INTERPROVINCIAL.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1017, 28 September 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[per press agency.] The Indian Famine. Cable Communication Interrupted. Wellington, September 28. Dr Lemon lias just received the following from Batavia, dated 27th :— 11 Unable to communicate with Singapore since yesterday afternoon. Messages of the 25th and 26th still on hand. Mails leave Batavia on the 12th, 19th, and 26th of October. Notice shall be given if any other postal opportunities occur in the meantime.” The following telegram has been received by the Corporation-' 11 London, 22nd September. Mayor Wellington, Zealand. —Indian famine most intense. Two hundred t housand pounds raised here. Colonial sympathy would be heartily welcome. Can you do anything in this matter. — Lord Mayor op London.” To-day’s Government 11 Gazette ” contains an Act of Council of Western Australia, admitting New Zealand stock when accompanied by a certificate from a duly qualified veterinary surgeon that when the stock was placed on board it was healthy. In the absence of such certificate the stock is to perform quarantine. The Kumara Murder CaseKokitika, September 28. Great dissatisfaction is expressed at the allotment of the Union shares. The allotment appears to have been made on no commercial basis. It will affect the future prospects of the company here. Thomas Ryan was brought before the Magistrate charged with murder, and remanded till Thursday. It is reported that the police have traced the watch of the murdered man to Ryan’s possession. The case excites much interest. Oa.maiiu, September 28. At the Magistrate’s Court to-day, John McAnslin was committed for trial at the District Court for cutting and wounding Richard Richardson, the landlord of the Royal Hotel, on Tuesday night last. Dunedin, September 28. At a meeting held in the Museum last night a Microscopical Society was formed, and twenty members joined.