MAIL ITEMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1669, 25 April 1884, Page 2

MAIL ITEMS.

(Per. a.s. Te Anau, at ; Auckland.) ■■:.:■■.■■:■■.'■■ SYDNEY, '•-.:■ , ; Apaillß. The traffic returns for Easter were vei'y ; large, especially ta/tbe tramways, The races were well attended, and the victory of Fayo, in, tho Cup race, was a grcat.'surprise, as he Is quite an outsidqr. ~ ... , i ''.;':. 'Great sympathy is expressed for M; White, in the ilosa of: his. fine horse Morpeth. The: accident occurred soon after the start; Both/; of Mr White's horses were'nearly last,'when Morpeth ; fell,,and. Martini-Henry, foil over him; Thellatter was uninjured^ ; So far the ring had all th§ Rain has not yet reached the country diatrictej where" it ,iai almost impossible to form' any conception of .the state of things. At least ninety per cent of the stook is dead, and : in;rj)bs't; ; of the districts'the : price of beer' is likely to reach,a shilling per pound. .In and

around Sydney, however, good rains have fallen. A fatal ptize fight'took; place at Randwick yesterday morning. A man named Agair was killed; in the ring by a colored man named:'Lawpon. The men were very unequally matched. In the Assembly thi); discussion on the Estimates still .'continues. Efforts are being mndo to effect a reduction, but to no purposei It is probable that the Government will propose a duty. on newspapers. ■"' At a sale of yearlings yesterday, very poor, prices were obtained." A brown colt, brother to First (Demon, brought 300.guineas; a;Ladyj Kingston colt went at 1120 guineas to the lion, J; Ayiiite,;. the blood horse Scamp brought 1550 guineas, and goes to the) Bynong Stud; a brown coltbyMuskot' from Pungawerewei'c, fetched 100 guineas. : Preparations are being made for tho' Bishop's enthronement next week. ' A number of Bishops will Jake part in; the ceremony.