SPECIAL TELEGRAMS TO THE "WAIKATO TIMES."

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 255, 30 December 1873, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS TO THE "WAIKATO TIMES."

(JW'ii oti'r Special Correspondent.) Cambridge, Monday, Oh SAturday Judge Eogan opened the Court. Hore te Whettiki acted as assessor,- Mr Edwin Wbbn ai clerk, and Mr ]£dwardes a* interpreter. Mr Mackay watched the cases on behalf of the Crown. On the Mangawhefo claim being called, Mr Mackay stated that the land claitited was in dispute, and asked that the. case sh6uld"be dismissed ; his application was' agreed to" ; Motukoreawai dismissed ; Mangawnia woa adjourned ; Arata was dismissed ; Waimamu, on account of there being no'nurVey was also dismissed ; J'e Pao to Kohero Was dismissed ; Wharepapa Vas dismissed, there being no plans ; Ofcnutanga, Mf Mackay said this block was in dispute and bad the application dismissed. d?be above cases were disposed of on Saturday. To day the following cases came before the"Court . — Tauhoro, for this blpck a certificate was ordered for part of the land, shewn on the plan produced, in favor of Wini Kerei and others. The casa of the Tatua o Haua block occupied the Court neaily all day ; no arrangement had been come to up to the time of the Court adjourning. A large number of natives were present ■svho were moderately orderly. Kerehama, for; insolence to the Court, was ejected. Mr Matkay rendered great assistance in the matter of excessive ckiirns ; he was also the means of quelling native disturbances that arose principally from excessive drinking.

(From the Anglo-Australian Telegraph Agency.) Grahamstown, Monday. _ Thames Regatta.— The yacht raw : Fleetwing, 1 ; Energy, 2. — The Thames Rowing Club gig bent, the Auckland boat. Auckland, Monday. The Hindostan has arrived from London with 100 Government immigrants. The Superintendent inspected the j now arrivals ana expressed the opinion that they ai'e of a suiljibld clas"s. — The Naworth has arrived from Liverpool with a carg6 of iron for Messrs Morrin, but no passengers. Wellington, Monday. i The Duke of Edinburgh arrived in harbour yesterday. There were ten slight cases of scarletina oft board ;"sbe has been placed in quarantine. The! pilot was allowed to land. She has brought 211 immigrants ; her -detention will only be bt short duration — The Patterson has just sailed' crowded with" peopl6 to attenfl the. Wangnnu'i races. There arc 32 entries for the ltegatta, 27 of which arc of rowing boats. 4f Nelson, Monday. Charles Lewis wall accidentally tilled by Michael Campion Wbth a fork w hilst making hay. Deceased exonerated Campion from blame. An inquest was held and the jury retarftecF 1 * verdic? 6f manslaughter. ■Port Chalmers, Monday. Arrived — The French ship Vire, from Campbell Islarid, having surveyed that island and raised platform for the instruments to observe the transit of Venus. — The City of Dunedin, from Glasgow, with 100 immigranos, all well. — A' ship is 1 off the heads, supposed to bo the Warrior Queen, i from London. . "* Dunedin, Monday. The morning papers publish some interesting particulars concerniug the Cahfbrnian Mail Service, evidently lurmsbed by the hon. Mr Vogel. — Mr Hall has connected himself with Mr S. Forbes, the senior partner in a wealthy China houjo (jftussell and Co) ; also with De Dusche, part owner of Tartar and Mongol, a man' of great wealth and high reputation, la'rgcly connected with steam shipping between England and China ; othors are also concerned. They have contracted for the building of two' new boats oh the Clyde and two at Sunderland. They are to be guaranteed to steam f2 knots, and to average 3,000 tons. — The Tartar is to leave Sydney in January, and the Crythenes is to leavo Auckland in time to reach JLamlaTu hy February 21st, connecting with Nuahado. — Hall wanted 24 hours at' Auckland, 12 was considered sufficient. Tlio matter is not yet settled. Stoppage 'at Napier, 5 hours; Wellington, 12; Lyttelton, 12. Auckland is to be ttie coaling jlort for New Zealand. It is considered that the service will be superior to anything in the Australian colonies. — Mr Thomas Kusscll has been ill and is ordered to the continent — Commercial : Sugar, yellow crystals, £35 ; white . crystalt, £38 10s, Flour: very dull at* £11 15s ; for 2001b sacks, £12 ss. Oats : dull at Vs. Wheat : little doing Prime samples, 5s. — The machinery for the New Zealand Fibre Company has arrived in the City of Dunedin. A number of Chinaman pi escntod an addrdss to the Governor this morning