SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 769, 19 May 1877, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

' [Presß Agency,] _; _- AucklAn±>, last niffhfc. " • The Warrant Las arrived for the execution of TePati. The scaffold -is ah-eady erected. ' '■'■'■ ' :, I. , . A' 'foolish rumour obtained currency , that . lie ; had; murdered his, , k»epei\ It was tracecl to'jjie fact that" one of the men appointed to watch: him had died after-* short illness." ' A good deal "of speculation took place in [u Moanatairis to-day, paused by a. report ; that .the directors intended'to drive from,- the winze. The Manager contradipted f this, but sjeiid. it would bo considered' at' the Directors Meeting. : Shares, , jif fcer selling, at eleven pounds, .closed with buyers at 10 guineas. A hundred and fifty" pounds" of specimens are reported to-day. •' The -sale of. the Grandstand and booths was made by the Racing Olub to-^day. The Grand-stand' was bought for £40, by Keane. The booths sold for £20 .103 each, to 7 Adams. 1 ' • ■ ••*■•- •" ; : .».■.- .'■■ 1 - Gkahamsto.tjn,. last night Sales : Moahataiarij »,9 103 to £LL-, Caledonian,^ £4 >losy. £5 6s, lOure, 103 6d j Alburnia, 62s 6d ; Plako, 10s 6d, 103 ; Queen of Beauty, 25s 6d. -.-"■- MOANATAIAEI. ; , 4001b of capital specimens; were obtained from the middle stope of No 9 reef. The stone is well charged with minerals throughout, and gold is showing in the roof. It. is a band of golden ore about 30ft' west of the late find. They start specimen crushing to-morrow. Sale3 were effected at £12 10a. .. ; Caledonian : From the No 2 i?eef in the Otago new level 280ft from surface a small portion was blasted off, and gold was visible in nearly all the stone. The reef is large, but to what extent cannot be told yet. Wellington, Thursday. A meeting of the creditors of Mr O'Shea was held this 'afternoon.. The liabilities are £29,000 ; expected deficiency, .£IB,OOO ; probable dividend, 4s 6d. The accounts show a profit in 1875 of £1,100, and a loss in 1876 of £7,000. ; . Last night. A ' Gazette ' announces the following schedule of pay and travelling allowances of Armed Constabulary : —Sergeant-Major, 10s; Sergeant, Ist class, 9s 6d ; 2nd class, 9s ; 3rd class, 8s 6d. Constables, Ist class, 8s ; 2nd class, 7s 6d ; , 3rd class, 7s Detectives, Ist class, 12s; 2nd class, Us; 3rd class, 10s. Non-com, missioned officers and constables in the reserve divisions are to receive Is per day less than the above rate. The travelling allowances of noncommissioned officers and constables is fixed at 6s per day. Dunedin, Thursday At tbe Police Court this morning two clerks of the Road Board; were fined a nominal penalty for not forwarding to the Taieri Registration Officer the list of ratepayers for the year ending March 30. a Dnnftdin lawyer Js alleged to

a debtor to defraud his creditors and, not being paid his bill of costs wrote to his client's creditors saying that if they Would engage him lie would show them the bill of sale was prepared to defraud them. The •Jjaw Society is expected to, take th e tmatter up.