LAST NIGHTS TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1406, 17 August 1878, Page 2

LAST NIGHTS TELEGRAMS

[BY SUBMARINE CABLE.] [eeutee's special telegeams to thb pekbs agency.] London, August 15. The sickness at Cyprus gives no cause for anxiety. Vienna, August 14. After five days' continuous fighting the Austrians were compelled to fall back on Gracamitza. [special to the peess agency.] London, August 14. The prizes will be distributed at Paris on 18th September. The Ministerial whitebait dinner took place yesterday. The British Association meetlt Dublin. The Royal Commission on the Stock Exchange recommended incorporation under a charter. Sir Garnet Wolseley telegraphs that there is no serious sickness at Cyprus. The despatch boat Lively collided with the Queen's yacht, and sank a private yacht, at Cowes. The Queen was not aboard. The second innings of the Australians closed for 240 j Boyle, 41. The Dudley men had seven out for 40. The game was drawn on account of rain. [special to the peess agency.] London, August 15. The report of the Food Jury recommends gold medals to the Melbourne and Sydney Meat Preserving Companies, also other awards to Ballarat, Queensland, Adelaide, and Mel* bourne. August 16. The Australians played against Lancashire. The first inningß of Lancashire closed for 97. The Australians have one out for 100. Spofforth obtained nine wickets. The fielding of the Australians generally was good. australiaT" [eeutee's telegrams to thb pbesb agency.] JiELBOUBNE, August 16. At a meeting to-day, the Cable representor tives decided not to accept the considerations of the Eastern Company. Colonel Glover leaves for England next mail. The probabilities are that on reconsideration the Company will ultimately agree to the demands of the Colonies. Sydney, August 16. Rice, £24 10s; flour, £ll 10s; wheat, 5s 2d to 5s 4d; New Zealand wheat, 4s 9d to ss; oats, 4b 7d to 4s 9d. The rest un* changed. Melbourne, August 16. Messrs Berry and Burns agreed to forego the reduction of charges on the Dutch-Indian lines, but inDistod on the Press concession (?) Colonel Glover considers this material, and it may end the negotiations. In the Treasurer's Financial Statement lasb night, the revenue for the year was Btated at £4,672,000, and the expenditure at £4,860,000. There will be a probable reduction of the deficiency of £28,000 by the payment of arrears of land tax on unsold land. A new loan of nine millions is required for railways and other public works. Four millions are asked for this year.

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[per press agency ] Auckland, August 16. Mr R. J. Creighfcon, so well-known in connection with New Zealand journalism, is expected back here shortly from San FranCIBCO.

At the Endowment Commissioners' meeting to-day Mr Tole made a statement relative to the position of the Board. The reserves set apart for educational purposes are 34,562 acres, of which 384 acres is classed as town lands, 90S acres as suburban, 33,180 acres rural. In apportioning the acreage, tho arbitrators have allotted 383 acres town lands for primary education, and 100 acres for secondary ; of the suburban 749 acres for primary, and 247 acres for secondary education ; of the rural 24,636 acres for primary, and 8541. acres for secondary j total, 25,667 for primary, and SS93 for secondary. The present annual revenue is £I2OO. Hokitika, Augutt 16. A motion favoring the southern route' of railway was discussed in the County Council, and lost on the casting vote of the An amendment war carried, urging fchg

Government to construct a line of railway between the East and West Coasts. Five families of Germans and Italians and four Italians, who have been settled at Jackson's Bay some time, came up by the Maori, having left the settlement, nil dissatisfied and giving poor accounts of the pluce. The resident agent at the settlement proceeds to Wellington in a few days. Dunedin, August 16.

The committee of the Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution to-day to the effect that the remission of duty on grain and flour would be injurious to a large number of settlers. They also resolved to support warmly the proposed railway lines from the Grey and Hokitika to Cromwell, as opening the largest area of land for settlement and offering the fewest engineering difficulties. The annual exhibition of the Dunedin Canary and Poultry Association was held today. The number and quality of exhibits scarcely equalled those of former years. Balclutha, August 16.

