TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5825, 29 November 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PER PRESS AGENCY.) Masterton, Friday. George Baker, of Owakai, has been sent to the hospital with a broken leg. : Last night a splendid list of entries was received for the Opaki races. Auckland, Friday. At the Police Court to-day a woman named Mary Ann Dixon was committed for trial for attempting to pass base coin in the grocery establishment of Holland and Fortger. A quantity of spurious coin was found in her possession. A woman named Dixon has been committed for trial fop attempting to pass a counterfeit florin. Several spurious coins have been circulated lately. At the; Hamilton races to-day the weather was fine, and there was a large attendance. Maiden Cavalry Hurdles, 6 started.—Heritt's Waverley, 1 ; Derio, 2. Second Race Hatch between Cussen’s Cockeye and Hope's Buckshot, was won by Cockeye. Hailway Plate.— Lang’s Harold, 1 ; Dunlop's Magician, 2 j Wilkin’s Oraku, 3. Waikato Turf Club Handicap Hurdles,—Rutherford’s Tommy Dodd, 1 ; Rutherford’s Sportsman, 2. GrahaMstown, Fridav. , Alburnia—Sales to-night ‘ at 755. ; sellers, 775, 6d. The mine is unaltered. The dividend will be payable next Friday.' There will be fully 3000 ounces gold on hand, i At the Resident-Magistrate’s Court, Robert Trotter, settler, at Waiomo, was fined £1 and costs for ill-using an apprentice taken from the Naval. Training Schools. The indentures were ordered to be cancelled. Done din, Friday, i The show to-day was attended by about 2100 persons. It rained almost continuously, and the ground was trodden into a quagmire. ; Very little .interest is being taken in the races, which commence to-morrow. “Pegasus” skys “ Horses are entered for so many races that it is impossible to say which they, will start for, so that one’s impression as to the results'must he formed to a great extent in the dark.” The twenty-four hours’ walking match for the championship of the colonies commeooed at ,the Garrison Hall this evening. A great

deal of iute i-st is felt iu the competition. Austin has laid out a track, twenty-two rounds of which make a mile. Aus'inhas been chosen judge. The Claud Hamilton, which arrived this morning, brought nine head of shorthorn cattle from the stud of Mr. S. Gardner, Hundooua Park, near Melbourne. An aocid nt occurred this afternoon on board the steamer Wauaka. While a sling of oats was being lowered into the hold the sling broke, and the bags fell on a man nam-d Johnston, one of the seamen, who was underneath the hold. The injuries are, however, believed not to be of a serious nature.

The proprietor of the Evening Tribune, in giving evidence in the Resident Magistiate'a Court to-day, stated that he was carrying on the paper at a loss, for political purposes. Done in, Friday. The Tipperary Company crushed over 800 ounces to-day from 550 tons of stone. Three small insolvencies were filed this week. Archibald Bell, master mariner, returns his liabilities at £2600 ; assets, nil. Tile Cromwell Company's four-weekly crushing was 515 ounces from 641 tons. It has been raining heavily ail the morning, which will seriously interfere with the show and to-morrow's races. Invercargill, Fri lay. The carnival in aid of the Hospital and Benevolent Institution was opened la-t night in Sioane's Theatre. Despite the dull times some £IBO was taken. The carnival will be continued to-day and to-morrow. A new reef was struck in Priutz’s claim, Loogwood, yesterday, and yielded some very rich stone. The find caused great excitement at Riverton. The weather has changed to wet, which will do much good. Christchurch, Friday. H. Birmingham was sentenced to two mouths’ hard labor for stealing a gold keeper ring, the property of Mrs. Elmsley. The fine of £IOO inflicted upon E. Williams, for smuggling tobacco, has been mitigated to £25 by the Government, in compliance with a petition forwarded through the Collector of Customs. Midnight. The Wesleyan District meeting was concluded this evening. The Diocesan Synod also closed its session to-day. TIM4.HU, Friday. The weather continues very unsettled, and rust (and smut have appeared amongst the crops. The contractors for the second section of the breakwater have commenced work.