SPECIAL TELEGRAMS (Per Anglo-Australian Telegraph Agency.) Auckland, Friday. (From the Daily Southern Cross.)

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 422, 30 January 1875, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

(Per Anglo-Australian Telegraph Agency.) Auckland, Friday.

(From the Daily Southern Cross.)

The weather has been miserably wet for the Rogatba. All the rowing races have bsen postponed till to-morrow ait-)rnoon. Blowing hard from tlie N.W. In the firat race for ¥arge trading vessels the Peerless went round alone, the Clematis and Gem only started to make a race Sailing Boats under 6 tons— Mystery, 1 ; Bismarck, 2. Trading Vessels under 25 "tons — Unline, 1 ; Petrel, 2 ; Heather Bell, 3. Yacht Race 9 tons and upwards— This was a magnificent race between Secret and : Daphne j the former passed the flagship only 15secs before her opponent after a2O miles coarse. The Spray mistook the course, came in first and claimed the race. Protest remains to be decided. Open Sailing Boats — Miranda, 1 ; Pembroke, 2 ; both Maori boats. Trading Cutterss 2fr ifons and upwards, Magic find Sovereign of the Sers started, the race not finished, Sovereign leading when last seen. It is understood on good authority that Sir GArney does not intend to resign the Chief Ju-stue ship for .another tw«lv^ months, 1 * his reason "for bo doing is said to be that he considers that the year's absence he enjoyed sowe years ago should not count as a year's service though no objection was raised to its so doing.

Tauranga, Thursday. ' The natives are diligently attending to the reaping of their^ crops, Yesterday, the Rev. Mr Bur- j rows was compelled to apologise to Captain Foster, and to re-erect the fence round the Government paddock. Under-Secrctary Clarke left here this raoming for Maketu, to interview the restless Arawa spirits, who dispute the- land boundaries. A grand demonstration of Maoris will be made on Siftiday in the new Temperance Hall, which has been erected for the purposes of advocating the principles of temperance.

• Napier, Thursday^ One of the immigrants per Clarence, has died, of typhiod fever, and .there is a good deal of illness generally amongst the children of the province.

New Plymouth, Thursday. Attempts at incendiarism are rife, and an attempt to 4ire the Roman Catholic priest's house was happily frustrated before any material damage was done. A firebrick ljnjng for the blast furnace at the Steel Works, has been commenced. The furnace will be ready iij. three months.

Wellington, Thursday. Ifcailway workshops on an extensive scale, are said to be^n contemplation on the Wellington and Masterton railway. The immigrant ship Humboldt, managed to get into harbour this afternoon, after being blown from the Heads on Monday. The immigrants are all well.

3£ Ohristchurch. Thursday, The directors in their report of the New Zealand Shipping Company, with the balance-sheet, embracing the operations of the Company from its formation in November 1872, express regret that there is a net loss of 0£H,360. They attribute their loss to the policy of lowering the freights from London to the colony, and from the colony to London, to unremunerative rates, a practice adopted by firms engaged in the New Zealand shipping tr^e when, the eorupany commenced to rim } but since all the companies now charge uniform and remunerative rates, shareholders could safely look forward to a dividend payment in future. No calls on the capital will bo made during the next six months, but circumstances may make it needful to call 50s per share between July and December, The fleet is in an efficient state. The nominations for the principal handicap at the next Canterbury races, will be made about the Ist of February. The,,, new oats are 3s 6d to 3s 9d. Of wheat, there i» hone of the new crop in the market yet, Bran is 6s. Sharps .£6 10s. Flonr £12 10s to £13. Millers stocks are down. The New Zealand Shipping Company's meeting was largely and influentially attended. Mr Reeves the chairman, made a statement, showing that the company was in a more hopeful position than it had evei been. It is the intention of the directors to add four or five new vessels to their fleet of ships. The adoption of the report and accounts was moved by the Chairman, and seconded by Mr Prosser, of Dunedin, and carried. The retiring directors were re-elected. The utmost unanimity characterised the whole proceedings. At the meeting of directors, held after the annual meeting, Mr Carter was elected chairman, and Mr Murray Aynsley, of Miles and Co. deputy chairman. The Infcerprovincial cricket match between Dtago and Canterbury is going on. The odds are slightly in favour of Canterbury.

Lyttelton, Thuisday. The New Zealand Shipping Company's chartered ship the Merope, sailed to-day with 4,056 bales aud 101 packages of wool, valued at £93,000. There are also 33 passengers.

Jta*, Dunedin, Thursday. The accepsSSB&Bf Ngaro for the Dunedin Cup, was received per s,g» Phoebe. . At the. Arapanni Eaces only two entries were made for the Maiden Plate, Sonnainbula and Sultan, the former cantered round. Sultan not coming to the post. Three out of twelve entered started for the Tapanui Handicap of 60 soys. Eigbt Bower, 1 ; Traitor, 2 ; Stackpole, 3.