TELEGRAMS.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 181, 7 January 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(Per Anglo-Australian Press Telegraph Agency.') Auckland, January 6. The agents of the A.s.N. Company here have received definite information that the present arrangement for the Californian service will continue for six months longer. Mr George, manager of the Melbourne Argus, will probably accompany the Kev Mr Clark as a companion on his lecturing tour. GRAHAMSTOWN, Jan 6. The Mayor has called a public meeting to consider the best means of receiving the volunteer representatives. The friendly societies propose to hold a united demonstration on the arrival of the volunteers from the South. Wellington, Jan 6: Arrangements have been made with the New Zealand Company for the conveyance of the prize firing representatives from Port Chalmers and intermediate ports to Manakau and back in one of their vessels, leaving Port Chalmers on the loth of January, Lyttelton on the 17th, Wellington on the 19th, Picton on the 19th, Nelson on the 21st, Taranaki on the 22nd, arriving in Manakau on the 23rd inst. The company agreed to take extra representatives at the same rare as those for whom passages are paid by the Government, viz, ten per cent off the usual return ticket fare. New Plymouth, January 6. The quarter’s Customs returns show an increase of £556, Major Atkinson leaves for Wellington about the 11th, Hokitika, January 6, Arrived, steamer Maori from Dunedin, via Martin’s Bay. Numerous applications have been made to the Provincial Government by persons desirous of taking up land under the special settlement regulations relating to Jackson’s Bay. Several applicants proceed to the settlement by the steamer Waipara next week. There is considerable inquiry for land in the southern portion of the province. * THIS DA rS TELEGRAMS. Auckland, January 7. At the settling for the summer meeting of the Racing Club last evening, the following were the winnings of the first horses: —Delamaine’s Templeton, £400; and Bello, £(50; total, £460. Watt’s Ngaro, £4O; Toi, £125 ;

Tui, £SO ; Parawhenua, £6O; total, £275. Crummer’s Never Miss, £100; Mark’s Kara. £100; Buckland’s Kate, £SO; Walter’s Yatterina, £4O ; Abbott’s Stranger, £ls ; Leonard’s Warwick, £lO ; Taylor’s Warwick, £10; Kelly’s Dainty, £lO ; total, £IO7O. Wellington, January 7. An influential and well attended meeting was held last night at the Pier Hotel ; his Worship the Mayor in the chair, when it was resolved that anniversary day be celebrated by a regatta, and a dinner in the evening. A considerable sum of money was collected in the room, and it is expected that financially the forthcoming regatta will exceed any previous one. The dinner will not be, as formerly, a regatta dinner, but an anniversary one. Greymouth, January 7. Arrived —The s.s. Maori, from Dunedin, via Hokitika, at 9.30, and she sails tomorrow for Nelson. ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS. [FROM OUR AUCKLAND CORRESPONDENT.] Auckland, Jan. 6. Advices from Stanley, the iVew York Herald, commissioner in Africa, sent from Zanzibar, and dated October 19th, state that he had surveyed the delta of the Rufigi I’iver, and found two navigable mouths, distinct channels, into the interior of Africa. The route of the slave trade crossed this river. The result of the exploration suggests a means of effectually crushing the slave traffic. A steam launch, with a steel gun, and a few marines stationed along the river, would easily accomplish the work. Stanley, while ascending the river, gathered valuable information, and established a trading station for the exchange of goods for native produce, such as oils, gums, and drugs. The correspondent of the Daily News telegraps from Rome that the Pope, during an interview with the English Catholics, made strong remarks relative to Mr Gladstone’s recent works. He characterised his attack aa viper-like, and added that “ puzzled at beholding the vast progress made by that great nation in the path of the true faith, the fallen Minister hopes to arrest the luminous triumph of the Church by interpreting, after his own fashion, the will of this poor Vicar of Christ.” The libel case of Miss Pettendreigh versus Dr Kenealy broke down ; the evidence failed to produce evidence of the identity of Dr Kenealey as editor of the Englishman. The grasshoppers in Kansas have caused fearful devastation ; out of 158,000 acres of corn planted not a bushel has been gathered; twenty thousand persons are destitute in consequence. Auckland, January 7. Sailed —The Mary King, schooner, for Lyttelton, with timber. The ship Waitangi sails for Lyttelton on Monday, to load there for London. PALMERSTON RACES. [FROM OUR DUNEDIN CORRESPONDENT.] Dunedin, January 7. MAIDEN PLATE. Idle Girl 1 handicap—so so vs. Unknown ... ... ... ... 1 Envy 2 district handicap—2s sovs. Faugh-a-Ballagh 1 cup—4o sovs. Spritsail ... ... I Earl of Lynne 2 HURDLE RACE. Miss Tatton ... ... ... 1 Bushman ... ... ... ... 2 CONSOLATION STAKES. Earl of Lynne ... ... ... 1 The Tuapeka and Tapanui Jockey Clubs have disqualified Mabel. The rifle match between eight Colonial representatives, and a similar number of men from No 1 company, was won easily by the former.