TELEGRAMS.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 170, 22 December 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(l?cr Anglo-Austra'Aan Press Tehgraph Agency. ) Wellington, Dec. 21. At a meeting of the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute, the Marquis of Normanby presiding, the following gentlemen were elected honorary members :—Professor WyviUe Thompson, F. 8.5.; Professor Alfred Newton, F. 8.5., Cambridge University, and Bobert McLachlan, Esq, F.L.S. The Mayor has called a meeting of all persons interested in giving a suitable celebration of the Governor's arrival. Ic appears that the Government have been unsuccessful in endeavouring to obtain the necessary timber for the erection of new Government buildings from Tasmania, and in consequence the colonial architect has communicated with the local tenderers to know if they are still willing to supply the timber required of New Zealand growth. THIS BAT'S TELEGBAMS. Wellington, Dec. 22. At a meeting of the Jockey Club last night, it was resolved to hold an autumn meeeting on the Hutt park course, consisting of four races, viz, the Grand Stand Stakes of 60 sovs; the Autumn Handicap of 75 sovs ; the Flying Stakes of 40 sovs, and the Hack race. The races are to come off about ten days after the Canterbury autumn meeting. , ... The Phoebe has just arrived from the South. The sale of 150,000 acres of the Feilding block is going on. The land consists of town, suburban, and country sections. There is considerable competition amongst buyers, especially people from a distance, the biddings being double the upset price in a great many cases. Grahamstown, Dec 22..

The native meeting broke up suddenly last night, a message having been sent to TcHira that Haimona Ngroua was dying. It was reported to-day that at the public meeting Te Hira and Te Woananui "met Sir Donald McLean, and withdrew all opposition, so that the country is virtually open. Mackay's side are said to be annoyed at this, and say now that they will give up the land as well, as the gold. The chief Haimona Ngroua is dead. A tangi over his body is going on to-day. Dunedin, Dec. 22.

John Hartley, who was knocked down by a broken lamp post when trying to stop a runnaway horse on .Saturday, died in the hospital yesterday. Concussion of the brain was the cause of death. The other man who was injured is almost entirely recovered. [from our dunedin correspondent.] Dunedin, Dec. 22. Private letters from the Palmer state that provisions are very scarce on Normanby, from whence fearful accounts are coming into Cookstown. On Stoney, Oakey, and Sandy Creeks typhus fever is carrying off the diggers wholesale. At Oakey ovit of a party of twenty-five, twenty-four died in six hours. Eeynolds and Seed visited the industrial school for the purpose of selecting lads for the training ship. The handing over of the Avaterworks to the city will be celebrated by a banquet.