LAST NIGHTS TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1437, 24 September 1878, Page 3

LAST NIGHTS TELEGRAMS

australian. [eeutee’s special TELEQEAMS TO PBE33 agency], Melbourne, September 23. Tho Tararua arrived early on Monday 'llitt-rning. The Underwriters’ Association report under date London, September 20th Arrive—d from Auckland ; Mendora, from Timaru. [Per Eingarooma via Wellington.] Melbouenb; September 16. In the debate on the Loan Bill, members versed in financial matters, while agreeing that the loan was a necessity, urged that the debentures should not be forced on the London market just nowin the face of the following telegram received by the Associated Banks London, 29th August. To J. Matheson, Esq., Bank of Australasia, Melbourne. The Associated Banks advise that the stringent state of our money market, and alarm taken by the Stock Exchange as to tho amount of Australian loans, make it hopeless at present to launch your loan. Banks believe that a minimum of £9O would fail to float it. (Signed) D. Laenach.” Mr Berry speaking at Daylesford at a liberal banquet given to himself and colleagues, defended his Ministry as the best ever formed in the country, and pointed to the large amount of work they had done as an evidence of their fitness for office. He congratulated the country on the formation of a real liberal party, and accused the Opposition and the Council with being the pause of the deadlock, and all the depression in the colony. He promised, if the Council dared to reject his Reform Bill, to appeal to Downing street. He sat down amidst prolonged cheers. The Government have brought in a Bill to ■abolish fees at the University, and to throw it ■open to all the State scholars. The Admiralty survey has been given up. Captain Stanley and his naval assistants, being Imperial officers, have been ordered !iomc by the Admiralty. There appears little likelihood of the session coming to a close before Christmas. We are yet in ignorance as to who is to bo our future Governor, The Duke of Buckingham is spoken of, but there is a strong preference in favor of Sir Hercules Robinson or Lord Normanby. There appears some doubt as to whether Mr Walker’s gentlemen team is coming over. It is said that a sufficiently strong eleven cannot be got together, and that the Zingari Club will send out a team, but as yet nothing is certain. The diamond drills ordered frorn America have arrived, and applications are being made from nearly every district for their use. The will of tho late Edward Henty, the pioneer of the colony, show* that he leaves £184,000. , . Business of all kinds continues very dull, and complaints are heard everywhere. _ The only hope is that things will mend in the spring. There has been literally no wagering on tho Melbourne Cup for tho past few weeks. NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. [PBB PRESS AGENCY.] Auckland, Sept. 23. Tho Agricultural and Pastoral Association have accepted tenders for buildings costing £I2OO for the show on 9th .November. A fire at Pukokoho destroyed Gross’s store, which was insured for £I2OO in the South British, £SOO being reinsured. The fire was earned by a child upsetting a kerosene lamp. Alexandba’ Hept, 23, Tawhiao has returned from Kawhia to Hikurangi. Ho has given orders for the erection of a meeting house at Hauvi Kapua. It is to ho furnished in the best style of native art. Large quantities of produce were brought •down for sale last week. Some little disappointment was felt here that tho Native Minister’s speech did iwi refer to tho particulars of tho railway through the King country. , r TaubangA, September 23. Some buildings on the town jyhaif, and a largo amount of valuable property were burnt last night. The damage was about £IQQ O. Tho property was uninsured. A now settlor named Smith »t JEati Rati is tho severest sufferer,

