TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5112, 11 August 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

* (PEB PRESS AGENCY.) ' ' 'Auckland, Friday. It was Fisher and Co., of Auckland, who sent sheep to Sydney per Rotorua. The authorities would not let them land, as legislation absolutely prohibits importation of sheep. I A meeting convened by the trade and labor council passed resolutions in favor of Government getting material for railways manufactured in the colony. A public meeting held to consider jthe Education Bill passed resolutions iu its favor, the religious clauses excepted. The meeting considered that State education should be strictly secular, and that the portions of the Bill relating to Bible reading and prayer should be erased.

An unoccupied cottage in the suburbs ivas burned.down last night. • ■ , ■ Thomas Rogers, of Otahuhu, has been fined £lO for driving scabby sheep. Grahamstown, Friday. An inquest was held to-day on the body of Archibald Mcßever, brought in from Tapu, where he was killed on Wednesday night by fallin'g.over a cliff into the creek., A verdict of accidental death was returned. |

Taoto, Friday. . The Rutaka or Native Council are here. They are opposed to all Burveys, but to that of two blocks in particular, namely, Tehakailand Tetatua, which are to be investigated at; the forthcoming Native Lands Court. Continuous Maori meetings have been held in the neighborhood, but no definite conclusion has been arrived at.

There have been heavy snowstorms on | the : ranges all yesterday and this morninpv . i ~. Kumaba, Friday. The Bank of New South Wales was robbed early this morning. Two men are supposed to have beeu engaged in the burglary. A large number of notea (mostly unsigned) and a'bag of gold were taken. Mr. Hogg, the agent, shot one man as he was leaving the ban,k. The man dropped some gold and a quantity of notes. The blood on them shows that the robber was wounded, probably in the hand. The ball passed through the door and lodged in the jamb. . t ',. ..■•.-!

Friday. , „ The annual meeting of the shareholders of the New Zealand Shipping Company will be held on the 17th inst. The directors , in their report state! that during, the period under revision' the company has had to contend with the keenest competition, and the directors have deemed it prudent to somewhat restrict its. operations. An insurance fund has been commenced, and there is to its credit £1348.

The new ships Opawa, Pialco, Wanganui, Ben Bolt,=and Pareora have been built or purchased and added to the company's fleet. All the vessels are in an efficient state. The com-„ pany's constituents are steadily increasing, and the directors are satisfied that the establishment of agencies at all the important centres of trade in the colony is sound policy. The , balance to credit on the profit and loss account is £19,106, out of which it is proposed to de- ] clare a dividend of 8 per cent., half of which was paid as interim dividend last year. The first piano made in Hew Zealand willshortly be finished for a Christchurch firm. DuNEDIN, Friday,

The Tablet to-day characterises the Education Bill as a most tyrannical measure, and says that it will have the effect of closing the Catholic schools in Dunedin, unless "exemption certificates" be procured from Education Board masters or inspectors, who are under no obligation to grant them.