YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 858, 24 March 1877, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Sydney, March 23 Breadstuff's are firmer. Flour, £ls to £l6 sa; wheat unaltered ; Lyttelton wheat, about 5s 9d. In New Zealand oats there is nothing doing. Brandy easier. In other commodities there is little alteration. There have been no signs of the transit of the planet Vulcan for the past two days. Auckland, March 23 The German war ship Augusta leaves tomorrow for Samoa. The late departure of the mail steamer from San Francisco is due to the change from fast to slow Atlantic boats. The mail is not expected hers till Tuesday. The Charybdis returned from Samoa with oranges yesterday. She brings Capt Dunlop aa a prisoner. He went to Samoa in the cutter Vincent. He has no certificate, and signed articles here in January as boatswaiD. A master mariner named Hays went as commander, but left the vessel in Bangitoto Channel. Dunlop took her on. At Apia he was arrested by the consul, and fined £SO for not having u certificate, also £5 for not keeping a log. Not paying the fine he was sent here as a prisoner, andj the schooner Vincen was sent back in command of Labaltza. The authorities here think the consul exceeded his duty, and decline to proceed further. McArthur and Co have got the cargo returned on their hands by this action of the consul. Bank of New Zealand shares, JH7 15s; National, 655; Colonial, 37s 6s; New Zealand Insurance, 19s 6d. Sellers—South British, 80s; Moanatairi, £l9 10s. Arrived—Wave and Elizabeth, from Lyttelton. Giuhamstown, March 23. Some natives of Uhioeoiuri, who went up the river a short distance from their pah, had shots fired at them by the Awha natives. The Moanatairi mine was visited by 150 persons to-day, this being visiting day for the public. Shares have receded slightly, being quoted to-day at from .£2l 103 to £ls 15s, the closiog price being £l9 10s. Oamaru, March 23. About a fortnight ago some men saw a man walking about on one of the islands in the Waitaki, and gave information to the police. Constables were sent both from here and Waimate, but they could not find the man. Nothing more was heard of the matter till Tuesday last, when two Maoris discovered the dead body of a man lying on an island, just below where the man had been seen previously. Yesterday morning the constable sent out found the body lying near the water. It was the corpse of a man of middle size, with dark tweed trousers and elastic side boots, and with a singlet. The latter was drawn up from the body and enveloped the head. The body was much decomposed, and the face so decayed as to be unrecognisable. It would appear as if the deceased had tried to Bwim from the island and was drowned, and washed up where found. As to how he came upon the island first it is conjectured that he tried to cross the river in a moki, and, beiDg unable to cross, managed to reach the island. After careful enquiry, it cannot be found that anyone is missing from any of the stations or any place in the neighborhood. (From a correspondent of the Press.') Wellington, March 23. The nomination of candidates for a seat in the Assembly takes places to-morrow. Travers and Hutchison will be the only candidates. Both stand about an equal chance. Mrs Scott Siddons is doing a magnificent business, playing to crowded houses nightly, Mr Allison Smith, General Manager of the Wellington railway, has been appointed Locomotive Superintendent on the Canterbury railways, and will leave here shortly. He will be succeeded by Mr Stone, late Manager of the New Plymouth railway. Mr Smifh is a very obliging and energetic < fficer, and his departure is regretted, At a meeting last night, Mr Hutchison, one of the candidates for a seat in the Assembly, was asked by an elector whether he would introduce a Bill to prevent members of Parliament from blackguarding each other in the House. He said he would introduce one, but did not think members would pass a Bill to control their own tongues. Nathan and Co's large store in the most crowded part of the city was nearly destroyed by fire last night. The clerks on going back to work in the evening found the goods in the store on fire, and extinguished the flames with difficulty. Had not the fire not been discovered the result would have been very serious.