Napier, September 23. There is a strong feeling hero against the Maori franchise. The question of opening tho Athemeum on Sundays will have to come up again. At tho meeting when it was decided to open on Sundays there was not a quorum of members present. At St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church yesterday, a collection amounting to over £l3B was made towards paying off a debt ol: £250. Wanganui, Septcmber.23, Mr Woon has applied to Mr Sheehan for authority to send a canoe with Maori, constables, up the Wanganui river to arrest the supposed murderer of M'Lcan, now believed to bo en route for Taupo. The Waitotara track joins tho Wanganui river about seventy miles up, Wellington, September 23. At the request of tho corporation, the Chamber of Commerce held a general meeting to-day, with tho view of co-operating in celebrating the opening of railway coramunication between Wellington and Wairarapa. It is understood the celebration will take the form of a dinner and ball, to which the Wairarapa visitors and members of the General Assembly will bo invited. Tho Chamber subscribed £4 from its funds, while £1()0 besides was subscribed privately by members of tho Chamber, A public meeting will be held to-night for the same object, A public meeting, convened by the Mayor, was held to-night, for tho purpose of getting up a celebration to commemorate the opening of the railway to Wairarapa. Three resolutions were carried deciding that the demonstration should consist of a ball and supper, with a treat for all school children of the city. A guarantee fund of £3OO has already been collected, with considerable sums promised. Geetmoutii, September 23. Langdouris quartz lease, eight miles from Greymouth, on which little work has been done, was sold to-day for £155. Blenheim, September 23. William Weaver was drowned in crossing tho Wairoa river by the upsetting of a dray in the ford. G. Stenhouse has boon committed for trial on a criminal information for libel against Alfred Rogers, solicitor, in a letter addressed to a client. Dunedin, September 23. The tender of James Innes for £1990, has been accepted for the Brighton and Green Island railway. The survey of the Strath Taieri line is now progressing rapidly, and tenders may be invited on the line being sanctioned. A preliminary deposit of £75 has been made in connection with the wrestling match between Thomas, of Victoria, and Dagg, of Otago. The match will take place in Dunedin at tho end of November. The shaft of the Black House Company, at Wethorstone’s, bottomed yesterday at a depth of 102 feet. Tho prospect is half an ounce to the ton. A man named Thomas White was killed this afternoon, in consequence of a piece of timber from the circular saws striking him on tho head, while working in Guthrie and Larnach’s factory. Shares are going off freely in tho Dusky Bay Copper Mining Company, The time of closing tho list has been extended to the 28th, to admit of applications from the North Island. An astonishingly large number of serious accidents are reported to-day. Thomas White, a carpenter employed at Guthrie and Larnach’s factory, was killed by a piece of wood Hying off the machinery, and striking him on the head. Ho was a new arrival in the colony, and had no relatives in it. At Nosoby three miners were more or less injured through falls of earth in their claims. At Waipori Thomas George, a stock driver, was rushed by a bullock which he was endeavouring to cut out from a mob of cattle. His horse was killed, and he was thrown several times into the air. When picked up there was scarcely a vestige of clothes on him,_ He is not expected to recover from his injuries. At Milton, Andrew Miller, jun., was severely hurt by falling off a dray. Alex. Kay, a very old settler at Tok imairiro, died suddenly in a house he was visiting. Invercargill, September 23. The traffic in land continues unabated. Dunedin and Christchurch buyers are operating freely, and are well pleased with the character of tho land, A well known Dunedin man has secured a capital bargain in 1200 acres of Crown land at free selection price. Many farms arc passing into the hands of Taieri farmers. The bulk of the unoccupied Crown land is taken up. Welsh, the murderer, is in close keeping, and will undergo a further examination before tho Supremo Court sits. A one pound nugget of gold, said to have been found at Longwood on Saturday, is being exhibited in town.

[PHOM THE COEEESPONDENT OP THE PRESS,] Auckland, September 23. Massey, concerned in the elopement of Mrs Chapman in the Schiehallion, has been committed for trial on a charge of larceny of the goods of the husband. Mrs Chapman is supposed to have gone on in the vessel. At the meet of the Pakuraugi hounds, a son of Mr Ered Whitaker, while clearing a stonewall, was thrown, sustaining fracture of the arm, and the horse rolled over him. An act of abominable cruelty was perpetrated on Sunday on a magnificent Ne vfoundland dog belonging to Mr Kelly, of Mount Albert. It had been muzzled and tied, and all its toe nails drawn out by the roots, save two.