TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Globe, 31 January 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

<j, (Per Press Agency?) LATEST FROM EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA. [By Submarine Gable.J THE WOOL MARKET. Brisbane, January 30. The Singapore arrived yesterday with London advices. The London avool sales, which closed on December 3rd, will long be remembered by all the trade, owing to the rapid and enormous advance in all sorts. The sales closed at the highest quotation, and a firm tone. There is every indication oil a consumption on a large scale.

AUSTRALIA. Sydney, January 30. Heavy floods have occurred in Q -eensland. Two inland townships are submerged. No loss of life is reported. INTERPROVINCIAL. ONEHUNGA, January 30 Bailed— Rotorua with the San Francisco 41 Al at eight this morning, direct for Weilington. Passengers for Ljttelton—Mr aud Mrs Craighead and Mr Wander. Wanganui, January 31. The following changes will take place in the R. M. Court here. Dr Geles takc3 the appointment of Under-Secretary of Lands and Mines, and removes to Wellington; Mr Hardcastle, Clerk of the Court at Hokitika, is to appointed R. M. ; Mr South is to be transferred to Hokitika ; Mr G. W. Woon is to be appointed Clerk of the Court here. Wellington, January 30. A telegram ha? just been received from the Manakau Heads, reporting that the sea is exceedingly rough, aud that it is not probable that the Rotorua can cross the bar before to-morrow. A man named Rodgers, alias Roger Armstrong, of Wangarei, has confessed to the murder of a miner known rb Bed Bill, at the Thames, in 1867. Charles Lowe, now resident at Auckland, states that Bed Bill and another man lived in a tent near him. The former had plenty of money. The body was found by his mate in a lame waterhole 14ft deep, about half full of water. There were Soger marks all round the sides in the soit mud, a* of a man struggling to get out. The corner of the waterhole was close to the track from Grabamstown, No money was produced at the inquest. Red Bill's mate disappeared afterwards from the district. A young man named Frank Messiter, formerly postmaster and telegraphist at Rakaia, was arrested yesterday and brought up this morning on a chargo of purloining letters. He was remauded to Christchurch and forwarded this afternoou per Hawea. Wellington, January 31. The following tenders have been received by the Public Works Department for rolling stock contractAmberley-Waitakerailways:— (Accepted) Walter Hogg, Christchurch, £350; (declined) Thomas H. Kerr, Christchurch, <£3Bo; Scott Bros, Christchurch, .£474, Nelson, January 31. The Cup prize at the Yacht race was pre sented to Mr Richardson, owner of the Gannet, together with 30 so vs. Mr Richardson presented the treasurer with 20 SOV3 as contribution to the regatta fund. Dunedin, January 30. The City Council now invite designs for new municipal buildings, to be erected on a site fronting the Octagon in Moray place. The designs are to be so prepared that when all are contemplated, and parts of the building are erected, they shall form a complete and uniform whole at a cost of £30, : 00. Dunedin, January 31. At the City Council yesterday a charge of maltreatment v/as preferred against the master of the Fever Hospital, and the sanitary committee is to investigate the the matter. A special meeting will be held next Tuesday, to consiucr the new Municipal Act. Tenders are invited for new municipal buildings for Dnnedin ; present cost £7OOO ; eventual total cost, £30,000. The Otago Education Board has received 383 G volumes, valued at £IOOO, from Great Britain, for the public and school libraries. The Dunedin Harmonic Society has amalgamated with the new Choral Society, which promises to be very successful. The third annual meeting of the Imperial Building Society was held last evening. The report showed a net balance of £555 15s 7d for the year. Mrs Scott Siddons is playing to splendid houses at the Princess's Theatre, and Baker and Farran opened to good business at the Queen's last night.