TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 336, 7 March 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

(From the Dunedin Dailies. ) Wellington, March 3rd,

The Mongol Commission rose to-day, after deciding not to sit again until the arrival of the imigrants who were en route by the Phoebe and now detained at Lyttelton. It is said that the evidence taken lately has not been of the most satisfactory kind as to the supervision or want of it on the voyage. Air. M'Kellar, the newly-appointed Provincial Auditor, having refused to certify to any warrant for the payment of money from the Provincial Treasury, the matters in dispute between the ..General and Provincial Government are to be relegated to the Supreme Court. The Mongol enquiry is not concluded. She is detained till to morrow. ( March 4th. The (lAjeiiner to His Excellency Governor Weld was a success. The Superintendent proposed his health in a long speech. Governor Weld, in rrespunßor respunßo spoke of New. Zealand being his and his children's home. He said he made his first speech here as a young man, and he held the same views still, tie remarked that his heart was ever with New Zealand, where he had beea a pioneerssttler and politician. He said that Western Australia was in a state of coma Sir James and J/ady Fergusson were present. The Superintendent was in the chair, and about 100 guests were present, including ladies. Auckland, March 3rd. , The ship Qneen of the Age arrived last evening, with 165 Government immigrants on board. Frederick Holmes, a seaman, was lost overboard. W. Penny, aged 44, died of dysentery. There were no other cases of sickness. Seven of the crew have been arrested for broaching cargo. March 4th. The barque Aniza arrived in harbor last evening in tow of the steamer Golden Crown. The Union Beach claim at Coromandel came across a leader of almost solid gold to-day. Alexandra, March 4th. Great number of Natives are coming in with cattle and produce for the Awamati Show to be held to-morrow. Among the number is Te Kooti's wife, with native hats for exhibition. Napieb, March 3rd. A large number of entries were received last night for the races: The meeting promises to be a very succe' sful one. 1 ! Nelson, March 3rd. j The' entries for the Nelson Jockey Club | Handicap, to be run for April 29, are closed. They ' are— Mr. Walter's Yatterina, Mr. Watt's Calumny and Parawhenua, Mr Campj bell's Castaway and Avsucena filly, Mr. Redwood's Kakapo and Dead Shot. There are five entries for the Steeplechase. One ton of picked stone from the Q-olden Ridge claim, Amatoi, Collingwood district, yielded 41 ounces of gold. The' stone had to be carried on men's backs 35 miles. Christchubch, March 3rd. At a meeting of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College yesterday afternoon, it was resolved — "That* it is desirable to apply for affiliation to the University of New Zealand, but that as a preliminary to such affiliation, communication be opened with the governing body of the University of Qtago, with a . view of ascertaining if the University of Otago and the Canterbury College can arrange to take- common action in applying for affiliation." The Lyttelton Board of Health, ordered the Phoebe's steerage passengers and immigrants into quarantine, allowing the saloon passengers to land. The vessel is not to come to the wharf, and the cargo is to be lightered. No particulars are made public. A strike amongst the lumpers has caused all but a cessation of business on the wharves. The lumpers demand 14s a day or Is 6d per hour. The wood dumpers held a meeting to-day. They resume work to-morrow at 12s for a day of 9 hours. March 4th. The following are the nominations for the Handicap :— Mr. Webb's Revoke colt, Mr. Watt's Lurine, Calumny, and Parawhenua, Mr. Mallock's Gossip. For the Handicap Hurdle Bace— Mrr Dixon's Kate Kearney Mr. Lunn's Alice Gray, Mr. Mallock's Scandal. The Great Autumn HandicapMr, Webb's, Revoke .colt, Mr. Delamaine's Templeton, Mr. Campbell's Castaway and filly by Traducer, dam Azucena, Mr WaiIf er's,l)efamer, Mr, Watt's Larline, Calumny and Kakapo, and Mr. Mallock's Gossip A four-oar crew has been selected to go to Kaiapoi at the Interprovincial Regatta but no crew yet selected to represent Christchurch. It is not probable that Canterbury will contribute more than two four-oar crews