YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1244, 2 March 1878, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS.

[BY SUBMARINE PABLE.] [REUTER'S SPECIAL TELEGRAMS TO AGENCiI’.] AUSTRALIAN. Sydney, March 1. Hennegsy’s brandy unchanged ; kerosene, Is lid t o 2s 5 rice, £23 2s 6d ; New Zealand wheat and oats unchanged; Barrett’s twist uncharged ; Company’s sugar and Belmont sperms unchanged. To-day was observed as a thanksgiving for rain, and business was suspended. In the match Australian Eleven v Combined Fifteen, the latter in their first innings made 78. The Australian Eleven have lost one wicket for 21. Adelaide, March 1. Flour, £5 13s to £5 15e; wheat, 5s 9d. INTERPROYINCIAL. [PEB PEEBB AGENCY.] Wellington, March 1. Diphtheria has made its appearance in Wanganui. Preliminary steps have been taken to establish d pew Reform Club. The last attempt to establish p'secohct club faded, . _ It is reported here that Mr Harper intends resigning bis seat for the Cheviot, and that Mr Ward, late member for Wairan, wijl be brought forward as the Government paodjdate, and probably MrStudholme against him a 8 a supporter of the Atkinson party. At ft meeting of the New Zealand “Times” Company, % mqriSP t? nd U P the company was W by a Wge majority. “ An accident occurred oh the railway near Hamilton. A train of waggons was being “ bresked ” down an incline to the gravel pits, rtw tbs sm §# fcpvi sto of w

breaksman, the result being that the waggons were more or less injured. One hundred pounds of dynamite was used in one charge in snagging the Thames river at Te Aroha, deepening it four feet It threw water and stones mountains high, [from: THU CORRESPONDENT OF THE PRESS.] i IMARU, March 1. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day, David M'Cracken was committed for trial to the Supreme Court for horse stealing, and to the District Court for stealing a saddle and bridle. A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held to-day to receive a report of the committee appointed to enquire into the new grain tariff. The report strongly pointed out the injustice of the tariff between Timaru and Lyttelton, and urged that all stations should be put on an equal footing. The report will be sent to the Government, the Dunedin and Oamaru Chambers of Commerce and Harbor Board, and the latter bodies will be requested to join with Timaru in the matter. In the District Court to-day the case of Palmer v Cliff was heard. The claim was for £2OO damages in connection with the erection of the New Union Bunk, Timaru. The case, which has been pending for a long time, concluded by plaintiff obtaining judgment for £45 and costs.