TELEGRAPHIC.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1503, 10 December 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

AUSTRALIAN. [Per Arawata via the Bluff.] Melbourne, December 5. Mr Graham Berry leaves on the embassy service at the end of this month. The Commissioner of Public Works, speaking the other night, said that hlack Wednesday was the most glorious day the sun ever shone on in the colony. The Contagious Disease Act, passed by Parliament, has been assented to by the Governor. it has transpired that the vacant judgeship has been offered to Mr Higginbottom and declined. The tines of £SOO imposed on Henry and £SO on Ireland in the Embracery cases have been paid Both prisoners were confined in Melbourne gaol. 'I he celebrated stallion Panic died on Ssturday. Nothing further has come to light about the bushrangers. All traces of them appear to have been lost. The police have found the horses of the murdered men, and some charred reins and saddles, but nothing has been beard of Kelly’s gang. Lord Harris’s team of gentlemen cricketers have arrived at Adelaide, and play there on Thursday week, the same day as the Australian Eleven play at Melbourne. A new steel paddle-wheel steamer, carrying 1000 passengers, is to be built for the Bay trade.

Rust is prevalent in many parts of the country. There is every prospect of a hot summer. The seamen’s strike at Sydney is causing some inconvenience, as few of the boats of the A.S.N. Company arc now running.

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. [per press agency.] Wellington, December 10. A respectable looking man named Noakcs was arrested by Detective Farrell some days ago on a charge of indecent exposure, and was yesterday tried and acquitted. He now intends to proceed by civil action against Detective Farrell. The Zealandia is ready for sea with a cargo of colonial produce, including fifty tons of Oamaru Hour on board valued at over £IOO,OOO. The captain finds great difficulty in obtaining seamen, who appear to have come to some understanding amongst themselves to stand out for very high wages. It is probable that the vessel will be delayed in consequence. The men refuse to accept £7 per mouth. Justice Richmond has gone to the Hot Springs for the benefit of his health. The “ New Zealander” says that Mr Wood, member for Mantara, is to he called to the Upper House, and that Sir William Fitzherbcrt will be offered the Speakership of the Upper Chamber. Judgment was given this morning in the Southminster enquiry. The Court held that the loss of the ship was attributable to the set of the flood tide on to the coat, of which the master had no knowledge, and regarding which appears a note on the Admiralty chart stating that there is no tide. The Court thought tLc ship might have been saved if the anchor had been ht go in twenty-five fathoms, but with the oiling the ship had and the wind, the master was justified in keeping his course, which would have carried him e'ear. but for adverse circumstances. They thought all duo precaution and diligence had been exercised by the master, who was on deck nearly the whole of the time from 1 yt'clton. Under the circumstances, the Court did not consider that the certificates of the master and his officers should be retained. The Court directed the attention of the Government to the incorrect information (according to Capt dn Fraser’s evidence) in the charts published by the Admiralty in 1857 and Io7U, and which are still in use. Dunedin, December 10. The Public Works Department is about to commence a survey of the branch linn of rail wav to Catlin’s river, and will also shortly call for tenders for the first section of the Otago central railway. [from our own correspondent.] Port Chalmers, December 10. The Municipality of Port Chalmers last night unanimously re-elected Mr J. Mill as their representative to the Harbor Board.