NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1541, 27 January 1879, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[BEE PRE3S AGENCY.] Auckland, January 26. The schooner Coronet, after a crui e of three months, arrived from Rorotonga with a cargo of cotton seed, coffee, and copra. The captain reports that the pearl shell lost at the wreck of the Talisman, and purchased by Owen and Graham, is being recovered by diving in fourteen fathoms of water. A large quantity has already been brought to Rorotonga. It is believed the whole cargo will he recovered. Native matters at Eorotonga arc very quiet. On Saturday night a man named Devil le was attacked by two savage dogs, and severely bitten about the body and legs. About fourteen volunteers will represent Auckland at the Rifle Association matches at Nelson.

The “Waikato Times” of yesterday says Bewi has just sent a messenger to Mokau with instructions that the survey of the land which has been occupied by Europeans for some time is to be proceeded with. Mr Sheehan loft Whangarei yesterday for the Bay of Islands. At the Wesleyan Conference to-day, the ExPresident moved and the Rev. Mr Nicol seconded—" That the Rev. Tinsley supply Dunedin pro tem.” A letter having been read from the secretary of the Total Abstinence Society, asking the Conference to arrange f >ra public meeting to advocate the subject of temperance, the following resolution was passed—“ That whilst sympathising fully with the temperance movement, the letter has come too late to be entertained.” Resolved —“That Mr Salter having received his appointment to Gisborne on 27th January last, his status be that of a first year’s probationer.” The Rev. Buddie drew up and submitted a motion of sympathy to be addressed to the Melbourne Conference regarding the death of the Rev. J. Eccleston. The Rev. Richardson read pastoral address. It was resolved that the Revs. Wallis, Lawry, Dittos, and Bu idle be a committee to examine all Maori probationers in English subjects. The railway employes picnic to-day was a great success. An accident occurred to an express cart hurrying to the train with about twenty women and children. The cart was capsized and one woman badly hurt Several children were cut about the face and body.

[FROM THE CORRESPONDENT OF THE PRESS,] TtmAru, January 25. The Hospital returns for last mouth show the total number of patients 1 reded to be sixtytwo, and the number still under treatment, thirty-two. The nominated immigration returns here continue to increase rapidly. The list this month comprises seventy souls, equal to sixty-five and a-half adults, of whom filty-five are Irish, ten Scotch, and five English. The depot is cleared of the Waikato immigrants, and a number of applications are already in for those to arrive by the Northern Monarch. Invercargill, January 25.

The Mayor and Councillors of Dunedin in company with Councillors Wilson and Cass of Christchurch and other visitors left by the express this morning for Dunedin. The party were entertained by the Mayor of Invercargill and the.demonstration committee.

[.Special Wire.] Auckland, January 25. A man this morning enticed a little girl, aged five years of age, named Annie Cameron, into the train at Auckland, and took her up the line. His intention was discovered, and on arrival at Drury the child was taken possession of by a settler, the traffic manager in the meantine wiring to the police. A patient in the lunatic asylum, named Simpson, made his eacape last n ; ght, but was found in a paddock and conveyed back this morning. The final competition for choice of representatives at the volunteer meeting at Nelson in March next took place this afternoon. The highest scorers were :—.Rifles, Cooper 87, Allen 87, Fairs 82 ; Carbines, Bowden 91, Woolley 90. Gkahamstown, January 25. The director* of the Rig Pump Association met the local bodies this morning re keeping the pumps going, but the local bodies refused, unless the pumps wore kept going for protecting the deep levels. The ipumps are to stop at the end of the month. Napier, January 25. The Konini hotel, situated twenty miles inland, was burnt down with stables and outbuildings. A quantity of oats and wheat was destroyed. The fire broke out in a room in the upper part of the house, and nothing was saved O’Brien, the landlord, with, his family, was in Napier at the time of the occurrence. The hotel was insured in the Standard for ,£IOOO, and reinsured in the Union for ,£SOO. New Plymouth, January 25. At a meeting of the Harbor Beard to-day the report of the committee exonerating Messrs Kelly and Weston from the charges brought against them was adopted on the motion of jMr F. A. Carrington, Mr Stan dish dissenting. Wellington, Janu ry 25. The stewards of the Wellington Racing Club have determined, after some consideration, to open the Hutt racecourse to horses training. On and after Monday next horses may take their gallops on it. It is understood that in consequence of this arrangement several southern horses are likely to be sent up who would not have been otherwise. The Hutt racing privileges were sohl to-day for £350. Last year they realised £387. The gates realised £305, and the publicans’ booths from £2B to £33.

A petition is being circulated to further the object of increased wharf accommodation. The numbers of hands at Petone railway works are to be largely increased. The inquest on the body of David Andrews showed that he died of heart disease, not through a fall from his horse.

Gore, January 26. There is very material improvement in Mr Conyers’ condition since last night. He this morning recognised all of bis friends present in the room, and any who subsequently visited him. The weather has been most unfavorable all day being very warm, but Mr Conyers is about the same as this morning. Doctor jiiaeoffer says there is every probability of his recovering as speedily as can bo expected. Great satisfaction is expressed at the favorable turn matters have taken.

Turning the first sod of the Waimea Plains Railway takes place to-morrow. Messrs Ballance and Bastings will bo present. A number of leading residents of Invercargill and jMataura are invited.

The crops throughout the Mataura district are looking splendid. Dunedin, January 26. The controversy between Messrs Green and Bright was brought to a conclusion last night. Steps are now being taken to form a united Temperance Alliance for the whole of New Zealand. The matter was first mooted at the recent conference in Wellington. In response to the request of a deputation, Ministers on Saturday resolved to advance £2500, without interest, to repair the damage done to the banks of the Balclutha river by the recent floods.

The election of the Dunedin school committee, which takes place to-morrow evening, attracts much attention, and a stiff fight is anticipated between the Bible readers and Secularists. The foundation stone of the new Roman Catholic Cathedral was laid this afternoon in the presence of a great crowd of people Bishop Redwood and all the clergy of the Dunedin diocese wore present. The ceremony was a very imposing one, and about £IOOO was laid upon the foundation stone.

Invercargill, January 26. Yesterday was the hottest day of the season. The thermometer stood at 86 in the shade. The Western Monarch immigrants are giving some trouble by demanding exorbitant wages. Many employers left the barracks in disgust. An offer of temporary employment by the Corporation at 5s per day, wet or dry, was indignantly refused. Drs. Skae and Kemp, two of the medical examiners in the Welsh case, left for the North by express train yesterday. The remanded ease of Samuel Gray, tailor, charged with stealing £4B from M. Sorenson, of Mataura bridge, came before the Court yesterday. Sergeant Tuhoy said the missing “ swag,” supposed to contain the money, had not been found, and asked for a further remand. The Bench said the circumstances were very suspicious, and granted the remand.