TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4214, 22 September 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[Peess Telegeaph Agency.] Auckland, Monday. The first shipment of Fiji sugars landed at Auckland is pronounced to be of excellent quality and flavor. It is reported that Mr. Vogel, when in England, will endeavor to obtain the passing of an Act in the Imperial Parliament empowering the General Assembly to make the constitutional changes embodied in the resolutions passed last session. Nelson, Monday. The Governor’s yacht Blanche was signalled at 2.30 p.m. THE S.S. HERO AT AUCKLAND. EUROPEAN NEWS. Auckland, Monday. The s.s. Hero has arrived. She left Sydney on September 15. London, September 9. The Government of New Zealand has announced its temporary withdrawal from the Sau Francisco and Singapore services. Sir H. IC Storks, Mr. Gilpin, M.P., and Lord George Manners arc dead, September 10. The Marquis de la Serna is appointed to the chief command of the Spanish army of the North. The defeat of Piurgeerda has greatly discouraged the Carlists, who were also repulsed at Arragon. September 11. The Berlin Ministerial journals state that the incident of the Carlists firing on the German gunboat at Gutaria is of no consequence. A terrible collision has occurred on the Great Eastern Railway. Nineteen were killed and thirty wounded. September 12. In the wool market prices are well sustained. Scoured is maintaining a favorable position. 156,000 bales have been sold, and it is expected the present prices will continue till the close , of the sales. Wheat quotations are unchanged. Copper is firm, with hardening prices ; Straits, £92 ; Australian, £9O to £9l. 313 bales of New Zealand flax were offered, but the chief part was withdrawn, holders wanting from £l9 to £2O per ton. The Torres Strait mail arrived off Townsville on September 11. She brings the following items of European news ; Disraeli states that Fiji will probably be annexed. A settlement of £15,000 a-year has been voted to Prince Leopold. The Prince of. Asturias -will probably be proclaimed King of Spain. All Spain is declared to be in a state of siege. - The P. and 0. Company surrender £20,000 per annum of subsidy, for permission to pass with mails through the Suez Canal. The Duke of Richmond has given notice that he intends to abolish betting forthwith on the Goodwood course. A Baronetcy has been conferred on the Lord Mayor of Loudon. A large amount of Australian gold has arrived, and money is easy. The report of the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank recommends a dividend of 7 per cent. New Zealand fives, 101 to 105. South Australian sixes, 117 to 122. Victoria sixes, 115 to 117. New South Wales fives, 1888-1922, 107 to 109. Home markets show little change. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Sydney, Sept. 15. The City of Adelaide calls at Levuka this trip with the outward San Francisco mail, in order to take Home the Governor’s ultimatum on the annexation of Fiji. The Victoria sails for Auckland to-morrow. The Governor. sailed for Fiji on Saturday night, accompanied by Messrs. De Robeck, Hutchison, and Inness, the Attorney-General, as legal adviser, and the German Consul, Mr. Sahl. The Fairlie, for Dunedin, left Foochow at the end of July with 190,000 pounds of tea. The Government is determined to carry on the Sau Francisco service on its own responsibility, if necessary. No Acting Governor has been appointed -by Sir H. Robinson. May Howard, the actress, is drawing immense houses in Sydney. The Intercolonial gig race lost much of its interest by the illness of Henderson, one of the Victorian crew, formerly of Auckland, compelling an emergency man to take his place. Henderson is recovering. A miner named Dacre was found murdered near Braidwood. At the Randwick races the Free Handicap was won by Conqueror. The Crown Kate, by Maid of Avenol. President’s Handicap, by Eitz Yattendon. Mares Produce Stakes— Kingaborough. Sydney Handicap Garry Owen. Members’ Handicap—Llama. Waverly Handicap—Maid of Avenel. SteeplechaseDuffer. Randwick Plate—Dagworth. Forced Handicap, dead heat Westminster and Sterling. Melbouenb, Sept. 14. At the drawing for the Ballarat Art Union the first prize, valued at £2OOO, was won by John Hannon, a farmer at Mount Blowhard. The second prize, of £750, by Mr. Bray, draper, 1 of Geelong. During the discussion in the Assembly on the claims of deceased Civil Servants, the Go-

vernment recognised the desirability of establishing a life assurance office in connection with the Civil Service. , The estimates are being, proceeded with. ' • The body of a young woman, name unknown, was found in the Yarra. A man named Goodman shot himself near Elphinstone. Yarraville sugars realised full prices for best, bnt decline 20s. on lower sorts. . Three little hoys made an unsuccessful | attempt to throw the train off the Suburban line. The brig Alice Maude, from Greymouth, has been wrecked between Gape Barren and Babel Island. The crew and five passengers were picked up by the steamer Southern Cross and brought on here. A demand has sprung up for currants ; sales, 9Jd. Maize, small parcels, ss. A deputation has been appointed to wait on the Government in reference to the establishment of a labor bureau. In the Herald libel case the judge refused to certify for costs. Tasmania. The stoppage of three more firms is announced, namely, Messrs. Sadler and Co., Messrs. White, Mills, and Co., and Messrs. Dour and Woodgate. The Legislative Council, by a majority of one, rejected the G-overnment Bills, namely, Mersey and Deloraine Hallway, Main Branch Road Bridges and other Public Works. Much indignation is expressed. . Sodth Australia. There is a great increase of imports, the excess of which over exports for the first thirtyfive weeks of the present year amounts to nearly three-quarters of a million. The Legislative Council rejected the Bill to increase the salaries of clerks of the Assembly beyond those of the Council. The second reading of the Local Courts Bill was carried. The Bill extends the jurisdiction of the Courts to actions involving sums to the amount of £SOO, and embodies other features of the Supreme Court law administration. Mr. John Wright Anderson, clerk in the National Bank, pleaded guilty to embezzling £IOO, the property of the Bank. Sentence was deferred. Newcastle. Arrived : Robin Hood and Heversham, from Wellington. Sailed: Result and William Ackers, for Wellington.