LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1496, 2 December 1878, Page 2

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

BY SUBMARINE CABLE. AUSTRALIA. [bkutee’s telegrams to the press AGENCY.] Sydney, December 1. The Fifteen in their first innings made 338. The Australians in their first innings made 71. In their second they had made 52 for the loss of one wicket.

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[per press agency.] Auckland, November 30. St. Andrew’s Day was observed by the usual services. Tauranga, November 30, 8.40 p.m. The steamer Staffa visited the wreck of the Taranaki to-day. Her back is broken, and the after part is sunk in deep water. The remainder is breaking up fast. All the cargo is washed away, and the sea is strewn with the fragments. The heavy swell from the east renders operations difficult. At a meeting of passengers by the Taranaki, held at the agent’s this morning, it was r solved to present Captain Malcolm with an address, and also to raise a subscription for him. Napier, November 30. As John Barry, storekeeper at Meanee, was mounting his horse at Tennyson street, Napier, about noon to-day, the animal bolted._ Barry fell on the back of his head, breaking his skull. He was attended by two medical men, but died in about an hour. At the inquest, this afternoon, a verdict of Accidental Death was returned. A man named Smith, a German or Scandinavian, was found dead this morning, at the Farudon railway station. An inquest was held, and a verdict returned that deceased “ Died from Natural Causes.” At the inquest to-day, at Hastings, on the body of an infant found in the bedroom of a servant girl at the Bailway Hotel, the medical evidence was that the child was still born. Wellington, November 30. It is understood that the sale of the reclaimed land will take place at the end of January. During November last there were here 8G births, 28 deaths, and 26 marriages. Philip Murtagh was arrested yesterday for stabbing a man named Falloon, but when the evidence was taken, the other man was also committed for trial. Kempthorne, Prosser and Co.’s share list remains open till 21st December. Isaac Murphy has been committed for trial for a criminal assault on a little girl at Greytown. 1 he Customs revenue collected at Wellington for the month ending to-day amounted to .£12,208 14s. For the corresponding mouth last year it was .£113,071 4s sd. Mr McFlwain, who owned the house which was burned under very suspicious circumstances, was arrested and brought up this morning at the Kesidont Magistrate’s Court, and remanded till Tuesday. Heavy bail was allowed. Nelson, November 30. Messrs Pitt and Acton Adams, both lawyers, have announced their intention of coming forward for the seat in the House, to be rendered vacant by Mr Sharp’s resignation. Dunedin, November 30. The vital statistics for the month arc—Births, 144 ; marriages, 28 ; deaths, 28. An inquest will be held on the George street lire- . ~ Tift'cu, of Otago, challenges any man in the colonies under lost to wrsstle lor =£soo aside, or anyone in the world under 9st for the same amount. f A meeting of subscribers to tin Ladies University Scholarship fund was held this afternoon. The principal now amounts to .£250, and it was decided to re invest it till it will be sufficient to give a yearly scholarship of the Value of >£so. ‘ v , Timaru, December 1. The Customs’ revenue for the month of November wa> .£1728, showing an increase of .£156 over the corresponding month of last Je Tho Harbor Board on Friday held a special meeting to consider whether they should protect the reclaimed land between the Breakwater and Government landing service, upon which the heavy seas last week encroached. It was pointed out that the Eailwuy Department having had the land reserved for themselves, the Bofird had no right to expend money on it.

Eventually it was resolved that as no property of th.i Board’s was in danger they would not protest the land. This scour is not caused by the Breakwater at all, but by loose earth having been down to low water mark. ]£ the deposited railway authorities do not take protective measures their lino will be washed away. [FROM THE CORRESPONDENTS OF THE PRESS.] Auckland. November 30. The Board of Education has resolved to appeal in the case of Cholmondely Smith v Board of Education to the Supreme Court against the decision of the District Court. The annual report of th Auckland fire brigade shows that there were thirty-six fires and five cases of incendiarism. Oamaru, November 30. Dunedin won the rifle match against Oamaru by 33 points, the totals being—Dunedin, 774 ; Oamaru, 741. The ranges were 200, 500, and GOO yards, seven shits at each. Harding of Oamaru made 75 out of a possible 84.