TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 536, 19 January 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(I'RIl PRESS AOEXOY.) WPJLLINGTON. .January 18. H.M.S. Nynrphe ;u'rivod from Sydnov tliis evening. She will probably await tho arrival of the flag-ship Pearl, which is expected to arrive during the latter part, of next month. Mr. T u omas report?, the following produce prices :—Flour, Colonial. LIS 10s to LU 10s ; Adelaide. LIT 10.-* ; oats, 4s 3d ner bushel ; bran, Is ; wheat, 4s ; hams, bid per lb ; bacon. Sid : c':eese. 7d : potatoes, new, 7s per cwt. ; pollard, Lfl 10s per ton ; maize. 5s per bushel ; butter. Gd. fresh and salt.

January 10. Arrived—Pelican, from Oamaru.

DUNEDIN

January 18.

Mr. Bradshaw reports Bank, of New Zealand shares .at LiiS 10s : National Bank, L 3 lis; Colonial Bank, L2 lis: South British Insurance, Lo 18s ; Standard Insurance, lis to 12s ; National Insurance, LI 10s ; New Zealand Insurance, L 4 10s ; Union Insurance, 10s ; Mosgiel Factory, L 3 7s ; Shipping Company, L 3 13s : Union Steamship Company, LG.

CHPJSTCHTJRCII. January 18. The vote of thanks to Mr. Montgomery also included a vote of confidence.

During the past year, 950 nia)es and 103 females were arrested for drunkenness in Christchurch.

The following are the fifteen selected to play against the Australian cricketers : Ash by, Baker, Corfu, D'Emden, E. Fowler. J. Fowler, C. Frith, W. Frith, Fuller, Godby, Leach, Lee, Moore, Neil r son, and A. M. Ollivier. ISeilson has been elected captain. The weather is. very promising for the match, which commences at noon to-morrow. The Australians will arrive by the last train to-night. A return from the Post Office Savings Bank, Canterbury, shows—Deposits for 1877, L1G3,137 ; withdrawals, L 155,701 ; balance at credit of depositors, L 100.322. January 19.

Miss Ada Ward took her benefit at the Theatre Royal last night, before a good house. After the performance she delir vered a farewell speech, during which she made a fierce attack on a well-known member of the Press, and said she was told before she came here that she would be remorselessly cut up unless she cringed to, or paid, this particular reporter. She referred to matters connected with the management of the theatre, asserting that she had been brought here under false pretences. She concluded by saying she was going to settle down here. It is reported that she is about to be married to a gentleman in the Christchurch. Railway Department.

During the quarter ending December 31, fourteen cases of contagions diseases occurred in Christchurch ; scarlatina, 7 ; typhoid, 5 ; diphtheria, 2. ♦ AUCKLAND. January 18. News from Samoa reports that the ; natives are still fighting. Fifty .of the Government party have been killed. The rebels, however, are starving, and expected to surrender. ' ; The natives of the Friendly Group ' have been very insolent to Europeans. ; They stole the Rev. Mr. Baker's boat at ' Tonga, and his horses were stabbed, and his house broken into. Tho house of ' Captain Bradley, an old resident at Chain, was burned. The remains of the un- ' fortunate man were found in the ruins : the body was charred, but it was evident, that the fire was intended to conceal a diabolical crime, as the arms and legs were broken, and the skull hammered in. Bradley was an inoffensive man. The Rev. Mr. Watkins, missionary, has written to Sir Arthur Gordon, Governor of Fiji, for a man-of-war to investigate the matter. Mr. Buckland reports fat cattle at 2<>s for mediums, and 30s for best ; fat slice]) are plentiful; ewes and wethers are at 2d to 3d per lb ; lambs are in full supply, but there is no demand. ♦ TIMAIIU. January 18. At the Resident Magistrate's Court today, William Corbett, proprietor of the Cave Arms Accommodation House, in the M'Keuzie Country, for forging and uttering a cheque by changing the amount from L2 ss. to L 22 55., and changing it at the Bank of New Zealand, was committed for trial at tho Supreme Court, Timaru. Bail was accepted, himself in L 4.00, and two sureties in L2OO each. e INVERCARGILL. January 18. There were two wool sales to-day. at which there was a good attendance, and a spirited competition. Macrorie and Cuthbertson report greasy cross-breds, S.fd. to 10,|d.; locks and pieces, <sid.; sheepskins, 4d. per lb. Martin and Maitland sold over 400 bales greasy cross-breds at prices ranging up to 10.!;d'.; merino, up to lOjj-d. With tho exception of seven bales, the catalogue was cleared. $ NAPIER. January .1.9. Mr. Sutton addressed a cro.vded meeting of the electors of the Napier district at'tho Theatre Royal last night. There was a crowded house. Captain Russell was unable to be present through illness. Mr. Sutton was questioned at groat length after the close of the address. The meeting was very lively. To a motion of a vote" of thanks and confidence, an amendment was moved that thanks be , accorded, but that the meeting declines ' to express its confidence. The amendment was declared lost, but there were a • large number of hands held up for it, and many thought it was carried, but when the original motion was put it was carried by a large majority.