LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1449, 8 October 1878, Page 2

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

BY SUBMARINE CABLE. [special to the pbess agency.] London, September 25. Tho British fleet leaves Prycepo on Saturday for Ortaka. Much uneasiness is felt on tho Continent at tho Afghan difficulty, lest it may lead to a conflict between England and Russia. The “ Standard ” says that Russia persists in her scheme of a permanent mission to Cabul. September 28. The money market is easy. Large imports of gold have given an improved monetary position. Discount rates in the open market equal bank minimum, the bank reserve becoming so strong as to warrant a reduction in the rate of discount. The stock markets are ' agitated by Afghan crisis. The market for Colonial debentures is heavy and depressed. The improvement recently reported in wool is totally lost, and prices show an average decline of throe half -ponca to twopence.

AUSTRALIAN. [beutee’s telegrams to the pebss AGENCY.] Sydney, October 7. The pedestrian Williams walked a hundred and ten miles in twenty-four hours. Prospecting is still proceeding in New Guinea. A piece weighing a pennyweight, and strong colour of gold, was found in a tributary of the Goldie river. A new river was also discovered. The missing communist was found on Percy Island in a state of great exhaustion. Adelaide, October 7. Mr King was sworn in as Minister of Education. NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. k [PEB PBEBS AGBNCY.] .V-'.'- - Auckland, October 7. Major Mair left for Waitara yesterday to interview Rewi relative to his dismissal by the Government. At the opening of the Diocesan Synod the Bishop spoke of the progress of the Church. More clergymen were required. Gbahamstown, October 7. A man named William McDonald, a bushman near Whangamata, was injured by a tree he had felled, and remained without medical aid or food for five days. A doctor from here rode 130 miles to assist him, the County Council paying £5 expenses. The man is suffering from concussion of the brain, and is in a comatose state, but may recover. Patea, October 7. One of the Native search parties saw Hiroki on Saturday, but failed to secure him. Yesterday he was again seen near the Mawhitiwhiti river. The search party got within three hundred yards and fired three shots, but Hiroki eluded capture by hiding in a gully. He has a dog with him, by which his whereabouts was found. He is believed to be mating for Parihaka. Napieb, October 7. At a meeting of the Education Board today a memorandum was rend from the Secretary of the Education Department, stating that if the £ICO,OOO for school buildings is divided according to population, as he believed it would be, this district would only receive £2300. A reply was ordered to be sent, pointing out the inadequacy of the amount, as the Napier school buildings will alone cost £4500, and trusting that the Department would not render the Board unable to carry on its functions. There was a general feeling expressed of resigning in a body and leaving the matter to the Minister of Education to carry it on himself. Cons iderable agitation is going on here about the Maori franchise. The Natives are getting up a petition against it, stating that they want more representatives, and do not want a vote for Pakeha members. To-morrow night a public meeting is to be held to protest against the monstrous injustice about to be inflicted on this constituency. A petition is being numerously signed to the Legislative Council asking that chamber to strike out the Maori franchise clause. The Agricultural Show on Wednesday and Thursday promises to be highly successful. There are sixty-four more entries than hist year. Oamaeu, October 7. The body of a man named Ashley Reid was found in a creek opposite the Star and Garter Hotel this morning. He was a stranger in this district. He is believed to have been in the water several days. An inquest will be held this afternoon. Dunedin, October 7. On Thursday next the Crown Prosecutor will renew his application to have Welsh, charged with the Mataura murder, tried in Dunedin. Through railway traffic between Dunedin and Balclutha will be resumed to-morrow. The sea was discolored for six miles off the land by the discharge of the Mataura River. At a meeting of the shareholders of the National Insurance Company held to-day it was resolved that in future the annual meetings should supersede the half-yearly ones. The directors will have power to declare interim dividends. [FROM THE COEEESPONDENTS OF THE PEESS.] Auckland, October 7. The export of corned meats from this port to the islands is increasing, owing to the demands of English and German men-of-war. J. M'Shera has been appointed Consular Agent for Italy vice Colonel Balneavis deceased. The Italian war-ship Staffita is expected shortly. The Diocesan Synod was opened to-day by service in St. Paul’s, after which the Synod met in the afternoon, when Bishop Cowie delivered an address. He referred to the death of Bishop Selwyn, and mentioned his contribution of £2OO a year for five years to the Home Mission of the colony. A choral festival took place in the evening in St. Matthew’s. There was a crowded assemblage. Timaeu, October 7. Mr Ball, proprietor of the “ South Canterbury Times” appears in the R.M. Court tomorrow on a charge of criminal libel on Hayes and Benhamo of the circus. The “Times” published a paragraph on Friday last making reflections on the honesty and character of the circus people. Macfarlane, late agent to the circus, also appears on a charge of embezzling its funds. A man named Charles Stirling was found guilty of manslaughter of his wife, at the inquest on her body at Waimate to-day. The evidence showed that Sterling and wife lived in the bush, where he worked. On Friday evening last they had a quarrel, and he was seen to strike her several times. Subsequently he went to a neighbor’s and said his wife was very ill. Mrs Hamilton went to the house 1 and on lighting a candle discovered Mrs Sterling lying dead on the floor. The evidence went to show that the room was covered with blood, and deceased had a severe gash on the abdomen, caused by a kick or blow, and which medical evidence stated had caused her death. A stick was found on the floor covered with blood. Sterling had been in the habit of ill treating his wife for some time previously. Dunedin, October 7. The report of a man being drowned at Kaitangata during the floods turns out to be correct. A. Davidson, forwarding agent there, in company with three others, left the hills to return to their homes, and hud almost reached them when he was swept into a waterhole and drowned in sight of his companions. His wife saw the accident from the other side of the river.