TELEGRAMS.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 188, 15 January 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA.

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• ——— ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. ALBION, WITH THE SUEZ MAIL. [Reuter's Special.] Bluff, January 15. The Albion, with the English mail, left Melbourne at 9 p.m. on the 10th, and arrived at the Bluff at daylight on the 15th, after a splendid run of four days seven hours. She brings forty-four saloon and thirty-five steerage passengers, and 250 tons of cargo for all ports. She sails for Dunedin at 4 p.m. to day. Passengers for Lyttelton: Saloon—Messrs Blunden, Stubles, Blake, Calvert, Badger, Short, Danks, J. Danks, Meyers, Mrs Blake and three children, Miss Redknapp, Mrs Badger and two children, Mrs Short, Mrs Danks; seven in the steerage, and seventy tons of cargo. r -\ ' -' • London, January 6. Another colliery explosion has taken place near Rotherham, with the loss of seven lives. Paris, January 6. The grand opera house at Paris was opened yesterday. The Lord Mayor of London, with the sheriffs, in the English state carriage, and wearingtheir robes of office, were received with the greatest honors by MacMahon at the Palace Elysee. January 7. In a message MacMahon asked the Assembly to vote for a First and Second

Chamber Bill. The Assembly, after some discussion, rejected the proposal by a majtottty/of 420 against 250. The Ministry vilj resign. -■•"> lt -< ■■■'■'■_ AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Melbourne, January 10. ;Sir William Stawell, Governor Cairns, of Queensland, and Governor Weld of Tasmania are here, all being passengers by the mail steamer. Governor Robinson wan landed at Western Australia. The yield of goldia falling off considerably From previous years,. „ ~,.,, .. ~ , ,- The revenue returns show a -decrease on the quarter of £15,575 ; but an increase on the year "of £151;839, the total revenue being £4,053,864.:; :: /. •■; Two keepers of betting shops have been fined £SO each. A large number of men are wanted for railway works at seven shillings per day of eight hours. Sydney. Arrived—January 7th, the Strathnavar, from New Zealand; January Bth, Star of India, from Wellington. i Newcastle. Arrived—January 7th, Ben Nevis, from Auckland. Sydney. Hely Hutchinson has been appointed the Governor's private secretary, vice Deßobeck resign.d. . The Corporation have dismissed one half of their employees, owing to the want of funds. The Mikado left for California on Wednesday, 6th January. A motion to expunge the Governor's minute regarding Gardiner's release, is sure to be carried against the Government. Adelaide. The quarters' revenue amounted to £238,000, making £1,003,000 for the year. INTERPROVINCIAL. GRAHAMSTOWN, January 14. The Hon R. W. Hastings, the Good Templar chief from America, addressed a public meeting last night on the liquor traffic. There was a large attendance. Mr Hastings is a good speaker. He will be entertained at lunch to-day by the Good Templars. Wellington, January 14. The Government have not yet, received any communication from the Agent-General with reference to the loss of the Cospatrick. The Summer Horticultural Show was rpeied by the Marquis and Marchionc3S of Norman by to day. Bishop Redwood was a passenger per Phoebe, which sailed for the North yesterday. The barque Adamant sailed for London today. Wellington, January IR. The Te Ore Ore bridge at Wairarapa was opened yesterday by the Superintendent, over 400 people being present. Lunch was afterwards held in the Town Hall at Masterton ; Mr Lowes in the chair. After the healths of the " Queen" and the " Governor." *i. T „i.«».»ju<iij |(ji>()osea the health of the "Superintendent." In reply, the Superintendent said that the erectiou of the bridge was not to be regarded as work of a local, but of a colonial character. He felt he would not be doing his duty as Superintendent if be did not brine to their notice the connection between such work and the pre--8! nt position of public affairs. He named men, notably O'Rorke and «ir George Grey, to prove the statement made on several occasions that only the Superintendents and Provincial Secretaries, &o, were ave'se to the abolition of the provinces was incoirect. The proposal to abolish the provinces was brought forward in the barest possible manner. It was not elaborate in any w..y. It was impossible to reply to the proposition unless some measure of d'-tail r>f Howit was to be done was brought forward, and Vft because his p*rty did not reply to nnthirg, to a mere abstract proposal, it was said that, it was clear they had nothing to say in defence. It was a people's question, and involved rights for which blood had been shad in other countries. The question had been brought forward in a hurry, without mature consideration, and the present time wa-i not the time to bring it forward. The colony did not want money now. but would want, it soon, and it was highly injudicious to disturb'the mind of the public creditor with a constitutional change. Something had been proposed in the shape of local self government. He would warn them »-ot to go after an ignis fatvus, but, to cling'o the privilege of electing their own executive and the"right of expenditure of 1 ical revenues which was the essence of provincialism. A Gazette of yesterday contains the proclamation of recent bonuses for the manufacture of pottery ware, linseed oil, iron, steel, and paper in the colony. Auckland, January 15. The City of Auckland has cleared for London with a cargo of the value of £48,654. Fat sheep are abundant at lower value, 3d per lb ; fat cattle, 22s 6d to 27s 6d per lOOlhs, being 2s 6d per 100 lower ; lambs, 10s to 14s. Hokitika, Jan 15. An alarming thunderstorm passed over the town last night. At 10 o'clock the storm culminated in a quick succession of fearful flashes of lightning. Something resembling a bright eomet, or the popular idea, of a thunderbolt was seen to strike' the belltower and the fire brigade hall, and in a few seconds the buildings were in flames. There being but very few people in the street, and a perfect deluge of rain at the time, no alarm of the fire bell could be given, as the-bell was suddenly engulphed inflames. Both engines were got out, but the woodwork of one was on fire. The lightning first struck the summit of the tower, and the steel bell, thence running along the iron wire reaching from the tower to the engine room. The Savings Bank, a small building, was saved with a ptrugg'e, the surrounding buildings were uninjured. No person was injured. Fox, the watchman, left the tower before the storm jwas at its worst. There was no insurance/ and the brigade are the only losers. I [FROM OUR AUCKLAND CORRESPONDENT.] Auckland, January 14. > Several cases of sunstroke have been recorded lately ; two to-day. None fatal: ! Arrive I—The French war steamer Tire, {from Dunedin. i The Jessie Henderson, schooner, sailed |last night for Lyttelton with 60,000 feet timber, 80 sacks malt, 25 nests drain pipes, 200 garden tiles, 2500 feet of timber,

