SUPPLEMENTARY TELEGRAMS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 273, 29 May 1874, Page 3

SUPPLEMENTARY TELEGRAMS.

[The following appeared in our edition of Sattirday last: —] Dunedin, Friday, 8.30 p.m. new Plymouth. The Superintendent in Council read telegram from Vogel stating (hat.it was proposed to stOjj free immigration except to nominated immigrants. Uarrington replied that he thought unlil tin's pr'iviiifp lia.'| : m .-quid «harc with the other provinces free immigra i--n should not be stopped WELLiNGTON. It is stated th-t 11.M.d.- Blanche w.'.1l he' stationed at Wellington-during, the session. 11.M.5. Pearl is exppcted about August. SEW CALEDONIA: Private advices from New Caledonia regarding the eswped Communists state that Koehcf'ort was ou the peninsula <-ff "Pecos •Jourde employed in a butchery as cashier, and renderedhis acceounts correct ton centime before he left. G-rou*set wns employed at St. John's as an architect, and was pi-ep.iring plans for a new theatre in' Sydney, for exhibit tion. He left a letter for his employer thanking him for his kindness, and statins; he had taken the plnn of the theatre; and would see it was in exhibition. At Ilnow a convict was guillotined for striking an officer, and another was condemned for the same offence. At Oubalche a man uamed Bateman, late of New Zealand, shot the cominujidaiit for trying to elope with a girl, at one time barmaid at the G-reyho md Hotel, Auckland, who lived with Baiemau as his wife. It is evp -cted that Bateman will get off with three months' imprisonment. The commandant lived twenty-' two hours af'er he wrs sh-.t. Letters foiind from him sending poison to the girl to give to Batemnn. The Lower House Convocation adopted resolution's adverse ro the Archbishop of Canlerbury's bill to restrain clergymen from introducing irregular practices ino f he church. The South Australian loan has been subscribed at 9")f. The strike of colliers at Durham terminated by the men accepting a reduction of wages. There is a prospect of a settlement of the agricultural lock out through the medium of members of Parliament. The Lord Chancellor has introduced Bills amending the judicature of Ireland-and Scotland and constituting one final Appeal Court for the United Kingdom and the Colonies. The French Press, commenting on the recent debate in the Lords as to the prospects of a maintenance of peace, affirm the earnest desire of France that peace may be maintained. The Lords have passed the Lands Transfer Bill, and the second reading has been agreed to of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Bill for suppressing ritualistic practices in the Church. ■ . There are renewed difficulties in the north of England iron and coal trades. B,oooiron-, stone workers have struck. . _ Caernarvon has decided that it is, impossible to abandon the gold coast. It is intended to consolidate- it with Lagos, under one administration. UNPUBLISHED SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO QUEENSCLIFFE. The Brindisi mail was delivered in London on May 12. The Adelaide Assembly has voted £I,OOO to Warburton. AUSTRALIAN". Melbourne. • Considerable - departmental changes have' taken place in the Lands Office. Hodgkinson, Assistant-Commissioner, has retired on a pension, ,and Archer, Begistrar-General, has been appointed Secretary for Lands with a salary of £1,200. The Californian mail which left Sydney in March, was delivered in London iu iifty-one days. . * The ship John Ker, bound for Melbourne, was spoken dismasted. • Sydney. - Elder, of Glasgow, lias sent to the Post-master-General a model of the Californian steamers now building, to have a speed of fourteen knots. Brisbane. The abolition of denominational schools was carried in'the Assembly by a large majority. LONDON. Mi j 9. There is a fair enquiry for money. Stock market improving, as the apprehension of the dearness of money is subsiding. DUNEDIN.

The papers criticise severely Fergusson for his extreme punctiliousness. He started the idea that all eorrespoudenc. between Governments should come , direct from arid to Gro. vomers, and not through responsible advisers Francis, believing it to be contrary to both the theory and practice of responsible government, declines to accede to the proposition. The Colonial -Secretary of New' South Wales has taken similar act on.

The ' Times' publishes the following telegrams re Macassey v. Bell, which caused considerable commotion:—" Oamaru, April.—To Vogel.—Great excitement Dnnedin consequent Judge's order produce telegrams. Reported, and' I believe not without truth, Macassey got access to them. This should be looked into. You have remedy. Surely ample proof Judge Chapman's partiality in matter. His son is partner Macassey's, and holds bvief in case; he is likewise godfather Macassey's child. Will you attend my suggestion, and suspend Judge Chapman until after meeting Assembly. Send down Judge Johnston try case. You can get copy Judge's order respecting telegrams from DeputyKegistrar. l\ T o suspicion whatever will be excited regarding what I mentioned. Do not hesitate. No time to lose; act at once.— C. D. K,. Wakd." "Oamaru, April.—To Yogel—l never make private complaints ; of course I ii.tend it to be public one. Shall be in Wellington next week, and will then prove to von b< vond all doubt how entirely.interested Judge Chapman is in whole affair. Would be height injustice allow him hear case. Works only through Macassey. JSTo one else has chance. Not a moment to be lost. Act at one?, or they will succeed. —Ward." WJJLMN&TOIf. The announcement by the Superintendent of Taranaki regarding Yogel's c-rcular on free immigration did not state the case fairly. The Premier's circular to the Superintendents ot Provinces s-tuted that the Government are considering (he propriety -of abolishing free immigration, excepting in respect of single women and nominated immigrants ; all others to be required to give promissory n.tes to the amount of £7. Before question is fiuaily decided the various Superintends ts are requested to express opinions on '.ho proposed change. The Superintendent of Wellington has written and sees no reason for the change. Ts perfect j- satisiied with the immigrants alreidy imported, all of whom are readily absorbed into the population. 1 During last year, according to the report I of the ■Commissioner of Annuities, fourteen I hundred proposals for insurance were re- ' ceived, which amounted to £547,500. Of these 309 were rejected, representing a sum of £120,650. The gross annual income of the department has increased by £16,429. There were nine claims on the fund, amounting to £2,801. lIOKITIJii. The census returns of the Province sfu>." the toLal population 10 be 11..523:' .males yi.">B ; females, 5J35 ; Chinese population, b&S. An Education Bill, similar- to the Sfelsou Bill,- has been introduced into the Provincial Council;