TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Globe, Volume VII, Issue 787, 29 December 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

{Per Press Agency .) LATEST FROM AUSTRALIA. o [By Submarine Cable.J Sydney, December 28; Another case of small pox has broken out on the steamer Brisbane. THE CRICKET MATCH. Melbourne, December 27. The match was resumed to-day. The weather was fine, but dull. There was no rain. There was a large attendance. At present two Victorian wickets are down for fifty. Melbourne, December 28. The batting of our fifteen was very good. Kelly, Midwinter, Gibson, and Horan made double figures. The score stands now—Eight out for 136. . SHIPPING. Sailed—Alhambra. INTERPROVINCIAL. Auckland, December 28. The Hokianga Kauri Timber Company has received an order from India for five hundred thousand feet of timber. The following is the declaration of weights for the Grand Stand Handicap, one and a half miles, be run on New Year’s Day: Mr Watt’s Ariel, 4 yra, Bst 121bs ; Mr Kay’s Danebury, 4 yrs, Bst 81bs ; Mr McGee’s Perfume, 6 yrs, Bst 71bs ; Mr Walter’s Kingfisher, 6 yrs, Bst 4lbs 5 Tommy Dodd, »ged,

Bst 4!bs; Middleton, 3 yrs, 7st 121bg ; Fallacy, 3 yrs, 7at 71bs ; Isaac Walton, 4 yrs, 7st 71 bs ; Mr King’s Gainsborough, 5 yrs, 6ct 121bs ; Mr Crosby’s Sprig of Shillelagh, 4 yrs, 6st 12Ibs ; Mr Kirkwood’s Tni, 5 yrs, sst lOlbs ; Mr Walter’s Medea, 5 yrs, 6st 7 lbs. Wanganui. December 28, It is the general disposition in Wanganui, Rangitikei, and Manawatu Counties that the Act should come into full operation, The two highest carbine scorers in firing for the choice of representatives are Littlewood 173, Cummins 160 Wellington, December 29. The Union Steamship Company and the New Zealand Shipping Company have signified their intention of each presenting a silver cup, to be competed for at the Wellington anniversary regatta, A silver scull trophy will be presented by Mr J. R. Brown. Nelson, December 28. The following are the three highest scores in firing for the choice of representatives— Sundem, 184 ; Grossman, 181 ; Paynter, 178. Dunedin, December 28. The Hon. the Postmaster-General proceeded overland to Christchurch to-day. The champion Willocks, Lieut Muir, and Sergeant Kettle, carbine representatives, made a score of 102 out of a possible 112. Mr Fish was returned to-day for the South Ward by a majority of 132, The Ballarat and Hokitika teams were driven to the country to-day. The presentation of prizes took place at a ball last night. Dr Yates, resident surgeon of the Hospital, has resigned. Dunedin, December 29. At a meeting of the directors of the Colonial Bank yesterday, Mr Donald Reid was balloted out as retiring director. The present candidates for the vacancy are the Hon W. H. Reynolds and the Hon Matthew Holmes, The Guardian states that a man named Smith, resident at Oaversham, has become heir to a fortune of £400,000 through the death of a London relative, Mr H. S. Fish was yesterday re-elected to the City Council by an overwhelming majority. The Council of the Otago Convention has prepared a synopsis showing the position of the counties which do not choose to bring the whole of the Counties Act into operation. The produce market is steady. Quotations are as follows; —Wheat 6s 6d, oats 2s 2d to 2s 4d, according to sample, barley 3s 9d to 4s. The share market remains unaltered—Colonial Banks, £1 15s ; Bank of New Zealand, £l9; National Insurance, £1 5s ; Standard, 13s ; South British, £3 ss; New Zealand Insurance, £4 10s ; Mosgiel Woollen Factory, £2 2s ; Otago and Southland Investment Company, £1 5s ; Dunedin Corporation Waterworks debentures, £IOO,