LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1458, 18 October 1878, Page 2

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

[BY SUBMARINE CABLE.] AUSTRALIAN. [renter's telegrams to the tress AGENCY.] Sydney, October 17. The Colonial Secretary has given notice of motion in the Assembly for a grant of £IO,OOO for the International Exhibition. Melbourne, October 18. The betting on the Cup continues very dull. 8 to 1 is wanted for Melita. No alterations in the status of others. Woodlands has gone wrong, and is scratched. The Ringarooma sailed yesterday. The Albion arrived to-day. NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. [per tress agency.] ■ . i Fielding, October 17. A foreigner threw himself in front of the train shortly after leaving Palmerston this morning. The train was going twelve miles an hour, when the cow catcher brushed the man to the side. The train was stopped, and then took the man on to Fielding. His injuries are not serious. Charleston, October 17. The schooner Wild Wave this morning parted all her chains, tore out the hawse pipes aud staunchions to the fore rigging, and was driven on to the beach, bumping heavily. She is likely to become a total wreck. j [special wire from press agency.] Auckland, October 17. The Council passed another resolution con--detuning the Harbor Board for filling up the vacancy in the city representation caused by the rejection of a candidate in the late city el&ctidfi. Geahamstown, October 17. A miner named Andrew was severely, if not. fatally, injured to-day in the Moanatiari mine. He was working in a pass, when at least two tons of stone broke loose, hurrying him up to ■the shoulders. [from the correspondent of the press.] Auckland, October 17. The Volunteer Engineers have received £SO from the Defence Office for the purchase of engineering tools for mining and fortifications. Signor Pompei has found there is no possibility of ‘arranging a season of English and Italian opera at ppeseijt. A ten-roomed two storey house, at the North Shore, the leasehold property of A. Bectham , was burned down early this mornjng. It was insured in the South British for £3OO, and cost £7OO. It had been empty for six months. The fire is believed i;o have been occasioned by au incendiary. A concert in aid of tbe Christian Doctrins Society was very successful. The charge against John James Miller, for attempted suicide, was withdrawn, as he intended to go to England. j Captain Cholmondley Smith, teacher at Lucas Creek, has commenced legal proceedings against the Board of Education for dismissal without alleging the reason and without the concurrence of the School Committee, who are perfectly satisfied.

At a meeting of oystermen re Fisheries Ad:, a communication was read from Mr ’ Moss.', M.H.R., stating that Government would probably drop the Act. A petition was signed to the Minister of Public Works, recommending January and March as the close months, and the use of oysters for lime-burning purposes.