The Globe. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1876. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume V, Issue 549, 22 March 1876, Page 2

The Globe. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1876. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

{Per Press Agmey.) LATEST ~FROIJL AUSTEALIA. 0 [By Submarine Cable."] Sydney, March 21. An examination of the ova per the Durham showed that half were in a sound condition, LNTERPROVINCIAL. Auckland, March 21. At the meeting of the Harbor Board to-day Mr Nichol's motion for extending the new railway wharf into deeper water was discussed, and finally referred to a special meeting. The Board have instructed the engineer to report upon the best sites, east and west of the city, for public baths. Wellington, March 21.

It is stated that it has uedii decided not to employ upon the Queen's wharf any men belonging to the Lumper's Union, or any similar trade union, and that applicants for employment will be required to declare they are not connected with any combination. Napier, March 21.

The Harbor B >ard has accepted the tender of the Bank of Australasia for the proposed loan of £7OOO on the following terms—l per cent for raising, 7 per cent fo: overdraft, sJper cent on depo9i(s. TLe hard labor prisoners will be put to work quarrying stone for the wall at the Western Spit. Dunedin, March 21.

Mr James Macassey, banister, has presented to All Saints' Church £62 10s, the amount of judgment obtained against Messrs Henry Wise and Co, being his charge, for editing the first number of the Colonial Law Journal. Mr Wise positively denied all indebtedness. The Resident Magistrate gave judgment strongly in favor of the plaintiff. The case has caused much interest in professional circles. Bluff, March 21. The EiDgarooma has just arrived from Dunedin. She was detained on the passage by heavy weather, sails at 9 a.m. tomorrow for Melbourne. THIS DAY'S TELEGRAMS. Wellington, March 22. There are great bush fires in the vicinity of the city. Many families are burnt out and forced to come into town. Numbers of humesteads and farms, stock, and crops are destroyed. Hokitika, March 22. The special reporter of the West Coast Times has returned from the silver mine at Mount Rangitoto, and he confirms the statement made by the prospectors. The Galena reef is exposed for a distance of forty-five feet, with a thickness of nine inches, and dipping into the mountain. Three to four tons are to be taken out ready to be sent to town, or to be melted on the spot. The track is very inaccessible at present. Thirty pounds' weight of specimens brought to town will be shipped for analysis to confirm the assay made by Kirkland. Four distinct reefs are now exposed on the prospectors' lease. Dunedin, March 23. The sum of ,£775 pounds was taken at the Knox Church Bazaar yesterday. Mr Charles Bright has called upon |the Mount Ida Chronicle to retract the charge of literary piracy, and placed his manuscript lectures in the hands of the editor of the Daily Times challenging examination. Mr Louis Basch initiated proceedings for perjury against Mr Harris, a director of the Colonial Building and Investment Society in connection with the recent charge of embezzlement.

The Land Board, at its meeting to-day, agreed to reduce the terms of the Mataura paper mill's lease to £ls for the second year, and £5 yearly for the third term of seven years. On dit, the Guardian is to be made a twopenny paper. Mr Justice Williams delivers judgment in the Tairoa case next Wednesday.