TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5517, 2 December 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[(PER PRESS AGENCY.) Auckland, Saturday, St. Andrew’s Day was observed by tho usual services. Several letters in the Star defend expriest Chiniquy against tho charges made by Hcnnebery. One from a Roman Catholic who knew him as a boy says he is incapable of acting in tho manner proposed ; another letter says he left the Church because he was required to sign a document that ho would be a good Catholic, but he replied that ho would obey his Bishop according to tho word of God as he found it in the Gospel of Christ. Hennebery last night condemned marriages between Catholics and non-catholics as productive of misery, especially in regard to the education of children. A telegram from Ohiniquy’s secretary says ho will visit New Zealand on his way home, after visiting Victoria, South Ausfcra l ia, and Queensland, The following acceptances for the Auckland Racing Club’s summer meeting were received last evening:—Auckland Cup, 300 sovs. Two and a half miles,—Redwood’s Ariel, Bst. 131 b; Walter’s Hippocampus, 7st. 131 b.; Hayward’s Lara, 7st. 91b.; E. Perkins’ Pungawerewcrc, 6st. 131 b.; McGee’s Elan, 6st. 81b.; Thorpe’s Magician, 6st. 41b; 3. O. Oaulton’s Gillie Calluxu, 6st. 21b.; Farmer’s Lady Elizabeth, 6st. 21b.; Edgar’s Tho Don, 6sfe.; Buckland'a Omega, 6sfc. Ten acceptances out of twentyseven nominations. Steeplechase, 159 sovs. Distance, throe and a half miles.—Agent, 12at. 71b.; McGee’s Perfume, list. 101 b. ; Hawdon’s Evetsloy, list. ; Thorpe’s Whitefoot, lOst. 121 b, ; Morrin’s Don Juan, lOst. 101 b.; Wright’s Cossack, lOst,; Smith’s Jonathan Wild, lOst. ; Rutherford’s Sportsman, lOst. Nelson’s To Whetumarama was the only non-acceptor. Nelson, Saturday. Mr. Albert Pitt and Mr. Acton Adams, both lawyers, have announced their intention of coming forward for the seat in tho House to be rendered vacant by Mr. Sharp’s resignation.

Tadbanga, Saturday. At a meeting of the passengers of the Taranaki, held at the agent’s this morning, it was resolved to present Captain Malcolm with an address, and also to raise a subscription for him. The Times, commenting on the accident, says ; “We fully anticipate that an attempt will be made to throw the blame of the catastrophe on 'i’auranga harbor. There are many people to whom the very name of the place is an abomination, and who have always aried to prevent boats calling here. Fortunately Karewa has nothing to do with the harbor. It lies five miles away from the Heads, and is not even in the direct course of steamers. The Stalfa has gone to the wreck to fetch the captain. The Staffa visited the Taranaki on Saturday. Her back is broken and the after part has sunk in deep water. The remainder is breaking up fast. All the cargo is washed away, and the sea is strewn with fragments. _ A heavy swell from the east renders operations difficult. Napiee, Saturday. The body of a recently-born infant was found yesterday in a utensil in the bedroom of a servant girl at the Railway Hotel, Hastings. The alleged mother is one of the City of Auckland immigrants, lately arrived here. The circumstances are of so suspicious a nature that an inquest will be held to-day. John Barry, a storekeeper at Meauee, was mounting his' horse in Tennyson-street, Napier, about noon to-day, when the animal bolted. Barry fell on the back of his head, breaking his skull. He was attended to by two medical men, but died in about an hour. At the inquest this afternoon a verdict of accidental death was returned. A man named Smith, a German or Scandinavian, was found dead this morning in one of the closets of Farndon station. He had been tor a long time an inmate of the Napier hospital, and being somewhat bettor he had gone by rail with the intention of going to Te Ante to the Rev. Samuel Williams’s, and at the Farndon station he went to the closet and there died. At the inquest to-day at Hastings on the body of an infant found in the bedroom of a servant girl at the Railway Hotel the medical evidence was that it was a still-born child. The inquest this afternoon at Farndon on the body of a man named Smith, who was found dead in a closet at the railway station, was that death had resulted from natural causes. Blenheim, Saturday. An alarm of fire was given last night, the moulding shop adjoining Smith’s foundry having caught tire. The brigade turned out and extinguished the fire with a few buckets of water, no material damage being done. A boy named Withy has met with a severe accident at Robinson’s flax mill, Spring Creek. He got his arm caught in some machinery, and the limb will require amputation. Chbisiohuech, Saturday. The New Zealand Shipping Company have received a telegram, under date London, 28th, which reports that the Piako will resume her voyage on 20th December. She is repairing the interior damage. Her hull is uninjured. A large portion of the cargo has been stored. Some was burnt. Dunedin, Saturday. The vital statistics for the month are : —Births, 144 ; marriages, 28 ; deaths, 29. An inquest will be held on the George-street fire. Tifinu, of Otago, challenges to wrestle any man in the colonies under 10st. for £SOO a side, or anyone in the world under 9st. for the same amount. A meeting of subscribers to the Ladies’ University Scholarship Fund was held this afternoon. The principal now amounts to £250, and it was decided to invest it till it would be sufficient to give a yearly scholarship of the value of £SO.