SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 953, 1 August 1878, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

— — o— — [PHESS AGENCY.] AUOKLA.NO, last night The Gas Company has declared a dividend of 7s tid. Great anxiety is felt iv regard to the non-arrival of the Hawea at Tauranga. She left Gisborne on Suuday morning. The weather baa been most boisterous. The City of Nesv York has arrived with the San Francisco mail. DUNEDUNT, last night. The great station case between Chalmers and Clarke, which involved the ownership of the famous Moa Flat Block, is settled, the defendant paying Chalmers Bros. £75,000. WELLINGTON", Tuesday. ACCIDENT AT A FOOTBALL MATCH. The footbtll match between Wellington and Wauganui rt silted m a drawn game. Mr Jacobs of Rangitikei, had his knee cap rlisloc i ted, and was carried oft' the ground This is the second accident during the month. Mr Fitzgerald, who had his ribs broken last match is dead. Mr Scales, formerly of the ' Southern Cross, ' Auckland, is lying dangerously ill, and is no* expected to recover. DONEDIN, Monday. It is stated that Mr Ross intends to petition against Mr Driver's return ' for Koslyn, on the ground of bribery and corruption. At the official declaration of the poll to-day, he said if the electors had been left to ' vote as they pleased, Mr Driver would not have been returned. Mr Driver replied that this statement was an insult lo the 335 electors who voted for him. Mr Ross said he would have insulted them had ho kept a public- house opeu for their oonveuieueu Mr D rivet replied "It is a lie !" Other personalities were also iutlulged m. Mi- Craig, lately of Canterbury, who recently purchased the Wairoa estate, near Waugainu, takes up, with other slock, a pair of handsome Augura goats, from which he purposes breeding. They are of the purest breed, with soft silky hair tive ur six inches long. Tlio cost price, it is .said, was £50 per pair.