LAST NIGHTS TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1489, 23 November 1878, Page 2

LAST NIGHTS TELEGRAMS

- [BY SUBMARINE CABLE.] [heuter’s telegrams to the press AGENCY.] Calcutta, Not ember 20. The Ameer o£ Afghanistan left the ultimatum of England unanswered. London, November 21. At the Cabinet Council held yesterday it was resolved to transmit orders to India to advance the troops. The Bank of England reduce the rate of discount to 5 per cent. A despatch of the Secretary of State for the Home Department reviews the relations between England and Afghanistan. It appears that a difficulty arose in 1873, Mr Gladstone’s Cabinet overruling Lord Northbrook’s proposal to assure the Ameer of Afghanistan of protection from Russian attack. [special to the press agency.] London, undated. Owing to the stoppage of Potter Wilson James Morton, and the Glasgow Bank Holmes White, of Melbourne, have put their affairs in liquidation. AUSTRALIA. Sydney, November 22. Adelaide wheat, 5s Id ; December delivery, 4s 3d to 4s 5d ; candles, 8] d; other quotations unchanged. The A.S.N. Company are laying up all their steamers, and closing their engineering works. It is stated that fifteen hundred men will thus bo unemployed. The anti-Chinese strike has extended from the company’s seamen to the laborers at Brisbane. Melbourne, November 22. Sailed—Albion, on Wednesday, Arrived —Tararuu, on Wednesday. Alhambra, to-day. Adelaide, November 22. The Loan Bill tabled in the Council proposes a loan of £2,404,000. NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. [pee peess agency.] Auckland, November 22. A telegram from Mr Sheehan to Mr Swanson, M.H.K.r expresses pleasure that Auckland gendered due honor to the pluck and ability of the Australian criekct'.rs. The insurances cu the Tnhal Cain arc —New Zealand Company, £7iiv; Union Company £750. Cargo—Union Company, 1,4]2(1, £SOO of which was reinsured in the Now Zealand Company, and £250 in the Batavia Company. MASTEtiTON, November 22. A fire broke out at 12.35 this morning in Dalrymyle and Co.’s offices, commission agcutß,

but was discovered and extinguished before much damage was done. An inquest will be held tomorrow. The origin of the fire is unknown. '} he Marion, from New Caledonia, brings intelligence that lighting still continues The Prospector from Newcastle to Helensvillc, with coal, went ashore at Kaipara. After being lightened, she was got off. Wellington, November 22.

The body of a man, name unknown at present, who cut Irs throat in a paddock at Silver Stream, has just been brought into town by the police. Kelly and Company leave for Christchurch on Monday n^xt. It is stated that a movement is on foot for the establishment of a new land and investment company on a similar basis to the present Wellington Trust, Loan and Investment Company. The proposed capital is £ 100,000. The operations of the association would be confined chiefly to the Wellington provincial district. Of sixty immigrants who arrived from Melbourne by the Edwin Fox, about half have been sent to Wanganui. The remainder, with two or three exceptions, remain at Wellington. The “ Chronicle” says regarding the constrnction of the Hutt-Foxton railway, that it is the intention of the Minister for Public Works to commence it at once, and action in that direction will be taken before the end of the year. Some doubts ai’ose about a question of native title. The Native Minister has carefully inquired into the position of existing negotiations for the acquirement of the laud over which the line must pass. It is believed that all obstacles in the way of completing these negotiations will be overcome, and a large area of land will pass into the bands of the Government. It is said the Government will make known in a day or two what they intend to do in regard to the petitions some time ago presented in favor of O’Connor, sentenced for attempted poisoning. The Native Minister left for Taranaki, per Stella. Westpokt, November 22 An extensive limestone cave has been discovered near White Cliffs, between Westport and Reeftou. The explorer describes it as a magnificent sight when illuminated. A creek traverses the cave, yielding good payable gold prospects. Private information from Lyell says all the Reefton quartz miners are passing through that township on their way to Wangapeke, where a rich reef has been discovered. Dunedin, November 22. A writ for £2OOO damages has been served upon M. J. Malaghan, Queenstown, at the instance of Mclntyre, of Invercargill. A site for a bailors’ Home will shortly be granted to the committee by the Harbor Board. Mr G. M. Reed has resigned his position as one of the governors of Dunedin High School. One hundred and fifty persons took advantage of the cheap rates to visit the Oamaru agricultural show. In consequence of the Otago Rowing and Sailing Association having lapsed, the Otago Rowing Club have decided to hold a regatta at Hurley, on the Taieri river, at a date not fixed yet. The general entries and acceptances for the races are not obtainable, as the secretary of the Jockey Club , will give no facilities in that direction. Invercargill, November 22. Judge Harvey gave judgment to-day, in the case of Daniels v. Hayes. He upheld the judgment of the Warden’s Court, and awarded a third share in Hayes’ claim to the plaintiffs. [i'EOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] Auckland, November 22. The proposal of the Harbor Board to vote £IOO to the regatta funds has fallen through, owing to it being in violation of the Act. It is said that Major Derrom intends to apply to the Defence Minister to convert the Victoria Company into an Artillery corps. Messrs Conyers and Lawson are getting satisfactorily through their business hero. To-day they went to Waikato to inspect the Ohaupo-Te Awamutu railway extension. It is stated here that Guthrie, Larnach and Co. are in treaty for the Whangapoua mills, bushes, &c., from Messrs Harris, and celebrated for immense litigation in the case Mohi v Craig some years ago. Oamaru, November 22.

The conference of delegates re National Association meets to-morrow at 10 o’clock. _lt is probable that the association will be established, having its head quarters in Christchurch, but it is not likely that a show will take place next year. Dunedin, November 22. One Pullar, while under the influence of drink, jumped into the Olutha river, and was carried down to the bridge, a distance of eight chains, by the current. He succeeded in catching hold of one of the piles, and holding on till rescued.

Mr Macandrew visits Clutha on Monday. Cargill’s wool telegram says : —The foreign trade was only moderately rep resented at the opening sales. Prices for fleece, scoured, showed an average decline of a penny to three-halfpence, and greasy of a halfpenny compared with the lowest rates of last series.

At the inquiry into the Balclutha fire,_ a censure was passed on the insurance companies interested for having completed insurances without taking precautions to ascertain the extent and value of the promises. Walter Simmons, aged eighteen, in the employ of Garrick, a settler there, was drowned by upsetting his boat in Lake Waihola.