LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1417, 30 August 1878, Page 3

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

BY SUBMARINE CABLE.] [bbutbe’s telegrams to thb press AGENCY.] AUSTRALIAN. Sydney, August 29. The Chairman of the Liberal Association, •which met yesterday, sent a telegram to Mr Gladstone, expressing confidence in the Liberal party. The Rotorua sailed to-day for Auckland. Melbourne, August 29. The second reading of the Ministerial Reform Bill was carried in tho Assembly by to 22. NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. [PUB PRESS AGENCY.] Auckland, August 29. Commissioner Thompson received a further report from Constable Barford of Raglan on the wreckage'at that place. He states that the vessel lost is tho Kaiuma. A board 2ft. Oiin. by 6in., with that name carved on it, was given to the constable by the natives living in a settlement near Aotca Harbor. It was found upon the beach a day or two previous. The topmasts of tho vessel have been washed ashore at Kawhia. The constable has been several days searching the coast, but up to the present has not found anything of sufficient value to defray the expenses of conveyance to a place of safety. There can be no doubt regarding the identity of the Kaiuma. John Morgan, second mate of the barque Bella Mary, was washed overboard in a gale. Napier, August 29. A case decided in the R.M. Court by the Mayor, temporarily acting as Resident Magistrate, has excited a good deal of public attention, and comment against the decision. Captain Hair, of the Falcon, was sued by a person named Hugh Scott for £65 2s, under the following circumstances; —Scott, a collector of old things, had a lot of zinc on hand, and was recommended to ship it to Sydney by the Falcon. Captain Hair called on Scott to arrange about the shipment, and was referred to Mrs Scott, and an arrangement was made between them. Captain Hair asserts that that he was to take the zinc at 16s per ton to Sydney, and there do tho best he could with it. In corroboration of this several respectable disinterested witnesses were called, who testified to hearing Scott enjoin Captain Hair to do the best he could. On the other hand, Mrs Scott avers that Captain Hair was not to sell the zinc at less than £l4 per ton, and that Captain Hair agreed. Tho zirc was sold in Sydney at £6 per ton, and, less freight, netted £22 8.?, which sum was tendered to the plaintiff and refused. The Magistrate decided, upon the evidence of plaintiff’s wife, that Captain Hair should pay the amount sued for, on the ground that he had not disproved what Mrs Scott alleged. Yesterday the Mayor refused to grant a rehearing. A public subscription has been made up to-day to reimburse Captain Hair. The Synod of the Diocese of Waiapu opens on 9th September, Wellington, August 29. Tho “Gazette” to-night notifies the appointment of registrars ot the Supreme Court to be sheriffs under the Sheriffs Act, 1858, vice the present holders of office. It also notifies the division of the Borough of Timaru into four wards. Dunedin, August 29. _ At a meeting of the Education Board this morning two members said that some of the country school buildings were in a disgraceful condition, and unfit for a master to live in. D. Reid (chairman) said that if tho Government had attempted too much in tho matter of education, it should retrace its steps. Tho Christchurch football team last night Sicked over a coffee-stall, the owner being in it at tho time. Acting on a hint given in one of the morning papers, they compensated the keeper of the stall to-day. The principal buildings in Dunedin will bo illuminated on the arrival of tho Northern visitors, and the Mayor intends to request shopkeepers to keep their establishments open m that night. [from the correspondents op the press.] Auckland, August 29. The annual meeting of the Caledonian Company was hold to-day. Tho report showed that gold hod been obtained to the value of £4229 ; tributes, £607; Bank overdraft, paid off, £1000; invested at interest, and reserve, £2OOO. Intelligence has been received from Wellington that the Government intend removing the railway workshops from Auckland terminus to Newmarket, Timaru, August 29. At the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to-day tho same offiecro wero elected as those for lust year, it was resolved to invite the Governor, Ministers, members, and others to a breakfast on arrival at Timaru for the opening of the railway. ■The construction of the first concrete block of the Timaru breakwater was commenced today. Akaboa, August. 29. At a special meeting of tho Akaroa County Council held to-day, the Council resolved, after a long discussion, to take one member from the Okain’s Bay district, and to increase tho representation of tho Little River district by one member. Dunedin, August 29. At the banquet to the footballers it was explained that the alleged opposition of tho Bank of New Zealand to football was an unauthorised statement, “entirely due to

mistake of the Press” in Auckland. The “Herald” reports that at the banquet the opinion whs freely expressed that the Austr.ihan cricketers at Home had degraded cricket by making the game a commercial speculation. This is hardly correct. Such opinion was only expressed by Mr Neilson. “ Star” thus reports the references to the subject : —Mr Neilson referred to the visit of the Australian cricketereto tho home country, and declared that their great victories were a fluke,—-[Disapprobation.]-• while he was willing to admit that there wore two or three very good men in the team. He was of opinion that the Australians had degraded cricket by making it a commercial speculation. The Canterbury team, when they visited Australia, would pay their own expenses, and would not take one shilling for gate money. Mr Baker, whoso name had been coupled with one of the toasts, assured the company thr.t the sentiments just expressed by Mr Neilson were not sympathised with or shared in by the cricketers of Canterbury. [Mr Neilson interposed the remark that they were merely his own opinions.] For himself, he thought the Australians had performed wonders, and far more than ho had ever anticipated from the form he had seen them display in Canterbury. They had greatly distinguished themselves at home, and their success was deserving of praise and recognition by all colonist s. He concluded by assuring the company that the ideas of Mr Neilson on the subject were not entertained generally in Canterbury. The dinner was a very successful affair, Mr Bathgate occupying the chair. A suggestion made to send a New Zealand team of lootb filers to Australia was received with considerable enthusiasm. A miner named Tbos. Kenny was killed by a fall of earth at Naseby. A recent sly grog prosecution at the City Police Court has resulted in an information for perjury being laid against the witness Cameron. One of the very valuable Clydesdale horses imported by the barque Inglewood (by Mr Kitching, of Moa Flat), died fiftteen days after the vessel left London.