TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5171, 18 October 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(per press agency). Grahamstown, Wednesday. At a public meeting la-t night the following resolutions were carried:—l. Congratulating Sir George Grey on his accession to office. 2. Urging upon the Government the claim of the district to increased representation, by having an additional member in the Lower House, and the nomination of a member from this district to the Council, 3. The urgency which exists for the opening up of the laudof the district for settlement.. 4. That Mr. Bowe, M. H.R., be requested to give Sir George Grey and his Government undivided support. The meeting was well attended, and the resolutions were carried unanimously A meeting is to be held this evening re the Indian Famine Relief Fund. Auckland, Wednesday. Captain Carey’s house at Ouehunga was totally destroyed by fire. , It burned so rapidly that there was hardly time to get the children out. Carey’s house and furniture were insured for £450 in the National. His loss is very heavy. Tauranga, Wednesday. Roberts played a game of billiards with Joseph Ullia, proprietor of the Commercial Hotel, yesterday, giving 75 in 150. Ellis won the game by four points. Christchurch, Wednesday. The collections for the Indian Famine have reached over £BOO. There are great preparations for the “ muff ” cricket' match in aid of the fund on Tuesday, and there will be special benefit performances at both theatres in the evening. It is understood that the Rev. E. Carlyon will not retract or confess the error of his teaching in the matters recently condemned by the Bench of Bishops, but intends leaving Kaiapoi. Yesterday the residents of one part of the cure presented him with an address and a purse of sovereigns. TIMARU, Wednesday.

There was a thinly attended meeting (if the Relief Fund this afternoon. Only ministers of religion and two or three ratepayers were present, and an adjournment till to-morrow night took place. Lawrence, Wednesday. Collections are being made by the Mayor and others in aid of the Indian Famine Belief, Fund, arid have been moderately successful The town has already been canvassed, and the adjoining districts will next receive attention. Ddnedin, Wednesday. George Proudfoot’s case is attracting much public notice. The Supreme Court was i gain inconveniently crowded. Mr. Jas. Smith’s speech in defence occupied two hours and a half in delivery. He contended that the prisoner’s proposal to ;marry the girl Isabella Angus must be treated either as the raving of a lunatic, or as the action of a man temporarily insane through drink. Judge Williams commenced summing up at half-past 7 o'clock to-night. The Patients' and Prisoners’ Aid Society is working very successfully. The Morning Herald is to be published on or about the Ist November. Letters have been received fr m Mrs. Geo. Darrell to-day stating her recovery, and that she played Emilia, in “ ('thello,” for Mr. Pope’s benefit in Melbourne on the Sth,

Thos. Boots, a groom, charged with having set fire to the Crown Hotel stables at Balclutha, has been committed for trial. Mr. ‘J. P. Hydes, the accredited agent for producing plays of colonial authors, arrived per Arawata, en route to Wellington. The Hgh School Commission is still talcing evidence.