YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1082, 17 December 1877, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

o [BY SUBMARINE CABLE.] [beutee's special telegbams to the peess agency.] AUSTRALIAN. Sydney, December 15. The Bank of New Zealand has purchased extensive premises in Pitt street, now occupied by the Australian Mutual Provident Society, for £25,000. Hennessy's case and cask brandy unchanged. Rice, £22 to £23. Adelaide flour, £ls. No New Zealand wheat or oats in market. Sugar and tobacco unchanged. Adelaide quotations are, wheat, 5s ; flour, £l3. The s.s. City of Sydney sailed yesterday. INTERPROVINCIAL LPEB pbess agency.] Auckland, December 15. Preparations are being made for the cricket match with the Canterbury team on the 28th instant. Wellington, December 15. Mr Baker, son-in-law of the late Colonel Balneavis, has been appointed Private Secretary to Mr Sheehan, and Mr Mitchell, of the " Hansard " staff, clerk in the Colonial Secretary's office. Dr. Lemon received the following official memo, from Mr Todd to-day : —" Port Darwin and Banjowangie cable was repaired at 11.45 this (Saturday) morning." Mr Cotterell, well known for his drawingroom entertainments, and who married Miss Isabella Caradini, died this morning. TisiAßtr, December 15. In the Supreme Court to-day James Patrick Casey, for stealing from the person, was sentenced to four years' penal servitude; W. Sandford, for burglary and stealing from dwelling, to four years' imprisonment with hard labor; Anthony Dunlop McLean, charged with obtaining money under false pretences, was acquitted. Dunedin, December 15. The Union Steam Shipping Company's annual excursion to the West Coast Sounds by the Hawea promises to be a great success. Sixty passengers have already booked from all parts of the colony. The number includes fifteen ladies. Captain Malcolm takes charge for the trip, as he is thoroughly acquainted with the Sounds. The Hawea will not call at the Bluff, as the port dues arc heavy.