TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 380, 31 August 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[Per Press Agency.] THIS DAY'S TELEQBAMS. Wellington, August 31. Mr Stafford addressed a largely attended meeting at the Hall last night. Mr Fitzherbert also addressed the meeting. A resolution was proposed. in favor of remitting the question of abolition to the country. An amendment was then proposed in favor of carrying the Abolition Bill during the prosession. The chairman declared the amendment carried by forty-seven to thirty-six. Mr Stafford was conducted to the Railway Station by a torchlight procession. Auckland, August 31. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, has received the following telegram, dated August 19th: "The wool sales opened, at an average decline of Id to on prices at last sales. The principal decline has been on superior -[medium washed, from New South Wales and Queensland. Up to date, 300,000 bales have arrived. 16,000 bales have been sent to manufacturing districts. The direct trade in the manufacturing districts remains unchanged. The tallow market is firm. Leather, best sides, showed Is 2d decline on previous rates ; others, in proportion. The wheat market is quiet, and the quality of the crop indifferent. Foreign arrivals—Heavy Adelaide, worth 57s per 4961b5; New Zealand, 545." INTERPROVINCIALr' Auckland, August 30. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency has received the following market tele-

gram dated London, Augnstl9fcb:—"The wool sales opened at an average decline of Id to lsd on the last sales prices ; the principal decline has been in superior medium washed New South Wales and Queensland. Dp to date 300,000 bales have arrived, and 16,000 bales have been sent to the manufacturing districts direct. The trade in the manufacturing districts is unchanged. The tallow market is firm. Leather —Best sides showed Id decline on previous rates, and others in proportion. The wheat market is quiet. The quality of the crop is indifferent. Foreign arrivals are heavy ; Adelaide is worth 57s per 4961 b ; New Zealand, 645. The first instalment of a petition from the electors to Sir G. Grey, Messrs Wood, O'Rorke, Sheehan, Swanson, Dignan, and Von der Heyde, praying resistance word by word to the Abolition Bill till February, was forwarded by the Hawea to-day. It bears 275 signatures of electors. Other instalments are to be forwarded as signed. The Thames Gas Company has declared la dividend at the rate of ten per cent. Mr Swanson, M.H.R., has telegraphed enthusiastically supporting the interprovincial football match, and stating that the best men must be sent at any cost. The Government messenger has attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat. He had been drinking very heavily lately. He is not dangerously injured. TIMARU, August. 30. Sir John Coode's report recommends the construction of a breakwater at Timaru at a cost of £240,000, and the subsequent construction of a jetty at a cost of £79,000. The report gives great satisfaction here. Port Chalmers, August 30. Arrived—Ship Altcar, from London, which she left on May 25th, with twenty-five passengers and 2500 tons cargo. She experienced terrific weather from the 10th to the 16th inst, the barometer falling from 28.77 to 27.66. There is no tidings of the Strathmore, now ninety-five days from the Equator. Grave apprehensions are entertained for her safety. DUNEDIN, August 30. Bishop Moran writes to the Times contradicting the statement which appeared in the Wellington Tribune, that a pastoral had been issued by the Bishop against the abolition of the provinces, and says there is no truth in it. A meeting re abolition was held at Mosgiel, and a resolution passed declaring for delay and to go before the country. Biverton. August 30. At a meeting held on Saturday night to consider the abolition question, a resolution was carried by a small majority that the Bill should be referred to the constituencies. Bluff, August 30. Arrived—Christian McAusland, ninety-one days 'from London ; with 339 immigrants. Eleven deaths occurred on the voyage, ten being children and one adult. Twenty are still suffering from scarlatina, whooping cough, and bronchitis. The vessel will be quarantined.