THIS DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 183, 9 January 1875, Page 2

THIS DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Wellington, JiCxmafyV: The Excelsior lodge of Good Templars has received information from Auckland th&t the Hon L. Hastings, past right worthy Grand Templar, arrived from America on the 26th inst. The Marquis of Normanby was sworn in as Governoor at noon to-day by Judge Johnson, on the verandah of Government House. Goring, clerk to the Executive Council, then read the commission, and the artillery tired a salute. Three buildings were burned down at Meanee at midnight yesterday. A blacksmith's shop worth £2OO was totally destroyed. There was no insurance. The private dwelling-house of Mrs Clarke, value £75, was burned down. No insurance. The furniture was saved. Neagles store was totally destroyed. The stock, valued at £I4OO, and building at £450 were insured in the Victoria for £IOOO. The Victoria reinsured half the risk in the Standard. The fire started amongst some goods in the uppor story of Neagles premises. How it was caused is not known. An inquest is likely to be held. Gbahamstown, January 9. At a public meeting convened by the Mayor, an influential committee was appointed to make arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the Volunteer representatives. It id proposed to give a banquet and a ball.

[FROM OUR AUCKLAND CORRESPONDENT.] ■__ >_J r_ ._-■ Al7CJtJUAirj>,-J-«»», -8. Newtoli, the Maori, has been sentenced to death. The .natives had declared if the paheka did not hang him they would. He seems perfectly callous, and informed the gaoler before the trial that he expected he would be hung. Before the inquiry into the murder, he had so far humbugged the natives into the belief that the death was from the visitation, of God, or from heart disease, that they were going to bury her without investigation ; but one old chief observing blood to issue from the mouth, insisted on an examination by pakeha doctors, which resulted in showing that the spinal column in the neck had been broken, which was not visible to the natives. The nose was quite flattened on the face of the deceased, evidently having been done while breaking the girl's neck across the villain's knee. The captain of the steamer Hero made his second annual excursion trip in aid of the local charities, conveying the charity school children free, and charging other excursionists ss, the proceeds to be devoted to the funds of the different charities. Charity, however, was made profitable in all things, for a large number of complimentary tickets were issued to various friends of the shippers by the owners of the Hero, whose 5s would have been very acceptable to the charities. There is an unaccountable decline in insurance shares. South British sold to day at 48s; National, sellers, 275. The decline is attributed to a general want of speculation, and a desire on the part of business men to invest their spare cash in ordinary lines of trade, instead of allowing it to lie in shares.

Mining speculation is stagnant. - The Hon L. D. Hastings, a member of the United States Congress, and one of the great leaders of the Order of Good Templars in America, arrived in Auckland by the Macgregor, deligated by the head of the order to visit the Colonies. He was enthusiastically received by representatives from the leading centres of the provinces, who, in an address, expressed the utmost confidence in the future of the order, and glowingly described the work already accomplished. He -will probably visit the South. • Two hundred City West electors signed Sir George Grey's petition in two houses. Last night Mr Fred Northrop met with a painful accident at Church Hill flax-mill ; his arm got into a scutcher, and smashed the bone to atoms. Amputation has been successfully effected. The brig Albion has cleared for Lyttelton with 100,000 feet timber. She sails tomorrow.

[from our dunedin correspondent.] Dunedin, January 8. At a sale of new season's sugars, ex Robert Jones, to-day, 5000 mats were placed. Yellow crystals, £3l ss; fine to yellow, £33 5s to £33 10a ; brewer's crystals, £32 10s to £34 ; white crystals, £33 7s 6d ; finest whites, £35. All in bond.