TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume II, Issue 178, 3 December 1880, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[REFTKR’S telegrams. ] LONDON. November 30. Three per cent. ConsoLss, 100 j; 44 per cent. New Zealand 1879-1904 loan, 95|.

Adelaide wheat, per 49Gibs, ex wareliou.se, 525; best Australian tallow, per cut,, 33s Gd ; best mutton, tallow, 35s ; best Scotch pig iron, No. 1, f.o.b. in the Clyde. 52s Gd. At the wool sale to-day 8300 bales were offered, making a total of 54,000 bales catalogued since the opening. The tone of the sale was firm. December 1.

The Marquis of Salisbury addressed a large audience at Woodstock, in Oxfordshire, last night. In the course of his speech, his Lordship referred at length to the address of Earl Granville, at Hanley, on the the previous day and to the announced intention of the Government in regard to Ireland. Alluding to the proposed Land Bill, he said the Tories would oppose any measure which would lead to the confiscation of the property of landlords, and he ridiculed the idea of creating a peasant proprietary in Ireland. Deferring to Earl Granville’s announcement that the Government would introduce a bill dealing with the present disorder and providing for the future happiness of Irishmen, his Lordship strongly urged the necessity of first repressing the existing anarchy before taking any steps to remedy the grievance of the people.

Government has decided to abolish the positions of Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer and Lord Chief J ustice of Common Pleas.

It has been arranged that the sculling match for the Championship between Hanlan and Laycock shall take place on the 17th January over the usual Thames course Laycock has now raised the necessary stake of .£SOO.

MELBOURNE. December 1. The conference now sitting is making satisfactory progress with regard to border duties and the Chinese question. (Sailed—The Union Company’s steamer Botorua, for the Bluff. December 2. In the six day’s walking tournament, which commenced on Monday, Baker, Seymour, and Swan (of New Zealand), had each done 15G miles up to midnight last night. (Six competitors now remain in. ADELAIDE. December 2. The Court of Inquiry into the stranding of the Sorata, which has been sitting for some days, has now decided that it has no jurisdiction in the matter. [SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE ARGUS.] LONDON. November 25. It is stated that the losses of the Albanians and Turks in the conflict which took place previous to the occupation of Dulcignoby Dervisch Pasha were heavy. The discovery of a new system of electric lighting, in which filaments of carbon are employed, is believed to have solved the difficulty of bringing the invention into domestic use. William Herbert, bootmaker, late of Footscray, Victoria, who shot his sister-in-law, Jane Messenger, at Finsbury Park, and afterwards attempted to commit suicide, has been tried of murder, convicted, and sentenced to death.

[prom our Wellington correspondent.] WELLINGTON. Thursday. The Wellington officers of Customs have found several boxes of cigars in the Albion Hotel which were not stamped according to the Act. A prosecution lias been ordered. Another prosecution for evading the Beer Tax is on the taph. The charge re cigar case will be heard to-morrow. The St. Leonard sailed to-day for London with a full cargo. Coles’ Circus continues to be largely patronised. 4000 people attended last night, A long meeting of Ministers in Cabinet took place yesterday afternoon, when the form of Commission to be issued to Sir Wm. Fox as sole Royal Commissioner on the West Coast Native affairs was considered at some length and finally decided upon. 'The Governor will hold his first levee on Tuesday afternoon next. It is stated on good authority that Tawhaio, the Maori King, emphatically expressed his disapprobation of the shooting of Moffat, which he declares was done directly against his order! The Hincmoa has not been able to communicate with the shore at Opunake until this morning. As soon as the murderer, Tuhi, is shipped the Hincmoa will come direct to Wellington. His trial will take place next week. Miss Sutherland, the matron of the Hospital, tendered her resignation yesterday, and a fresh appointment will be made as soon as possible. Meanwhile Miss Sutherland retains the position. Although every enquiry has been made, no traces have yet been heard of the missing LSOOO from the Tararua. If the treasure is not recovered the loss will fall on the Union Steam Shipping Company. CHRISTCHURCH. Thursday. Paihipi Waikcna, a Maori lad Hi years of age, has been committed for trial for horsestealing. He is supposed to he insane. GISBORNE. Thursday. Mr Win. Clarke, who floated the South Pacific Petroleum Oil Company, is at pre-

sent negotiating with the natives of the East Coast, and lias succeeded in obtaining the consent and signature of a large number of the native owners to a deed of conveyance of a portion of the Rotorautuku Block to him for oil-boring purposes. The Lochnagar has been moved 200 feet to seaward, and if tide and wind continue favorable she will soon he afloat. THE BLUFF. Thursday. A cutter arrived from Stewart Island this morning, reports the discovery of a gold hearing quartz reef running from Fort William to Patterson’s Inlet. Specimens brought show the gold clearly. Several cutters are chartered specially to convey residents to Riverton yesteiday to obtain miners’ rights. The prospectors quietly obtained a grant of the land about a week ago, and have pegged off most of the supposed line of reef. The principal light-keeper at Cape Campbell reports that a party of three men left that station on the 29th ultimo in an open boat across to Wellington, and as it was blowing fresh the South-east with a heavy sea, fears are entertained for then safety. Their names are Frank Moni, Christopher Harrison, and Feanari Ptolomai.