TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 341, 25 March 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

(From the Dunedin Dailies. ) Wellington, March 20. The markets are not well stocked in produce. All kinds of grain are rising. Oats, still very scarce, from 5s 34 to 5s 6d ; wheat, 4s 9d to 5s 3d; maize, Very little in the market, 5a 5d to 7s ; bran, 14 to s Id ; cheese, 6£d to 7£d, and scarce ; butter, Is, also scarce and rising. Auckland, March 20. Mr. Alexander Saunders reports :—Alburnia, 5s 9d ; City of London, £1 2s ; Sons of Freedom, £5 ; Beach. £1 6s. Buyers : National Insurance, £1 10s j Bright Smile, £5 ss : Old Whau £6 10. March 21. A new missionary auxiliary screw steamer was launched this morning. Lady Martin named the vessel the Southern Cross. Bishop Cowie assisted at the ceremony, and a large number of clergy were present. Judgment was given this morning in the Auazi enquiry. The Court found the ship was stranded through the negligence of Captain Hohnan while under the influence of liquor, and also censured the first and second mates. The Act stipulates that the ship must be seriously damaged to justify tbe suspending or cancelling of certificates, and as no serious damage was done, the Court declined to do either. It recommends that the Pilot Station be at Tiritiri. The s.s. Hero arrived here to-day. She left Sydney March 14th, and "Brings later English and Australian news. Kaiapoi, March 20. Both the Wellington boats are first favourites riov the Interprovincial Champion Race. The Eclipse, a Wellington in-rigged boat, is the favourite for the £50 race. All crews are training hard. Invercarcull, March 20. The brigantine Kate Brain, 118 tons, belonging to Auckland, when leaving Mokomoko jetty with a cargo of sleepers for Lyttleton on Thursday last, got into an eddy, which caught her stern, turned her right round, and ;.carried her on to a rock, where she now hangs by .the middle in a dangerous position. A pilot was on board at the time. A survey j will be held to-morrow. The vessel was insured for £2000, and the sleepers for £560, both policies in the New Zealand Insurance Company. The framework of a large goods shed, 200 feet long, is in course of erection. The Railway Station was blown down this morning during a westerly gale. Oamartj, March 20. The sale of Dr. Webster's Romney Marsh sheep was held on the Show Ground to-day, by Messrs. Driver, Stewart, and Co. The sale was a most successful one, the attendance large, and the bidding spirited. Messrs. Tolmie, Welkin, Gallagher, and others, were purchasers. The top price of rams was £125, and of ewes £50 ; the average price being good. Messrs. Fleming and Hedley sold the cull of Lincoln and Leicester ewes at £7 7s each. At the District Court, before His Honor Judge Ward, Thomas Hunt was charged with perjury. Mr. Stout appeared for the defence, and Mr. T. W. Hislop as Crown Prosecutor. The Jury, after retiring a few minutes, returned a verdict of "Not Guilty." The accused, on his discharge, was warmly congratulated. The Court was crowded the whole day. Weather fine. Nasbbt, March 20. A young man named Jones was, to-day, charged with selling a horse belonging to Thomas Logan, of Cromwell, to one Laverty, of Hyde. The examination continued all day, and the accused was remanded to Monday morning at the request of the police. Cromwell, March 19. The Cromwell Company have finished a parcel of 54 tons, giving 400oz. of retorted gold, Chbistchttbch, March 20. The nomination for the Superintendency election takes, place on Monday week. The present Superintendent, Mr. Rolleston, is likely to have a walk-over. A general holiday is to be proclaimed for the Inter-provincial Hegatta. The banquet to the visiting crews will be held on Monday, March 30th, the Superintendent in the chair. Napier, March 21. Instructions have been given to cut up the confiscated block at Patitaki, Poverty Bay. It is to be sold by public auction in sections — those on the flats to comprise 40 acres, and on the Mils 500 and 1000 acres. The toto4 average is about 60,000 acres. A township will be laid out. New Pltmouth, March 21. The Provincial Council has passed a Bill making a stranger on opening a shop for the sale of goods in the Province, pay a license of £10. A Lottery Bill has been passed for the suppression of private and public raffling. Hokitika, March 21. At the Supreme Court, the case Regina v. Levy, a prisoner in gaol, for attempting to murder an overseer, named Fergusson, broke down, owing to a flaw in the indictment. Littleton, March 21. The New Zealand Shipping Co.'s ship City of Glasgow has arrived, 73 days out, ftom London, with ' 213 statute adults, Eight deaths occurred during the voyage amongst the • infants, from scarlatina and measels. There were two births on the trip, The im-

migrants were landed at the Quarantine Station as a precautionary measure.