Telegraphic Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1532, 9 December 1873, Page 42

Telegraphic Intelligence.

I'KU ANCIiO-AUSTIIALIAX I'HESS TEMMIUM AGKXCI'. INTERPROVINCIAL SUMMARY. AUCKLAND, sth December. Mr Biw&tod reports that the annual wool sales averaged 3d per lb. lower than last year's rates : eleven te«4i&d bales were sold. Fat cattle brought 27s Gd per eheep, B»Jd to 4d, in short supply. Breadstuff's, uuchanged ; oats, firm, 5s to Hs Cd ; produce, active, The prospers of. a paper company has been issued ; the capital jto be £30,000, in £3 shares. The representatives team of cricketers beat the local eleven in one innings. 6th December. The Sir (George Grey cadets have beaten the Napier cadetsiip.f rifle contest. This corps has been victorious over cadets in the North Island. They have challepged '{fop Otagq, Nxlsqii, and Uhristchvu,;ca.,cadets,

A deputation of merchants have waited on Mr O’Eorke, and urged that Auckland had been unfairly treated regarding the East Coast service. The fact of a steamer running to Wellington and not calling at Auckland had the effect of carrying the Poverty Bay trade south. They said the object of the Legislature in granting the subsidy was to connect Auckland with the East Coast ports.. —Mr O’Rorkc said he would communicate with Mr Yogcl on the subject. Bth December. A farm of 234 acres, near Cambridge, Waikato was sold by auction to-day at 25s per acre. National Insurance Company’s shares have been sold at 19« Gd. A charge against Dr. Coughtry of the ship Chile, of assaulting Ann Yesey, one of the passengers, by putting her in irons, &c„ has been remanded far a week. At the meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, it was resolved that in future the meetings should be held annually in Wellington, Christchurch, and Auckland in turn. ALEXANDRA, Bth December. Tapihana is still at Te Kuiti. endeavoring to arrange a meeting between the kingites, the Governor, and Mr M'Lcaii, Manuhiri strongly opposes the meeting. WELLINGTON, sth December. The share list of the Sugar Refining Company was opened this afternoon. Six hundred and fifty shares were taken up in about an hour. Mr W. B. Rhodes takes two hundred and fifty. (5 th December. The master painters have refused to accede to the demands of the men, though willing to give an advance to the men who are really worth it. The men insist upon a uniform rate, aud have struck. CHRISTCHUIICIT,- sth December. The Times denies that Mr Moorhousc has any intention of entering political life again in any shape. The carpenters’ strike is virtually over. Wages have advanced, and the rate of eleven shillings per day is generally given. Some ot the employers have obtained men from Auckland, and arc sending to Hobartou for more. The bakers’ strike still continues. Efforts are being made to alter the course of the interprovincial regatta at Heathcotc.