SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 707, 28 December 1876, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Auckland last night. A man named Walker believed to be formerly ot Auckland had been drinking heavily and attempted muidenng a girl throe years old by his wifes former husband, lie threw the child down cluira and broke itt Jeg and collar bone.

TUE AUCKLAND RACES. HANDICAP HUBDLEBACH Maymocn 1 The Don 2 Gladstone -3

DBilB? 6TAKKO. lh s wu venually a wullt over for Di.nebury. Tae only other horse vrhioh went lo the post Has Middk<toa ard tbut was pulled up shortly alter the start. Danebury's rider was hitjsed.

IUILWAY STAthfl. FalUcy ■ 1 Jiuac Walton 2 GuinaboroUkjli 3

BICINO CLUB HANDICAP. Perfume won by nearly her length amidst vooiierom cheering' Danebury second ; and Isaac Walton third by half a length.

SELLING RACg. Tommy Dodd 1 Skylark 2 Ituac Walton 3 Ibis raoe vrai won 1 by half a length. The winner vat bought in for £201.

INTER-PKOVINCIAL PIGKON MATCH. FIBISO OF* FOR THB CCP. The Pigeon Shooting Handicap resulted to-day as follow : Bishop 1(3 ; Middle»ou 16 ; 8 Momn 15: K. Hill 15 ; Jus Ku3sellls; And«r§on 14; V A Wbitaker 14 ; lsnaos 13 ; Cox 12 ; Hammond 12 ; Bucklund 11 ; Wynyard '9 ; Leonard 9 ; Trutt 9 ; Gwynue 8 ; Lung 8 ; Stlksrs, Hay, Aitkm, Edwards, (dodkin and Clark retired. In the last round Middleton vu a tio with Buhop, and had a shot to go. It looked a certainty for the former, but he missed, and in the shooting off bird for bird, did the same thing, while Bishop dropped his bird. Ihe winner takes the £60 trophy won by Auckland in the Intei* provincial Match.

<TaukaNOA, Mondny. DEATH OF AN OLD MISSIONARY. The llev. Tbomai Ch»pinan, the oldest miiklonary m tbe colony, dioa l»it week at ilotorua.

Nelson, Monday. FATAL ACCIDENT. A f atal accident occurred on Friday to Mr Mftrtdeu, an old Bottler in the Waimea dutnui. Ho vu driving to town, , whoa hm horn took fright at a pining

train *uA bolted. Mr M*rsden was thrown ont, but did not .tpietr to be hurt. He helped t> unhirne«« the home, and led it to an Rdji'iiing *-tnble, but a fdw minutes later h«i fell dead.

Wr.LMNGTON, Monday. A "New Zealand Gazotto notifies that the Hon. E. Richanis'.n has been appointed Minister of Public Work", for the purpofio of the Public Works Act, 1876.

TiMARtr, Monday. • CHARGE 0* RAPE. A thai go of rape has been brought againnt a man at (ieraidire, holding ■& respectable business position. Ie ha-* caused, great excitement in the village. The particulars are not yec made pub 10. At the breaking up of the Tiuia^u Public School, over a thousand persons attended at the distribution of prizes. Tb.3 school now comprises nearly nine hundred pupils, and is making great progress.

Uunbdin, Monday. The Otago County Councils will meet on January -4th. The Wairau riding, in Southland, is the only riding mOtago for which no candidate came forward. Theitotal amount subscribed in Otago for the Bulgarian Belief Fund is £200.