LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1605, 12 April 1879, Page 3

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN [BY SUBMARINE CABLE.] THLECUUMS.] London, April 9. The “Standard,” in a loading article, announces that if the Khedive of Egypt, after a friendly warning from England and I 1 ranee, fails to retrieve his conduct, the Sultan will iio Invited to depone him. Tallow sixpence lower. The schooner Rosetta has foundered on the Goodwin sands. London, April 10. The Western Australian loan is a great success. A reduction in the rate of discount is probable. [special to the globe.] London, April 9. A sortie by'Colonel Pearson has been re pulsed. , The Eighteenth Regiment is advancing to the relief of Colonel Pearson. adsthalia: [EEUTEE’S TBLEOEAM3.] Sydney, April 10. Patna rice, £2l to £23; Adelaide flour (here), £l2 5s to £l2 10s; Adelaide wheat, 4s 3d to 5s ; New Zealand wheat, 4s 3d ; tobacco, Raven’s twist, Is 6d ; candles, B[d ; Now Zealand oats, kerosene, and sugar, unchanged. NEW ZEALAND. [FEOM OUE OWN COBEE9PONDENT3.] April 10. Mr Stout is seriously ill. Ho leaves this afternoon, per the Hinemoa, for Lyttelton, and thence to Dunedin by the express train, arriving to-morrow evening. . Mr Sheehan’s departure for the Waimato Plains is postponed till to-morrow night. Lady and Miss Robinson accompany the Governor on his southern tour. Nelson, April 10. Volunteers to the number of about 270 go into camp at Richmond to-night and remain till Monday, when Major Richmond will review them. Saturday will be devoted to firing for the citizens’ prizes, which are very numerous and varied. . . TIMueU, April 9; At the Harbor Board to-day the following report on the Government landing service was read:—“The committee appointed to report on the working of the Government landing service, now do so, and regret that the report is fjnot favorable to the lessees. A complaint from Mr Evans as to the refusal to allow grain to he stacked outside in the neighborhood of the service, Was investigated, and found to bo correct. The cOmnlittee recommend that the lessees he formally adtiaed of breach of the agreement which their refusal to accommodate the public involves, and that the Harbor Board in the event of the refusal or neglect to remedy matters should in the public interest take prompt action in the matter. Further, as to the storage of the Board’s cement, we find that the Board has erected at its own expense a shed accommodating 400 tons of cement. _ 1 hat a quantity, about 400 tons, is stored in the Government landing service ; that the room for all the stipulated requirements of the Board (as to storage of 1000 tons cement) exists, and is at present fillel with grain. The Board has recently repaired part of the service which gave way under the cement, and this has now occurred by grain. The committee also notice that full advantage of boats does not seem to be taken, and that a large useful boat lies unused. _ If any reasonable outlay could make this available, we would recommend that it he done as an addition to the service, very materially adding to the despatch of produce.” It was resolved that the report should be adopted, and a copy of the same smt to the lessees (Messrs Royse, Stead and Co). It was resolved that a new surf boat bo procured. A letter was read from Mr Lane, of P. Cunningham and Co.’s, suggesting the obtaining of the Customs steam launch at Lyttelton, for facilitating boating operations. Messrs Hall and Beswiek pointed out that the launch was not built to bo hauled up on the beach, and that if she was anchored outside she would run the risk of sinking at anchor if a heavy sea came on. Alley also protested in strong terms that money in hand was meant for the building of tha breakwater and not for spending on such things as this. Ultimately a majority decided that a committee be appointed to make enquiries re the Lyttelton launch, and that Mr Moody should find out the cost of building a specially constructed launch in Dunedin. With reference to the Government landing so. vice que tion, it is the general opinion outside the Board that the service is being worked to the best advantage, and that Messrs Royse, Stead, and Co.’s manager is in no way wrong, while Mr Evans, the member of the Harbor Board who made the complaint against the manager, is censured for his interference. The New Zsalaud Loan Company have purchase the George, street landing service for .£I2OO. , „ About forty Timaru volunteers left for the Invercargill review to-day.

