TELEGRAPHIC.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 955, 17 July 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

[pes press agency.] INTEEPEOVINCIAL. The San Francisco Service. Wellington, July 17. The City of Sydney left San Francisco on June 20th ; arrived at Honolulu on the 28th. Her total time from San Francisco to Auckland was 566 hours. Mr Houston, representing the Pacific Mail Company, is a passenger to Sydney. He has full authority from the company to conclude such modifications in the mail service as may be mutually ;: greed to by the New Zealand and New South Wales G-overnments and himself. He says arrangements have been made to run a special mail train from New York to San Francisco in five days, and that if the com - pany's steamers were allowed to leave San Francisco on the arrival of the mail there would be an average saving of about four days. On the present trip of the City of Sydney the mail arrived at San Francisco sixty-six hours before the date of sailing, and when the special mail train is run there would therefore be a still greater loss of time. The Conference for the Suppression of Intemperance has concluded its sittings. A second draft petition, to be submitted to the Legislature, was adopted, with the amendment that a clause should be added declaring the present constitution of Licensing Courts unsatisfactory. The members for the city were requested to take charge of the petition, and support it to the utmost of their power. It was also resolved to establish a temperance society, and a committee of gazetted ministers of religion as well as laymen was appointed to carry out the resolution. A resolution was also carried " That the conference thinks it desirable that no new publicans' licenses should be issued until after the next session of Parliament, and that this be conveyed to the Licensing Bench." Dttnedin, July 17.

A preliminary meeting of master ironworkers was held last evening. The object of the meeting was to take into consideration the advisableness of urgingjon the Government the necessity of haying rolling stock and other plant for the public works executed in New Zealand instead of sending to the home country for it. The principal ironfounders in Dunedin were represented, and after preliminaries were arranged, they adjourned until Wednesday evening. A meeting of artizens is to be held on Friday, when resolutions similar to the above will be brought forward.

A meeting of the Macandrew testimonial committee was held las,t night. On the : motion of Mr Walter, seconded by Mr Stout, -"» resolved " That the presentation to Mr it, Wiu - +. (l ko place on Friday evening next, Macandrew . " Q a thft motion of Mr in the Theatre. ~ ■->.«. it was resolved Walter, seconded by Mr ia... •-, r i uIJ j,| )0 " That Mr Macandrew be entertain. »,„ same night at a banquet, at a place to determined upon." It was also resolved, "That his Worship the Mayor should make the presentation in the Theatre," and the opinion of the meeting was that with the exception of his speech, and that of Mr Macandrew, no others should be made on the occasion of the presentation. The District Engineer lias received instructions to set, apart four miles at the Balclutha end of the Clutha and Clinton section of the railway, for the purpose of giving work to the unemployed. At a largely attended meeting in St. Paul's sehoolhouse last evening, resolutions and a petition in favor of religious instruction

being given in Government day schools during school hours, were unanimously adopted. '1 he Mayoral nomination for Dunedin took place at noon 10-day. The candidates are Messrs R. 11. Leary, B. Isaac, and W. Woodland.