TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4783, 21 July 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(per press agency.) Auckland, Thursday. Corcoran, a nephew o£ the landlord o£ the Greyhound Hotel,| in getting out of an upstairs window, apparently to reach an adjoining room, fell to the pavement and was killed. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency’s produce telegram confirms the late wool reports, and says :—Tallow, less trade demand, mutton, 425.; beef, 415.; leather market flat, 4000 sides sold since last report ; best showed Is. 2d. per lb. decline on previous rates, others in proportion ; wheat market firm. Gbahamstown, Thursday. A preliminary meeting has been held to form a branch of the Church of England Temperance Association here. Dunedin, Thursday.. The Union Company’s steamer Taupo, was berthed alongside the Dunedin wharf this afternoon. She came up the harbor with the greatest ease, drawing 12ft. 6in. AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. Melbourne. Parliament was opened on Tuesday. The Governor’s speech stated that the estimated revenue had been fully realised, and that the finance of the country was in a satisfactory condition. A number of Bills are promised, including an Electoral Act to alter some of the existing boundaries, and 1 to equalise the districts, and also to add about .four members to the Assembly. Other Bills promised are those relating to Railway Extension, Harbor Trust, Mining on Private Property, Wines Beer and Spirits Sale, Land, and Education No mention is made of any fiscal alteration, and 1 none is proposed. In the Legislative Council the address was agreed to after a few remarks, and in the Assembly no amendment was proposed, but in the course of the debate the speech was much criticised, especially for omissions, and it is not favorably received by the Press generally. The revenue returns for the year show a total of £4,322,000, with an increase of £190,000. Mr. Thomas, member for Sandridge, is dead. The Solicitor-General is a candidate for the vacant seat. The Government refuse to receive Stevensons’ invoices without proper headings, and their goods constantly arriving remain unopened, doing much injury to their business. Three bodies have been recovered from the Gettwood, and it is now almost certain that no lives were saved. Rain is very much wanted in all the Australian colonies. The average fall for the last half-j ear is the lowest since 1848. Meat and vegetables are all getting dear. Sullivan is said to have left the colony.

ADDITIONAL AUSTRALIAN NEWS, PER ALHAMBRA, AT HOKITIKA. Melbourne. John Gavan Duffy has been admitted an attorney. In the Legislative Council Mr. Wilson condemned the action of the Government with regard to the Stevensons’ case, and thought some mention of the matter should have been made in the speech. The opinion of the public was that the Government had bungled the whole matter, and that their action looked very like persecution. In the Equity Court, in the case Morley v. Nisbet, an application was made for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against evidence. Mrs. Nisbet, widow of James Nisbet (Scotch Jock) disputed the probate of his will, on the allegation that deceased was not sober when he signed it, and that it had not been executed according to law. His Honor refused the application, and granted probate of the will. Sydney. An inmate of the lunatic asylum 'at Paramatta was found dead and mutilated, and is supposed to have been murdered by another patient. Mr. Rae, incarcerated in a libel suit, has been liberated at the instance of the complainant. The schedule of Meyer and Co. shows liabilities over £28,000 ; assets over £II,OOO. The Yaas Courier has been served with a writ, in which damages are laid at £SOO, for alleged libel on the coroner at Young. Adelaide.. A verdict has been given against the Roman Catholic Bishop, on an acceptance for £3OO, for goods supplied to the Catholic book depot. Two sons of Mr. Birrell, bailiff of the local court, brought an action against him for malicious prosecution, but one was committed for perjury, and the other was sentenced to six months for assaulting his father in court.