LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1546, 1 February 1879, Page 2

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

BY SUBMARINE CABLE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS TO THE PEBO3 AGENCY.] AUSTRALIA. Sydney, January 31. In the match, Englishmen t Bathurst Eighteen, the latter were all out for 46. The Englishmen, in their first innings, made 229, Ulyett and Penn making 32 each. Hennessy’s case, 33s ; quarter’s, 9s 3d ; kerosene, a halfpenny higher ; Adelaide flour, 12s 6d to 13s; New Zealand wheat and oats* none iu tho market; candles, lOd.

NEW ZEALAND.

[per press agency.] Auckland, January 31. A requisition is being signed, asking Mr P. Diguan, solicitor, son of the present member for Auckland West, to stand in place of his father.It is believed it will not meet with much support. Wanganui, January 31. The Education Board sat all day yesterday consider the applications for posts in the High School. Out of twenty applications for the post of head master, with a salary of .£SOO, Mr Pearuley, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, w.s appointed. For the second mastership, with a salary of £3OO, there were forty-four applications. Mr Charles Steadman, of Victoria, was appointed. Mr Watson, of Wanganui, was appointed third master, at a salary of £l5O. For he id mistress, salary £250, there were nine applications Miss ■ lythe, principal of tho Ballarat Ladies College, was appointed. Masterton, January 31. Cobb and Co.’s coach travelled to Castle Point this week for the first time. Wellington, January 31. The following is a corrected return of tho post'd revenue for the half year ended 31st December : —Cash collected, £57,750 0s Id; sums still due on account of postages, £3000; tot d, £ 0,750. Os Id equal to an annual revenue of ■e121,500 0s 2d. The estimated total revenue is £l2 ,500, but this will be exceeded, as the current quarter’s revenue shows n large increase over the September and December quarterly retu ns. The “ Gazette” notifies the appointment of Dr. House to be health officer for the Port of Lyttel on, vice Dr Donald resigned. [from our own correspondent.] Timaru, January 31. The total Customs’ returns at tho Port of Timaru for the month of January amounted to £1935 10s 9d. For January, 1678, the total was £1483 10s Wd. r l he vital statistics for the month of January, Timaru district, are Marriages, 11; births, 31; deaths, 17. There were only five deaths in the month of December. The increase of fatal cases is due to drought and scarcity of water. This morning the wind changed round from south-west to south-east and drove a heavy sea into the roadstead. The harbor-master ordered vessels to sea, and all went but the George Noble and neaatif.il Star. This evening wind and sea have gone down in shore, hut a mountainous sea is running outside. It is feared that the ketch Huon Belle, which went to sea with tho other vessels, will, owing to the wind dropping, be driven ashore somewhere on tho Ninety Mile Beach. The Breakwater is standing magnificently.

[Spocial Wire.] New Plymouth, January 31. John Short, jun., lately living at Mokau, wail drowned yesterday in Waikatane River. Deceased, with his wife, attempted to cross on horseback early in the day, but was warned back by the Natives. At uoou they tried again, when a foal (?) sprang upon the mare Short wa- riding, striking him on the shoulders. He could not swim. The body was found at sundown. Napier, January 31. Acceptances for the Napier Handicap close to-morrow evening, at 8 p.m. A Dane, named Stottle, has been committed for trial for stealing sheep from Mr D. MoMaster’s station. T he prisoner is carrying on business as butcher. Raynor’s coach to Puketapu was blown over iu n. gale. The driver alone was injured, but not seriously. Wellington January 31. The “Gazette” to-day publishes additional regulations under the Salmon and Trout Act, 18(57 by which anyone catching trout and salmon during the close season will be liable to a penalty not exceeding .£IOO, unless he shall forthwith return such sa'mon or trout alive to the same stream from which they were caught. 1 ho following traffic returns on the Now Zealand Railways for the four weeks ending I'ecember 14th are published and compared with the corresponding four weeks in 1877 1878. 1877, Section. £ £ Kaipara 375 ... 331 Auckland ... 37,000 ... ->|-60 Wellington ... 2,537 ... Wanganui 2,540 ... 824 New Plymouth 430 ... 300 Greymouth 659 ... 637 £sr::: ::: S : m Pirtou 384 ... 342 Christchurch-Dunedin ... 38,940 ... 27,600 luverc rgill 4,05.> ... .3,019 The total number of money orders issued during last quarter was 27,239, of the value of £98,595. against 24, 28, of the value of £8'>,877 issued in the corresponding quarter of i total amount of deposits for the same peri ids in favb’gs Banks were .£lßl 840 against k 167,361; withdrawals were i 1192,092 against s he to al imports for 18(8 were £18,755,663 against .£6,973,418. “In 1877, exports, £16,015 525 against £0,327.472. The amount of imports exceeds that of any previous year. The vital statistics of the City of Wellington for January, 18 9, give 107 births, 57 deaths, and 34 marriages. In the case of one female death resulted from English cholera. Fifty children died, of whomtorty were from diarrhoea. Much of tins mortality is attributed to impure drinking water. The Government have practically agreed to the request of the City Council Chamber of

