The Globe. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1875. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 442, 13 November 1875, Page 2

The Globe. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1875. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

{Per Press Agency.') Auckland, November 12. Messrs Reid and Brett, proprietors of’thfi Star, have purchased the plant, copyright, and all the belongings of the defunct Echo, Gbahamstown, November 12. Efforts have been made to induce Captain Fraser, Warden and R.M., to become a .candidate for the Thames, He has not been formally requisitioned, and no definite reply has been given. There will probably be three or four local .candidates, besides Mr O’Neill Sir G, Grey and Egbert Graham are also spoken of. Bidding was dull at the wool sales, and prices two pence lower than last year. Fat cattle, £7s $d to 40s per lOOlbs : half or cross breds, 13s to 15s ; wethers, in wool, 4d to 4£d, shorn, 3|d { fs,t lambs, 10s to 16s. Flour—Oamaru, £l2; Dunedin, £l2 10s ; Christchurch, £lO ; bran, £5 ; pollard, £6 ; oatmeal, £l6 ; pearl barley, £24; wheat, 5s 8d ; oats, 2s lOd potatoes, £4 ; cheese, lid ; bacon and bains, Js.; butjfcep, Is, The markets are glutted with all kinds of produce. Alexandra, November 12. Mr J. C. Firth is here distributing salmon ova. He has been very successful hitherto ; 10,000 have been placed in the Plako, Upper Thames, Waikato, and Waipu rivers. The ova are now hatching. Mr Firth preoeeda to Wangapiko Creek to liberate the remainder. Kennaway. the pedestrian, broke down at 5 p.m. yesterday. He was very bad. requiring medical attendance, for a time delirious., He only walked about four miles of the ! second fifty-six, Onehunga, November 12. A meeting is to be held to-day at Auckland, to make arrangements for an inter?provincial pigeon match. Sailed : Hawea, for South. Passengers for Canterbury—Mrs Wing, Mr and Mrs, OouragG; Messrs Hudson, Dreak, and GianTills.

PATEA, November 12. It is probable that a requisition will be presented to Mr Arthur Standisb, member for Taranaki in the Provincial Council, inviting him to contest Egmont with Major Atkinson. New Plymouth, November 12. It is rumoured that Mr Buckley will contest the Egmont seat with Major Atkinson. Mr Buckley stands little chance, as the votes on this side will outnumber Patea, even if Patea were favorable to him, The salmon ova has been placed in the Waiwakaio stream, and is in excellent condition. The trout from ova sent last year from Dunedin are doing well. Twelve large ones and eight small were discovered when clearing out the hatching boxes- for the salmon, Wanganui, November 12. An influential meeting was held last night to consider steps to be taken to insure the election of Sir Julius Vogel. The manner iu which he was brought forward having been misrepresented by one or two, Mr Ballance explained the circumstances to the satisfaction of all. A large committee to work the district was formed, and great unanimity and earnestness prevailed. Mr R. Pharazyn has issued an address, in which he promises to resign should Sir J. Vogel not be returned for any other district. It is expected that Mr Morgan will also stand. The.Manawatu has towed in the Frank Guy Wellington, November 12, The ship St Leonards has just arrived, ninety-five days out from London. She brings about forty passengers, mostly cabin. All are well. In the Court of Appeal to-day, the argument in Taraitiana Takamoana v Sutton was brought to an unexpectedly early conclusion in consequence of the counsel for the plaintiff, Mr Travers, throwing up his brief. On Monday the full Court will sit in divorce jurisdiction, after which the Dunedin cases will be taken. The last Gazette continues the- usual quarterly returns of imports and exports, which are set down as follows :—lmports, £2,041,237, as against £2,280,543 for the corresponding quarter of the last year. Auckland imports are valued at £482,207, as against £510,598 for last year ; Wellington £343,940, as against £340,586 for last year ; Lyttelton £355,263, as against £340,594 for last year; Dunedin £553,618, as against £754,528 for last year. Exports, total value £767,891, as against £668 788 for the corresponding quarter of last year. The Auckland exports are set down at £175,563, as against £124,073 during the corresponding quarter of last year; Wellington £123,990, as against £31,298 for last year ; Lyttelton £137,892, as against £98,420 for last year ; Dunedin £137,447, as against £210,207 for last year. Wholesale produce prices ; Flour, £1110s; oats, 2s lOd to 3s 2d ; maize, 4s lOd to 5s ; barley, no sale ; bran, lOd to Is ; pollard, 7s per 100 ; potatoes, 70s to 80s ; cheese, Is : butter, lOd to Is ; hams and bacon, lid to Is. November 12.

Arrived; Maori, from Bluff ; Charles Edward, from Nelson ; Murray and Waipara, from Hokitika. Sailed ; Wallabi, for Wanganui ; Gleaner, for Tipiaru ; the Maori sails for Northern ports and Dunedin tomorrow morning. Dunedin, November 12.

Passengers for Lyttelton per Taupo today ; Messrs Parry, Plawkius, Braid, and Lock ley. A banquet is to be given to Mr Reid, M.H.R., at Mosgiel, on the 23rd instant.

Mr Murray addres§es his constituents at Milton to-night,