TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Globe, Volume VI, Issue 696, 12 September 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

(Per Press Agency.') LATEST FROM EUROPE AND [By Submarine Cable.! THE CHAMPIONSHIP. London, September 1. General indignation is expressed at Trinkett's treatment by the Tyne men, who induced him to forego his visit to Philadelphia in order to meet Lumsden. Proceedings are suggested, and a testimonial to Trickett is proposed. COMMERCIAL. Wheat is firmer. New Zealand is not quoted. THE MAILS. The mails via, Brindisi were delivered on the 28th August. AUSTRALIA. Sydney, September 11. There was a terrific gale all night, with heavy rain. It still continues. No serious casualties are yet reported. The gale is still blowing ; the squalls are less violent. The Pacific mail steamer Australia dragged her anchor, and the ships Tweed and Greta went ashore. A number of small crafts were also driven ashore. A great deal of damage has been done to property in the suburbs. In a | fire at the Footscray dynamite factory, near Melbourne, a man named Bates was burned to death. Melbourne, September 11. The Wakatipu will probably proceed to Sydney to-morrow. The chemical works of Messrs Cummings, Smith and Co have been destroyed by fire ; damages, £IO,OOO. Arrived—Ringarooma. Sailed —Arawata. INTERPROVINCIAL. Wellington, September 12. There is no foundation whatever for the rumour that the Hon E. Richardson will be appointed Commissioner of Railways, or to any other office, should he resign his seat in the Executive. Dunedin, September 11. Roberts has challenged Weston for £SOO, to give him five hundred out of a thousand. Hobeitß pi ay a Nosbitt to night. Little Nell Li doing a good business here. The Harbor Board this afternoon, agreed to the suggestion of the engineer to submit the plans of the harbor works to Mr Blackett. Mr Simpson goes to Wellington in charge of the plans.