LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1412, 24 August 1878, Page 2

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

BY SUBMARINE CABLE. [special to thb peess agency.] London (Undated). Yeadon won by 24 runs. The wicket was dead. Yeadon had a good team. The Australians played against Scarborough. The Australians hare four out for 192. The Mayor of Liverpool entertained Mr Cross, Lords Stanley, Sandon, and a company of 250, including several Liberal members, [bet/tee's special TELEGRAMS TO- THB PBKB9 AGENCY.] London, August 22. The Home Secretary at Liverpool said, after the hopeful solution of the Eastern difficulties, it was the duty of the Government to reduce the expenditure to a great extent. St. Peteesbubg, August 22. The Russian troops will occupy Batoum om 27th August. AUSTRALIA. Sydney, August 23. In reply to a deputation, the Colonial Secretary said the Government was indisposed to take action restraint of Chinese immigration to the colony, as being bound by the policy of Great Britain. When the influx assumed perilous proportions the Government would be prepared to act. ,• Markets—Case brandy, 82s; quarters, 6s rice, £ll 10s to £l2 10s \ New Zealand wheat, 4j lOd to 5a ; oats, 4s 6d to 4s Od; fcob iceo, raven and cable, Is 6d to Is 7d. Adelaide, August 23. Wheat, 5s 4d. Melboubne, August 23. A presentation was made to Pearce in the Town Hall by the Mayor of Melbourne today. Victorian contributions amounted to nearly £6OO. He leaves in the Loch Surat on Monday. Mr Jenner was elected without opposition for the South province. It is expected there will be a close contest between Hearn and Byren for the central proviuce. The woman who stole Potts's baby pleaded " Guilty," and was remanded for sentence. Flour, £lO 12s 6d; wheat, 5s :!d to 5s 3d. Arrived—Albion. The Cable Company declined to accede to the Press combination, and the proposed reduction on Press messages is likely to fall through altogether. NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. [PKB PBBBS AOBNOY.J Auckland, August 23. The schooner missing is the Atlanta, no the Atlantic. Mr Murdo, agent of the Government Lif Insurance, recovered £SO from the borougl of Parnell for leaving a heap of stones on th road, which his horse stumbled upon, throw ing him and spraining his ankle. H At. the Board of Education several comH munications were received from the Ministeß of Education, through Mr Hislop, witfl reference to the appointment of an extras school inspector, as it wus considered imposH sible for one inspector to perform the c.utieH devolving on him with efficiency, his sphere oH labor extending over so wide an area. ThH Board fully concurred in the view but were not in a sufficiently strong position to employ another inspector, £SOO being allotted for that office. ThW secretary was therefore instructed to reply iH those terms. Another Jotter was to the iti'eoß that the Board shoald not incur any i'urtheH liabilities on aohool buildings jbeyond LhosH already in hand. The annual races for the Jockey CluH summer meeting ure fixed for Boxing l)t*H and the Ist and 2nd of January. The gramme will be issued a few days henoe. Foxton, August 23. I At a Coroner's inqutst to-day on the bodH of Mrs Richard Taylor, who jumped ovcrß board from the ptbamer Jane Douglas, I

verdict of manslaughter was returned against the nurse and purser of the steamer, who had been sworn in special constables. AhAUBA, August 23. Three valuable horses were drowned in endeavoring to cross the junction of the Grey river. The driver, George Page, a very steady man, had to swim ashore, and with difficulty escaped. He had got over the first crossing of the Grey River, but on reaching . the second ford found the river too high, and tried to return, when the current swept the horses and dray down the stream. The dray was lost. Alcorn, the proprietor of the horses and dray, estimates his loss at £l2O. Page was engaged drawing timber for the Grey junction bridge, for the erection of which tenders were recently accepted by Government. [MBOM THE COBBEBPONDBNTS OF THE PBESS.] Auckland, August 23. Henry Black, alias Brown, on a charge of pocket-picking of £9, was committed for trial. Accused had attained some notoriety as the victim of a late murderous assault at Newton, in a brothel, for which his assailant also awaits trial. John Thomas Young, for forgery, remanded. Dr. Schwartz-Bach, an oculist, commisuioned by the Board to report on the city schools, states that he examined 1053 children of eight to sixteen years of age, and found over seven per cent, were short sighted. The per centage in the schools varied slightly, but the greatest was in the Girls' High School. At the Waste Lands Board the question of borough endowments at Kuakatere, near Hokianga, came up—Auckland, 1500 acres; Parnell and Onehunga, 1000 acres each. Mr May said Parnell and Onehunga boroughs objected to this land for endowments, as they could not utilise it, and would have to pay rates. They wanted endowments in the Patutahi block on the East Coas\ A public meeting of electors was held at the Harp of Erin Hotel, Hokianga, recently. A large portion of the meeting were Maoris, and it was held relative to Maori representation. John Lundon wai the ruling spirit, and a resolution was carried for transmission to the Native Minister, endorsing the peculiar arrangement by which 400 Maoris were lately placed on the roll. The meeting was orderly, and both public-houses closed their bars during the meeting. Timabu, August 23. A man named Thomas Brooks was found dead under a hedge near town this morning. It is supposed he had been drinking, and died from exposure. A good deal of snow has fallen on the hills and in Mackenzie Country during the last few days, but the weather in town has been fine. There are great complaints here against the insufficiency of first-class railway carriages between Timaru and Oamaru, passengers having often to travel second-class lor want of room. A large number of people from here intend irisiting Dunedin on the opening of the railway, if th« arrangements of the department will permit. It is rumoured, however, that only a eolect few will be allowed to travel, and if such ;«the case it will be the cause of great dissatisfaction-