LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1256, 23 January 1883, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Os» VKITKD AMOCUTIOKj. Th* SanUtoa klltna MwAu o*m. AUCKLAND, This D»y. The Hamilton murder cue was continued at the Supreme Court to day. Detective Strathern was examined. In the course of evidence it was sought to produce letters from Robert Neilson, Mrs Hamilton’s brother, to Priestley ; but the Judge ruled ■ them inadmissahle, as they were not pro* - duced at the Police Court, or notice of intention to prodrtoa them previously given.

HAVELOCK, This Day. ’I hos, Mayvr at Mountain Creek, was work* ing in a gravel pit when a fall of earth covered him. It is believed he is seriously injured. Another man named William Davlaa fell from the tin stringers of a bridge st Deen Creek, about 80 feet. He is still alive, Maher, injured by the fall of earth at the Mountain Camp Creak, died last night at JO o'clock. Wm. Davis, who was injured yaatarday by falling; through a bridge, died at throe o'clock tl iis morning, MANAIA, This Day. Harve sting operations are going on briskly through* »ut the district. The weather w favorabl e for grain, but not for grass oreps, to the former about Ha wars and Normanby are larger than ever before known. Mr John Scott Oaverhill, an old Canterbury settler, has about 1000 acres of wheat, oats, and linseed. The yield of wheat will probably average 30 to 40 bushels; oats, 40 to 60 throughout the district. If the weather continues dry graders will suffer severely, the long spell of drought being unprecedented on the coast. GREYMOUTH, This day. The coal export last weak was 1,800 tons. The long period of fine weather has st last broken. The following are the losses by fire a few days ago at Ahaura:—J. Russell, blacksmith, £3OO, partially insured in the New Zealand Company, and Jos. McLaughlan, £250, uninsured ; Wm. Banks, £l6O, Insured in New Zealand Co.,- Robert Paul, uninsured, £l5O. The fire originated in MoLaughlan’s cottage, and the origin is unknown. It io expecteu that an enquiry will be held. Th» PonlMula. aioction. DUNEDIN, This Day. The Peninsula election—Larnach, 667 ; Donnelly, 182 ; Moran, 138. Mr Proudfoot has been summoned for a nuisance in the shape of hie steam tramway motors. Mr B. M. Martin succeeds Mr Lubecki. as officer in charge of the Telegraph stat ion. The officers presented Mr Lubecki with a gold watch and chain. WELLINGTON, TMa < lay. Wellington regatta.—The strong N.E. wind of the forenoon fell to a dead oalrn in the afternoon, and in the evening a light S.E. wind blew, altering the probable results greatly. Coasters’ Race—Maid of Italy. J • Tana. 2; Clematis, 3. First-class Yachts—Thetia, 1. i BC a, 2: Xariffa, 3. Second class Yachts—Comma, 1 ; Red Jacket, 2 ; Pet, 3. Third clans Yachts—Murray, 11 Diamond, 2 j Isa, 3. The other events only local, ’ ( It is ann Aunced that J. Kitchen and Sens 1 of Wellington and McLeod, Brothen, o* Dunedin, aoap and candle mannfaetunn, have ama) gamated their concerns, and Bitend to farm a company to work the bueineea of both branches.