SPECIAL TELEGRAMS TO THE "WAIKATO TIMES." (From the Anglo-Australian Telegraph Agency.)

Waikato Times, 10 January 1874, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS TO THE "WAIKATO TIMES." (From the Anglo-Australian Telegraph Agency.)

AucUtml, 1' i lilnj night. The fitting of the Supreme Court w.v* occupied tlio whole of the day on the specimen stealing ense against l£aw kins and Sly. The first j\irj, being uimblw to agree, were locked iij) ull night, and a second bmu<; empanmflled,- gu\»ra teidu.l ot not guilty. A second charge ugaiwst the same prisoners will be heard on Monday. Mr fciauuders reports :— Bujers— Bank of Kew ZoaUnd, £1G los ; Kational Bank, 5-ls ; South British, -46s ; Son* ol Freedom, 27s ; Ureka Hill, 6i (id ; National Insurance 2l»; Ciledoniuus, 245.

Dunedm, Friday night. Tlio Club give a ball to the governor to-mght. There ore :i5O invitations. At u meeting of the Citj Council, last night, a motionw rs brought forward to ha\e copies ot a general plan of tho new Town Hall forwarded to Auckland, (Jhrietchurch, and Wellington, and to call for tenders for designs in those cities. An enquiry into the wreck of the Surat has commenced before Mr Strode, K.M., Janiei Fulton, H.M., (Japt. Thompson, and nautical asseisors. Mr|llaggit conducted the caao on behalf of the Customs. Mr Stout appeared for Captain Johnston. The captain's and first and second mates' certificates were handed into Court. The captain was the first witness examined as to the value of ship and cargo. He stated that the iron of the ship wa» worth £15,000,^ and that when she struck the weather was very hazy. There were five bumps during the first hour; she then made no water. At &in the uiornrng she was making water rapidly ; he attributed the loss of the vessel to an error in judgment. A steamer passed between the vessel and the land at 2 ; ho hoisted an ensign, Union down ; he did not fire a gun, as he was not asked to do so. The ship wa* anchored in 7 fathoms of water and hoisted out five boats and landed 10U passengers ; they then beached her. The captain left the vessel on the Ist January, leaving the mate and two seamen aboard. The mate, Abraham Porstan, was drunk whon the vessel came to aa anchor ; thn was the first time he had seen him drunk during the voyage. The witness had drunk something after the vessel atruck, he declined to say how much. Ho had a pistol in his pocket, and threatened to shoot any person who attempted to lw>Ut a signal without orders. He did not see the mate use a revolver. The enquiry will probably laat a week.

Wellington, Friday. Markets.— Flour, £12 10s to £13 ; wheat, 4s 6d 5 oat*. 4i 9d ; maize, Is 6d ; bran, Is 3d ; barley, 5s to la 6d ; chaff, Gi dd ; oatmeal, 25s j potatoei, (old), '£2 10s ; pollard, 61 Gd ; cheese, 7£d ; eggf, la 6d > butter, Bd.

Nelson, Friday. Tho races hare been postponed till end of April. The programme is to be enlarged. The principal event will be the handicap of £150.

Hokitika, Friday. The following official declaration of the poll for the Suponntcndency h»» been uvade to-day. Bonar, 534; Kennedy, 374; White, 223 ; Hood, 50.

A*«pi«r, Friday. The following have been duly qualified as representatives at the forthcoming Colonial Prize firing : Buller, t>s ; Gibbui, Glj Chambers, 64 ; DransHeW, 6H.

Cbristelmrcb, Friday. A meeting of the Central Boating Club was held lait night; it v\as resolved that all champion races should in future be rowed with or withont coxdwuins. The prizes have not yet been fixed, but they will bo liberal. The Canterbury boats will probably be entered for the big event. Grain market unsettled. Huyera liave oftered 4s for new wheat ; 2a 3d to 2s 6d for oats. Very little offering. Cheese, 5d to 6d ; butter, 6fcd to 7d ; hums aud bacon, &4d i. o. b.