TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume V, Issue 548, 21 March 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

{Per Press Agency .) LATEST FROM EUROPE AND * [By Submarine Cable.] POSTAL RATES, London, March 18. The proposal to increase the postage on newspapers via San B'rancisco, has been postponed till 1879. COMMERCIAL. London, March 18, Wheat is improving in demand. Three hundred and fifty bales of New Zealand hemp have been sold at full ratesPresent stocks are firmly held. SHIPPING. London, March 18. Arrived—Director, from Auckland ; Waikato, from Lyttelton ; Halcione, from Wellington. AUSTRALIA. Sydney, March 20. The ova brought by the Durham leaves for New Zealand by the first steamer. INTERPEO VIN Cl AL. Auckland, March 20. Buyers—New Zealand, £l7 12s ; National Insurance, 24s ; Standard, I Is 3d ; Beach, 70s ; Shipping, 75s ; Colonial, 30s. Sellers — New Zealand Insurance, 76s ; National Bank, 75s ; South British, 565. Sailed—Taupo, for the South, yesterday. Passengers for Lyttelton : Mesdames Drake, Harrison, and two children, Messrs Harrison, Drake, Kinly, and York. TAURANGA, March 20. The charge of bribery and corruption in the late Bast Coast election came on for hearing to-day. On the first indictment Major Pitt was committed to stand his trial. The second indictment is still before the Court, There is some dissatisfaction against the committal, on the ground that the evidence in the first indictment is not sufficiently strong. Major Roberts, acting R.M., sat alone. Mr Rees appeared for the prosesecutor, and Mr Hesketh for the defence, Only one witness was called in the first indictment, and he openly admitted personal bias and motives of revenge against Mr Read. He is a Pakeha Maori named Fairface Johnston. Wellington, March 20, The Terpsichore brings 390 immigrants. Eight died on the passage from typhoid fever. Eleven are now under treatment. All have been landed on Quarantine Island. Captain Evans has given up the command of the Manawatu and taken that of the Ladybird. Captain Griffiths, being senior officer, had the option of taking the Ladybird; but he preferred sticking to the Rangatira, Mr Harvey, late chief officer of the Manawatu, takes the command of that vessel Nelson, March 20. A fatal accident happened at Richmond on Saturday to John Siggelkow jun,, who was riding after cattle, when his horse fell and rolled on him. He was lying in an unconscious state till last night, when he died. Nelson won the cricket match against Wellington by four wickets. Hokitika, March 20. The Albion is in the roadstead from Sydney. She will be tended to-morrow if the weather is fine. Port Chalmers, March 20. The ship Wellington was towed in last night, and despite a case of typhoid fever still in the hospital, Capt Thomson, health officer, cleared the ship. Dr Drysdale refund

to take any part in the proceedings until the Board of Health had been consulted. Arrived —Barque Gloucester, from Hongkong, with 58 Chinese and a cargo, 64 days out. Dunedin, March 20. Great interest is taken in the approaching races, and visitors eve beginning to arrive in numbers. Betting is mainly confined to the Dunedin Cup, and the following are the approximate odds :—5 to 1 against Fishhook ; 6 to I against Tattler ; 7 to 1 against Korari; 10 to 1 against Guy Fawkes, Tadmor, King Philip, and Daniel O’Rourke; 100 to 8 against Rory O’More, Right Bower, Pungawerewere, and Templeton ; 20 to 1 against Gamecock. The prices vary constantly, THIS HAY’S TELEGHAStS. AUSTRALIAN NEWS, [Per Otago, via Bluff.] Melbourne, March 15. The Budget proposals still hangs fire. The Government virtually withdraws the house tax, and propose that all classes of buildings should be taxed under the income tax, and all the land in town pay equally with the country laud. Regarding the income tax, the incomes derived elsewhere than in Victoria is to pay the tax. The Parliamentary debates are distinguished by gross and uncalled for personalities. Both sides are to blame. Gavan Duffy is spoken of as a candidate for Geelong. He will not be supported by Berry's party. The proposal to send a rifle team to Philadelphia, and also to Wimbledon is assuming a definite shape. The proposal is to send five representatives to each from Sydney and Melbourne. The cost will be £2OCJ. The Government is to be asked to assist, and a public meeting is to be called by the Mayor. If the team is only to go to Philadelphia they will leave in July to shoot in September, but if to Wimbledon, they will have to leave by the 7th May, to shoot at the end of July, At the race meeting Sultan won the Newmarket Handicap, and Richmond the Leger. Many of the bookmakers lost. Sir Redmond Barry has resigned the Chancellorship of the University. Mauritius advices state that two vessels are loading for New Zealand. IMTERPROYINOIAL. Auckland, March 20. William Henry Campbell, an old thief and loafer, was sentenced to one years’ imprisonment on each of two charges, for extorting money by following coupßs in the Domain professing himself to be a detective, and making them give him money to prevent their being summoned for indecent conduct. He has carried ©n this practice systematically. The City Council carried a new bye-law relating to the smoke nuisance, compelling manufacturers to raise the height of their chimneys, with an additional clause restricting interference, unless fifty residents near sign a requisition. Taueanga, March 21. Mr Pitt was committed on both charges of bribery and corruption. The second charge was supported by Native testimony only. Bail was allowed defendant in £4CO, and two sureties of £2OO each, Wellington, March 21. Sailed—Taranaki, s.s, for Lyttelton and Otago, at 11 a.m. Passengers—Messrs Gardner, Hislop, Holmes, Johnston, Evans, Wilkins, Osborne, Williams, and Beresford, five steerage, and 36 original. Gbeymouth, March 21. The races are again postponed till tomorrow. The weather is now fine, but portions of the course are inundated by the recent rain. Everett’s Hibernicon Panorama Company, from Sydney, are playing here to crowded houses. They purpose making a tour of the colony. The Albion has arrived from Melbourne. It is doubtful whether she will be tendered. The Maori is bar bound. Bluff, March 21.

The s.s, Otago arrived here at 7 a.m, this morning. She left Melbourne at 2.30 p.m. on the 15th. She cleared the Heads at 6.10 p.m.; passed the Sisters at 3 p.m. on the 16th; experienced strong easterly winds for the first two days, and then strong sou’-west winds and thick weather. She arrived off the Bluff at 10 p,m. on the 20th, and hove to in a gale. She brings 40 saloon, and 34 steerage passengers, and 490 tons cargo for all ports. She sails for Dunedin at 4 p.m. Passengers for Lyttelton, saloon—Miss Sonness, Mrs Anderson, Lane, and Ryce, Messrs Anderson, Hughes, Edwards, Wallace, and Reeves, 4 steerage, and 130 tons cargo.