TELEGRAMS.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 106, 2 October 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(JBer Anglo-Australian Press Telegraph Agency .) Auckland, October 1. A fire at Mr Watts’s farmhouse. Papatoiti, destroyed a large two-story building. Insured ir. the New Zealand office for £fiOO. and in the Norwich Union for £6OO. Wellington, October 1. The rainfall here during .September was eleven inches, being more than double the average amount of the same month for the last ten years. Owing to the effect of the prolonged had weather upon the pasture, the butchers experience great difficulty in getting fat cattle, and have raised the price of meat in consequence. Blenheim, October 1. Communication with Ficton is resumed, though the coach is unable to run, in consequence of the flooded roads, The railway embankment has suffered some damage in washing away, Gkeymouth, October 1. The Waipara safely got into the river this morning. Little damage was done. The flood is subsiding. Oamaru, October 1. A team of three horses and a driver while crossing the Wa ; reka yesterday were all drowned. Mr Collis, an old resident, crossing at the same lime in a buggy, narrowly escaped by clinging to a flax bush, but the horse was drowned. Dunedin, October 1. The revenue for the September quarter was £91,287 against £70,451 for the corresponding quarter of 1873. Directors of the Colonial Bank are the bon Matthew Holmes, A. W. Morris, W. A. Tolmie, W, J. M. Larnach, John Reid (of

Corner bush, Marton), Donald Reid, M.H.R., John Reid (of Eklerslie). Auditors :--W. D. Meares and Edmund Smith. The Colonial Bank was opened to-day. The Church of England Synod is opened. The address of the Bishop reviewed the state of the church. Inveecargill, October 1, A letter by Dr McClure is published in this morning’s News, denying that diphtheria has ever been prevalent in Invercargill. There is another letter in the same paper by Dr Cotterill, who says he has attended several cases of diphtheria, one of which proved fatal last week. Dr Cotterill calls attention to the necessity of cleanliness in back yards, &c. A great deal of rain has fallen. The upcountry rivers are all flooded. The strong easterly wind which has prevailed for some time, together with the wet weather, is having a serious effect on the lambing, the present being the middle of the season. THIS BATS TELEGRAMS. Wellington, Octob er 2. Flour, £l2 15s to £l3 2s fid ; pollard, £8 10s ; bran, Is 3d ; sharps, £7 10s to £8; potatoes, £7 10s to £8 10 ; grass seed, ripe, 7s ; clover, Is 2d to Is 3d ; oats, 5s to 5s 4d; wheat, chick, 4s to 4s fid ; oatmeal, £23 to £24; hams, Is; bacon, lOd; cheese, 8d to 9d.