Mr Gorman, the agent for Nobel's dynamite, has finished the work of blasting rocks on the Clutha river, ordered by the Board of Conservators. The work was very satisfactorily carried out, and it is believed no rocks will now obstruct the navigation of the river up to a point some miles belc w Beaumont.

[FBOM THE COBBEBPONDENT OF THE PBESS.] Auckland, August 16. At the meeting of the Auckland Oil Expressing Company, the report showed that copra had been crushed, yielding cocoanut oil aud oil cake to the value of £3500, giving 8 per cent, on the capital invested. T. Morrin was re-elected director.

A reunion took place last night at the Working Men's Club, which wa3 patronised by the ladies for the first time. The club is endeavoring to form a library and Cooperative Society in conjunction with the institution.

At the first meeting of the Educational Reserves Commission, Dr. Campbell was elected chairman. It was stated that the reserves in the province amounted to 34,000 acres, which are allotted thus - 25,000 acres for primary education, aid 9000 secondary. The Maratai tragedy is still unsolved. The inquest has been adjourned, and a post mortem examination ordered on the body of Mrs Spencer. Detective Jeffrey and a Maori interpreter started to-day for the scene of the tragedy, to investigate the mystery. Dunedin, August 16.

The Harbor Board has been officially informed that the railway station site question will be determined this week by the Government.

Mr John Dalgleish has resigned the managership of the Colonial Bank at Invercargill to become partner in the firm of Murray, Koberts and Co. The football team -will be finally chosen to-morrow, and will be pretty much as previously telegraphed, with Westenra, CrawBhaw, and A. Nicholls. Dixon having again hurt his foot will bo unable to play. James Cowan, carpenter, was drowned in the Clutha on Monday. Deceased, who was employed on the works, had gone on to Rocky Point Bridge carrying a plank, and by some means missed his footing and fell over the girder, striking his head against a beam in the descent. He rose to the surface and floated down stream some distance, but there wns no boat at hand to render him any assistance. The body was recovered the same night. At the annual meeting of the Jockey Club laßt night, a suggestion that the stake in the trotting race should bo doubled led to some discussion, one speaker terming trotting matches a kind of "mongrel sport." Tho meeting recommended the incoming committee to pay more attention to the trotting programme. Suggestions were made for doing away with the Maiden Plate, and substituting a race for penalties and allowances, and for instituting a prize to bo competed for by locally-owned horses only. A Palmerston telegram in tho " Star " says that the unfinished portion of the platelaying on tho Palmerston section will be completed to-night.

Tim abu, August 16

The pkmghing match to-day was anything but a success. Only two out of four classes were represented. The football match between Timaru and Oamaru takes place to-morrow afternoon. Timaru will play a strong team. Mr Hall, Chairman of the late Board of Works, to-day received the £2500 so long over due from the Q-overnment for payment for the Board's offices.

A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held to-day, when the report of the subcommittee on the grain tariff was read, adopted, and ordered to be sent to the Government with copies to the members for the district, asking them to use their best endeavors to get the tariff placed on an equitable basis. A resolution was also passed pointing out the great inadequacy of the present railway station accommodation at Timaru, both as regards passengers and goods, and requesting improvements might be made before next grain season. The Chamber passed another resolution to the effect that while recognising benefits of free trade, they considered it would be projudicial to the agricultural interests of New Zealand to remove th 9 import duty on grain and flour, unless "Victoria did likewise, and requesting the Grovernment not to remit the duly a 3 proposed. The Oamaru Chamber passed a similar resolution. The chairman waß deputed to arrange with the Borough Council re congratulation to Earl Beaconsfield.

The "Timaru Herald's" special correspondent at Wellington wires that the Government have telegraphed to the Agent-General to send an immigrant ship direct to Timaru without delay. This has given great satisfaction, as good labour is very scarce.