TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 27, 29 July 1871, Page 7

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

AUCKLAND, July 22. There is a great rise in Calidonian shares, the market closing firm at £145. 4500 ounces crushed from general stuff has just been lodged. Thames, £27 to £2B; Tookeys, £27 ; Nonpariel, £4 10s. William Fotheringham has been run overby a cart, and killed. WANGANUI, July 21. A man named M‘Donald has been charged with setting fire to the Wangaehu Hotel, recently, when a man was burned to death. The police found a portmanteau, books, a bedstead, and other property secreted. The evidence taken in the Magistrates’ Court identi fies them as M‘Donald’s property. There is great excitement. He is remanded to Monday. July 24. M'Donald has been further charged with wilful murder, and remanded for a week. The Police have found £4O worth more property secreted, and are confident of making further discoveries. July 27. The cutter Patea went ashore on the South Spit to-day, and has become a total wreck. It is feared that the crew, consisting of the master, named Timelly, and a man, are drowned. The death of Captain Taylor, of the firm of Taylor & Watt, is reported to have taken place by drowning from the Lady Denison, off Kapiti. The news has caused great sorrow here, and all the shops are closed in consequence. TARANAKI (Via Opunake), July 25. John Knight, a member of the Provincial Council was drowned in a small stream on Sunday night. Plis body was found this morning. Much of the reclaimed land has been washed away by high tides during the late storm. The blockhouse at Tataramaika was struck by lightning and much damaged. NELSON, July 26. The Taranaki, from the Manukau, arrived off the Boulder Bank early this morning, but did not get in till the afternoon. The Manukau bar has been very bad

for several days. The weather is very bad ; the sea rough, aud heavy rain failing. HOKITIKA, July 23.

The schooner Waterman from Melbourne for Greymouth, has been totally wrecked two miles north of Hokitika last Thursday, no lives lost; cargo saved but much damaged. The wreck was sold by auction yesterday for £B3. The cause of the disaster was terrific gales which drove the vessel ashore.

Otira gorge, Christchurch road, much damaged by floods; bridges are swept away, and the repairs will cost several thousand pounds ; frightful weather for the last ten days. CHARLESTON, July 24.

There were tremendous gales and heavy rains here during last week, doing considerable damage. A whirlwind in the Nile Valley carried the roof of a stable and three lines of clothes across the river, and uprooted several large trees. Another whirlwind at Brown’s Terrace up-rooted a great many trees.

Edwin Goodall, a miner from Otago, was killed on Wednesday last, by a fall of earth in his claim. He was frightfully smashed. The funeral was attended by 400 people, and a large subscription has been raised for his widow 7 .

A bottle has been picked up on the beach containing the following ;—“Ship Holmesdale, 29th February, 1869 ; latitude, 53.14 south ; longitude, 55.1 west. Sailed from Melbourne 9th January, 1869; rough weather about. 31st January. All well ; weather fine; good breeze.— Bornfokd, passenger.

CHRISTCHURCH, July 21. Markets.—Wheat, 5s Gd to 5s 9d. Flour remains firm at <£ls, nett cash, delivered in town. Oats, 2s 3d to 2s Gd. Prime malting barley, 3s to 3s 4|d ; medium do, 2s 4<d to 2s 8d ; inferior do, Is 8d to 2s. Butter has been attracting more notice at 7d. Cheese cannot be quitted with any freedom, and 4d is the highest quotation. Ham and bacon remain at last week’s rates. Potatoes rule-at low rates ; sales taking place at 35s to 455, according to quality. The Provincial Council last night agreed to consider the Bank of New Zealand claims in Committee of the whole House, and requested the Super-

