Telegraphic News.

Waikato Times, Volume XL, Issue 914, 26 January 1878, Page 2

Telegraphic News.

♦ SPECIAL TELKQHAMS. Alexan i 'RA. Takerei Te Rail's funeral took place to-day. All the principal ..Waikato chiefs were present. A daughter of King Tawhiao who had been adoptod by Takar«i died »t Kikuraugi this morning quite suddenly. There is threat lamenting going on and large numbers of natives are present. Sir G. Gtey is expected on the 30th iust. The interview will be strictly private. Ai'CXiAND, last night. Elizabeth Dougherty was ommitted for trial for attacking h>r mother with a knife an! wounding her on the head. The _,-*_ w«s opened to the skusl but the wound is not dangerous. John Reed, farmer, of Manger* was lined £5 for having scabby sheep on his land. O'Connor has- bronght down a number of valuable mats presented lo him by Rewi. Thorpe has brought Whitefootan't Magician for the races. Tui will probably not run in the Papakura hurdle race being reserved by his owner for the flat races. A telegr-un has been r.-ce'ved in town stating that the Waikato King natives interrupted a survey being curried out by Mtjiv Drumnnud Elay and seized his nh^odjlite^ Mj>r Hay is employ d on survey of a block of laud ku-.iwii us Kopako, :>eyond Cambridge o;i the southern ide of the c mfiscrttion boundary. At the Board of Education mee--■in_ Mr Copelaiid, laie teao>ier oq he Titiran^i scho- 1 u a (pointed to klih Te Awaiiimu souoo . T.ie question o; enlarging Hamilton West teachers' residence was referred »o'« committee. Wellington, last night. Mr Ti-aver. goes home and has resigned his seat. Mr Pearce a former member will be a candidate. Christchukch, last night. After the uricke. match yesterday, Neilson, the captain of the Canterbury team said there would be no more iuterprovincial matches with Of-ag -. This was due mainly o obstacles repeated y thrown in the way of Canterbury by Otago during the p.ist few yours. It also appeared • hat offence had been taken at the rem-a'K m de by the chairman of a recent i „nquet. to cricketers at Duuedin to the * ffoct that he (the chairman) hoped the Au-fcr;.. Huns would thr.i h Can erbury f >r their presumption in onK playing with fifteen men. The decisiou not to play any more matches is much regretted here. At a trir.l of reaping and bind ing machinery under the auspices of the Canterbury Agricultural Association, the fir t prize was awarded to ©stoniei's machine, the ■second to McCormicks, and the third to Wood's. Wellington, Wedneslay. Mr Hislop's appointment as Under-Secretary for Education is signed, and he c »niraence;» at ouce to organise the department and bring the Act into operation. Sir George Grey and Mr Sheeh m go to the Wairarapa to-morrow morning, and will return on SaturI. day, leaving for Auckland on Sunday. Mr F )_ and a deputation of Good Tim^lars had a long in. o. view with ; Air fc>!i<eh.:ii this im tiling ou th licensing hiws. Chkjstchuuch, Wednesday. MINLT_KIvL FORESHADOWING. The ' Ly telton 'I imes * this nor - •ng says :--'• I'he Hon JAnns M . caudrt-w p:..«.sod . r ugh Ohnstciiurcii ye»Uid \, oti bis way to \\ ellhnit..-, '.«» it pre&en.C HL a full uiejtinv „i the Cubiue-. < )ne of t.ie objects oi An- uieoiing is, >ve uuders, ":ii(u > n»:»K_ ai ra ugecjenus for ixe co iuj apf>opr>uti .n for ,>ublic wefks ni accordance w.th tin ine.itis j , availab e, and on a basis mat will i ] be fair to each, Provincial Djstr.ct." i