The Globe. MONDAY, FEBBUARY 5, 1877. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 818, 5 February 1877, Page 2

The Globe. MONDAY, FEBBUARY 5, 1877. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

——» . {Per Press Agency?) LATEST FROM EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA. [By Submarine Cable.J THE EASTERN QUESTION. London, February 1, A definite indication of Russia's course of action is anxiously awaited. It is believed she desires to recede from the ground she had assumed at the time of the Czar's Moscow speech. It is stated that Servia claims both Krnchovatz and a complete evacuation of the territory. AUSTRALIA. Sydney, February 3. Arrived last night—City of New York. The Torres Straits steamer Singapore has been wrecked off the Queensland coast, No lives were lost. interprovincialT the cricket match at welLINGTON. FLOODS IN MARLBOROUGH. THE WOOL MARKET. TAILORS' STRIKE! IN DUNEDIN. MS PYKE HUNG IN EFFIGY. Auckland, February 3, Arrived—Emu, from Fiji. About twenty-five bags newspapers for New Zealand were destroyed in the railway accident on the Ohio line. The van containing them was burnt. No letters are missing: Guahamstown, February 3. A man named Rodgers alias Armstrong was charged in the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning with having about the 20th March, 1868, murdered one William Mathers alias Red Bill. The accused was remanded from Wacgsrei, where he had given himself up as the murderer of Red Bill, but subsequently denied the truth of the statement. Red Bill was fouud dead in a deserted shaft at Karaka about the time above mentioned. The prisoner appears to be eccentric, if not insane. He was recognised by several persons in Court as having been amongst the pioneers of the Thames gold field. He was remanded. Wellington, February 3. A proclamation in the Government Gazette issued to-day, announces that the Forest Trees Planting Acts are to be brought into operation throughout the colony. The regulations of the Forest Trees Planting Acts are also published. February I. About half-past eleven last night the rain again came on very heavy, and poured in torrents all night, and it has been raining all day without intermission. Unless the weather holds up soon, and a strong wind sets in, cricket with the Al'-England Eleven will be almost impossible to-morrow. Wellington, February 5. Contrary to expectations there was heavy and continous rain all last night, after midnight until this morning, when the cricket ground was very sloppy. It has been raining more or less all the morning, but it is intended to commence play after lunch, about 2 o'clock, if it does not rain then, but at noon the weather is dark and lowering. Blenheim, February 5. Still laining since Saturday morning. Yesternight the Opawa rose higher than ever known, at least a foot over the planking of the bridge. The northern embankment burst at the eastern end. It has since carried away Dodson's stables. Taylor river is not up. The water is eight inches on the , floor at Penney's. Oamaru, February 4. The continued rain is causing very serious damage to the crops. s Dunedin, February 3, The Dunedin Fire Brigade demonstration committee repeat—Receipts, £541; disbursements, £521. The balance has been handed to our brigade. Mr Murray, M.H.R,, addressed bis constituents at Milton last evening. He said that the colony now has sixty-three Provincial Councils instead of nine. He had just received a telegram from Chnetchnrch staling that her railway revenue to »lst Dacember was only £209,000, so that the railway returnß will probably be overestimated by £240,000. Thus, there would be a deficiency of £400,000 to be made up by the issue of Treasury Bills or by Belling land. The estimate of land revenue was £605,000, but the actual proceeds of sales in Otago and Canterbury were upwards of a million. On the point that payment to Road Boards and municipalities could not be continued he was entirely in accord with Mr Beic], but did not know how the latter joined the Ministry, and could reconcile his strong views upon this question with the entirely opposite views on the part of the Govern •\nt The Valuation of last seseion seemed m " \q a Parliamentary step towards an l ® *" > and property tax. Referring to income. tterg he Baid thafc re turnß had been nau*e m* ivG expend itm-e which would prepared ol He h d the G o7ern ment astopish peoplts BWee ping reductions of r Un SI Referring to the San the constabulary. • d they would try Francisco -service, he Ro*. -« / Aither ' R I s.rC do away with what. *■« neither more

nor loss than an incubus. Upon the railway construction he spoke strongly, saying in reference to the Olutha that tho'late Minister of Railways and his assistants had ignored the express instructions of Parliament, because the people of Waitepuka dared to have a miud of their own as to the route the lino should take, and the works had bean held back while the Oaaterbury lines were pushed ahead in all directions, because Mr Richardson wi?hcd to make important the town of Ghriatchurch, and enrich the merchants at the expense of Dunedin. He had been informed on reliable authority that a million of money had been wasted on manent way and rolling stock alone, and nearly as much thrown away by the manner in which the permanent way was made. Sir Julius Vogel had done as he (Mr Murray) expected—retired when he Jgot the Colony into a mess. He regretted that Mr Reid had joined the Ministry and would rather have seen him wait till next session, take his proper position as leader, and turn out the present Government. Sir George Grey had not always been in the right, but he fought earnestly and zealously for what he believed to be the people's rights. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr Murray. About 'IOO were present. Mrs Scott Siddons had a crammed house at her benefit last night. Her engagement at the Princess has been so successful that she will remain another week. Dunedin, February 5. Messrs Cargill, Gibbs and Co have received the following telegram from Messrs Helmuth, Schwarts and Co, dated London, 31st January :—"The next series of wool sales will commence on the 20th of February ; 250,000 bales are expected. Since the close of thejlast series, market has been quiet. Trade on the Continent is flat, and transactions are very small. The Antwerp market for River Plate wool is lower." The salary of the Chairman of the Vincent County has been fixed at ,£4OO. Mr ViDcen Pyke has been hung in effigy opposite the Town Council Chamber at Clyde, because he gave a deliberative vote for Cromwell, and a casting vote for Clyde, being a county town. The Dunedin Co operative Tailors' Society have withdrawn several members from an establishment in Dunedin in consequence of the wages being reduced 25 per cent. The Schoolmasters' Association has been reorganised under the title of the •'Educational Institute of Otago." It will admit to membership other than teachers.