TELEGRAPHIC.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1529, 11 January 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

C A B L lf_N EW S. SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE. London, January 6. The Trades Unions are supporting a great strike of Yorkshire miners, railway and iron engineers. [special to press agency.] London, January 6. Ellison, implicated in the Avoca gold robbery, was discharged, the Law Officers of the Crown being of opinion that as the warrant was issued for an offence on the high seas, though it might have been charged as committed in Melbourne, the Victorian Government hare not exclusive jurisdiction to justify the demand for Ellison’s surrender. Mr Lewis,JJ who prosecuted, does not intend to re-arrest Ellison. The Magistrate, Mr Vaughan, observed that Wiceberg’a evidence was inadequate. AUSTRALIAN. V [special to globe.] Sydney, January 11. The Duka of Buckingham desires to coma to (Sydney as Governor. Other candidates are Sir J. Henry Warde, and Sir James Ferguson. Government house was robbed of £2OO jewellery by a swell gentleman, who was captured pawning the plunder. NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. [per press agency.] Masterton. January 11. Chas. Mills, who is supposed to have come from Canterbury, was arrested at Masterton for passing valueless cheques. He represented himself as J. Steele, of Grey town, signing that name. He was remanded till Monday for full particulars regarding all the cheques circulated. Four have already been traced. Auckland, January 11. Captain Symonds, master of a small coasting schooner, has been missing for the past four days, and is supposed to be drowned. tieven square-rigged vessels are now loading at Makaru, Kaipara. Mr Sheehan telegraphs that ho will return to A uckland next Thursday, to meet the Chairmen of the Northern County Councils. Wellington, January 10. The Agent-Ageneral reports a further fall in the iron market. [from oue own correspondents.] Nelson, January 11. At the police court this morning, Theodore Wilson and Wru. Mercer, workmen employed at James’ furniture warehouse, were charged with stealing a lot of furniture and remanded. They live together and the house was found to be completely furnished with articles abstracted at various times from their employer’s warehouse. Dunedin, January 11. Complaints are made of the Industrial School being greatly overcrowded. The master stated that at the present rate of commitments the institution in two years would contain 500. It now contains 227, Wellington, January 11. Mr Lucki.o, editor of the “Post,” has been offered and accepted the Commissionership of Government annuities, at £BOO a year. The late Treasurer of the Star Boating Club, whose cash, was nine months ago found £123 short, has refunded the whole amount by cheque received to-day. At a meeting of the Regatta Committee last night, the subscription lists showed a total of £230, in addition to which cups were given by the New Zealand Shipping Company, Shaw, Saville, and Co., Kohn and Co., Joseph and Co. Union Steam Shipping Company, Mr Cohen, Mr Hislop, and. Mr Shaw. Nearly all the prizes are higher than last year. The Government have chartered a steamer of 2790 tons through the New Zealand Shipping Company, to sail with immigrants about the 28th iust. Dunedin, January 11.-. The theatre was closely packed last night, arid thorough order observed until towards the close, when a few noisy questioners, headed b y the notorious Lloyd, insisted on receiving a.nswers to a string of questions, though it was olose on eleven and numbers had left. On education Mr Stout was interrupted by an individual, who seemed very desirous of combatting his arguments. He charged the Presbytery with being utterly wrong in their premises. It was a misuse of terms to say that teaching, reading, writing, arithmetic, singing, drawing, and sewing was todlcss. Was there anything godless in teaching prammar. (“ There is,” thundered out the interrupter, amidst roars of laughter). “ I am afraid,” retorted Mr Stout, amidst renewed laughter, “ that a member of the Presbytery has got here by mistake.” The match, City Gu nda v North Dunedin, was exciting. The latter won by two points, but the accuracy of the score is disputed. Invercargill, January 12. The waterworks loan was affirmed by 155 votes against 107. The Municipal Act requiring a majority of twenty per cent, more votes than the total minority, the action of the Council was affirmed. It is proposed to bring in water thirty miles, from Dunsdale Creek. Dr. Hodgkinson, at Winton, received another vote of confidence. Mr Thomson, the Surveyor-General, owns half Invercargill, and intends building extensively on a grand scale. There is a good deal of liveliness over the Mataura election, through the candidates both being Greyites. Mr Shanks, on personal grounds, has the support of the Conservatives. The poll will take place on Wednesday. People are already preparing gas illnmina tions for the railway opening.