| FROM OUR DUNEOIN CORRESPONDENT.] f • Ditnedin, January 14. The body of James'Bambery, who was drowned at Hampton on New Year's day, was found on the beach near Port Moeraki jetty on the 10th- .The remains were badly mutilated by fish, the left arm being taken off from tbe'shoulder,'and from the left leg and thigh,''almost all the flesh had been eaten off. The clothes'were torn from the body. * C, ; 11 O ! ftV The Martm*s--iß'ay mailman informs us that, on the 9th, the weather was splendid, from about eight o'clock in the morning until five in ,th? evening. .and,the Transit of Venns was.very plainly 'V'isible. : The Timt'x urges that wooden vessels should be absolutely excluded from the list >f emigrant carrying ships, and that vessels should not be allowed to carry more passengers than they can provide boat or other life preserving accommodation for. ; ' There were satisfactory results at Driver's second wool sales this season. The attendance of American local buyers Was good, and the competition was spirited throughout; prices comparing favorably with those obtained at the previous sale. During the week, at auction and private treaty, 2000 bales were plaoed; A company is being formed at-West Taieri to construct a branch line from Mosgiel to Another branch line is proposed to be constructed from the main line, about two miles north of the Clutha river down to the Kaitangata township, to be ultimately extended to Goal Point. The line will probably be completed as far as Kaitangata township as soon as the Clutha railways is open for traffic. Five promoters have taken the work in hand, A. J. Smythe being the managing director. The line will be five and a half miles in length. The promoters send an order to Great Britain by the next mail for rails and locomotive. Tt is proposed to work the line, when finished, with Government rolling stock. The express accident at Look Out Point on Monday will, it is feared, result fatally. One of the persons injured is a Dutchman, name unknown. He was delirious yesterday, and faint hopes are entertained of his recovery. January 15. The Worth Otago Jockey Club fully endorse the action of the Dunedin club, in re the disqualification of Mabel, and her jockey Mitchelson. The meeting is fixed for March 9th, and a programme has been issued including a Hurdle Race of fifty sovs; a Maiden Plate of forty sovs; a Members' Plate of fifty, and a handicap of 100 sovs with three sovs sweep. A fire broke out at Strachan's brewery this morning. The stables and bottling room were entirely destroyed. The brewery is insured in the Standard office, but the amount of damage is not yet known. Thomas Spence, a carrier, who fell from his waggon at Greytown while in a fit, and was run over, died this morning. The Otago representatives, under the" charge of Goldie, leave in the Wellington today.