TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Globe, Volume VI, Issue 697, 13 September 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

* {Per Press Agency .) LATEST FROM AUSTRALIA. [By Submarine Cable.] DEATH OF A NUMBER OF RACE HORSES. TOTAL LOSS OF THE DANDENONG. Sydney, September 12. The gale has subsided. The ships Tweed and Greta got off undamaged. The City ot Melbourne from Sydney to Melbourne encountered the full force of the gale. The race horses Nemesis, Gros, Robin Hood, Sylvia Colt, Sovereign, Etoile du Matin, and others on board were killed; Chrysolite and Redwood saved. Two boats were swept away, also the deck cargo. The steering gear was damaged. Anxiety exists about other steamers now overdue, The gale was the heaviest ever known.

Sydney, September 13. The steamer Dandenong, from Sydney to Melbourne, was totally lost off Jervis Bay on the 28th, The passengers and crew arrived at Newcastle to-day in a barque. Melbourne, September 13. A collision occurred between the Hero and the schooner Eva yesterday in the harbor. The latter was much damaged, but the former was uninjured.

UNTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, September 12.

The City of Sydney left at three this morning ; 1500 bags Californian oats were landed here from the mail steamer. The house of a settler named Gleeson at Waiuku was destroyed by fire. A child, fifteen months old, was burned to death. The father and mother were a short distance from the house. They heard screams, but could not rescue the child. A neighbour named Evitt at the inquest said his wife called his attention to smoke coming through the roof, and that they heard a child’s screams, but did not go because they had children to mind. The jury appended a rider to the verdict censuring him for his inhuman conduct. The following vessels, from Lyttelton, are windbound in Hicks’ Bay ; some have been there three weeks, Prince Alfred, Kate Macgregor, Favorite, Elizabeth, Jessie, and Flirt. The weather on the coast is reported as fearful. New Plymouth, September 12. An agency of the Bank of New Zealand will be opened to-morrow, under the charge of Mr R, J. Matthews. The necessary alterations in the iron sand furnace are completed, and Smith reports he will be ready to blow in on Tuesday next. Hokitika, September 13. The Kvmara Times, a daily paper on the new rush, is announced to be published next week, by the proprietors of the Grey River Argus, In the Supreme Court Patrick Guider, alias John Kiriom was sentenced to three years for manslaughter. The Bank of New Zealand, Bank of New South Wales, and Union Bank have opened branches at Kumara, The rush is increasing, Dunedin, September 12. Roberts played his first match in Dunedin at the Temperance Hall last night. Nesbitt, his opponent, is a native of Nelson, and has the reputation of being a first class player. He received 600 points out of 1000 from Roberts. Towards its close the game became very exciting, Nesbitt eventually winning by 56 points, the score being— Roberts, 946 ; Nesbitt, 1002. The champion made twenty-two consecutive hazards fiom his favorite spot stroke. His longest break was 120. Immense applause greeted the winner at the conclusion of the game. This evening Roberts plays Manson again, of Invercargill, giving him 800 out of 1000. Manson is said to have the honor of having beaten Roberts by more points than any one else since he has been champion. Dunedin, September 13. A private telegram received from Melbourne by two Dunedin firms, dated 12 p.m. 11th September, reports kerosene 2s, Sugars have advanced £3 per ton in Melbourne, and £5 per ton in London. Messrs MacLandress, Hepburne and Co held a sale by auction of a cargo sugar yesterday, but the receipt of the above telegrams made buyers rather chary, and only 2000 bags were sold at prices ranging from £32 to £3B 2s 6d in bond. Rev Mr Cowie was indicated last night as missionary to the Chinese in Otago. Roberts played a second match last night with Manson, of Invercargill, allowing him 600 points. Manson was beaten by 97. Roberts plavs Weston to-night, giving him 500. The receipts of the Otago railways for the month of August were £10,549. Riverton, September 13. The following resolution was carried unanimously in a full meeting of the Town Council last night ;—“This Council disap proves entirely of Mr Macandrew’s resolutions. or any form of Government which would resuscitate Provincialism, the district having suffered enough through the neglect and maladministration of the Provincial Government, aud affirms approval of the system of local Government on the basis of the County Bill introduced by Sir J. Vogel.”