TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Globe, Volume VII, Issue 734, 26 October 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

{Per Press Agency,') Auckland, October 25. H.M.S. Sapphire proceeds to Wellington it is understood, to bring up the Governor after the prorogation. Messrs Brassey and Keesing were admitted to the bar to-day. A four-oared racing boat, built by Salter, of Oxford, and brought from Christchurch, will probably be used by the Auckland crew at the Interprovincial race at Nelson. A meeting was held to-day, which anpointed a committee for the reception of the Auckland members,

The Rev Mr Selwyn, son of the Bishop of Lichfield, is to be consecrated to the see of Melanesia during the next meeting of the Synod in January. In banco, to-day, Mr Hesketh applied to enter upon judgment in tie arbitration case Jones and Ware v Brogden. The case was adjourned fora week. Nelson, October 26. Arrived—Annie Hall, from Mauritius, with new season’s sugar, for Nelson and Christchurch, Westport, October 25. In Karamea, where the life buoy marked La Hogue was found, a carved gilt human figure off the stern of a large vessel has been found, also a cedar cabin door, step, and a quantity of gear. The coast for a mile is strewn with deiris, warranting an official enquiry, Dunedin, October 25, Some interesting Maori relics have been discovered in a cave atTaieri. The alleged assault case, brought by an inmate of the lunatic asylum against Superintendent Hume, was resumed to-day, and the decision adjourned for a week. The case, Mackay, of the Bruce Herald , v the National Bank, damages £15,000, for dishonoring bills, &c, was commenced at the Supreme Court to-day. The Simonsen Opera Company open tonight. Dunedin, October 26, The Union Company have agreed to isssue return tickets at single fares, from any part of the colony, to members of fire brigades visiting the Dunedin demonstration.