COLONIAL ITEMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 233, 23 December 1874, Page 2

COLONIAL ITEMS.

AUCKLAND. December 16. Mr. Prime has been elected Mayor without opposition. Thompson, Quick’s manager, who was captured while levanting, was charged to-day with embezzling various sums amounting to £BO, and was remanded. • Miss May Howard has obtained intelligence of £2OOO worth of jewellery that was at first supposed to have been stolen on board the Hero, being left in the bedroom of an hotel in Sydney during the hurry of packing, and not discovered till after the steamer had left. At a meeting of the trustees in J. C. Morrin’s estate, Morrin’s tender of £8350 for the w'hole was accepted. December 17. Cecilia Allen, charged with arson, attempted to break out of goal. She got a hammer, and picked away at the wall of the.cell until a large portion was knocked down, when she was discovered. GRAHAMSTOWN. December 15. At the firing for district representatives, the following scores were made by men who have qualified:—Clarke, 97 ; Gordon, 94; Campbell, 93 ; Hoskins, 89 ; M’Lean, 88.; Sykes, 88 ; Armstrong. 87 ; Grant, 87 ; M’Leod, 87 ; Murray, 87 ; Brown, 86; M'Key, 86 ; Dey, 84. WELLINGTON. December 17. Mr. Moorehouse beat Mr. Bransfield in the mayoralty contest, and was elected by a majority of five hundred.

BLUFF. December 17. Arrived—Alexandrina barque, from the Auckland Islands. In connection with the German transit of Venus expedition party, Captain Beekone, of the scientific party, who arrived with the vessel, reports that they did not observe the sun till ten minutes after ingress had taken place. It was then beautifully fine throughout. They succeeded in taking 150 photographs. The vessel merely called at the Bluff for the purpose of comparing chronometers with the American party, after which she again proceeds to the Islands, and remains there two mouths taking further observations. x CHRISTCHURCH. , December 15. A long letter appears in the Lyttelton Times, from the Hon. Henry Sewell, on the subject of the abolition of the provinces. He contends it would be safer for the Middle Island to support a proposal for the abolition of all the provinces, which the Government would have to accept, and the anomalous and very dangerous condition of endeavouring to lie under a divided constitution would be obviated. DUNEDIN. December 15> Three companies of Volunteers have yet to fire for choice of representatives. The following have qualified so far Mackenzie. 91: Marshall, 9:1; Wilson, 91; M'Laren, 90; Goldie, 88; Richardson, 86; Nightingale, 85. Todd. lite second mate of the Onecn. was discharged from gaol under an order from Jifdge Chapman. The Palmerston Jockey Club has upheld the decision of the Dunedin Club by disqualifying Mabel. The Star is informed that Sullivan, of Maungatapu notoriety, was met lately in Sydney and Melbourne. He is supposed to have reached the colonies by a recent ship.