The Globe. THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1875. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume III, Issue 281, 6 May 1875, Page 2

The Globe. THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1875. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(Press Telegraph Agency.') Auckland, May 6. At the Southern Cross newspaper company’s annual meeting, the report showed the receipts to be £13,570, and the credit balance on the year’s transactions £427. No dividend was declared. The insurance offices are refusing risks on the barque Shooting Star, 134 days out from London, loaded chiefly with railway iron. Napier, May 6. The number of acres occupied in the province is one million and a half, and the artificial grass land 201,500 acres, showing an increase on the previous year of 86,170. The sheep shorn were 1,080,000. The thorough-bred stud sheep imported during the year ending April, amounted to 3993. The past season’s clip amounted to 6,549,9291 b, giving an average of 61b 2oz per sheep. The breeding ewes for the season number 577,000. Wellington, May 6. It is stated, on good authority, that Mr W. S. Moorhouse, Mayor of Wellington, will be a candidate for the representation of Wairau in the Assembly, vacant by the resignation of Mr Seymour. Greymouth, May 5. The adjourned meeting of the Greymouth Coal Company was held on Tuesday evening. There was a large attendance of local shareholders. The report of the mining manager suggested the sinking of a main shaft of 300 ft, at an estimated cost of £4540, which, with a seam 16ft thick, would yield during the first year 150 tons of coal daily, at a profit of 5s per ton, in addition to the profit which would accrue from the sale of coke for bricks. During the second year the yield of coal would considerably increase. Dr Morice, representing the Dunedin shareholders, moved an amendment against adopting the report and balance sheet, that the meeting be adjourned for one month, and all expenditure in connection with the mine and the sinking of a new shaft be discontinued. The resolution adopting the report and balancesheet was carried by J 793 votes against 125 votes recordedjby Dunedin proxies. The retiring directors were unanimously re-elected. Waimate, May 6. The Governor arrived about twelve, and left at one. He was presented with a copy of the Walt any i Tribune printed on silk. Dunedin, May 6. When the Council met this afternoon Mr Gillies was re-elected Speaker by eighteen to four. A long discussion ensued, led by Mr Fish, contending that the election of speaker must be confirmed by the Crown. Ultimately the Speaker decided the matter by precedent of the Imperial Parliament, and the business of the House commenced. Both morning papers condemn Mr Gillies for offering himself for re-election. In Barrowman’s action against the captain of the ship Auckland, for putting him in irons, the jury returned a verdict of £SO. THIS BAY’S TELEQBAJTS. Wellington, May 6. In the Provincial Council last night Mr Hutchinson’s motion requesting the Council to assist in carrying out a resolution of the Government for the abolition of the provinces in the North Island was defeated by 19 votes to 4 ; Mr Bunny having moved the previous question. Arrived—Albion, from Nelson. She sails South to-morrow about 1 p.m. Hokitika. May 6. Sixty-five head of cattle were yarded, and beef averaged 37s fid per hundred pounds. No sheep were penned. Dunedin, May G. The cost of compensation, arbitrators, fees, and law expenses, connected with widening Princess street will be forty thousand pounds, Councillor Fish stated it would be only fourteen, though his own claim for his paint shop amounted to six thousand three hundred, but this was reduced by the arbitrators to three thousand seven hundred. The scheme has ereated much dissatisfaction, it being considered there are other works more imperatively needed. Jules Lanseigne, who committed suicide, was insured in the Government office for one thousand pounds. It was generally supposed that the amount would not be paid under the circumstances ; but Mr Gisborne telegraphs that when the policy was issued, four years ago, suicide would have entailed forfeiture; but an order in Council in 1873 limited the forfeiture within twelve months ; consequently the money will be paid. The Guardian , on this point, urges the advantages of Government life assurance. A well attended meeting was held yesterday of the leading citizens re the Governor’s visit. A grand citizens ball is to be given. In the address in reply to the opening speech in the Provincial Council is the following:—With regard to the abolition of the provinces in the North Island, we concur in the opinion that any organic change of the

constitution ought to be made in a carefully guarded manner, and only after due delibertion, and that we should be better informed as to what organisation is proposed to supersede the existing institutions before agreeing to any change. The nominations for the handicaps to be run on the Queen’s Birthday at Forbury were made last evening. For the Hurdle Face eight entries were made including Medora and Ivanhoe. For the Birthday Handicap twelve, which includes King Philip, Atlas, and Castaway, For the Tradesman’s Handicap 'sixteen, including King Philip, Atlas, Kathleen, Somnambula, Castaway, Right Bower. The entries are nearly double the number of those of last year. A good day’s sport is anticipated. [FROM OUR AUCKLAND CORRESPONDENT.] Auckland, May 5. The Shipwrights’ Protection Society are getting so powerful that they almost dictate their own terms to the employers. The men in one of the yards have struck because an over age apprentice has been indentured. Mr A. G. Millar, manager of the National Insurance Company, is dangerously ill from typhoid fever.