LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1343, 4 June 1878, Page 2

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

[BY SUBMARINE CABLE.] SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE. London, June 3. The Emperor William was shot at on Sunday with a ship’s pistol, and was wounded in the arm and face, whilst driving in the Unter de Linden in Berlin. The bullets wore extracted in the Imperial Palace. The patriotic excitement which followed was unbounded. [EBUTBB’i BPBOIAL TKLBOBAIW XO THE PIU!33 AGBNOY.] London, June 1. Adelaide wheat, 55s to 57s ; flour, 39a New Zealand securities unchanged. The Bank of England opened subscriptions for the New Zealand five per cent, loan of three and a half millions. The wool sales continue firm. There is an active demand. London, June 1. The various questions raised by Count Schouvaloff and the British Government have at length been settled, but there is delay in issuing invitation to Congress. Constantinople, June 1. The Eoumelian insui’gents are well armed, and occupy an impregnable position, from which the Russian troops are powerless to dislodge them.

SPECIAL. London, June!

The ironclad sunk is the Gralssaar Curfurust. It is believed that 250 persons were drowned. The accident was caused by the Konig Wilhelm porting suddenly to avoid colliding with a barque. Russell Gurney is dead. Wykeham Martin died this evening in the library of the House of Commons. Lords Beaconsfield and Lyons represent England at the Congress. The Brindisi mails were delivered. Money is plentiful with a slack discount demand. Consols, 97£. The market for Colonial debentures is brisk. That for New Zealand debentures is weakened by the new loan. The wool sales continue firm. Prices have recovered from the temporary relapse. Wheat is dropping. Prices declined Is 6d to 2s. AUSTRALIA. [SPECIAL to “ GLOBE. ”J By the wreck of the Loch Ard, seventy lives were lost. A boy and girl were saved by a miracle, having drifted ashore. The ship struck on a rock, and sank in ten minutes. The Blackbird was insured in the New Zealand office for £B7OO, which was reinsur'd for £7OOO. [bbutee’s telegrams to the press agency,] Sydney, June 3. Samuel Bennett, proprietor of the “ Evening News,” is dead. There has been a heavy gale on the coast, which is now moderating. Arrived —Rotorua. Melbourne, June 3. The Blackbird steamer, from Newcastle, was wrecked on the Ninety Mile Beach. The passengers and crew were saved and landed at Port Albert. The two survivors from the Loch Ard, wrecked yesterday, were a young lady and a midshipman. [Per s.s. Hero, via Auckland.] Sydney, May 27. The amount of the verdict in Manning v New‘Zealand Insurance Company with costs is £1345, which' has been paid, Nuio hundred tons of wheat were sold at Adelaide for the Gjpe. The price has not transpired. A statue is to be erected to the late Mr Mort. . The New Guinea expedition landed at Port Moresby ah well. A large deputation of natives requested the protection of the Queensland Government. Ooml?' ue( i prospecting parties to Lalokie river, jP'irteen miles from Port Moresby. The natives are quiet and trading. They assisted the expedition to land. The Europeans have appointed one Jones, an old prospector, as leader, and Harvan judga and "warden. A committee has been appointed to draw up regulations. Lynch law is to be used against any person committing outrages on the natives. Goldie and party got within a mile of Broken Island, where are the relics of the party murdered by the natives. The latter flourished their rifles, sounding conches and their war cry. No landing was effected. J NTERPRO YIN OIAL, [USB r-Bilfiß AGENCY.] Auckland, Juno 3. Mrs Major Croker, charged with obtaining money under false pretences and committed for trial, was admitted to bail. A fire at Makecu destroyed the store of Michael Garvey, The building was insured for £l9O, and the stock £IOO, in the Imperial o£lco.

Wellington, June 3.

The Native Minister has instructed Major Brown to push on with the tJiVmtuate Plains survey with all possible speed. The order for the reinforcement of the armed constabulary in Opunake district has been countermanded. Sir George Grey and Mr Sheehan leave iu the Hinemoa to-night, to attend a Native meeting at Hokianga, Hokitika, June 3. The /‘West Coast Times” says that Mr Seymour Grey, nephew of Sir George Grey, is likely to be a candidate for election in the place of Mr Button, resigned. The requisition is now being largely signed. h<o local candidate is in the field. Applications for more than the full number of shares to be allotted in the Hokitika Quartz Company have been received. The company intend working the reef at Butcher’s G ully, sis miles from here. [FIIOM THE CORRESPONDENT OF THE PRESS,] Auckland, June 3. A spiteful trick was played on a woman living at Newton, named Bratly. Site went one morning to draw water from the well, and found a quantity of kerosene floating on the top of the water. On examination a large quantity was found in the well. Mrs Bratly heard footsteps in the garden on the previous night.

A large block of buildings in Queen street narrowly escaped destruction by fire this afternoon. Smoke was seen issuing from the cellar, and was (raced to beneath the adjoining premises. A young man in the employ of Spragg and Co. had been engaged burning rubbish, and left before it was completely extinguished. The prosecution against the cabman O’Brien for making an extortionate charge was dismissed in consequence of the vagueness of the city cab regulations. Wellington, June 3.

It is definitely decided that Parliament is to meet in the last week of July. There was a rumor that the House would not meet till August, owing to the delay in negotiating the loan at Homo, but it was decided in Cabinet by a majority of one to meet in July. The Government are going to deal with the Agent-General’s Department in pursuance of the retrenchment instructions of the late Government. They have given specific orders to Sir Julius Vogel as to what officers are to be discharged and what savings are to be effected. The reductions ordered by the Ministry include a saving of £2OOO in salaries and £3OOO in other directions. The cost of the department in future is not to exceed £IOOO per annum. The Press Agency and the “ New Zealander” have gob into rather a warm discussion as to the correctness of their respective reports of the Hikurangi meeting, Timabit, June 3.

The annual meeting of the Harbor Board was held to-day. The balance-sheet showed an expenditure for the past year of £1298 12s fid; outstanding liabilities, £4858 fis 8d; assets, £111,959 5s sd. Guthrie and Larnach’s tender for an additional 1000 tons of cement at £4 16* 3d was accepted. With regard to the proposal of Government to take the foreshore for railway purposes, the opinion was expressed that, as it was specially vested in the Harbor Board by Act of Parliament, it could not be taken without the Board’s consent.