[l*i*ess Special Wii‘c.] Auckland, April 11. A Maori woman was committed for trial at the Supremo Court for stealing a keg of whiskey, a keg of brandy, and sundries at Taurahga. New Plymouth, April 10. Mr Macardrew and Mr Blackett arrived here at 10 p.m yesterday. They visit Waitara and the harbor site to-day. A deputation of the Harbor Board waited m Mr Maeandrew this morning relative to the validity of the Board. The Bar bade Judge Kenny farewell at the sitting of the District Court this m rning. Wellington. April 11. The probate duty stamp for the will of the late Hon. W. B. Rhodes was printed yesterday. It represented the value of £20,471. The “Chronicle,” in noticing the Waimato difficulty, Buys that liberal reserves will require to be made, and that it is probable these will be about 15 per cstit. of the whole block. Lady Robinson, Mrs St. John, and Miss Robinson accompany the Governor on his southern trip. The Comnrssioner of Customs held an inquiry into the suicide of H, Smith, first mate of the Wave Queen, and the loss overboard of the passenger Graham during the voyasre. No additional particulars to those published were elicited. The Mount Cook school committee have communicated with the Minister for Education, explaining ihe reasons for resigning, and suggesting several alterations in the Education Act which they think could facilitate the practical working of the Act, and tend to render relations between the Education 80-rd and the school committees less liable to troublesome complications. _ The grounds of appeal in the case of Ihos. Williams are (1) that the indictment should have been for embezzlement instead of larceny (2) that the Court Rffnn Hood not being registered as a Friendly Society at the time of the embezzlement, and not having its property vested in trustees, could not appear in Court to prosecute. According to a return ordered last session the Maori population in 1878 was 42,819 ; the population in 1874 was 40,916 ; decrease, exclusive of Chatham Islands, 3319. A s the Wakatipu was coming into the harbor to-day she was run into by a yacht with seven or eight persons on board. The lyacht capsized, throwing all on board into the water. The Wakatipu stopped '.nd lowered her boats, which picked all up. None wore drowned, though three or four were quite a quarter of an hour iu the water before bring picked up. The following branches have been registered under the Friendly So ieties Act: Star of Canterbury Lodge, 1 imam, and Loyal Alexandra Lodge, Tem .ka; Loyal Point Lodge at Pleasant Point; Loyal Avon Lodge, Christchurch. Mr Francis Henry Dill >n Bell has been appointed Crown Solicitor for the judicial district of Wellington. Two men, Robinson and Adams alias lines, charged with breaking into and stealing from a dwelling house, were found guilt/ and sentenced to two years' hard labour at the Supremo Court this evening. Dunedin, April 11. The returns for the Otago Education Board for the quarter ending March 31st shows that there are 140 schools open, employing 199 males and 141 females, beddes eight teachers of sowing. The number of children on the roll at the beginning of the quarter was 14 511, and at the end of the quarter 16,754. The average attendance for the previous quarter was 13,491. Six new schools have been opened by the Board during the quarter, mostly in country district?!.

Throe houses in the upper part tf Staffed street were '.-nt iLU entered by a burglar. The prop i l,y stolon w.ia u .t of ranch value. In the npiemo (.Veu-t to-day John Burgess, awed sixteen, was enteneed to six wraths’ imprisonment hr placing Itn obstruction on the Palmerston Railway lino.. Win Dirties war, acquitted. on a charge of arson; The Dunedin volunteers proceed, to Invercargill to-morrow, to take part in tide review on Plaster Monday. There is still a scarcity o< railway trucks in Ctago. Invercargill, April 10. At a meeting of the Town Council this evening Robert Smith, of the Metropolitan Gasworks, Melbourne, was appointed manager of the Corporation Gasworks. His testimonials v/C'e exceptionally good. There were twenty applicants for the position. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce this afternoon, it was resolved, in accordance with a suggestion from the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce, to memorialise the Minister of Justice relative to the amending of the bankmptcy law. in conformity with the propositions of Mr J. D. McDonald, of the Invercargill chamber. It was also resolved to request Sir J. Voael to represent the Invercargill chamber at tue° conference of Chambers of Commerce proposed to be held at Loudon, Apm 11. The volunteers from the North, numbering some 801), arrived at six o’clock, and were met by the Invercargill battalion. They disembarked in good order, were marched by companies into Dee street, and by seven o clock were told off to their respective billets. To-day is close holiday, everything quiet. About 300 people w*nt to Riverton by the train to be present at the Masonic ceremony of laying the foundation stone of a new town hall.