LAST NIGHTS TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1527, 9 January 1879, Page 3

LAST NIGHTS TELEGRAMS

AUSTRALIAN. Melbottbne, January 8. Sailed—Ringarooma, via Hobart Town, yesterday. Arrived—-Albion, this morning. ["special to globe.] Sydney, January 8. The Bulli, Mount Kera, and Mount Pleasant colliery proprietors, locked out a thousand men, because they joined the Union for the purpose of assisting the seamen. Subscriptions are coming in. The International Exhibition Commission has now fully entered upon its duties. NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. [PBOM THE COEBE9PONDBNT 01 THE PBES3.] Timabu, January 8. Mr Wakefield addressed a crowded meeting of bis constituents at Geraldine last night and received a unanimous vote of confidence. Chadwick, who attempted suicide yesterday, is progressing favorably and hopes are entertained of his recovery. At the Board of Education to-day the committee recommended the expenditure during tie current year of £2OOO on repairs of various school buildings, and £BOOO on new buildings throughout the district. The next race meeting of the South Canterbury Jockey Club is fixed for the 7th and Bth of March, by which date the new grand stand, of brick and stone, costing nearly £2OOO, will be completed. The Chamber of Commerce hold a special meeting to-morrow, to consider the new railway tariff and proposed improvements to the railway etation. Dunedin, January 8. Complaints are made of the way in which carriages attached to express trains are crowded. One writer says that, in the compartment in which he travelled, eighteen persons were huddled together.

[Special Wire.] Auckland, January 8. Tho early morning goods train ran over a flock of sheep, killing twenty two. Mrs Malcolmson, of Parnell, stepped on a loose stone and fell, breaking her ancle, yesterday. Serious apprehension is felt along the railway, in consequence of sparks from the engine igniting Mr Dilworth’s fence and high grass in a paddock near Elleralie. Mr Dilworth and a number of men stayed the progress of the fire, and drove a herd of cattle into another field. The Agricultural Association’s extensive show building, situated near the line at Ellerslie, was considered jeopardised by the grass between tho building and the railway. To-day the railway department requested the association to plough the space intervening, in order to prevent the danger of a future fire spreading. Tauranga, January 8. Thomas Williams, journeyman tailor at Wellington lately, and secretary of Foresters’ lodge, was arrested to-day on the charge of embezzling the funds of the order. It appears that he bolted away as soon as he got a hint that his defalcations had been discovered. He was arrested on a warrant issued at Wellington. Wellington, January 8, The Colonial Secretary has agreed to make Anniversary Day a public holiday. The remainder of the Fern glen’s immigrants ar landed. The majority of them will bo sent to the West Coast, the others being for Nelson and Taranaki. Regulations are in course of preparation and will shortly be gazetted, setting forth the conditions under which exhibits can bo forwarded from New Zealand to the approaching New South Wales Exhibition. Oamaeu, January 8. At a meeting of the Kaikanui Road Board today, Mr J. 0. Gilchrist, chairman, was appointed to be a member of the Oamaru Harbor Board, under the Harbor Act, 1878. His Excellency the Governor also nominated tho following gentlemen to be members : —S. E. Shrimski, M.H.R., John Reid of Elderslie, George Sumpter, and the Hon. H. J. Miller. The other members will be elected in February.

At last there seems a probability of the Shag Point coal being delivered in town- cheaper than hitherto. The contractor for the branch railway commenced operations yesterday. At a meeting of the Early Closing Association last night, George Parker, retiring honorary secretary, was presented with a gold locket and pencil case, in recognition of his services as secretary since the association first started. The weather has been remarkably hot during the past three days, which will considerably hasten the harvest. Reaping oats has already commenced.

Dunedin, January 8,

A laborer named John Orr was seriously injured at Port Chalmers to-day by a fall of earth. Several new cases have been erected in the Dunedin Museum for the reception of reptiles and fishes. James Corbett, chai’gcd with larceny in Melbourne, and who had been liberated on bail, himself in £IOO and two sureties of .£SO each, to-day failed to appear. Unless he shows cause within seven days, the bail will be estreated. The Mayor received a letter from the Lord Provost, requesting his co-operation towards raising money for the City of Glasgow Bank relief fund.

At the meeting of the Presbytery to-day, Mr W. Kirkland was appointed Moderator for the next six months. The Presbytery adopted an overture to the Synod in favor of Bible reading in schools. At a meeting of the Botanical Domain Board to-day, Mr Maitland was elected chairman for the year. It transpired that the Board’s financial position is not very satisfactory. It was resolved that in future visitors to the grounds should not be restricted to walks, but might also go on the grass plots. Invercargill, January 8. The “Times” this morning decidedly advocated Mr Shanks’ candidature. The “News” to-night favors both parties. The result of the election is very open. It was stated about town to-day that the convict Walsh had been executed this morning. The rumour was baseless, nor is there any idea when he will be hung. A poll of the burgesses of Invercargill will be taken to-morrow to decide whether money shall be borrowed to provide the town with a good supply of water.