The Globe. WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1875. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume III, Issue 286, 12 May 1875, Page 2

The Globe. WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1875. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(Press 'Telegraph Agency.") Auckland, May 11. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company has received the following English commercial telegram : " London. 28th April—Wool : Up to date 250,000 bales have arrived. Kales will close on the 23rd of June. Tallow—The stock of all sorts is 15,000 casks. Mutton, 45s ; beef, 425. Public sales, Australian, comprised 4000 casks.

A public meeting to-day convened by the Superintendent adopted a farewell address to Sir G. Arney. It will be left at the public places for signature. The French steamship Infernet took the Superintendent toKawau to-day. The officers will be the guests of Sir George Grey for two days. The vessel then proceeds on her cruise. Nelson, May 12. The Superintendent opened the Provincial Council to-day. He stated that the views he should express would be his own, and not necessarily those of his Executive, as he considered that Superintendents in confining their addresses to an expression of opinions dictated by their Executives, were accepting a position wholly inconsistent with the existence of independent relations between the elected head of the Province and the Council. He said that, with one or two exceptions, he had worked in satisfactory accord with his Executive, and in regard to the ordinary routine of administrative action, such as the appointment or dismissal of officers, he had been content to record his protest; but in one matter largely affecting the interests of the province, he had told the Executive that he would either require their resignations or call a special meeting of the Council, and the Executive had given way. The revenue for the year shewed a slight decline, owing to the difficulty in executing surveys, and consequently of bringing the land into the market. Referring to the proposed provincial changes, he said that if the Government proposals included the abolition of provincialism throughout the colony, and did not insist upon maintaining intact the land compact of 1856, and made fair provision for local Government, he would not oppose them. The Superintendent caused considerable excitement by referring to the Brunner railway in the following terms : —" The Brunner line, that remarkable specimen of political railway, after a struggle of four or five years, affords some promise of being open for traffic before the end of the year. The first estimate of its cost, for which a vote was taken in 1871, was £26,250 ; in 1872 the estimate was raised to £54,400, or more than double, and a vote taken for difference of £28,150. In 1873 the estimate was raised to £74,000, and a vote taken for the excess of £20,000. In 1874 the estimate was raised to £84,000, and a vote taken for the additional £10,000; and this year I believe a further sum of at least £15,000 will be required. Whether the line can be maintained at all in the present position without enormous cost, or whether it will tumble into the river, are questions which time alone can decide. I believe it will be found necessary to abandon it, and reconstruct it on the north bank of the river, with the terminus at Cobden." Blenheim, May 11.

Mr Moorhouse's meeting last night was largely attended. Mr Hobson, Mayor of Blenheim, was in the chair. Mr Moorhouse said respecting abolition, he would vote for no change unless he saw something better to take the place of that to be abolished, but was quite ready to consider any suggested .reform. A curious episode occurred towards the close of the meeting. Mr Moorhouse said that Mr Seymour before leaving here, offered unsolicited to place his name on Mr Moorhouse's committee, while Mr Joseph Ward stated he would not have thought of coming forward had he not been induced by the request of Mr Seymour, who at the time knew Mr Moorhouse desired to become a candidate. A vote of thanks was proposed and passed.

Oamartj, May 11.

The hull, masts, spars, rigging, boats, ropes, sails, and all the gear belonging io the wreck of the Elderslie were sold to-day, in seventeen lots, for £302. The weather is clearing up. New Plymouth, May 11.

A deputation re the Lunatic Asylum, waited on the Superintendent to-day to hear the replies from the Superintendents of other provinces whether they could take our lunatics. The Superintendent told the deputation that Wellington was the only province which had room in the Asylum and which could take lunatics. The deputation expressed a wish that the lunatics should be sent there immediately. The Superintendent leaves for Wellington, on business connected with the province, on Thursday next. The new block of land, of some 6000 acres, willl be opened for sale shortly.

The cash received for land for the first quarter is at the rate of £IO,OOO a year. Dunedin, May 11.

A deliberate attempt was made to-day by two young lads to upset the Green Island train. They rammed stones between points till the rails were forced out of their place. The driver saw the danger and pulled up in time. The police have a clue. It has been raining incessantly ever since the Governor arrived. His Excellency at present is suffering from lumbago. The Marchioness holds a reception to-day. The ball by the citizens is fixed for Friday. The arbitrators' fees, re the widening of Princes street, are causing considerable adverse comment. Five arbitrators' charges and fees amount to £787.

THIS DAY'S TELEGRAMS. Wellington, May 12. At the Court of Appeal, yesterday, in the case of Bruce v Gilmore, in which Mr Garrick appeared, he pointed out that the case had been omitted on the list of cases set down for hearing. He had received notice of appeal, and was anxious to argue the case as to the question of costs, if the Court were of opinion that it had not been set down according to rule. The Court held that not being seized of the matter, they could not entertain Mr Garrick's application. A slight shock of earthquake occurred tins morning at 10.31. The barque Sunbeam went over to the patent slip yesterday to have her bottom examined prior to being sold to Messrs P. Cunningham and Co., of Christchurch. The price is understood to be £SOOO. She is intended for the grain trade, and carries about 700 tons light cargo. Picton, May 12.

His Honor the Superintendent and Mrs Seymour were passengers by the Taranaki en route for England this morning. Auckland, May 12.

The Dauntless, from Fiji, brings the following items of news :—There has been great mortality among the children at Levuka. About 500 natives died at Koro Island lately. A gentleman from Bewa gives a very sad account of the fearful ravages the measles are making throughout that district. He says it is hardly possible to realise the abject misery that exists. Children of tender years whose parents lay victims to the complaint are to be seen

huddled together without food or sustenance, and starvation sets in to harrass the patient should his constitution master the disease, and the last end of the unfortunate sufferer is rendered all the more painful. Whale fishing has been commenced by a local party. Two tons of sugar arrived in Levuka from the Rewa works, and realised £2B per ton. The measles have somewhat abated. The natives are arriving at Levuka with produce. The distillation of rum has been commenced in the group. Levuka is at present full of planters. All speak hopefully of the future if the land question is speedily settled. Dunedin, May 12. It has been definitely decided that the ball to the Governor will take place on Friday in the University Hall. A public meeting of citizens will be held on Monday re widening Princess street. All the papers contain letters protesting against such a scandalous misappropriation of the ratepayers money. Mr Walter, the defeated candidate last year, and Mr Reeves, M.P.C., are announced as candidates for the mayoral chair this year. The Governor lunches with the members of the Provincial Council on Thursday. The Marchioness of Normanby opens St Matthew's Church bazaar at two o'clock to-day. The compositors of the daily papers have given the proprietors notice of an advance of one penny per thousand, commencing on 26th inst. The proprietors are not expected to accede to the demand.

(FROM OUR AUCKLAND CORRESPONDENT.) Auckland, May 11.

The jury awarded to Mrs Hair £IOO damages against Wallace for driving his cart over her head. The Minister of Public Works has telegraphed instructions to make enquiries relative to the construction of a bridge over the Waikato river at Hamilton.

At the Police Court to-day, Mary Annie Clark, a simple looking girl of seventeen, was charged with a breach of the Vagrant Act by having no lawful means of support. The police asked that the case should be withdrawn. A gentleman had come forward and offered to provide for the girl, whom the police had arrested more out of charitj than from any other cause. The girl had been noticed for some time hanging about on the wharves among the sailors. She came out by the Assaye, and had no friends or relations in the colony. The charge was dismissed.