SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume XL, Issue 888, 2 March 1878, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

[press agency.] AUCKLAND, last night. Produce Marker : Flour, Adelaide, £17; Dunedin flour, £13; oata, U ; Maiz.', 6a ; potatoes, «fc3 15 ; bacon and hums, eight pence; butter,' eight pence. DUNEDIN. last mght. SECOND DAY'S RACES. JecKif Club Handicap. Temuleton ... , j Longlundß ... ... #<# 2 Ariel ... "" 3 Time: 3.nin l/secs. For tho Derby, Trump Card had a walk over. Hurdle Eace. Eclipse ... ... 1 Sir Tatton 2| Kildare 3; RUSSELL, last night. Mrg R. Dans, wife of the late Rev. Eirhard Davig, paying a visit to her brother sit Wuiniute, had a sudden attack of iiißani?y and has taken to the bush. Search parties are out. m all directions, but no! trace of her is to be found GKAHAMST WN, last night. Thomson has juat discharge, at Te Aroli*, the largest quantity of

dynamite ever ignited here. He was snagging the river at Firth's place, and let off 100 pound, on the rapid which deepened the river four feet. he charge was enclosed m a canvas bag thirty feet long, and water and debris were thrown as high as a mountain, . whilst the roport was heard for rnJes.

ROTOHNA, last night. An important meeting was held at le Wairoa, several Europeans being present to discuss and fix the rate of charges to be made for rißiting Rotomahana. Gveat dissatisfaction having arisen lately ! through tourists beinjf ignorant of i proper oliargea. and bein ff m somt* I cases imposed upon. The closing of i the creeks during the close season j m altogether done away with, and a oiwrge of half H ero f ( , r each tourist is substituted to recoup them tor loss of ducks. One tourist per wnoe pays 17s 6.1; two, 15s , and rnree, 12s 6 1 each, this amount covering all charges. The boats on [ Urawera, being private property, ■; ie oomiuittoe could not fix any charge. The meeting is coiisiderei] a great success, and the natives are uiach pleusod at the interest displayed by the Europeans present. NEW PLYMOUTH, last night. At Courtney's cattle sale, fat .^teers, three years old, realised, £7 j four years old, £9; cows, beifers, calving, £7 2s 6d to £8 10* ; store cows, £5 to £6-7s Gl; yearling, 60* to 675; calves, well grown, 17a 6d to 28a. TIM.IRU, last night. Mr Stafford has issued an a<ldresn to the electors, resigning his seat m ohe Assembly. GISBORNE, Wednesday. The police are now m pursuit of the men employed by Mr Lawrence, Cupcain Reade's manager, who caused the disturbance and destruotion of property yesterday. WELLINGTON, Wednesday There is no ti'uth m the atateraen* that Mr J.arnach will retain his portfolio while m England. Hi leaves by the San Francisco mail on March 2nd, going home as Loan Agent ; also agent under the Con soiidated Stock Bill. He previonsl retires, and his successor is not yeu decided on, but probably M;- Stom Will be taken into the Ministry, when there will be a re-distributiou of portfolios. Another hitch has occured abour Bunny's appointment. The Government is willing to appoint him Commissioner of Railways contingent on his appointment being approved by the House and the salary voted, but he also tienuudeil the Conimihsionersbip of Annuities, for which a salary is already voted. The Government is determined no xo yield an inch, so Air Bunny wil retain his seat, and perhaps go ivt 0 Opposition. la iliH Sapieme Court to-day judgment was m H^ndo.soii v iho Queen. The case arose out of j. contract at Westporl. Tho con trie tor tendered according to speciti Ciitions, but found that as parr oi the section was through a swinic thore was great subsidence, which necessitated a very much greyer quantity of earth filling than b .rf • >eon allowed for ab»ut (£SOOO worth), hence the claim. Jiidguieu'. vas given for the Crown, witu cost*. Ms agreed.

WANGANUf, Thursday. The general entries and accept ances for the Wan^attiii Autumn Meeting are as follows : —

Hurdle Racp. —Victor, Gizelle, Expedition, Te Wheiumarann.

Wanganui Oekby. —Sky-blue, Te IWaka, Chokebore, Peep-o'-day, Foam, Legacy, and (Jh imHlor. Sapling Stakks. Opawa, L ira, Muffci, Resolution and Dtnemiry. Ladies' Purse. -Tamatea, Pretty Girl, Kakapo, To Whetu, Resoltitiou, aud Abolition. Handicap Hurdle Raoe. — Victor, Te Whefcu, Expectation, Bully-ibr-You, May Moon. Wanganui Cl'P.— Four entries. Wanganui Jockey Club Handicap. — lamatea, Opawa, Expectation, Foam, Resolution, Ouidii, Lira. Tamonri, Chokebore, Haphazard, Queen of the Vale, Danebury, and Songster. Maiden Plate. — Fourteen eutries. WELLINGTON, Thursday. The following are the railway traffic retnrns for the four weeks ending the 12th of Jannary last :— for the Kaipara section, total revenae £331 ; corresponding month last year, £296, Auckland section, £3423 ; corresponding month of previous year, £2155. Total revenue for the financial year, £16,041 ; expsnditure, £12,779. [press agency.] DUNEDIN, Wednesday. A special meeting of th^ Chamber of Commerce w»b held to-day to tal a steps for doing away wiih the »x 3pti(in»il reduction m the Canter\m y nilway charges, the Otasro an ( S u.h Cnn-erbury traffio I eing di-'er ed from ihe uwtural centre at O; nmru io Lvtileton. The acti.m of tlie Government m the reduction w> 3 denounced. The chairman said Jh .t the moßt barefaced things were wi.ne.ssed m the r ilwny manageim ut, and it was quite clear they W' re done to raise the artificial pi 3speiity of LytfJeton at the exjKose ot the whcle colony. The t'Lirge per ton of grain from Tjomru to Lyttleton, a distance of K?.milei, was 14s, while fr.»m Ti iiHru lo Oaraaru, only 53 miles, it w s 13s 4d. A tommittee was »«p---pc inied to menioralibe the Government.