SECOND EDITION TELEGRAPHIC.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1787, 12 November 1879, Page 2

SECOND EDITION TELEGRAPHIC.

C ABLENEjW S. AUSTRALIAN. SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE. CricketSYDNEY, November 12, Gloucestershire, Kent, and Lancashire having declined to pay the Australians, no team -will leave for England this season. Sir H* Robinson. Preparations are being made for a demonstrations for the reception of the Governor of New Zealand at Sydney. The Exhibition. The art exhibits in the Exhibition are superb. Financial. The Government has notified to the bank that it will want a million immemediately. NEW ZEALAND. [PBR PEESS AGENCY.] Parliamentary. WELLIEGTON, November 12. Last night after a good deal discussion Mr Murray’s amendment enabling Maori ratepayers twenty-one years old to vote was carried by 26 to 22. An amendment of Mr Montgomery’s’ that felons should not bo allowed to vote till twelve months after their name had been struck off was accepted by the Government. The Bill was reported and ordered to be recommitted on Friday. The House adjourned at 1.40 a.m. AUCKLAND, November 11. _ An infant of fifteen months, named Annie Hills, was accidentally drowned in a creek at Awaihi, near Onehunga, on Sunday, drying the absence of her parents at church. An inquest wrs held yesterday on the body of an illegitimate child of a girl of seventeen years, named Sarah Quinne, which had been found in a water closet. The inquest was adjourned till Monday next for a •post mortem examination. E. McQinlay was winner of the silver cup and £2O yesterday, as the highest scorer. The IC3, 200, 3CO, 4CO, 50, and 60 yards racing handicap was won by O’Connor. An athletic gathering is to take place at Christmas, for which very liberal prizes are to be offered. WELLINGTON, November 11. Fatal Cab Accident. A Maori woman named Amelia Petotarika was killed to-day, opposite the Branch Hotel, in a cab driven by Erank Desmond. The horse got frightened and bolted. The driver slipped off and escaped with a broken ankle. The woman jumped out and her head struck a post. She died in five minutes of concussion of the brain. The Court of AppealThe Court of Appeal opened to-day, before the full bench of judges. A Cabman in Difficulties. Erancis Woods, a cabman, and a young man named Arthur Williams, were charged with extorting money. It appeared that Woods had considerable difficulty in obtaining his fare, and seeing his friend coming up he said, “ You are a detective. Take this man in charge, he won’t pay me my fare.” The other pretended to be a detective, and drove along with the passenger, who aubeequently paid the money, but denounced the cabman and his friend. They admitted the deception, but professed to be unaware that there was any harm in it. In consequence of the information being laid irregularly, the charge was dismissed, but the Bench commented in severe terms on the gravity of the offence, of which there was no doubt the prisoners were guilty. The Maori Representation Bill. It is understood that the Maori Representation Bill will probably be dropped, and special provision made in the Qualification of Electors Bill to give Maoris the ratepayers franchise. The Female FranchiseThe Legislative Council is expected to strike out all the alteration made by the Lower House regarding the female franchise giving women simply a vote as ratepayers when entitled to it on that qualification. Regulation of Elections Bill. The Regulation of Elections Bill will be somewhat modified. Re-adjustment of Renresentation Bill. The Government are quite prepared to go on with the Re-adjustment of Representation Bill if the house is prepared to give it that consideration without which the question cannot be properly dealt with. The Public Works Statement. Mr Oliver expects to bo able to make the Public Works statement next week, and some difficulty is anticipated in dealing with the question of finance in reference to works. The Corporation Officers. The Mayor calls a public meeting to consider the question of salaries of Corporation officers. The Cook’s Straits Cable. Owing to the new route which the Agnes took in relaying the cable, her stock ran out, and she had to pick up the piece. She was a long time lying in Worser’s Bay. DUNEDIN, November 11. The meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, to consider the tariff, called for to-day, was postponed, owing to the arrival of the Suez mail. The annual meeting of the National Insuranoe Company was held to-day. It transpired •that the re-insurances during the year amounted to £31,136. The three retiring directors were re-elected, Mr O. S. Reeves, the new candidate, being in a considerable minority. OAMARU, November 11. A man named O’Brien, who was injured by the lining of a well falling on him while he was engaged in cleaning it out, died this afternoon in the Hospital. TIMARU, November 11, Extraordinary Thunderstorm. This morning a thunderstorm of extraordinary violence burst over Timaru, causing great damage and loss of property. Its effects seem to have been concentrated within a radius of three miles of the centre of the town. It began at 9.30, and for an hour the rain came down in torrents. By 10.30 many of the lower parts of the town were flooded to a depth of two feet, a turbid current rushing through many of the principal offices, sweeping out papers and other valuables. At the back of the railway station, on the newly excavated land, a large sheet of water several feet in depth was formed. In the National Mortgage and Agency Company’s store the water rose fully three feet, ruining a large amount of valuable goods. This company alone estimate their loss at over £1630. A strong current from the hill behind swept through the National Bank and Messrs Tate and Hall’s offices. The water was so deep in parts of the Main South road at one time that it was impossible to cross without wading knee deep. The gasworks were almost under water, the pipes being flooded, and it was only by extraordinary efforts that the mains could be pumped clear to enable gas to be supplied to-night. The lower part of the “ Timaru Herald ” office was also under water, while the pressure on the roof of the Grosvenor Hotel was so great that part of the parapet had to be knocked away to allow the water to escape. As it was many of the upper rooms were flooded. More or less damage was also caused in many private houses. The sewers overflowed, and for some time it was feared they would burst. By 11.30 a.m. the storm was over, and the sun shining. The total damage done in town must exceed £2OOO at least. If it had not been for the hilly nature of the place, which permitted a rapid fall to the water, the result must have been most disastrous. The Harbor Board. A special meeting of the Harbor Board was held to-day, when tenders for the next section of the breakwater were received. That of Tones and Peters, of Timaru, for £11,828 7b Id was accepted.