TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Globe, Volume VI, Issue 660, 1 August 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

{Per Press Agency.') LATEST FKOM AUSTRALIA. | By Submarine Cable.J Sydney, July 81. The steamer Waratah ran into the tug Southland yesterday at Newcastle. The latt ?r sunk in twenty minutes. No lives were lost. A dissolution of marriage has been granted in Drummond v Drummond. The husband was brought back from New Zealand on a charge of robbing the Provincial and Suburban Bank. Melbourne, July 31. The body of a man has been found on the Victorian Parade, Melbourne, robbed, with marks of violence as if strangled. Four men have been arrested on suspicion. INTERPROVINOIAL. Auckland, July 31. The Gas Company has declared a dividend of 15 per cent. A death from scarlet fever at quarantine station, nas caused a further detention of the Bebington immigrants. A political meeting of the Franklin electors at Pokenoe, passed a resolution asking their members to oppose the Counties Bill and support Sir G. Grey. Arrived Peri, from Lyttelton. The Minnehaha has cleared for that port via Mercury Bay sawmills. Wellington, July 31. It is understood that Sir Julius Vogel has so far recovered from his illness that he will be able to attend in his place in the 'House to-morrow. Wellington, August 1. Arrived—Easby, from Sydney. Greymouth, July 31. The return of melted gold from the Wealth of Nations company for July is 365 ounces. A dividend, 3s per share, has been declared. The Argus says an inquiry should be made into the cause of the .collapse of the

Brunner railway bridge, so [that the blame may rest on the right shoulders, viz, whether the fact of the bridge breaking down under its own weight, was due to faulty material or faultiness of design. Half the cables were recovered uninjured yesterday, and the balance will probably be got to-day. Reefton, July 31. The Hopeful Company from 1120 tons obtained 2313 ounces of gold. Dunedin, July 31. The Rev R. L. Stanford, of this city, has been requested to allow himself to be nominated for the Bishopric of Waipu. The following resolution has been proposed and carried by the political league at Dunstan—" That in the opinion of this league the only way the Middle Island can prosper, in accordance with its vast resources, is by financial separation from the North Island. The Normal School is closed to further pupils, owing to its crowded state. Mr Birch, J.P, has served the proprietor of the ffood Templar with a writ for libel; damages, £SOO. An electioneering canvasser has been threatened with a libal action, £IOOO damages, by a Mayoral candidate, for defamation.