before anything further was done. New Plymouth, Thursday. Hirokx Is at Parihaka ; but it is believed ho cannot possibly live, on account on a gunshot wound which lie received from some one in the search party when they met him near Opunake. The bullet must have hit him in the groin, and driven his cap pouch into tho wound. Ho is under Te Whitu’s protection, who wishes to see Mr. Sheehan and Major Brown. Tho immigration agent has received advice of tho sailing of the Hcrmkma for here, with 03 immigrants. Greymouth, Thursday. A man named George Fyfo was crushed to death in n tunnel at Morico Creek yesterday, . Tho body of a Chinaman, name unknown, was found on the North Beach this morning, washed down the rlvpp by the flood. No one was reported missing.

Christchurch, Thursrlay. Madame Tascar, piat»is% assisted by Mddle. Merz, prima donna, soprano, will open for a season at the Odd Fellows’ Hall, on Monday next. All the per Waifcangi, were engaged to-day; there were very few single women, most of them having been sent South. Six times the number could have beeu afc once engaged. A large batch is expected by the next ship, the Hy laapes. In future the arrival of all steamers at the port will be posted upon the Christchurch platform, by oidev of the railway authorities. The tender of Hawkins and Go., of Lyttelton, for the Gladstone wharf, has beeu accepted by the Harbor Board; amount, £BBOI. The intermediate and screw pile extensions, Langdown and Co.’s tender, £6238, was also accepted, Riverton, Thursday. A deputation of the leading residents of Riverton and Orepuki waited upon the Mayor to-day, requesting him to ask the Western District members to interview the Government, and to request them to push on the Orepuki Railway during the summer. Dunedin, Thursday. A wrestling match has beeu arranged between Tyson, of Otago, and Thomas, of Victoria, to take place ou the 28th December, for £IOO a side and the championship of Victoria and New Zealand. Thomas wrestles Dagg ou the 14th December for £2OO a side. A special committee was appointed at a public meeting at South Duuediu. They have recommended that tho amalgamation of Caversham with the South Dunedin and St. Kilda Municipalities, or their amalgamation with the City of Dunedin, would bo decidedly advantageous. Invercargill, Thursday. James Clark’s application for 1250 acres of land in the Wairoa district was again introduced at the Waste Lands Board this afternoon, and after considerable discussion tho Board granted it. Tho question of the laud being included in tho reserve set apart for the Otauto and Nightcap Railway purposes was not overlooked ; but it was pointed out that the reserve had not beeu gazetted, and that Clark’s application was lodged long before the reserve was thought of, and that hence the Board had power to deal with the laud. McGarduer’s application ef 973 acres ou Moraley Creek was considered, and it was resolved to reserve a strip of country half a mile wide on each side of the creek for coal mining purposes, and to grant McGavdner, all he applied for that was left outside the limits an dpHned.