LATE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 226, 10 March 1874, Page 3

LATE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

, . (Daily Times) , News brought by the Tartar to .Auckland is as 1 follows':— ' In Now York, 10,000 dollars were paid for holding a pod mortem examination on the Siamese'twins. The death of Dr Livingstone is doubted. There was. great' excitement at San Francisco the day the steamer left. The evening newspapers Were ih deniahdat one dollar and upwards; owing to a per'sonardimculty between two' editors and their friends. It ended in a general shooting match all r,ound. The Macgregor is 'jammed into r a' coral reef, and it is very doubtful if she can be got off, after the failure of the powerful attempts made. There was great excitement in Honolulu, ending in an attack of the natives on the Legislative Chamber, smashing everything, even cutting and destroying the records. Many members were wounded, several supr posed mortally, and the remainder obliged to take refuge above the ceilihg till finally relieved by the marines and sailord from one of the British and two American men-of-war in harbour. The relief came just in time to save the house from being tired and members being burned with it. The scene is described as savage and wild in the extreme. Crowds of mad natives dragging out members and others who had supported the election of a King ; beating arid trampling on them in the streets, smaphing carriages, and everything near. The cause of the excitement "is the opposition to the election of a King, the natives Wanting Queen Emma instead. The riot began at two o'clock and lasted till six o'clock, when the Macgregor left, There are no published accounts, but the fact is perfectly reliable. The Emperor of Austria has conferred on Dr Featherstdne the Commander's Cross of j the Imperial Order of Francis Joseph. During January, ten ships left with immigrants' for New Zealand, and eleven others were to follow in February. About 2500 souls are to be despatched per month. The Kent Agricultural Labourers' Union sent 200 adults, per William Davie, for Otago ; and 75 in the Weamington, for Wellington. Previous to their departure a grand entertainment was given, at which 1600 persons were present. Dr Featherstone has invited'Mr Arch to visit New Zealand.

(Mount Ida Chronicle..) Dunedin, Friday, 8.30 p.m. MELBOURNE. The Rev. P. S. Menzies, the popular Presbyterian minister, is dead from consumption. At the adjourned, inquest on the body of the late Mr Reynolds, nothing was elicited as to who sent the explosive material. It is now believed that the deceased was experimenting in compounds. The Englishmen won the cricket match against the Victorian fifteen by seven wickets. The match excited no interest. Grace then batted with the Eleven in the field, and scored 126, but the fielding was very indifferent. The Eleven since played Launceston, where they made 247 in one innings, Oscroft contributing 96 ; G. P. Grace, 45 ; W. G. Grace, 33; Jupp, 33. The Tasmanians in their first innings only scored 90—ten of their number making nothing. In the second innings the eleven wickets went down for 112. After playing Hobartown the Eleven return here, and then play the final match. The people here are heartily tired of cricket. SYDNEY. Hume reiterates his story about Leichardt's relics having been stolen from him,-which nobody believes. The Palmer river rush is over. All returning. Many dying from starvation and exhaustion on the way. The township is deserted, and provisions are scarce at famine prices. The rivers are flooded. An attack was made by the blacks on Barron's Creek telegraph station when all were outside enjoying a smoke. Stapleton, the telegraph master, and Frank, the lineman, were kdled. Flint, the operator; and a black boy were also seriously injured. Next day the natives re-appeared in force, and were fired at, and one killed. Since then reinforcements have been sent there, and to all the stations on the overland line.