Commerce, and merchant of Wellington, in the m otter of the site for the railway station. They have agreed to reserve from rale 23ft deep of the two sections appli* d for, and a further 23ft. of another section thereby reserving for a railway station 151 (t frontage to Custom House street, i<» place of the 100 ft applied for, bu r . reducing its depth from 98ft. to 23ft. It is understood this arrangement will be satisfactory to the public. It is stated that Mr H. T. Clarke, Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, will shortly retire. His successor is not named. The health of Lady Normanby continues to improve This morning a son of Mr Hall, of Te Aro Flat, was gored by a bull. It is feared the wounds will prove fatal. Medical testimony proves that great danger is incurred from the use of the impure water supplied to the public by the Wellington waterW *The total number rf immigrants nominated to this port by the outgoing mail is 129 Judge Johnston, Messrs W Reid, and J. H. Shaw "are gazetted Commissioners under the Reprint of Statutes Act, 1878. and Mr John Cumin secretary to the commission. Blenheim, January 31. An accident occurred to-day at Para Sawmills. Harry Simmonds, a workman, whilst passing by the saw, stopped to adjust a log, got his right arm canght by the saw, and was severely injured. It was thought at first that amputation would be necessary, but Dr. Cleghorn thinks the limb may be saved. Oamaru, January 31. It baa been blowing a south-west gale for the past two days. The wind is now moderating. The fruit gardens have suffered severely, while reports from all parts of the district show that immense damage has been done to ripe grain. Some oat crops, which on Wednesday gave promise of averaging fifty bushels to the acre, will now not average more th n twenty-five, while in some instances, where oats were dead ripe, the grain has been almost entirely threshed out of the straw by the wind. At the annual meeting of the Harbor Board today. the report showed that 1247 ft. wharfage was ilow available for vessels. As soon as the new Board is ele ted tenders will be called for extending the breakwater 450 ft. seaward with an arm of 200 ft. return, by which vessels of greater draught and tonnage will be enabled to be alongside the wharves Under a Bill passed last session the Board are now endeavoring to float a loan of .£30,000 in the Condon market for the extension of the works referred to. Dunedin, January 31. The General Assembly of the Presbyh rian Chufch of New Zealand will meet in Christchurch in the last week in February. The “ Evangelist ” says Dr. Sidey, of Napier, will be Moderator. The annexe of the Dunedin Hospital canght fire to-night, but was extinguished before any damage of importance was done. , The Caledonian c oeiety are arranging an attractive programme of sports for Easter Monday.

A man named Thos. Mead was received into hospital this afternoon. He bad been employed carting stone at Cutten’s Point, rear Anderson’s Bay, when some of tbe stuff above, which had been undermined, gave way and fell upon him. The accident was noticed by the prison gang, under Sergeant Ferguson, working near, and they brought the poor fellow into town. Drs. Dezouche and Mannsell who were at the time at the hospital, ordered that both bis legs (which were fractured) should be amputated. if the man were strong enough to stand the operation. Mclntosh’s Hotel, at Black’s, was totally destroyed by fire on the 25th inst. It was insured for £4OO but the “Cromwell Argus’’ was not able to ascertain in what office. On the 20th, an unoccupied building at Bendigo, formerly known as Mitchinson’s store, was burned down. It was insured in the National Office for £3OO. The vital statistics of Dunedin for January are : —Births, 145 ; marriages, 43 ; and d atbs 34, There were four declarations of insolvency during the past week, but the amount of their indebtedness is hut small. To day’s Dunedin prices current announces, on reliable authority, that there is a fair prospect of an arrangement being made whereby the present keen competition for deposits will cease. Negotiations are being carried on to a general basis of banking operations. Invercargill, January 31. The nomination of candidates for the representation of the borough of Invercargill and the suburban boroughs, also the Bluff, on the Harbor Board, took place to-day. For Invercargill, Joseph Hatch, David Smyth, J. R. Cuthbertson, J. T. Martin were nominated, and for the suburban boroughs, S. Smith and J. Smith. A poll will he taken on February 10th. The annual meeting of the Invercargill Benevolent Institute was held this afternoon. The committee’s report was highly satisfactory, the available f nds in hand being £3OO. During the year thirteen families, composing forty persons were relieved, and the sum total expended on them being £Ol 14s 5d at an average coat per recipentof Is Cd per week. The subscriptions and donations for the year amounted to £372. The committee was unanimously reelected, and the vacancy caused by the death of Sir John Richard-on was filled by the election of Mr Motfatt. Mr H. M'Culloch wis elected president; Mr J, T. Martin treasurer; and Mr Baker, secretary. The great want of an asylum was brought under the notice of the meeting, and it was resolved to authorise the committee to take ai'ti uin the matter. It was shown by Mr Burwell, architect, that a suitable building could be erected for £4OO.