TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4876, 7 November 1876, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(per press agency.) Auckland, Monday. Madame Franzini, the bicyclist, has been a great success. Her performance is unique and wonderful. The Australian rifle representatives are returning per Zealandia. Private, letters report that Captain Le Vesconte, of the Glenlora, on his return Home, was sentenced to three months tor embezzlement. B. J. Debeney, a clerk in the Lands Office, has been committed for trial on two charges of emblezzlement. Oamabu, Monday. At a special meeting of the Municipal Council this morning, the following resolutions were unanimously passed:—That this Council decline to appoint any person to represent them at the convention called by Mr. Maoandrew, as they are of opinion that the Abolition Act having been passed by a very decided majority of beth Houses, it should now be ■fairly tried on its merits; neither can they fail to recognise the extreme undesirability of establishing as a precedent the right of the minority to use their power to prevent the operation of laws passed by a large majority even before such laws have had any trial. Further, the Council is of opinion that if all parties unite to give effect, to abolition, they are much more likely to eliminate anything unsatisfactory in the working, and to substitute improvements. Nelson, Monday. The Hinemoa, with his Excellency the Governor and Lady Normauby, arrived about 1.20. All well. She experienced a southeast gale for the last 38 hours. Captain Fairchild exchanged with Captain Johnstone this morning, the later takes the Stella to Wellington, but will have some difficulty in crossing the Strait until the sea has moderated. ■ Gbetmodth, Monday. A fire originated in the shop of Winscb, cabinetmaker, and it is supposed through carelessness in throwing down a lighted match. The following places were burned : —Mrs. Collins’s two-storey house, Winseh’s cabinetmaker’s shop, Morton's Oriental Hotel, Mrs. Wagstaffs, Mrs. Handy’s, and Purcell's shops, Purcell’s cottage. A store occupied by Kee was cut down, and Corte’s store and Mrs. Gaynes’s shop were gutted. The insurances are:—South British, £4OO ; National, £l5O ; Victoria, £250. Yesterday two lads named Geary and Codman, while boating at Brunnerton, capsized the boat. Codman swam ashore, but, Geary was drowned. ■ ■ Dunedin, Monday. 21,840 post cards have been sold during the five days. Cleolite, a Melbourne horse, has been nominated for the Dunedin cup. A meeting arranged between Macandrew and McLean did not take place. . It is understood that Macandrew is putting off till after the Convention. A row is expected at the Education Board meeting to-night, re the chairman attending the Convention. The Otago Schoolmaster’s Association decline to send a representative to the Wellington Conference. Simonsen’s Opera Company left for Invercargill to-day. It is understood that Geo. Darrell has secured a lease of the Princess Theatre for six months. Earner’s War Panorama opens at the Queen's Theatre to-night. Captain John Niohol, one of the pioneer sea captains of (Hago, died on Saturday. The opening services in connection with the new Knox Church were crowded. Five hundred and sixty-one pounds was the result of the collection.