SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 727, 13 February 1877, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Auckland last night. THE NATIVE MINISTER REVISITS WATKATO. ; The Native Minister has received an invitation from Rewi and some other lead ing kingites to meet them at Alexandra on Thursday next, when they will make known their ■views with reference to the questions raised by Dry Pollen at the late meeting with. Manuhiri and other • chiefs. ■ Joseph Ferres and Albert 'Carroll were committed for trial for breaking and entering an untenanted house owned- by Mr. Seccombe. • Ferries pleaded that he was led into it by drink and bad company. New Plymouth, Sunday. THE ELEVEN AT TARANAKI The Eleven arrived hero this

afternoon, after ,a - terribly rough passage from Wellington, they did not land at Nelson, the tide not serving. They will ( play to-morrow and Tuesday, commencing at eleven' o'clock, it is raining at present, but is not likely to continue. Wjelington, last night. WELLING rON RACES. second day. Wellington Cup Race i Guy Fawkes .... .... 1 Tambonrini *' ... ....] [2 ■.Hut Park Stakes. Falacy ... 1 Handicap Hurdle Race Whetuniarina ... ►•• : 1 Jockey Club Handicap. Guy .... ... ... 4 Flora ... .... ... 2 Veturina ... ... ~. 3

The first aitting .of the Armed J Constabulary Conference commenc-d ( to-day under Colonel Motile. The . < members are :: Superintendents Shearman, of Canterbury,; Meldon, ofOtago. Inspectors Luke, of Taranaki; -Aitchtson, of . Wellington .;<« ' .and -Brohani . and Thompson, of Auckland. .... '^Ntilp'td-Rj Saturday. I The Wa^pawa County Council I resolved to take the full powers granted by the Counties Act. 'WELLINGTON RACES. 'There wei*e .very heavy showers during the night, but the : strong S.E. breeze that was .blowing all the morning got the ground in fair 'Condition. The attendance at I_V3O was only moderate. The first: race was the Hurdle race, of 50sovs,i. two miles.; seven flights of hurdles. Six horses came to the scratch, and there was a capital raee, all jumping well until the fifth .hurdle, when, r .Blue Jacket fell. No injury was 1 sustained by the horse or lider. St ( Albany got a very long cstart, but, . coming np. the straight, Ternary Bod \ closed up the distance, both playing '•■ whips and spurs, but St Albans | managed to win by a bare, neck, and . coming home Whalebone threw hisj ? rider:, who seemed hurt. '■

Maden Plate, lOOsovs, one mile and a half. Four started : Lady of the Lake, Lady Mary,, Stirabout, and Sb Albans,; all others were: scratched., A good start was effeo--ted, Lady of the Lake getting away with the lead, which she improved to ten or twelve lengths, and was., never caught, winning as she liked. Stirabout cub the. others down, and made a desperate effect to catch Lady of the Lake/ and came in; second, Lady Mary third, Sb Albans f last. • Flying States Handicap, 50sovs, three-quarters of a mile. This was a capital race.; the :three' first; horses came in almost togethen, there not--being half a length between the three— Fallacy 1 ; Glengary 2 ; Guy Fawkes,, 3. There were six Lidy ■■•of the Lake, Morning Star, . and Snngstet;, where nowhere. It has been very showery for .the last hour.. The Wellington Derby of lOOsovs, added, to a sweepstakes of lOsovs eackj half, forfeit for acceptors, for three-year-olds. Colts; -B<jb 101b; fillies, Bst' 51b. Mile and a-half. This was a very hollow aff.iis. Only two horses came to the past — , Fallacy and Danebury, both owned Ray, they merely cantered over. Falacy taking first place, as,. it was understood that was ihe.; -arr,a^gement. There was no interest in the race, and little or no betting, the; result being very -generally anticipated. Provincial Plate. I2ssovs; mile and a-quarter. Five entries. Euclid ) took the lead., and kept it throughout, winning easily. Flora JVacdonald,'2; Tambourine, 3 ; Treason, 4. It was generally thought that. Treason would win. It was rather j. a fast .race. \

JLaet night. • The flood i« higher than it has . been for twenty years. Two boats went out on Saturday afternoon, ifrom the Spit along Tar a dale .road to Taradale. Several families removed,, from houses where they were ini danger of drowning. In one house the hasband and wife were standing up to their waists in water> the children clinging on to the bedsteads. A boat went into the doorway, but there was not room between the top of the door and the surface of the water to admit it, i without the people in the boat lying down in her- After removing some people to a place of safety,, the pilot-, boat with a load of other inen, women and children, was caught by, an eddy and swept about, but ultimately was -enabled to .fasten to a. tree, and there remained all night! in the rain. The houses in Taradale are much knocked about. A good many carcases of sheep are washed on to the Beach. Approaches to the bridge are carried away. On the railway-line bridges and embankments were many of "them washed away. The waters are subsiding slowly. The extent of 'the' damage is not fully ascertained yet, but it is supposed to be very great. Grahamstown, last night. The self-accused murderer Red Bill was discharged for want of evidence. ©unbdin, 'last night. The Council Convention resolved not to send a deputation to England, but to forward a petition. It regretted the illness of Sir George Grey., and hoped he would be restored to health to do battle in the interests of the colony against the evils of Centralism. . The Oonven,

tioh is to be continued in existence t to match, the progress of Centralism., c . Chkistchurch, Saturday, i The weather is again very wet. j Tbe following are the nominations | 'or the Autu in Handicap.: Shad- , bolt's Eclat, s<-s; Griffith's Corruption, 3ys ;X2 Knock's Mangale ,; ' Meßae's Tekou, 4yrs; Ash ton's Black Eagle; iJelamain'sTeaipleton, Pangawerewere, Elfin King, Titania,; Powdell's Queen of the Vale; Watt's Ariel- O'Brien's Pishook ; Goodman's Tadmor.; Walters's Kingfisher.; Ixaak Walton, Hippocampus.; Studholme's Blue Peter,. Valencia, Mischief.; Fallacy; Maney's Matitaua; llungerford's Ja^^r ; Markey and Randley's Chief ; Redwood's ' Guy Eawkes, Korari, Puciri, Bribery, Marioro, Stirabout^ Songster.; Wand's Larna, 4yrs.; JVJurphy.'s Amanda^ 1 Walker's Tamboarini ; Raye's Danebury^ Middleton ,; Gregg's Tatler ,; Logan's Gloth of Gold, Dead Heat, King Philop. DuKedijh, Saturday. In consequence of the late .fail of rain, the cricketing ground wfil not be sfit for prctice for some days. ■ The Devehport Brothers are announced to appear at the Princess Thfeatreon March §th. „ Two thousand sheep > have been drowned on the Henly Estate, on the Taieri Plains.. A large number of cattle and sheep were .carried down the river.