SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1806, 6 May 1874, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

(Per Anglo-Australian Press Telegraph Agency.)

Auckland. Tuesday.

The half-yearly meeting of the Otago .' Q.M. _ Company was held to-day. The ■ report and balance-sheet were adopted, and showed the expenditure to be £686. The directors regretted the necessity to make a call, but trusted that before that was expended, payablo stone would be in hand. Mr Wright's report expressed' a hope that gold would be struck in five or six weeks.-C. A. Harris, jun., has sworn three informations charging J. S. Macfarlane with inoiting to'murder. The oharges will be heard on Friday.—ln the Provincial Council to-day, the Government stated that application had been made by the police for increased pay, and it wag deemed reasonable. The Government did not intend to introduce a measure to alter the constitution of the Harbour Board. The other business was unimportant.—Sharemarket : -Sales: Que en of the Thames, 6s; Italians, 2s; Albumin (new issue),'46s; Caledonian, £10 ss; Bright Smile, £5; Old Whau, £4 15s; Cure, 10s; Exc'iange, 16s. Buyers: City of ; tork,',3s 6i; Otago, 13s; Old Whau, £4 2s 6d; Thames, 655; Eubyi 7s 6d; Lincoln Castle, 4s; Bed Queen, ls9d; Crown Prince, 17s; Alburnia (paid-up),4ss. \ ,' :

The insurances on the buildings destroyed are:—New Zealand Insurance j Company: Daffey and Hopkin's stock, L£2oo; Bedfern's stock,£loo; Francis's istock, £300; total, £600. - Koyal Insurance Company: Daffey, £400; Hopicihs,£2oo; French, £700; : McMaster's *stock, £1,000; total, £2,300. South British Insurance Company-: French's stock, £200; Monaster's buildings, ,:£450; total, £650. Tictoria ,'lnsurance Company : Franois's buildings, £300; Dalton, £200 ; < Easdowu's 'stock, £300; total,. £800. Norwich Union. Insurance Company : Brook's stock, £250; Woodward's stock, £125-total, £375. National Insurance. Company, Monaster's, £5.00 Liverpool, London, and Globe,. Giles' stock,, £250; Costley's buildings, £400— total, £650. Scottish Commercial Insurance Company, Alley's stock, £100; Imperial Insurance Company, Pacific-Hotel, £500. "'

The Waikato lands sold by the Government to-day realised enormously enhanced values. 1^

A deputation waited upon the Superintendent on behalf of l the mines on the Waio-ITaraka Flat requesting a.grant of £25,000 to prospect td'e district. They offered plant as security, and also expressed their willingness to submit to a small tax on gold, but objected to asaessing dividends. The Superintendent asked the deputation, to put their request in writing, which they promised to do, and then withdrew.

: (FBOM OTTB OWN CO3HESPONDENTS.) Cohomandei, Tuesday. The Union Beach have llSHbs of specimlns for the fortnight, and 431bs of splendid specimens were added to this to-day from the No. 2 western stope seawards, gold is showing in'the face.—Phe City of Auckland got a small parcel of specimens to-day.-Mr Christie met with an accident to-day. The Lucky Hit boiler, whichhe is removing to the Plutus, struck him on the shoulder while it was being lowered down to the battery site. The accident was nearly proving fatal, Taubangv Tuesday. • An inebriated European j engaged' in cooking food at Oninemutu, Botorua, fell into a bailing spring, and was seriously scalded. He presents a sad spectacle. An orderly : was despatched yesterday for medicines.-The Bev. Mr'.MacNichol preached hereon Sunday.—The'Southern Cross,' steamer, has left for the coast. Warden Fraser is a passenger. ,by her.— The sis.'! Murray' took the ground at ebb tide inside the harbour. Her mails and passengers have beed landed.