The Globe. MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1876.

Globe, Volume VI, Issue 612, 5 June 1876, Page 2

The Globe. MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1876.

Wb call the attention of our readers to the telegrams published elsewhere, passing between the Superintendent and the General Government, respecting the appointment of the Provincial Treasurer. The correspondence is now for the first time published.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

<[Per Press Agency, j LATEST FROM AUSTRALIA. [By Submarine Cable.] Melbourne, June 3. In Messrs Stevenson’s case, the evidence as to valuation given by competent witnesses is widely different from that given by complainant’s witnesses. The case has been dismissed. Another case will be heard on Wednesday. INTERPROVINCIAL. Auckland, June 3, The Superintendent has addressed a letter to the Marquis of Normanby, asking permission to institute legal proceedings relative to the Piako Swamp sale. The Governor has replied that he had forwarded the letter to his reponsible advisers in Wellington. Sir G. Grey also asked him to send copies of all letters that have passed relative to dealing with native lands to the Secretary af State. The Governor has consented. A deputation from the Rifle Association waited upon Sir D. McLean, and represented the inferior nature of the Sneider rifles and ammunition, which prevented the volunteers from qualifying for colonial firing. Sir D. McLean promised to attend to the matter. Gkahamstown, June 5. A monster meeting is convened to take place at Ohiuemuri next Saturday, to protest against the boundaries of the goldfield being encroached upon to enlarge the native reserves in a manner not recognised in the the agreement with the natives. Alexandra, June 3. A Maori settlement is being removed down to Kopua, near the confiscated boundary. Napier, June 3. The steamer Fairy, in going off to the steamer Australia to-day, got on a reef inside the Beads. She is much injured. Her owners are Messrs Richardson and Campbell. Wellington, June 3. Scarlet fever is reported at the Te Aro end of the town, six in one family being down with it, and two of them dangerously affected. Dunedin, June 3. The breach of promise action, Miss Campbell versus J. Shand, of Taieri, Has been settled by defendant paying £3OO and all costs. Dunedin, June 5. Bishop Moran delivered a strong discourse on educational matters last evening, and expressed his determination to still demand a share of the public expenditure for Catholic schools.