The Globe. TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1876. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume V, Issue 595, 16 May 1876, Page 2

The Globe. TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1876. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

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[By Submaeine Cable.] Sydney, May 18. Breadstuff's are easier in consequence of the large arrivals. Our Government and that of New Zealand have arranged that the Nymphe shall visit the Aucklard Islands to search for traoes of the ship Strathmore. Melbourne, May 15. Statistics show a large increased yield of wheat over that of last year. Two attempts to throw the train off the Government lines are reported. Arrived—Arawata, s e, and Northumberland, 8.8. Sailed—Otago. (Per Albion, via ETokitika.) Melbourne, May 9. The ship Millwall from London reports that the s.s. St Osyth put in to Table Bay on March 29th. The Minister of Lands has received reports from the Warden at Howett concerning the operations of prospecting parties in North Gippsland the and Omeo districts. One report states that all tributaries of any note and all low lying levels have been prospected without gold or minerals being f unci. The desirability of finishing a book _ upon the manners and customs of the aborigines commenced by Mr Brough Smythe has been determined upon by the Chief Secretary. Mr Smythe will be requested to complete the work, as a considerable sum of public money has been spent on it. At Hobart Town, the last Tasmanian aboriginal, Lallah Rookh, died of paralysis, aged 72. She was Queen Consort to King Billy, who died some time ago, aged 71. Lallah Rookh was under the care of Mr Dan bridge, to whom the Government allowed a sum of £BO a year for her maintenance. Parliament is further prorogued till the 29th June. . y ' INTEBPROVINCIAL. Auckland, May 15. At the Daily Southern Cross meeting the report showed that the business done as it appears on the books left a balance of £554 0s 8d over expenditure. The bank overdraft is £282. No dividend was declared. The shareholders of the Fiji Banking Company have expressed an opinion that the terms offered by the Bank of New Zealand to buy at par was to the advantage of the purchaser, and resolved that the company be wound up, but the directors are to endeavor to get the Back of New Zealand to increase the purchase money by allowing interest on capital. The City Council gave the Mayor power to to draft a measure to be introduced in the approaching Parliament, enabling the Corporation to erect slaughter houses. The Mayor said it was proposed to introduce a Bill for the colony having this and other objects in view. Napier, May 15. Mrs Wright, wife of Walter Wright, painter and glazier, hag. been arrested to-day on a charge, on her own confession, of having murdered her child, aged two years, by pressing a handkerchief over its mouth and nostrils. She was supposed to be laboring under temporary insanity. Wellington, May 15. In a few weeks Dr Knight, AnditorGeneral, will retire on his pension. Dr Knight's daties for the last couple of years have been those of a Commissioner of Audit, in conjunction with Mr J. K. FilzGerald, the former ? Comptroller-General. As Commissioner of Audit Dr Knight will be succeeded by G. S. Cooper, the present Under-Secretary for the Colony. It is not yet decided who is to succeed Mr Cooper as Under-Secretary, Wellington, May I*>. The s.s. Easby arrived this morning from Sydney. She had fine weather throughout the passage ; she goes south this afternoon. Passengers per s. s. Albion for Lyttelton— The Misses Lockett, Roberts, and Wina, Mrs G. Thompson, and Mr Loughnan. Arrived—The Excelsior, from Lyttelton. The promoters of the Rangitoto Silver Mining Company have been very successful in disposing of the shares allotted for the Wellington province. QrjEENSxowN, May 16. Two severe shocks of earthquake were felt last night at Queenstown, accompanied by a rumbling noise. The duration of the first s,hock was about ten seconds, and of the

second shock about twenty seconds; the direction of the wave was from west to east. Dunedin, May 15. The Times this morning, referring to the demands for new schools and additional teachers, says—" The school system of Otago hvis broken down, not in itß educational functions, but financially. The schools in future will have to look to the parents and make demands on the Provincial purse less onerous than they have been." lima de Murska sang an " Ave Maria" at the Catholic Cathedral last night. The building was crowded, and hundreds were unable to obtain admission. The City Council have resolved to erect a city hall at a cost not to exceed £20,000, and have resolved that it is advisable that a system of street tramways should be adopted.