TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4955, 8 February 1877, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

'(BUR VBMtf* JyS&XqT.) „ a ) -, Auckland, ,Wednesday. Curtin's.bo'dy was given ;up ) jioijhi s relatives I and buried in the . The case of Shera vC.McArthur and Co. has been settled by a money, payment to Shera in full satisfaction of partnership accounts. A seaman,of the' Gjermam ship Hertha fell overboard'to-day drowned. 1, ' { A ball took place "W\boarcLthe Hertha last night, i There was,;*' Jarge attendance, including the Hon, Mr. Whitaker, the Hon. Br. Pollen, and other notabilities. , The "Working Men's Horticultural Show -to-day was not so well supplied as last year. The. City Council to day negatived a motion 1 to discharge the city treasurer, i . f New .Plymouth, Wednesday. I , Rain has caused ,»U the rivers to rise. At I Inglewobil fears t are entertained that some of the new bridges will be washed away, owing to drift wood floating down. One of the protective buttresses to the rail way,bridge across Waiwakaio \ras smashed, but no further harm has been done to, the bridge. The rainfall has been heavier than' for many previous years., „ * • -, r-i| • Marlbobough, Wednesday: Entrances and acceptances,,'close'for the Marlborough races on Saturday evening pext at 8 o'clock. 'r-K "Vt - .a ■> t . ■> WAKGAtf ill, Wednesday. The English J t cricketers wilf not agree "to come in the steamer therefore the match has fallen through. People are displeased with the Englishmen's conduct. _ ati , Eatea* Wednesday.' The County Council met yesterday.'-.The chief business was the election <o£ a clerk, &c. There were sixty-four applications, and John Black, jof New Plymouth, was elected. Mr. Kells resigned the chairmanship and Mr. Sherwood waif-elected. ~0 Council did 1 not adjourn tiU an early . £ J ">! \ Ghmstcsurch, i Wednesday. Bain fell incessantly till' this afternoon, and the weather now, gives promise of clearing up! j Reports from, the country districts re-specting-the,crops are very bad. The directors of the New Zealand Shifting Company have declared,a dividend of %J|-r cent, for the -half-year ending December 31, being equal to 8 per,cent. per annum. Land aaleqyesterday Realised £8606. . - u '- * 3 DOKEDnf, Wednesday. ..The rain lias ceased, and the floods are subsiding, except on the Taieri Plain, where the .water has, risen.' considerably to-day, and for ' miles the plain, is -under -water. A well-known Taieri settler named Borrie was drowned to<iay. , , ; ~ A newspaper runner was fined this morning for selling the Daily Times newspapers on the railway platform, without the consent of the Minister of public Works. * Reid and Cenwick obtained the sole right of selling literature on the platform, and have excluded v all local papers except their own. Hence the action. For, the defence it was urged that the travelling public complained of not being able to get copies of the Times and Star, , Balolutha, Wednesday. The river rose till 10 o'clock last night, and then gradually receded. Little damage has been done in the township. No train or mail from Dunedin or, the North has; arrived since Monday. . Great indignation prevails re stop* ping the mails, as the ordinary road is all clear. .Half Inch-Clutha is flooded by the backwater. It is three and four feet deep, and still risiDg.. There is still great danger. , - Later. The river is falling. All danger is now over. There have been no mails from Dunedin for two days; and as the ordinary road is undamaged, this is regarded as .great .neglect, and there is a strong feeling that the Government should cause inquiry to be made.

POBT Chalmers, Wednesday. Tl,».w*-ather*a3 slightly-improved. Active ;• et^ve^t^^tbere.u.npUouof raUway'trafife HoKITIKA) Wednesday. There waf continuous rain the whole of last Ibere was £ the weat h er broke. week till y. eß^ r( ?^™^, t _ 0 " damage is done. All communication with country districts was stopped till last night. , , SUMMARY. ; ' ! ''v' January 31. _ "'"'"nfi^^Wil^*Conference islnpw sitting in i^iiEl»; «en M to'bePprouguly impressed' viz., thai..in any,duplicate line hereafter be,-Voided upop^he^nd formation has been placed before the Conference to show that allthe bungling and mutilation ;jn< the messages have been caused during their transmission over. the Dutch* lines. Nothing kae yet been definitely decided upon, but it is iibre than likely that the Conference will wee t 6 duplicate the cable between Singapore ■ and Banj66wangie,ancl perhaps also, as a means •«f-.securit*i to duplicate the cable, between ' Port Darwin and the latter place. This would entail a very heavy subsidy. : '- The election fever is daily getting stronger. • Canilidates are beginning to announce themselves also to hold meetings various political associations are astir, and there is •'■• - every prospect of a vigorous campaign within • the next two months. . Parliament stands: prorogued to the 6th of Search, and it is likely to be dissolved about the end of that month. I■' ■ The new Electoral Bill has considerably altered the boundaries of several of the plectoral djsjtricts,: and many of the old members are leaving their old to v>oq the i ■ sweet voices, of • newfl Qpijstitiiente. :n As^yet none of the prominent;.,politicians on either. aide have made any. Mgnf Mr. Berryjhas been ; rurahsine,:aniit;is'saidn^turing:apohcyin '..,. company with, his'mostltrusted henchman ; • , but the.principal policy pf 'the Opposition will , be war to the knife against McCulloch.: The , Minister of Justice,'upon being banqueted the other night by'his'lata;consl;ituents, promised. ■ that at the proper time the Government would introduce a.liberal policy, in accordance with ■matured:public opinion.•:..' The public-house' question is just now; the -• prominent one of thehour.: Every. Sunday .. : the public-houses in the. city and suburbs, are • •" -religiously closed,, and the poor man is robbed c ?, i<)f;hi» beer for this one day. The.'publicans ! *,:«« not so much actuated by a due respect; for . ;,-tl>e.day aa to place the drinking- public at an inconvenience in depriving them of their Sunday refreah,ment;.but .against this every Monday morning* the blank drunkards'lisfe? at the poHce court tells its tale in favorjof the Sunday closing, and once the .novelty wore ! off the public would.-.become quit* used to-.the Sabbath- abstemiousness. Many of the publicans already . show-- signs,"of giving in, and before long.it is not unlikely that the old state. of ; 4hingß*will berestored. "■" A case;, of lattempted murder 'and suicide, similar to;that which recently, occurred- at ..; Emerald Hill, has been, enacted in C'olliug- , wood. .■; A ;married woman .named Dicker cut • of ■ her husband while he, slept, and v then,,cut her own,. Neither is very seriously •injured. .-■ .They are both likely to recover. '■ '., , .There: is.. a] prospect of :the' Torres Strait -'mall steamers ceasing to run. The contract, "•wjiich : is;only- £20,000-a year, does not pay , tbeiu> ,<>TJiey:; have i had; several :, heavy losses, ; *nd hitherto they have" been performing the service with; newyboats; now-the .time has arrived when they require repairs, which will iirtolve a heavy .expenditure/