Telegraphic Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1522, 5 November 1873, Page 2

Telegraphic Intelligence.

PER ASGtiO'AIJSfIUtiUN PRESS TKI.EORAM AGBNCT. SUMMARY. ENGLISH NEWS TO 21st OCTOBER AUCKLAND, let November. The barque Alice Cameron arrived to-day from Sydney, after a seven days' passage. She is the bearer of English news to the2lsfc October. In consequence of the defective construction of the tanks, Harrison's shipment of frozen meat has proved a great failure. Seventy tons of beef and mutton were spoilt, and had to be thrown overboard. Experiments made Dy Devereux on board the Norfolk, in regard to wave-power as a, propelling agent, proved highly successful. Dr, Candlish is dead. Chambord has conceded the requirements submitted to him by the deputation from the Bight. President McMahon has reserved to himself full liberty of action for the future. He declares that he will never separate himself from the Conservatives. Thiers leads the Republican party. Basaine's conduct during the war has been shown to have been actuated by political motives, Great dissensions have arisen among the Carlist leaders. AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. MELBOURNE, 24th October. Pour hundred and eighty entries have been received for the rifle match. New Zealand sends twenty-five. Commebcial.—The first wool sale has been held. The prices realized approached London rates.—A small harvest is expected, Wheat, 6s 4d to 6s od. Flour, easy, £l4, Sugars, full rates. INTERPROVINCTAL SUMMARY. RKEPTON, Ist November. The Golden Fleece has declared a dividend of Is 6d per share. £I,BOO has been divided. WESTPORT, Ist November. The steamer Result, drawing four feet, returned from Ngakauhau without a cargo, although the sea was perfectly smooth. The . bar was closed on the side of the 1 banks, the other side having flattened and silted up the entrance. Laden pack-horses ford there easily. The captain of the Result will not attempt the entrance until after the next fresh, The North Ngakauhau Company have chartered a light-draught steamer to run between the Ngakauhau Inlet and theßuller. It is their intention to establish a coal dep&t at the latter place. WELLINGTON, Ist November, The General Government have called for tenders for the reclamation of ground on which to erect the new public offices. The Wellington Independent has been purchased by the new Times Company, Mr M'Kenzie, the late proprietor, retains a considerable interest in the new company. ALEXANDRA, Ist NoVembor. Rewi is at Kopua, eel -fishing. The prophet Pekama promises to bring the chief Nepi to life. DUNEDIN, Ist November. The Guardian is now published the same , size as the Melbourne Age. • A seam of coal, fifteen feet thick, has been found at Oupuki. The Customs Returns for the month amount to £32,000. TAURANGA, Ist November. Mr Kelly, M.H.R., is the only candidate for the Opotiki provincial election, which is to be held on the 15th instant. The natives are sorry for Mr Commissioner Clarke's appointment as Under-Secretary. i The Bay of Plenty Times charges Mr C. O. Davis with bad management in regard to the : purchase of the boiling; springs, and predicts , that a tribal war will be the result. The Waikato Times, of the 14th October, ; says:—" Some carp have been successfully , introduced into the Waikato during the past week. The success in transporting young fish 100 miles by coach is due to the great care of Mr F. M'Govern. He secured four dozen from the Acclimatisation Society's ponds in Auckland, on Tuesday, and put them carefully into a kerosine tin, with holes bored in the lid; he put some water-cress into the water, which he changed frequently. On Wednesday morning he started by coach for Hamilton; the water was renewed from running streams five times during the journey. The result exceeded the most sanguine expectations of Mr M'Govern, he having succeeded in arriving at his destination with every fish alive, and apparently well. Dr, Carey has had them turned into a lake on his farm." On a farm in Waikato a solitary crow has lately taken up his or her residence. Noni of the species had ever been seen in that district.bcfore. The stranger is reported to have created general sympathy in the locality, and sportsmen and juveniles with guns have been earnestly prayed to allow the stranger to pass his hours—perhaps to brood over his or her disappointed hopes—without molestation.

A lad named Nelson, who -was committed at Timaru, for stone-throwing, by which a boy named Rowley receiTed injuries front which he died, has been tried at the Supreme Court sittings at Christchurch, on |& charge of manslaughter) and acquitted.

Four Chinamen, says the TUapeka TimeSj were brought before Captain M'Kentsie, J.P,, at Tapanui, a few days ago, charged with wilful destruction of private pioperty, to Wit, mining on Captain Logan's freehold at Leitham Gorge. The scene presented on Tuesday, 23rd ultimo, of four Chinamen on horseback, Under strong escort, riding Up Peel*street, was very amusing. Here were four harmless creatures who had been guilty of the grave offence of sinking a few holes in the 10,000 acre block of land, said to be not)auriferous, lately sold in the neighborhood of Tapanui, some 40 miles distant from Lawrence, convicted of mining on private propertyi and fined in the amount of £6 each for the damage done—more money we guess than they have, earned for some months past —and in default of payment, brought to Lawrence at the expense of the country. Each of course had to be provided with ft horse, and two mounted constates, were, required to see them, lodged ip fyajri rPHC r^oj.-!Tuap^ >^in,es,

Jn the BlsjencJi, Assembly, M. Gambetta., ia opposing a bill intended to restrict the Press in its comments on the action of the Legislature, concluded as follows, amidst loud cheers :—" Public debate is as sacred as the liberty of the tribune. If you would endeavor to muzzle liberty, remember th&Js hands stronger than|yours have been shaU tered in the attempt."