LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1388, 27 July 1878, Page 2

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

[BY SUBMARINE CABLE.] [eeuxee’s telegrams to the pbess AGENCr.] London, July 24. The Australians played against twenty-two of Crewe. The first innings of the Australians closed for 13 (?). Crewe have two out for 3. [special to the pbess agency.] London, July 26. The House has agreed to grant the Duke of Connaught a further sum of £IO,OOO annually, and secured a grant of £6OOO to his widow in the event of his death. India annexes Socotia in the Indian Ocean. AUSTRALIA. Sydney, July 26. New Zealand wheat, 4s 9d to 5s ; oats, 4s to 4s 6d; tobacco (Raven), Is 6d. Jenar candles, 9,1 d. Other quotations unchanged. The leading citizens here are subscribing the required £IO,OOO for the international exhibition, refused by Government. [Per Wakatipu, via Wellington.] Sydney, July 20. Walker, the trance medium, who lately visited New Zealand, is creating a favourable impression in Sydney. The “ Herald ” speaks of his “ fluency of speech, command of words, and excellent comparisons of which lie is master.” £450 have been subscribed in Sydney towards the Pearce (Loch Ard) testimonial. Melbourne, July 19. The New Guinea Colonisation Society has taken steps to obtain a charter from the Netherlands-Indian Government to settle in New Guinea. A nugget of 187 ounces was found at Rokewood. Sir Arthur Gordon, replying to a deputation from the Polynesian Society, iu reference to their land claims at Fiji, said that, the British Government would not recognise them as having any legal rights, but that each claim would be investigated on its own merits, and as matter of equity alone, some might be entitled to recognition. Splendid coal has been found at Coke. The seam is sixteen inches thick. INTERPROVINCIAL. | [Per Press Agency ] Wellington, July 26. The “ Gazette ” to-night appoints Mr E. J. Lee Revising Officer for the Rakaia and Ashburton Forks Railway district, and Mr G. L. Lee Presiding Officer for the same district. The summ ns to Mr Henderson, of Auckland, and Messrs Buckley and Martin, of Wellington, to the Legislative Council are published; also, notes by Mr Thomson, SurveyorGeneral, sent through Sir J. Vogel, showing an effective mode of destroying rabbits. Captain Ruck has been appointed trustee of the Kaikoura cemetery. The Revs. Preston and Barclay are appointed members of the Geraldine Cemetery Board. The offer of £SOOO reward for the manufacture of the first 500 tons of beet sugar in the Middle Island is repeated. Napiee, July 26. At a meeting of the Napier Borough Council this morning, it was decided to invite tenders at once for filling in the swamp sections without waiting for the raising of the loan. Arrangements are to be made with the Bank for making progress payments. Dunedin, July 26. A conference between representatives of the Corporation, the Harbor Board, and the Chamber of Commerce, held to-day, fixed upon another site for the railway goods station. Mr Oliver said that the discussion of this question was making the mercantile community of Dunedin ridiculous iu the eyes of the rest of the colony. James Blyth, recently arrested in Melbourne charged with embezzling money, the property of the Albion Brewing Company, was brought before the police court to-day, and discharged. [I'EOM THE CORRESPONDENTS OF THE PRESS.] Timaru, J uly 26. Mrs Cain, wife of Captain Cain, one of the first settlers in Timaru, died this morning after a lingering illness. Dunedin, July 26. A good many Otago members of the Assembly proceed to Wellington to-morrow. At Tokomairiro John Delaney, an old offender, was sentenced to six months’ hard labor for forging and uttering. “ Mr Driver having been severely taken to task for his wholesale condemnation of barmaids at his nomination, denied ti at he intended any personal reflection. He merely intended to attack the system. He would rather see a member of his own family scrubbing floors than behind a bur. It was because 1 ho knew many fine women who followed the occupation that, he wished to legislate to prevent the employment cf females in so degrading an occupation, Pegasus, in the “Star,” says it is rumoured that Mr O’Brien has sold Fishhook to Mr Patterson, of Oamaru, receiving in lieu of cash a share in the latter’s business. Since the removal of the disqualification, Fishhook has been backed for the Dunedin Cup for a good deal of money, down to such short odds as 100 to 12. The Rev. Dr, John Guthrie, of the Evangelical Union (Morrisonian Cnurch), and one cf the best men in that church, intends to leave Scotland for New Zealand next month. The “ Star ” has reason to believe Christchurch will bo the first place visited by him,

COUESINGr. The first ties for the Canterbury Cup were run off to-day, but, owing to the scarcity of Imres, the sport was slow. The following are the results up to the time of our going to press : Verbena beat Gazelle Frolic beat Cumberland Magic a bye ; Mechanic (dr.) Gol Gol beat Belle Leo beat Blue Cap Rubens beat Gill Gill Lussian i'Jmporor beat Lo Rouge