LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1590, 25 March 1879, Page 3

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

[BY SUBMARINE CABLE.] ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. [BKUTBB’B telegrams.] Athens, March 23. Tho Turkish Commissioners having refused the proposed extension of the Greek frontier, tho Grecian Commissioners have returned iiere. The Greek Government has issued a circular note invoking the mediation of the Great Powers. AUSTRALIA. [Via Bluff.] Melbourne, March 18. The Governor last Thursday attended the agricultural show at Lancefield, and made a good practical speech to the farmers. Be remarked upon the advantage of teaching the science of agriculture. In the course of his speech he said—“ In the colony which I have just left the general yield of wheat is something Eerfectly astounding, but then most of the land as only been cultivated for a short time. As much as fifty, sixty, seventy and eighty bushels to the acre are not uncommon thr-re. lam happy to say that in some parts of that colony they have introduced a better system of farming than is usual in a young country. I trust that you will follow the same example and that yon will recoup the land for that which you take from it. If you do that you need not fear. But to cultivate land well requires a certain amount of capital.” Tho Governor will shortly visit Sandhurst. Yesterday he was present at the Kyneton races, and on Saturday at the regatta, so that he has been fuby occupied since his arrival. The levee was one of tho largest ever held here. The Commissioner of Public Works having accused the associated Banks and the “ Argus ” • of endeavoring to ruin the credit of the colony, and obtaining an advantage for themselves, the Banka wrote to tho Government, asking if they endorsed such stat ments. The acting Chief Secretary returned a reply that tho Minister was not responsible for his language to anyone outside of Parliament, 'i ho Banks then telegraphed Home when a meeting was held, at which Mr Berry was present, and he gai e a written repudiation of bis colleague’s charge, which has since been published in the colony. The want of rain has been very much felt, but within the last day or two there has been a partial downfall in some parts of the colony. A 1 heavy thunderstorm at the close of last week cleared the air. It is stated that negotiations for the mail 1 service have been suspended, in the hope of inducing all the colonies to enter into some com- 1 bined arrangement. The Exhibition building is being rapidly proceeded with, and advices from Europe are favorable to the project, France will send exhibits by a war ship. Belgium and Holland will also send exhibits. Walter Lynch, said to bo one of the Kelly sympathisers, who was some time ago arrrested for sending a threatening letter to Mr Monk, 1 near Mansfield, in the name of Ned Kelly, was tried at the Criminal Court yesterday, found guilty, and remanded for sentence. A young man named Me' 'tammon, one of the prominent cricketers belongingto the Melbourne Cricket Club, was arrested last week for stealing * money and a diamond ting from tho pockets of members in the pavilion. At the Police Court 1 the charge was not pressed against him, but he 1 was sentenced to seven days’ solitary confine- 1 xnent. Miss Augusta Dargon, now playing at the | Theatre Royal, made a great success. She is - one of the best actresses who has visited Victoria. Business continues very dull, but there is a i little animation in wheat for export to England. NEW ZEALAND. [PBB PRESS AGENCY.] | Dunedin, March 24. The Mayor and City Councillors, accom- , panied by Mr Massey (i’own Clerk), Mr ( Minims (City Surveyor), Mr Campbell (Civil Engineer), Mr McKay, and the representatives , of the Press made an excursion to-day as far as ■ Silverstream, with the object of inspecting the y works now in progress in connection with the water supply. r r , E [from OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] j New Plymouth, March 21. ( The Parihaka March meeting has terminated g without any result of a useful kind Proera-ti- , nation is Te Whiti’s last card, and he is pi yiug t it well. lam airaid he will, before long, begin . to lose his influence, which ho has always used j for the interest of peace. But he is very cunning, and may find some new ground to go ‘ upon, which nill maintain his present position. ] The Maoris have carted o:o survey camp and y equipments off the Wairaate Plains. The surveyor, Skeet, is now in Hawera. No violence ] was offered, as far as I can hear. Tdo not anti- ] cipate any open rupture of peace, if the Govern- y ment are judicious and firm. j Timabu, March 24. , The steam crane is now completed, and was y set in motion on the breakwater this morning. It work'd capitally, moving smoothly, and j lifting and lowering blocks easily. The official f test will probably take place in about a week's , time, when the cogs, &c., have had the roughness worn off them ~ i A boy sixteen years of ago, named Eli Jones, f was sentenced to six months with hard labor to- £ day, for indecent exposure. _ , The Geraldine County Council meets to- 1 morrow. The R mkapuka riding representative | on Saturday received a very numerously signed petition, requesting him to vote against the Act being brought into force or resign. He promised to do the former. The Temuka show, to he held on Thursday, [ promises to be more successful than previously. At the opening services of St. Mary’s School Church yesterday, the offertory amounted to nearly -260. Tho Primate preached both morn- , ing and evening. i Dunedin, M rch 24. At the City Police Court, Morris Hepner was fined 20s for a breach of Bradshaw’s Act. An mpor'ant case is likely to come before Mr Bathgate in connect! m with the Act. On race days several apprentices absented themselves from work, and tne employer having deducted wages on that account they left. _ The point on which tho Magisterial ruling is sought is whether factory employes can take advantage of holidays proclaimed by local authorities.

