TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 28, 5 August 1871, Page 7

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

AUCKLAND, July 28. The Luna arrived to-day. Site leaves with the Governor on Tuesday. Ihe share market is very active, and Caledonians are sold freely at £195; Thames, £BB ; Tookeys, £3B ; Nonpaviel, £4 10s. It is expected that the next dividend from the Caledonian will be from £ls to £2O.

Mr Wynn, solicitor, died on Wed nesday.

The Flirt, which has just arrived from Fiji, reports the murder of two settlers named M‘lntyre and Spiers. The James Patterson sailed for Sydney yesterday with 25 passengers. No sign yet of the Wellington. WAIPAWA, August 1. An important meeting of Natives is to be held here to morrow, regarding the final settlement of the Forty Mile Bush purchase.

August 2. The native meeting* about the Fortymile Bush has been postponed until next week.

WANGANUI, July 28. The cutter Pa tea has been got afloat again without injury to the vessel or cargo. The crew also are safe. The accident occurred when she was crossing the bar. The wind was dead on shore, and her jib burst.

July 29. Mr Edward Lewis, merchant, met his creditors to day. Plis liabilities are £6,253, and the assets are stated to be £2,087. The deficiency is accounted for by the dullness of trade, depreciation of property, losses, £3OO expended in law expenses and farming. The insolvent proposes a deed of assignment or the Bankruptcy Court A committee has been appointed to examine the books and is to report on Monday.

August 3. M'Donald has made a statement to the effect that one of the witnesses, named Eliott, set fire to the Wangaheu Hotel by arrangement between them, and with the intention of defrauding the insurance company. The prosecution is still taking evidence. The report of the committee on the estate of Mr E, Lewis is as follows : The business last year was £IO,OOO, The total profits were £690 ; cost of management and law expenses, £9OO ; interest, £300; loss on tea and mining shares £262 ; bad debts and other losses, £400; personal expenses, £700; spent on Model Farm, £9OO.

TARANAKI, August 1. The Provincial Council was prorogued on Saturday. A public meeting has been called to memorialise the present coroner to resign on the ground of his being infirm and deaf. CHRISTCHURCH, July 29.

In committee of the whole House, Mr Coster, Manager of the Bank of New Zealand, last night made what is generally considered to have been an able and conclusive reply to the Superintendent’s statement regarding the Bank’s claims. On the motion of the Hon. John Hall, the matter was then referred to a select committee which meets on Monday.

There was a long debate regarding the Provincial Secretary’s resolutions on Mr Gisborne’s circular, regarding reserves along the railway lines. Ultimately the resolutions were withdrawn, except one in favor of a reserve of 50,000 acres, which was carried.

August 1. Edward Scrivenor, who was confined under a Magistrate’s order on suspicion of lunacy, has been found dead in his cell.

The coach from Dayleston to the Burnham Station upset yesterday in the River Selwyn, and the driver and a boy were drowned.

At the Lyttelton Railway Station yesterday a man waa killed between two buffers.

August 2. The Rangitoto, which left here on Tuesday night, left behind her the Canterbury portion of the Suez mail. The funeral of the man M'Cormick, who was killed on the railway the other day, took place to-day, and was attended by a large concourse of volunteers and civilians. The railway authorities suspended work. Sailed —Ship Crusader, for London, with a full complement of passengers, and a cargo valued at £40,000.

August 3.

The seciect committee appointed to consider the Bank of New Zealand’s claims, has reccommended the Conncil to pay the bank’s claim of £BOO for interest, 'and £945 as commission on £200,000 of unsold debentures. GREYMOUTH, July 29. News has just arrived that, during the late flood in the Grey River, the Rev. Father Columb was drowned, while swimming his horse across the Nelson creek, being at the time engaged on pastoral duty. The horse with Father Coluuib’s valise was found to-day, but nothing has been seen of the reverend gentleman’s body. TIMARU, August 1. Last night Captain Baldwin delivered his first lecture in Canterbury on the life assurance scheme. There was a crowded audience, and the mayor occupied the chair. The lecture was an excellent one, and was made amusing by illustrations. The lecturer was loudly cheered at the close of his hour and a half’s lecture. Some policies have since been taken up. DUNEDIN, July 28. At a large meeting of Roman Catholics held last night, it was unanimously resolved to petition the Assembly in favor of State aid. It is rumored that a fresh election of Mayor will have to be held in consequence of some informality in the late one. The barque City of Newcastle goes into dock on Monday for overhaul and repairs. July 81. The barque Premier, when trying to get to sea at 2 o’clock yesterday morning, went ashore at the point. The wind failed, and she went on the rocks stern foremost. She has been abandoned. The underwriter’s value is £3OOO. She is insured in the New Zealand Company’s Office for £ISOO. Another of the Maroi prisoners died to-day. August 2. It is blowing a gale from the South. An inquest was held here to-day on the body of John Aitchison, who died on board the Alhambra on her passage from Melbourne. The verdict was death from natural causes. The deceased had a letter of introduction to Mr Gibson, ironmonger, Wellington. Miss Aylmer, a saloon passenger from Nelson to the Bluff, died on board the Rangitoto on the passage from Lyttelton. Her body is to be taken on to the Bluff, where her friends reside. AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. BLUFF, August 1. The Alhambra has arrived. On the morning of the 81st ultimo, a Mr Aicheson, saloon passenger, died suddenly. Passengers: For Dunedin— Messrs Hislop, Marshall, Keting, Collins, Hutcheson, Quirk, Cox, Mrs Jones and four children, Miss Wilson, Mrs and Miss Arkle and infant, Rev Mr Williams, Rev Mr Donovan, Rev Mr Royser, Mr and Mrs Dick. For Lyttelton—Miss Symons. For Vfellington—Mr and Mrs Holt, infant, and servant, Mr Bacon*-, Mr Williams, Mr Harcourt, and Mr Crandie. The Alhambra has since sailed for Dunedin. The body of Aicheson has been taken on to Port Chalmers, where an inquest will be held. Melbourne, July 27. Walsh has been returned for Ballarat unopposed. The Assembly has met; there are thirty-one on the Government side and thirty-six on the opposition benches. The interim vote of £130,000 for salaries was unopposed. The financial statement will be made on the first of August. There is considerable excitement in commercial circles on the fiscal policy of the new Government. A deputation of soft goods men interviewed the Government with reference to drawbacks on exports, and requesting duties by measurement instead of ad valorem.

The Government declined to disclose their fiscal policy until before the

House.

The American importers have succeeded in getting the Commissioner of Customs to reckon a dollar as 3s 9d instead of 4s.

The Ministerial banquet at Sandhurst was a success.

The Lincolnshire has arrived with the Marquis of JNormanby (Governor of Queensland), the Marchioness, son, and suite.

Woods, in (he Assembly, proposes to sell the Government railways, and extend the railway communication with the proceeds. Arrived— Velocidado and William, from Lyttelton; Magnet, from Greymouth ; Great Britain, from London. Sailed —Wentworth, for Auckland. Flour, £IG ; wheat, Adelaide, Os 8d to 7s; New Zealand, Os. Oats, Victoria, 3s 4d to 3s 7d. _ Tookey’s, £18; Caledonians, £l2O.

The Sydney Wool Growers Association have appointed Sir Daniel Cooper, Messrs Maclean, Bushy, Hamilton, and Alexander as a London committee to watch over colonial interests. Ten thousand persons attended at the Grange special services in the Exhibition Building. Adelaide wheat is drooping; sales made at 5s Od to 5s 7d.