TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4900, 5 December 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(per press agency.) Marton, Monday.

Tie following are the four highest scorers in firing for choice of district representatives r-V Walter Johnson, 172, representative; James Johnston, 114, extra man; Lieut. McDonald, 163; A. Morrison, 161. .'Auckland, Monday. The Survarrow case will come before the civil courts in an action by Mr. Stemdale. Dr. Gould, for larceny as a bailee, was sentenced to four months imprisonment, with hard labor. , ,

An inquiry re the fire in Shortland-street commenced to-day. - ■ Letters to the agent of the Georgia Minstrels show that owing to the ! excellent business doing in San Francisco they decided to remain there until next mail. A person named Corbyn, agent for John Bennett, of Sydney, took advantage of this to engage ten non-pro-fessional darkies for Sydney and ship them as “The Georgia Minstrels.” They went up in the City of Sydney. Kirby, the agent here, is instructed to go to Sydney and expose them. The San Francisco Post severely denounces the proceeding as a fraud. '; , Letters from America re the mail service are favorable to a permanent service via Auckland. The following .'is an extract from ja. letter sent to the Auckland'agents by a prominent official at head quarters:—We have heretofore given -you. our opinion, at'great lengtji, regarding the serious drawbacks to the prosperity of our line, due entirely to the necessity imposed upon us of running to ports where ships of such a class should never be sent., We are sparing no exertion to have this corrected. As to calling at the Bay of Islands, we are as strenuously opposed to it as we are to the present route. Our calling places should ;be Honolulu,- Auckland,* and Sydney, and all collateral business'should be transacted separately, and apart from our main line.” Blenheim, Monday.

■ At the Supreme Court, sittings to-day Twinning was acquitted ;of -embezzlement. 1 Woodgate’s cose will be taken to-morrow. Dunedin, Monday. The provincial library is to be handed over to the University. . A conference in regard to ' railway management is being held here. Charles Bright commences his second lecture season on Wednesday. Two cases of scarlet fever are reported. ■, ; Christchurch, Monday, i

i j. The shearers’ difficulty is likely to be satisfactorily settled. They are noy? going to work freely, at 165., and j6s. Sd. per hundred in one instance, Some of them have been ill-used by those who ate standing out for higher rates. ■

The local Board of Health held its . first meeting to-day, and. the members seemed determined to take strong measures for the carrying out the provisions of the Act.

LATER AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Auckland, Monday. The Hero arrived at 6 p.m. She left Sydney on the 27th. ■

London,. November 21. The election of President is undecided, and the result' still depends upon the Counting of votes. , ■. • , . ■ i ■••

The P. and 0. 60.’? steamer Asia, with , the mails for Australia, left Galle on the 17th inst. for Melbourne.

Melbourne. • The English crioketers left for Sydney bn the 27th November. ' ’ For the Ballarat Handicap Croesus was first: Volo, second: and Glengarry, third, - Launceston.

The Judges of the 1 Supreme Court have ordered Mr. Campion’s name to be struck off the rolls for misconduct as attorney. ~ ' ■ Brisbane.

Advices by the Ly-ee-moon,‘ state that an attack had been made on the Chinese: by Formosans, and gunboats have been sent to avenge the insult. ’ ; ■ A serious disturbance has taken • place in Japan, and telegraph wires have been cut. A 'large number of rioters, were killed.- - Chinese emigration to Port Darwin has set in.