TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Globe, Volume VII, Issue 777, 16 December 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

(Per Press Agency.') Auckland, December 15. The booths for the racecourse were sold today for £ll3 ; the cards for £45. The Auckland Common Schools broke up to-day. Owing to an accident to the crew of the Mercury Bay, Auckland is not likely to be represented in the Champion fours race at Nelson. Mastekton, December 15. The local elections are causing very little interest. Napier, December 16, The county elections are being keenly contested throughout the country districts, Wellington, December 16. The wharf committee of the City Council agreed at a meeting yesterday to an expenditure of £20,000 upon the improvement and extension of the wharf, according to a plan which has been approved by the Public Works Department. The city surveyor was instructed to prepare the necessary specifications, and advertise for tenders for the proposed work as speedily as possible. Dunedin, December 15. Very little interest re the elections. The Matau bridge was opened with a number of political speeches made by provincialists, viz, Messrs Stout, Macandrew, kc The Harbor Board has voted Mr J. L Gillies, secretary to the Board, the sum of £250 for additional work during the past two years and the zeal displayed by him. Invercargill, December 15. The following information has just been received from the scene of the wreck of the William Ackers :—“The vessel came ashore here on Tuesday morning. She is completely broken up. All her cargo is lying on the beach. The names of those saved are Captain Joss (a passenger), Cantley, mate, Ridey, seaman. None of the bodies of those drowned have been washed ashore yet, and nothing has been saved from the wreck. Part of the cargo was insured in the Standard for five hundred pounds. Port Chalmers, December 16. At the Heads, ship Oamaru, from Glasgow, with immigrants. She has measles on board. Invercargill, December 16. The Junction Hotel, a large building containing upwards of thirteen rooms, bar, &o, situated about four and-a-half miles from Invergargill, was totally destroyed by fire this morning. The building was insured in the National for £SOO (the National reinsured in the Royal for £300), and the furniture for £IOO. The building was set on fire by the owner, Mrs Ott, who appeared to be in a distressed state of mind consequent on being obliged to leave the hotel.