SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 755, 19 April 1877, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

[Press Agency,]

Auckland, last night;. Mr Rees applied to-day for a writ of Habeas Corpus, to bring- up a youth named Duke, on the ground that a warrant of commitment was bad. Judge Gillies overruled the objections. In bankruptcy, discharges were granted m the cases of Hayward, John Thomson, and Williams. Application was made for winding up the Tairua G.M. Company, at the suit of the Bank of New Zealand, which lvsld a debt of £1135, and an order was made to amend the petition. Grahamstown, Tuesday. The road party started yesterday morning on the road between Te Puke and Paeroa, at Ohinemuri. They were stopped by main force, some of the Maoris being armed with double-barrelled guns. The County Conncil men and their workmen had to retire. Last night. Sales i Moanatairi, £8 \ Red Queen, 4s ; Alburnia, 25s to 26a ; Piako, 17s, 16s, 15s 6d, 11s; City City of London, 13s; Queen of Beauty, 225. Sellers : Moanatairi, £8 10s ; Alburnia, 265 ; Queen of the May, 26s j Piako, 16 3 Get 5 City of London, 14s; Queen of Beauty, 22s 6d ; New Morning Star, 6s ; Waitekauri, 19s j Perseverance, 2s. The Piako reef is looking well. A small quantity of golden stone was broken out to-day from the 20 feet face. The face is 8 feet wide. MOANATAIRI. The stopes have been taken down m the vicinity of the specimen run, which enabled 650 ounces of amalgam to be taken off the plates for three days. Sinking the winze continues. What stone has been shot down shows no gold. Tauranga, Tuesday Two haystacks, the property of Mr Chadwick, were burnt early las t night. The estimated loss is £500 including thressing machinery alongside one stack. It is suspected thatthe fire was caused by incendiarism. An inquest will be held to-day. At the inquest on Sergeant Mathias, a verdict of " Temporary m - Sanity " was returned. Nelson, Tuesday At the Supreme Court the Grand Jury made a presentment, recommending that; the present criminal jurisdiction of the District Court should be extended to all crimes except murder, treason, libels, and conspiracies. The Chief Justice expressed his entire concurrence. Messrs Sharp and Pickering report the sale of the Highland run, Amuri, to Wharton and Hayter, for .£63,000. The property includes 22,794 acres of freehold, and 50,628 of leasehold, with 40,000 sheep. CANTERBURY AUTUMN MEETING. Christciiurch, Tuesday. St. Leger's Stakes, of 100 soys,'

added to a sweepstake l ot 10 'so^S each. Leger course. FourteenT subscribers. Uedwood's Purrvi (tyford) '..♦V Logan's Deadheatt (Wattie) . >«.J"2' Champion Stakes, df 156 %ys,- for ' added fc<£if - stake of 15 soys each. Col^Ssb^' ' 'Six furlongs. Thirty subscribers. WeWs TriimpJJard (H Palferf 1 , Webb's Janglor (Mathews). .;. "2 Great Autamn Handicap, SOOsovs foe . three-year-olds and upward^ added to a'«weepsi»^e~of 'l^sovs'"' - each for acceptors. Distance :j TJ*. miles... „ i ■• Redwood's Bfi,feery; {Cliffbrdf itr*^ Delemain'a Panga,- (Rvwla^ds) ■* 2, Redwood's <*ay Fawkes (Layfor) -3^ A Hack race concluded tire 'pro-' ceedings. '■-'* [ last night.- J The Autumn Race Mefetrrig: is; continued, with dull M and '} \- cold ; weather, but a fair attendance^ . ,\ Handicap Steepleob[as|j r-r-f^ioo! ... soys ; sweepstake*' 10 sOvjs ; 3^ miles^ •-,'..■•:" . , *>. ..? ..-.. I > •-.., ■ ;■ .st-ibV I— Ring's Tommy ©odd ... 12 7« 2-r-Markey's Mousetrap ..* 11 3 -Watts' Don Juan ... loTitf A splefldidrace, woii bya^horjb neck. • ■■ •■' Dunedin, Tuesday^ * 1 The ' Star ' this evening character-' ises the ; violent attack Wf 'the''Guardian' on the Govejmor, ''^s* being a gross and ill-manneßeii attack on Her Majesty's 1 representative, and a disgrace to its columns.' ■ The City Council 'this aftevriooh,after considerable * discussion, - re- 1 solved, by six to four,- to vote 4 £25, towards the reception of his" -Excellency. •