The Globe. WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1876. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume V, Issue 590, 10 May 1876, Page 2

The Globe. WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1876. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

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LATEST EROM AUSTRALIA,

* [By Submarine Cable J Sydney, May 9. Ninety cases of go r ds from Melbourne have been seized by the Customs, as con taining combustible material. A Queensland telegram states that one hundred and fifty diggers on arriving at Oooktown refused to leave the steamer, although the assistance of a magistrate WiS called in.

The crew of the Strathern, immigrant ship, from Glasgow, mutinied, and the second mate was severely wounded. The cabin is 1 arricaded against the mutineers, who have possession forward. The captain has telegraphed to Rockhampton for assist ance, and the police have gone out. Mr Audley Ooote is negotiating with the Government with reference to a second cable to Europe. At the inquiry into the cause of the collision between the tug Challenge and the steamer New England, the certificate of the master of the former has been suspended for a month. Sailed—E ashy. INTERPROVINCIAL. Auckland, May 10. A large fire in Queen street was at two o’clock this morning discovered in a small occupied house at the rear of a wooden block of shops at the corner of Victoria s'reet and Queen street, opposite the Greyhound Hotel. The fire sprt ad with great rapidity, destroying the following premises in Queen streetMr Cook’s furniture shop; stock insured in the Norwich Unionfor £100; Messrs Close Brothers, grocers; insurance stock £IOOO. Mr Payne, watchmaker Mr Syms, hairdresser ; Fijian fruit house, unoccup : ed; Mr Weesmen, chemist, stock insured for £450 ; Mr Bennett, draper, Mr Burrell's music shop, stock insured for £450. In Victoria street the Blue Post diningrooms, insured for £SOO. The fire was stopped by Mr Montague’s brick building, which is damaged by intense he d. The losses of the Insurance Companies, so far as yet ascertained, are—New Zealand, £1750 ; Victoria, £750; Imperial, £5 0; Norwich Union, £GOO. The origin of the fire is unknown, but thing look verys suspicious, Napier, May 9 A meeting has been held, and a considerable sum of money collect’d, for the purpose of establishing an Acclimalisation Society. A committee has been appointed to frame rules, &c. Wellington, May 9. The Court of Appeal w >s occupied again to-day with the case Broaden v the Queen, The pleadings of counsel are concluded. Judgment is reserved. The case comes before the Court in the fo m of a demurrer to defendant’s pleas in answer to a petition under The. Crown Redress Act, 1871, preferred by John Brogden and Sons to recover £2335, alleged to be due to su iplicants under the Waitaki • Moeraki railway contract. Messrs Brogden’s contention has been that the agreement made by -DrFeathereton, under

which they contracted to send out immigrants, is bad, inasmuch as the Governor had no power to delegate to Dr Featherston the authority he used, and that therefore the Government cannot, in respect of the immigration contracts, detain moneys owing to Messrs Brogden on account of contracts for work. The case will turn upon what construction is put upon certain clauses of the Immigration and Public Works Acts 1870 and 1871. Wellington, May 10. The report regarding the seizure of Stevenson's goods for evading duty proves to be untrue, Dunedin, May 9. The motion for the appointment of a paid fire brigade, in place of the volunteers, did not find a seconder. The City Council have recommended that competitive designs *be invited for a City Hall, prizes of two hundred pounds, one hundred and fifty, and one hundred pounds to be given for the three best. The buildings will be very extensive, and include a hall capable of seating two thousand persons. The matter will be considered on Monday at a special meeting of the Council. Bluff, May 9. Arrived —8 a.m., Arawata from Dunedin. Sailed—Arawata, at 1.30 p.m., for Mel-

bourne. FIJI NEWS. Auckland, May 9. The Llewellyn has arrived from Levuka. Disturbances have occurred among the mountaineers of Viti Levu. In consequence of the reported restlessness of the hill tribes, Captains Olive and Carew, with a force of about 200 armed native troops, were despatched for the mountain region of Viti Levu, about two months back. They were forbidden by the mountain chiefs to continue the march into the country, and as the object of the expedition was more to keep the insurgents quiet than provoke hostilities, the constitutional force encamped at a respectful distance. On the 18th of April the two officers in charge were startled at hearing that the rebels had descended the opposite side of the ranges and laid waste several coast villages near the river Sangitoto, committing in their raid most frightful atrocities. No precise particulars of the amount of destruction has been received, but it was reported that thirty villages had been ravaged, in many cases the inhabitants, men, women, and children, being massacred in the most brutal manner, being thrown into the burning houses, and roasted alive. On receiving intelligence Captain Olive started for Levuka as soon as possible, and conveyed a statement of the condition of affairs to the Government. Meanwhile, the coast chiefs were not idle. They collected their forces and marched against the mountaineers, and reinforcements have been despatched from Levuka to subdue the rebels. The other news is unimportant.

DUNEDIN RAGES.

Dunedin, May 9. The handicappers of the Dunedin Jockey Club have declared the following handicaps for the Tradesmen's Races; — Queen’s Birthday Handicap. st. lb. st.lb. King Philip ... 8 8 Tadmor ... 8 7 Rob Roy ... 8 7 Glengarry ... 8 0 Right Bower... 8 0 Sir William ... 7 13 Haphazard ... 711 Nabouchlish ... 512 Steamer ... 5 7 Merry Bird ... 5 0 Tradesman’s Handicap. Tadmor ... 8 10 Rob Roy ... 8 8 King Philip ... 8 7 Sir William ... 8 4 Haphazard ... 8 2 Right Bower ... 8 2 Glengarry ... 8 0 Nabouchlish ... 6 0 Seabird ... 6 0 May Queen ... 5 7 Steamer ... 5 7 Miss Elswick ... 5 0