The Globe. TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1876. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume V, Issue 583, 2 May 1876, Page 2

The Globe. TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1876. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

{Per Press Agency.') LATEST PEOM AUSTKALIA. ■■ ■ ♦ [By Submarine Cable.] Sydney, May 1. Sullivan was brought up on a writ of habeas corpus to-day and discharged from custody, as the Influx of Criminals Prevention Act does not apply to him. The barque Kohinoor, from New Zealand, was run into on the river by the steamer Rob Roy, and sank. In a pedestrian match, Hewitt (England) versus Davis (America), the former won easily. Melbourne, May 2. The Ringarooma left yesterday with the Suez mail. INTERPROVINCUL. Auckland, May 1. The new assessment of city property amounts to £137. COO, showing an increased value of £12,000 over last year —[The above was sent from Wellington at 7.30 on Ist, and received by us 11 a.m. on the 2nd ! I !] Grahamstown, May 1. The following telegram has been received here by a miner from his brother:— " Charters Towers, April 28th : Rush to Palmer no good, Great disturbances. Make public." A rumour is in circulation that Sir George Grey will Bhortly resign his Thames seat. The names of several probable candidates are already mentioned. Wellington, May 1. The plasterers, who have been out on strike for some time, have held a conference with the contractors, and resolved amongst themselves to resume work at the old rate — lis per day. Wellington, May 2. The annual general meeting of the Titanic Steel and Iron Company, was held last night. Considerable discussion ensued, a portion being of rather a personal and animated character. The chairman proposed "that out of consideration for the interests of the Dunedin shareholders, that the meeting be adjourned for a month, so as to allow the shareholders resident in other parts of the colony to be present." An amendment was proposed —" That the business be proceeded with at once." Mr Chew said the directors and shareholders had been misled from the first, and he believed the longer the large company was carried on the worse it would be for the shareholders. The chairman said it was remarkable how differently Mr Chew spoke when, as manager, he was drawing £3OO a year from the shareholders. The original resolution was carried, and the meeting then adjourned for a month. Greymouth, May 1. The Wealth of Nations Company, Reefton, for seven weeks' crushing, got 735 ounces 6 dwts retorted gold. Dividend has been declared of 3s per scrip. Dunedin, May 1. Mr John H. Sanders, solicitor, died this morning, after a short illness. Mr John Hughes, storeman at Messrs Dalgety, Nichols and Co, died at the store suddenly to-day. He had been suffering from heart disease. Bluff, May 1, Arrived—7 a.m, Otago, from Dunedin. Sailed—ll p.m, Otago, for Melbourne.