TELEGRAPHIC.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1065, 26 November 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

[l'EB PKESS AGENCY.] INTERPROVINCIAL. Auckland, November 26. There was a great alarm of lire yesterday evening. The people rushed out of the churches, but only to discover a fire in a bush near Buckland's house, Kyber Pass road. Tavares' final performance was thinly attended. Aucklanders do not appreciate Shaksperian plays. De Lias takes his benefit to-night. Dr Wallis denies having applied the words " rogues and trimmers " to the New Zealand Parliament. He says they were intended for legislatures generally. G-raha'-istown, November 26. The Indian Famine Relief Fund here has reached £241. The amount will be remitted through the Gtovernmet in a, few days. Welmng-ton, November 26. The captain of the schooner Pelican, from Oamaru, was <ni"d this morning, in the B.M. Court, 20s and costs, for overloading his vessel. Mr MoKellar, Collector of Customs, did not press for the full penalty, as the offence was the lirst one of the kind. It is said the authorities were apprised by telegraph of the vessel being overloaded, because immediately upon her arrival the Harbour-master went on board and inspected the vessel, and afterwards testified to her being overloaded. A detailed list of the subscriptions in aid of the Indian Famine collected at Wellington and the Upper and Lower Hutt was published this morning. The total was £1777 3s 7d. Ddnedin, November 26. A tailor named Henry Martin, in a state of drunkenness, laid himself on the Ocean Beach railway line yesterday. One of his arms was fearfully hacked, and it had to be amputated. Levy opened in Begg's music saloon on Saturday to a fashionable audience. Judge Bathgate was in the chair. He was escorted Home by the Caledonian band. The Cup handicap occasions some grumbling but nothing out of the way. Most of the horses to be engaged in the Spring Meeting have arrived in town.