intendent to withdraw his letter to the Bank threatening legal proceedings. The flood has now completely subsided. The damage done by it is comparatively trifling. July 27. The Superintendent has agreed to leave the decision of the Bank of New Zealand claims to the Provincial Council, and the Council will to-night, as a committee of the whole, take evidence on the subject. DUNEDIN, July 21. Dunedin Mayoralty election—Fish (late Mayor), 762 ; Birch, 179 ; Thoneman, 633. Flour, fair sale at £ls ; wheat is well supplied, and good milling is worth 5s 9d ; oats, 2s 3d to 2s sd. Barley is unsaleable. July 24. Mr John Gillies, father of the Superintendent of Auckland, died on the 22nd inst, aged 70. William Hough, a hawker, committed suicide yesterday. A foreigner, named John Hausen, and a young man, named Bre inner, died suddenly yesterday. Arrived.—Barque Otago, from Liverpool, 95 days out. July 26. The Jean Sands has arrived from Hong Kong with 340 Chinese. Another shipment of 460 more is expected to arrive in a few days, and 1700 are to come this year. A child, named Henderson, living in the Tomahawk Valley, has been burned to death. July 27. Arrived—2oth, 8.30 p.m., Nebraska, from Lyttelton. The Maori arrived to-day from the Bluff, and reports speaking the barque Adament off Saddle Hill, standing northwards. AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. The ss. Rangitoto, Captain Mackie, left Melbourne on the loth instant, at 3 p.m., and arrived off Hokitika on the afternoon of the 20th, but owing to the boisterous weather she was not tendered till to-day. Melbourne, 15th July. Attorney-General Walsh will probably secure his re-election, Finchman is the only opponent. The new Ministry has been invited to a banquet at Sandhurst on the 20th instant. A torchlight procession, intended to express approval of the Ministerial policy was a miserable fiasco. A movement for observing the centenary of Sir Walter Scott will probably take the form of a Waverley Ball in the Town Hall.

The excitement consequent upon the Nudawading affair still continues, and further disclosures are being made by seceding disciples.

The North Western canal scheme is progressing A woman has died from the effects of chloroform administered while undergoing an operation of tho knee joint. Only forty drops were used. Flour is quoted at to £l6 5s ; wheat (Adelaide), 7s 3d ; Victorian, 7s ; New Zealand oats sold at from 3s 4d to 3s 6d.

The Bendigo people have presented a purse of seven hundred sovereigns to “ Bendigo Mac.” Henderson, one of the Nunawading disciples, has commenced an action against the “ Telegraph” for an alleged libel in reference to his wife. Pohlman has been sworn in as Puisne Judge. Harrison, the captain of the .Hector schooner, lias had his certificate suspended for nine months for alleged neglect in losing his ship.

A man named Marshall attacked the manager of the branch of the Commer cial Bank at Collingwood with a heavy lead weight. He is believed to be insane.

The city of Ballarat has voted a bonus of £4OO, one years’salary, to Comb, the retiring Town Clerk. A Bogie engine is experimentalising on the Hobson’s Bay railway. There is now telegraphic communication between Hong Kong and Galle. A new Congregational Church has been opened. Total cost £9OOO. Maley, a solicitor at Geelong, has been arrested for forgery. Bendigo mining is experiencing revival. Much excitement.

Sydney, July 15. The inhabitants are arianging for the Scott centenary observance The wool sales passed briskly. Prices rather dearer. Captain Macfarlane, of Samoa, was found dead in a timber yard. The verdict was apoplexy. A great orange demonstration was held in the exhibition building. There were two thousand people present at the ball. Some strong feeling has been expressed against the corporation for granting the use of the building for such a purpose. Extensive discovery of shale at Maneroo. The Gulging diggings are developing very satisfactorily. The Governor is expected shortly from Auckland. Scott, bank manager, acquitted for embezzlement. Petet,postmaster at Mummmdie,has been arrested on a charge of embezzlement. The Lindisfarn, from Mauritius, reports that a new disease amongst the sugar canes has proved destructive to some estates. inferior class sugars easier. The stock of flour is low. The East Lothian, from New York, has brought fifty-five hundred cases of kerosene and some tobacco, a portion of which is for Auckland. Sailed—Anna, for Dunedin. Adelaide, 14th July. The Mercantile Marine Insurance Company’s balance sheet shows a profit of £14,000. Gale has made a second ascent two miles high, and landed in safety. A Company for the growth of sugarbeet is projected. A public meeting has been held for the purpose of establishing a sericulture association, and planting mulberries on a large scale. The marriage of tho Governor’s brother and secretary to a squatter's daughter, Miss Gilbert, has taken place. Governors Ferguson and Ducane were present. Probably Lieutenant-Colonel Sankey will be asked to accept the office of inspector of the new scheme of irrigation. Some difficulties have arisen between tha Government and the contractors for the overland telegraph construction, but the contractors are still prepared to complete their contract. Wheat.—Market quiet pending Californian news. Price ruling from 5s 8d to 5s lOd