TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Globe, Volume VII, Issue 735, 27 October 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

(Per Tress Agency LATEST EEOM AUSTRALIA. * [By Submarine Cable,] Sydney, October 26. The ship La Hogue has arrived safely today. There was a terrific thunderstorm at Brisbane yesterday, The lightning entered the chimney of a cottage and struck a child dead. The Easby arrived at Newcastle yesterday. bailed—Albion. Three hundred articles, mainly a large quantity of jewellery, were found in possession of the burglars recently arrested. Melbourne, October 26. The following is the latest betting on the Maribyrong Plate:—6 to I against Rapidity, 10 to 1 against Expectation. On the Derby—s to 4 against Newminster, 10 to 1 against Tocal, 10 to 1 against any other. Melbourne Cup—7 to 1 against D’Artifice, 8 to 1 against Irish Stew, 10 to 1 against Valentia. An Italian named Bordietta has been remanded on a charge of murdering his mate Cornisto, whose charred remains were found near Kilmore; Sailed—Otago. INTERPROVINCIAL. Auckland, October 26. The entries for the Auckland Handicap of £2OO, and the Racing Club Handicap, close at 8 p.m. to-morrow (Friday). The amount of the arbitration award in Jones and Ware v Brogden is £4379. The Southern Cross to day thinks that the New South Wales Government ia attempting to drive a one-sided and hard bargain, and the New Zealand Ministry has been too plastic. Honolulu may be relinquished, but the price of the relinquishment must be Auckland as the port of call. It concludes the article by saying that at all risks—even at the risk of the abandonment of the service —Auckland must not be sacrificed as the port of call, and the Government must show unmistakeably that they are determined it shall not be sacrificed. The same paper suggests the issue of a freight stamp for the prepayment of parcels, as being a great convenience. Wellington, October 27. The appointment of Sir Julius Vogel to be Agent-General for the colony appears in the Gazette, the appointment dating from the 9th of September, 1876. Dunedin, October 26. The Superintendent has addressed a letter as follows, in accordance with the request of the Political Association—“ I have the honor to request you to be good enough to attend a meeting of members of the House of Representatives and Provincial Councils, Mayors of municipalities, chairmen of district Road Boards and of local education committees, to be held in the Provincial Council hall, Dunedin, on Wednesday, November Bth, to confer and determine as to the best means of extricating the province of Otago from the evil results involved in the Abolition of Provinces Act. I need not say that the present crisis is one which demands the most serious attention of all earnest men who have the future welfare of the province at heart, and I venture to hope there will be a goodly muster of such at the proposed meeting, which need not occupy more than one or two days.” The Ocean Beach Railway was opened today. The verdict was for the defendants in the case Mackay v National Bank. Sales—Colonial Bank shares, £1 lls 6d ; National Insurance, £1 4s ; Standard Insurance, 12s ; Mosgiel Woollen, £1 17s 6d. Buyers—Colonial Bank, £1 lls ; National Insurance, £1 3s 6d ; Standard Insurance, 12s ; Mosgiel Woollen, £1 17s 6d. Sellers— Colonial Bank, £1 12s ; Mosgiel Woollen, £l2. Dunedin, October 27. Arrangements have been made on the Clutha Railway, by which the trip from Invercargill will, from the Ist November, be made in one day. It having been stated that the Insurance offices refuse to pay the South British the amount of its re-insurances on the loss of the Czarewitch, the Guardian says, “We understand that the South British never raised any objection to the payment of the policy on the loss of the vessel, but was warned by other companies, that its doing so would prejudice the case pending between the underwriter and the Superintendent, In accordance with suoh request tlie South British refrained from paying until the case was decided, but thereupon forthwith paid -w a cheque for th,a fulj. amount. Mnw Inn Other f ° Ur o<WP anieS f ow tne uUO ta and it is reported to pay their British presses for that in case the Sou “ d t he other payment, a ring will be foi. f insurance companies, with the o_„ ,; nftS3 framing from doing any kind of bu<,' with the South British.”