SPECIAL TELEGRAMS (Per Anglo-Australian Telegraph Agency.) Auckland, Wednesday.

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 439, 11 March 1875, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS (Per Anglo- Aus tralian Telegraph Agency.) Auckland, Wednesday.

Tom Kemp, the scenic artist, was buried th&r afternoon. Taere was a lar^e attendance of profe*: sional and private friends. Two charges against the Ciptain of the ship India, were heard to-day. The informations were laid by Pilot Bargess, ivho charged him with interference in the execution of his duty and with u ing abusive and threatening language. Defendant apologised and the charges withdrawn. The nomination for the Superintendency will take on the 24th. The prospectors' claim at Ohinimuri is yielding no gold. Large numbers are leaving. The diggers' are gum-diggiug at Waitakauri. The tests of stone continue unfavorable. Mackay has arrived in | Auckland, hia resignation causes great dissatU-; fac ion. Sergeant Nicholl has won the Cap with 72 points. The Volunteers of Canterbury are resigning because only second-hand rifles have been served out be Government. They say they are placed at a di«ldvantage in shooting against the North. The natives at Opunakehave agreed to refer their dispute to Tewhiti. An amicable settlement is expected. A young man named Porter is missing from Granamstown, he bel< nge I to the B ink of Australia, he went out in a ixob Rjy canoe, and has not baen seen sincp. The rush to Paula creek, Coromandel is promising.