[Press Special Wire.] Pate 4, March 24. It la rumored that the Natives have determined to remove all the surveyors from the Waimate Plains to Hawera forthwith. Wellington, March 24. "When the liquidators waited at the New Zealand Steam Company’s offices to-day to open tenders for the purchase of the steamers, it was found they had not been aem in. The Native Minister arrived hero to-day. The plans for the Wellington and West Coast railway are practically complete. _ It is thought that the line likely to bo adopted is the one suggested in 1870 for the main line from Wei iugton northwards, before it was thought of taking a line by way of Wairarapa, Ihe “Post” says it is authoritively informed that there is no truth in a statement which has found currency that the Natives ha e raised obstacles by refusing to sell the laud to the Government. t appears that the land is already proclaimed, which effectually prevents private purchasers interfering. The negotiations for completing the purchase are expected-to be closed shortly. The Natives are represented to be anxious to dispose of the land now required, so as to give increased value to the remainder. The cook of the Loch Fergus, who was yesterday knocked down with a handspike by one of the apprentices, has been unconscious ever since, and the doctors think the skull is fractured, and that there is effusion of blood on the brain, and that the injury is likely to prove fatal. The apprentice who committed the assault was brought up to-day and remanded, Banks, the cook, being unable to appear. Captain Roberts, of the Hermiouc, has appealed to the Supreme Court foe a rule calling upon the Collector of Customs to show cause

why he refuses to consent to the discharge of the two seamen belonging to the Hmnione now in harbor. The rule will be argued to-morrow. The Stewarts opened to a well-fill d house on 1 ' - • ■-oil here they go Satnfday night. Mit«r mo av—to Wanganui, and after playing a few niglits I there will proceed to Christchurch. Blenheim, March 24, Charles Bright’s lecture on the Bible and its use in Education was well attended last evening. He will lecture ou Evolution to-night, and goes to Wellington on Tuesday. GretmoutH, March 24. A fire broke out in the Union Bank premises this morning at one o’clock. Ttie flames spread with great rapidity, and the Union Hank was burned to the ground, also Painter’s and J. Weller’s shops. The old Bank of New Zealand premises, and the National Bank, were completely gutted, tho flames at one time having almost tho mastery of the building, but the brigade working excellently the fire was stayed, although at one time tho Whole block seemed doomed. The damage cannot yet be ascertained, but it must bo close on -220,000, as the papers, &c., in the Union Bank were all more or less damaged. Little or nothing was saved on the Union premises or Badger’s stock. fimith, and Barkley are also very heavy losers through tho hasty removal of goods during the. heavy rain. Forsyth and Masters also lose heavily through a similar cause. The fire is still smouldering, but all danger is past. The losses and insurances, so far as ascertained, are;—Badger, -6500; no insurance. Union Bank, loss not ascertained ; insurances, Imperial-6500,-V.ctoria -£6OO, Standard .8500, New Zealand .£2OO. National Bank, loss <£6oo; insurances, National JillOO, Standard stock .£2OO, building .£125. Smith and Barclay, loss through removal, J>so r o; insurances, New Zealand £5 0, Victoria .£SOO, Sonth British .£2OO, Standard -fi’oo, Union -6500, Phicnix ,£SOO, Imperial ,£7OO, Northern .£250 Forsyth and Masters lose through removal JUOO; insurances, National .£250, New Zealand .£SOO, Victoria .£SOO, South British -2750, Imperial -275 Dunedin, March 24. A stable, six tons of hay, and a quantity of farm implements, belonging to Mr Samuel Carey, of Hamilton's Bay, Lower Harbor, were destroyed by fire shortly after midnight on Saturday. Mr Carey, who estimates his loss at .£l5O, was insured in the National office for <£so.