TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 263, 13 October 1874, Page 5

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[from ouh own correspondent, j

DU N B D X N. Saturday. The total amount collected in aid of the widow and family of Captain Hart is £1602. At a meeting of the Ocean Beach Railway Company yesterday, it was decided to close the share list on November 9. Shares are going off rapidly. A rumour was current in Wellington yesterday that Sir Donald Maclean, Native Minister, will be offered the new Governorship of Fiji, Auckland, October 9. Charles Dyer has been sentenced to death for the murder of Elizabeth Battersea. When leaving the dock, he pointed to the constable whose evidence convicted him, saying, “That man is my murderer," He protested that her d,eath was the result of an accident on her own part.

The Mikado arrived at A uckland with the San Francisco mail on Friday at midnight. Lbvuka, September 4. The annexation of Fiji is completed, and the English flag was floated for the first time yesterday. EUROPEAN SUMMARY. Mount Etna is still in eruption, and there is no sign of abatement. The inhabitants are fleeing from the villages at the foot of the mountain, but it is not expected any damage will be done. It is reported that an order will soon be issued in Berlin, expelling foreign priests, monks, and nuns from Prussia. Victor Hugo declines invitation peace Congress Geneva (?) He says peace cannot be established until another war is fought between France and Germany. A great strike of cotton operatives has taken place at Bolton, in Lancashire. Four mills, employing 13,000 persons, have stopped work. The German Government will not interfere in Spain’s national affairs. AMERICAN NEWS. Grant’s re-election to the Presidency is considered certain. Madame Agatha States died in New York on September 2. Arrangements are in progress for laying a trans-Pacific telegraph cable between San Francisco and Honolulu. A Londoner named Johnson won the champion swimming match of England and America.