TELEGRAPHIC.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1081, 14 December 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

CABLE NEWS

1 beitteb’s special telegeams to the I ‘ PEESS AGENCY.] AUSTkAL^Aj:. Melbourne, December fq. The Legislative Council read the Appropriation Bill a first time. The second reading was postponed till Wednesday next, but it is 1 certain to be rejected. A Bill introduced ' for the eradication ,of phylloxera provides for destruction of vlpeo on infected land without compensation. The weather is still very dry. Sydney, December ,13. ]ylr jParJkea has relinquished the task of I forming a .pew lilniptry. The House ad-i loured till Tuesday. |

INTERPROVINCIAL

LPEB PEESS AGENCY.] Mr Ballance’s Position. The Cut-yard Sue:: Mail. Wellington, December 14, Mr Ballance says there is no foundation tor I Hie report of his defection from Sir G-. G-rey’s party. The outward mail, via Sue/, will he despatched from Lvf.-teltou o?> I uesday next in place of Monday. ixtHAHA, December 1 4, Over £2OO have been subscribed for Christmas sports. A splendid programme has been <

prepared, including prizes of £6O for wrestling, £53 for racing, £25 for jumping, and various other events. Dunedin, December 14. A four-roomed cottage has been destroyed by fire. It was insured in the South British for £2OO. Another attempt is being made to revive the interest in the Juvenile Exhibition. The survey of the Strath Taciri railway line is being carried out, and the work is found to be much lighter than was expected. Wellington, December 14, Instructions have been issued by the Government to withhold for the present all increases of salaries voted this year to the members of the civil service.