TELEGRAPHIC.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1517, 27 December 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

CABLE^NEWS. SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE. London, December 26. A serious ice accident occurred on the River Orme, in Prance. Porty-eighb persons were drowned. AUSTRALIA. BY SUBMARINE CABLE. [special to “globe. ”J Sydney, December 26. The report of the arrival of the Mecca with Chinese is false. She is unsighted anywhere as yet. The Adelaide eighteen in their second innings got 131. The Australians lost nine wickets for 88. [eeutee’s teleoeams to the peess AGENCY.] Melboubne, December 26. The English eleven have commenced their match with the iifteen of Victoria. The latter went in first and kept the wickets all day. When the stumps were drawn twelve wickets were down tor 288 runs, Campbell making the top score of 128. The weather was splendid. Sydney, December 26. Australians v. Eighteen of Adelaide. —The latter are all out for 115, and the cloven have lost nine wickets for 119. NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. [pee peess agency.] Wellington, December 27. Geo. Browne, a well-known settler at the Upper Hutt, bad his house destroyed by fire ye.doivlay. Browne and his son were severely burnt in escaping out of the hou.-e : and very little iur. itnre was saved. The loss is estimated at J 750 ; net insu ed. Ma-'kic was brought up this morning at the R M Court on the charge of embezzling trom t e Bank of New Ztnlmd and remanded tor a week. Bad demanded —two sureties of <£'oo ea- h and prisoner in >£so.). the bail not forthcoming the prisoner was sent back to gaol. Blenheim, Dec mb r 27.

At the p euwick B sing Day sports yesterday. Beauchamp, the rider of Billy button in the hurdle ra e, fell, horse and man c ming down together at the fifth 11 ght of the six hurdles. Be laid insensible and bleeding from the mouth some time The people thought he was killed, and Doctors Horne and Cleghome were sent for from Blenheim. Ton minutes after the occur ei ca the boy revived and when the doctors came on to the g ound they pronounced him out of d tiger, but that be bad experienced a slight concussion of the brain and was much shaken and bruised ; ho was also struck oo tbo bead by tbo borse’e boot. Bobittaoc,

tlio rider of the Irrso ahead, seeing what ocsurred pulled up and went to the assistance of his jeomr de, and lost all chance of the race in consequence. He was much applauded for his lr. m- nity by the spectators, hut his conduct was said to be against all racing rules. Dunedin, December 27._ A piano manufactory will be established in Dunedin shortly. Mi-s Me Master was thrown from her horse at the Taieri Agricultural Society’s show yesterday, and had her arm broken.

[from our own correspondent.] Kaiapoi, December 27.

The Waimakariri is in flood, and communication on the railway is only kept up by trollies at Stewart s Gully. It is oxpectcd_ tlv.it this part of the line will become wholly impassable this time. Dunedin, December 27.

The criminal calendar contains thirteen cases, viz., one false pretences, “one indecent assault, one child murder, two forgery, one burglary, two assault and robbery, three larceny, two perjury, bis of these cases are from Oamaru, showing the necessity for a Circuit Court being held there. At Laurence races Cloth of Gold, carrying Bst 101 b, beat Chancellor, 7st 101 b, for the principal event. It is thought the latter was not sent for the money. The Albion cricketers heat the Laurence eleven by 37 runs. McPherson won both heats in the Hibernian Handicap at the holiday sports yesterday, when about 2500 were present. At the Waihola Regatta the Nil Despcrandum crew won the principal events. There is considerable excitement over the fivemile race to he run to-morrow, between Barker and Shepherd, an Australian ped who has but recently arrived here. Twenty-three candidates have entered for the New Zealand University examinations, including two ladies.

Two drapers, this morning, were fined 20s each for a breach of Bradshaw’s Act.

The Southern Trunk Railway will not be opened before January 7th. Invercargill, December 27. Yesterday at the volunteers sham fight sports at Kewa, about a mile and a half from town, 197 men and cadets, exclusive of band, took part. It was a grand success in spite of the drizzling rain. A great part of the day’s programme was perservered with. A good attendance of !the public, and over £B6 was taken at tbe gate. The affair was got up as a means of starting funds to have a grand volunteer demonstration of all tbe Middle Island volunteers here on Easter Monday. A slight accident occurred to one of the trains yesterday through the front aud back wheels of a passenger carriage bogey getting detached and leaving the carriage tiding on the centre pair of wheels The passengers were a good deal alarmed at the rocking of the vehicle, but no uo barm was done.