TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 839, 2 March 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(Per Press Agency .)

LATEST FROM AUSTRALIA.

| By Submabine Cable.J

Sydney, March 1. The weather is intensely hot, and there are very heavy rains.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, March 1, Arrived—lmmigrant ship Oxford from London with 239 passengers equal to 207 J adults ; no deaths. Joseph Foster, passenger, will be proceeded against for false declaration, representing a woman travelling with him as bis wife, whereas his wife and family ire in England, Mr Francis Darwin writes to the Star as follows:—“Down, Beckenham, Kent, Jan. ith, 1877. Dear sir—My father directs me thank you for your account of the alleged discovery in New Ireland, My father does n f fn f-. Vin f

(as mere inherited monstrosity) have no important bearing on evolution. Yours faithfully, Francis Darwin.”

The Chamber of Commerce to-day met Commissioner Young of the Dominion of Canada, He said he was on the way to Sydney as agent for Canada, Two vessels, the Gem and the Escort, are on the way with Canadian exhibits for Sydney, His object is to cement commercial relations between New Zealand, the Australian colonies, and Canada,

Grahamstown, March 1. In the R.M. Court to day a man named Matthew Kilt was bound over to keep the peace for six months for calling-John Graham a hangman, and saying he hanged Curtain. It appears Graham has suffered from the charge made, and it is reported his comrades (ke is a volunteer) refused to fall in with him tne other day because he was under the imputation of being the hangman. He also states he cannot find employment, Tauranga, March 1.

The Bay of Plenty Times' Rotorua correspondent wires that late last night, out in Rotorua Lake, a geyser started suddenly, spouting up an immense body of water to the height of 80ft. It lasted some time, and was accompanied by a rumbling sound. It was witnessed by the greater portion of the inhabitants of Ohinemutu, whom it roused up, causing considerable excitement, All is quiet now, and only a deep hole marks the spot. The weather is most magnificent, Wellington, March I.

The successful tenderer for the erection of the. Government Public Offices at Blenheim, is John Knight, of Blenheim, the amount being £9013 7a 9d.

Sixty-two birth?, twenty-four deaths, and fifteen marriages, were registered in Wellington during February. It is understood that the Registrar-Qeneral puts the population down at between 16,000 and 17,000, instead of 12,000, as is usually supposed. Daring January and February last year there wore seventy one deaths, and during the corresponding mouths this year there were ninety nine deaths. Custom house officers appeared in uniform to-day for the first time, by order of the inspector. A shipment of 125,000 white fish ova has been received here from Michigan in good condition It will be placed in the Makerawa ponds, Southland. The Government have decided to make extensive additions to the telegraph office. The Customs’ revenue for February was £16,767, as against £18,991 corresponding month of 1876.

Wellington, March 2.

Captain Williams, proprietor of the sunken hulk Eli Whitney, has demanded of the Union Company =£3ooo in compensation of loss sustained by the Taupo running into the hulk. The Union Company have declined to pay any sum. Flour, old, scarce, £l6 ; new none ; Adelaide, £lB K ! s ; oats, 3s for new, to 3s 3d for old ; bran, Is to Is 3d ; wheat, 2s 6d to 3s; pollard, £7 to £7 10s; hams, lOd; bacon, 4d to 8d ; cheese, B^d; potatoes, 80s to 90s ; maize, 4s 9d. A rei urn received from the Agent-General by the last mail,• shows that the following immigrants were sent to Few Zealand from June to December, 1876 To Otago, 1361; to Canterbury, 1340 ; to Wellington, 736 ; to Westland, 227 ; to Taranaki, 114 ; to Nelson, 104 ; to Marlborough, 96 ; to Auckland, 654; to Hawke’s Bay, 554, statute adults. Otago, Canterbury, Wellington,’Westland, Taranaki, Nelson had an aggregate of 173 more, and Auckland, Hawkea’s Bay, Marlborough 100 fewer than were ordered. Total excess for whole colony, 73.

Oamaru, March 2,

Notwithstanding the late floods, the grain crops in this district are threshing out remarkably well, and the threshing is almost completed, Large quantities of grain are coming into town for milling. T. Meeks’ and Hay and Barr’s flour mills are working night and day. On some farms in the district, wheat averages sixty bushels to the acre; on others, oats go as high, on an average, as seventy-five bushels. The average yield in the district will be higher than it has been for two years past. Wheat is being bought at 4s 2d to 4s 6d, for firstclass samples ; oats range from 2s 3d. Dunedin, March 2.

Messrs Guthrie and Larnach’s business has been turned into a joint stock company, the capital being £250,000, The reason assigned is the retirement of one of the partners from the active management in the affairs, An inquest was held yesterday on the body of Mr L. Burton, late manager of tfie Turkish Baths. He died in the lock up, and the jury returned a verdict that death resulted from disease of the brain.

Bank of New Zealand shares, £l9 10s; Colonial Banks, £1 16s; National Insurance Company, £1 10s; South British Insurance, £4; Standard, 14s; New Zealand Insurance Company, £4 10s, Produce is quoted as follows:—Flour, large bags, £ls; small do, £ls 10 per ton; oatmeal. £l2 per ton; pearl barley, £2l per ton ; bran, £5, including bags; pollard, £6 10s per ton; chaff, £t 10a per ton; bay, old, £4 10s; new, £5 per ton; potatoes, £4 10s; wheat, 3s 6d to 5a per bushel, 5s for milling; barley, 2s to 2a 6d per bushel; oats, 2s 4d to 2s 6d per bushel; butter, fresh, Is 4d; salt do, Is Id per lb; cheese, 6sd to 7£d per lb; eggs, 2s per doz.

Riverton, March 1.

The Express has settled down in the bed of the river. At high water yesterday her decks were covered with water, and from the bridge forward the stream rushed over her bulwarks- The after part of the quarter deck only was aboye water. A diver, who was sent for from Bluff, inspected the vessel this morning, and reports a hole about eight inches square on the port side, about ten feet from the stern, and Dyo feet below the water line. .Captain Christian beli eve ? there is another hole about jpaidetiips, but the diver could not find it this morning. The diver also reports that the vessel is lying on her keel from stem to stern. He is going down again at high water to see whetner the bole can be temporarily stopped up, and a chain placed under the keel for the purpose of raising her by placing punts on each side. If not raised within the next couple of days it is feared she will fill with sand, and it will be impossible to move her.