THIS DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 195, 23 January 1875, Page 2

THIS DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Greymouth, January 23. The following are the weights for Greymouth Jockey Club Handicap : st. lb. Tambourini 9 10 Yatterina 8 6 Tommy Dodd ... 7 9 . Nero 7 2 Septimus ... ... ... 6 12 Guy Fawkes 6 4 Kingfisher ... ... ... 6 2 Wellington, January 23.

The ship Berar, from London, with immigrants, arrived last night, after an 85 days’ passage. There have been 31 deaths from scarlet fever on the voyage, and there are 20 cases under treatment. The fever made its appearance the day after leaving London. The ship has been placed in quarantine, and will probably be detained there for a fortnight. Nelson, January 23. Arrived yesterday, the Michael Angelo, 81 days from the Downs, with 292 immigrants. There is no disease on board. One adult and five infants died on the passage. Captain Luckie was found dead in his cabin last Monday. The cause was heart disease, A seaman fell overboard and was drowned. New Plymouth, January 23,

Arrived—The Avalanche, with 230 immigrants, 70 of whom are for Wellington, 92 days from land to land. All well. She left for Wellington last night. Arrived —The Ladybird, last evening. She sails North this afternoon.

Captain Mitchell, who came up from Otago to take charge of the Jessie Headman, died this morning. Owing to the victory of the Wellington Rowing Club yesterday with the new batswipg Transit, some members of the Star

Club challenged the Wellington Club to row the outrigger Stella against the Dolly Varden for £lO. The match comes off this afternoon. The Provincial Council is adjourned sine die. The Appropriation Bill shows over £30,000 voted this year. A motion was tabled in re abolition of the provinces, but did not come on. The schooner Clio got safely off the reef at Waitara, and put to sea. Hulke, the immigration agent, has received letters from Burton, agent in England, saying he has received plenty of applications from monied men desirous of settling in New Zealand, but few from labourers. [FROM OUR DUNEDIN CORRESPONDENT.] Dunedin, January 22. The Times calls attention to a stupid mistake in the Consolidating Protection to Animals Act, viz, that the clause in the old Act protecting seals is omitted. The attention of the provincial authorities has lately been directed to the fact that at the Snares the young animals are destroyed wholesale by sealers. It was thought advisable that a stop should be put to the practice, and the Superintendent therefore issued a proclamation prohibiting the destruction of the animals except during the months of June, July, August, and September. On her last trip the shooner Maid of Otago discharged her cargo alongside of the breakwater at Oamaru. Everything was ready for launching the Emulous yesterday, but owing to the contractor not being able to obtain a sufficient number of men the attempt was not made. Over £SO was collected in Oamaru to relieve the members of the Anderson troupe. The Mayor of Omaru (Shrimski) made a gift of £IOO to the local hospital for erecting a lying in ward in connection with the institution. The lighting committee of the City Council were authorised to make a new contract at ten guineas per lamp. The Council refused to sanction more than a three years’ contract, as the feeling appeared to be that the Council should proceed with the erection of its own works. The Council has appointed Dick, late Water Company’s secretary, to conduct the business of the water department. The formation of a branch line to connect the South Molyneux and Catlin’s River district is engaging consideration throughout the districts immediately concerned. Some gentlemen interested in the project waited upon the Superintendent, but his Honor gave them to understand that in the present unsettled state of the provincial question, there was no likelihood of the work being undertaken by the Provincial Government. Since then a proposal to form a company has been well received. The line will be twenty-four miles long and besides 1400 square miles of bush country the line will penetrate a splendid district of agricultural and pastoral land. The main trunk line is in such an advanced state that in a few days the engine will be able to run from Clutha to the lower part of the Waihola gorge. During the last few weeks work has been going on more satisfactorily than at any time since the line was begun. A man named Holmes was stabbed at North east valley this morning. The wound is a dangerous one, and it is feared has penetrated the left lung, and will end fatally. The other man whose name is not yet known is in custody. [FROM OUR AUCKLAND CORRESPONDENT.] Auckland, January 22. There are about 120 diggers at Ohinemuri engaged in prospecting, but nothing of any importance has been discovered as yet. A gentleman who has arrived at Brisbane from Cooktown describes the heat as almost unendurable. In an ordinary cool house the glass stood at 120 degrees the day previous to his departure. Sunstrokes abound, and the mortality on the field, arising chiefly from dysentery, is something terrible. “ The men are dying like rotten sheep,” said our informant, says a Brisbane journal, and that he hoped the record of such facts will help to deter any further exodus until the proper season. The Hon Mr Hastings has returned to Auckland and convened a Good Templar conference on prohibitive legislation for the prosecution of the liquor traffic. A Fiji correspondent cautions working men who contemplate proceeding there in consequence of the annexation. He says there is no employment for artizans or any kind of laborer. There has been a curious case in the Police Court here. Edward Martin was committed for trial for stealing £l4 from his mother-in-law. He pleaded, in excuse, that things were made so unendurably warm at home, that he took the money to go away with. He was arrested on board the Derwent, bound for Sydney. The weather is intensely hot. The Resident Magistrate cleared the police court, which was oppressively crowded, by telling a constable to go round the spectators and collect the educational rate from defaulters. A general stampede followed this intimation, only a few out of fifty remaining. This is taken as a good indication of the extent to which the rate is being evaded by one class of the community.

An action for damages for malicious prosecution of one Chity, a Waikato settler, by another settler, Jolly, and for wrongfully accusing Chity of stealing a heifer, terminated to-day in the Supreme Court. A verdict of £250 damages was returned.