TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4479, 28 July 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PER PRESS AGENCY.) Auckland, Tuesday. The cutter Hero, abandoned off Mokau, was insured for £IOO in the South British.

The body of a man has been found in a swamp near Mercer, with deep wounds in the head. It is supposed that he has been struck by a locomotive. The body has not been identified.

Typhoid fever has broken out in the Industrial School.

The timber contract made by Russell with the Admiralty is participated in by Stone Bros, and W. C. Wilson, who are joint contractors. The ship Director, of 800 tons, has been chartered to come over from Newcastle and load the first cargo of timber. The contract is stated to be only for about a million and a half feet of timber yearly. Grahamsiown, Tuesday.

Great indignation is expressed at the reported proposal to give the Thames only one additional member. The Ad vertiser resents it with indignation. A monster meeting is to be called, when the proposal will be officially announced.

At a public meeting last night re land for settlement, a memorial was adopted setting forth the great want of laud, but all extraneous matter reflecting on the Government was expunged.

Alexandra, Tuesday.

The funeral of J. R. Hutton', one of the A.C., was largely attended to-day. Deceased was buried with military honors. He was one of the earliest settlers, being a non-com-missioned officer of the 2nd Waikato Regiment. It is stated that the A.C. force intend giving a day’s pay in aid of his widow and children. Napier, Tuesday.

Boring for the artesian well for Robjohns, Ellis, and Co.’s new brewery has been commenced on the flat near the Railway station. Christchurch, Tuesday.

The following is the result of the examination of undergraduates;—J. H. Barnicoat, Nelson ; J. Beveridge, Wellington ; J. H. Harkness, Nelson; 11. Hill, Canterbury; W. R. Milton, Canterbury; A. Newton, Canterbury; J. R. Wilkinson, Canterbury, passed as undergraduates of the first year. E. F. Butts, Wellington; F. Dransfield, Wellington; W. B. Douglas, Canterbury; K. M, Edgar, Auckland; N. S. Foster, Canterbury; Jas. Haultain, ■A.\»oklcv»a..l', ixi. R. T£filing, Auckland; U - , A. King, Auckland; H. B. Kirk, Wellington; A. LefilHatre, Auckland; C. Low, Otago; E. G. B. Moss, Auckland; E. S. Power, Auckland; R. H. Reed, Auckland ; W. St. C. T. Tisdale, Auckland, all failed. S. Solomon, Otago, passed as undergraduate of second year. F. Fitchett, Canterbury; R. H. Rattray, Auckland; and R. Willing, Otago, failed. At the City Council last night, a telegram was read from the Hon. Mr. Richardson, M.H.R. for Christchurch West, asking if the Council desired any alteration in the Municipal Corporations Act, with regard to the election of Mayor, and the Council passed a resolution favorable to the Mayor being elected by the ratepayers from the members of the City Council. This does not, however, go far enough, as the general feeling is that tho Mayor should bo elected by tho ratepayers from persons either in or out of the Council. Tho Lyttelton Times says the leading features of the Bankruptcy Bill are as follows Any two creditors to have power to call a meeting of creditors, appointing trustee, and making insolvent bankrupt. No one otherwise to have power of becoming bankrupt. Meeting of creditors to have power to call for persons and papers, and examine on oath. All property acquired subsequent to certificate to be liable up to 20s. in the pound. Land sales continue good, averaging about £IOOO por week, which is double the Provincial Secretary’s estimate. Christchurch, Tuesday.

In the Supreme Court to-day E. Mainwaring Johnson, the ease against whom had been adjourned from last session until the arrival of Judge Johnston, was indicted for having assisted, in his capacity of laud officer under the Transfer Act, in procuring a fraudulent transfer. The evidence for the prosecution had not concluded when the Court adjourned until noon to-morrow. Dunedin, Tuesday.

The first case under the Protection of Animals Act in Otago comes on at Palmerston in a few days. Three Shag Valley settlers were discovered by the police coursing hares, and when apprehended had two hares in their possession. The case has caused great excitement in the district, but there is no sympathy with the alleged offenders. The Times has a very severe article on the discourtesy and annoyance of a bank manager here. It says all rules which usually govern gentlemen in their intercourse have been deliberately set at defiance in the parlor of the bank. The power given to the manager is not to be prostituted to pay off animosities and private grudges. We have been accustomed to regard a bank as a bridge to carry commerce. There are bridges and bridges however, and in this particular instance a crash is imminent. The article has caused more excitement in the town than anything in the paper for a long time, as every one knows who is meant.

A meeting of ladies was held yesterday, to take into consideration the present expensive style of mourning. An association was formed and a resolution carried, that ladies will promise for themselves, aud induce others, to adopt a less oppressive style of mourning. A number of changes have been going on lately in connection with the banks. Mr. Bartleman, who lately left the position of manager of the National Bank in Dunedin, has joined the Colonial Bank, and Mr. Christie, manager of the Oamaru branch of the National Bank, has gone over to the Colonial Bank with his whole staff. There has also been a change in the management of the National Bank at Port Chalmers.

The Times publishes a telegram from Captain Underwood of the Albion, that the English mail arrived at Adelaide on the 21st. The Tararua sails for The Bluff with the mail on Friday, the 23rd, at 10 p.m. Invercargill, Tuesday.

The candidates known to be in the field for Wallace are 0. Basstiau, Dr. Monckton, Capt. Cameron, and a minor named Cressy. The first two are now canvassing the Oropuki miners. Cameron has been brought forward by the Land League party. McNeil, who formerly represented the district, declined to stand. It is generally thought that Basstian will be returned. He pronounces in favor of abolition, and is otherwise moderate in politics.