INTERPROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 225, 13 September 1878, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

Wellington, Sept. 10. The Hinemoa, which left Lyttelton •last night" at 11.30, arrived here to-day at half-past 12, making the trip in 13 hours, the fastest on record, from wharf to wfyarf. - The winch, left at the •• same time, arrived a little over half an hour after the, Hihemoa. . : /. j The telegraphs, under date London, Sept, 7> that the Hermione had sailed .with 93 : immigrants for; , Taranaki and, 215, for. Wellington. H. G. Masters',' who lias been upwards of 20 •years in the Grown died suddenly: this morning. ..; AUSTRALIA; / [Per s.s. Hero, via Auckland.] . r .Melbourne,. Sept. 4„ During the budget debate, Mr Francis objected to the proposed loan •' in the present depressed state of the country. : The Commissioner ,of, Pubjie Works , asserted that the Colony would be justified in borrowing forty millions if' such were necessary; He ; defended the- dismissal of Civil servants,;; and •. aid .that. the Colony was never more prosperous than now. jReplying to a deputation' of the late unemployed who waited on him to thank the • Government,; the. i Commissioner of. Works said that many people closed their, purses during, the,late crisis 'to,, shake the Government, but failed." In view of the late triumphant : passage of the Reform Bill, he believed the Council . would accept their defeat. The loan would give an: impetus, to the Colony ;by ■ promoting public work?. The decreased gold yield had been more than recouped by the advance in manufactures and agriculture.. , , ... . . - , , An illuminated address to'lioedJl&ak-~7 consfield, bound in morocco, goes home by the mail. Sydney, Sept 4. ; New. 'Caledonian advices report that' * about 150 insurgents have been killed, but the Natives in revolt are still defiant, and the friendly tribes are in a state of disquiet. Fears are entertained for the ; friendly chief Regene, who has rendered good services, and has disappeared for several days. The war will cost an immense amount of money. The frontier lias been surrounded with block- ' houses. . ; , v : a '