TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 572, 2 March 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

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WELLINGTON. March 1. Diphtheria has made its appearance in Wanganui. Preliminary steps have been taken to establish a new Iteform Club. The last, attempt to establish a second Club failed. It is reported hero that Mr. Harper intends resigning his seat for the Cheviot, and that Mr. Ward, late member for YVairau, will be brought forward as Government candidate, and probably Mr. Studholmc against him as a supporter of the Atkinson Party. At a meeting' of the Ncv Zeabcnrf Tunes Company, a motion to wind up the Company was lost by a largo majority. March .'!. Sailed—Hurnnui, for London, with 4300 bales wool, 5152 ounces gold, and sundry cargo, the total value being L 100.255. The s.s. Australia left San Francisco on the 18th February, being contract dato. 'l'he s.s. City of New York arrived at San Francisco on the 27fch February, one day before the time table date. j * CHKISTCHUPCIT. March 1. The old railway station was sold yesterday for L 52 10s. The wheat market is very unsettled. Owing to the competition between local millers and buyers for the Auckland market, prices have been forced tip from 4s od to 4s 0d to farmers, or equal to 5s f.o.b. Flour, however, has nut responded, some millers offering to ship at Ll2 f.0.1)., at which rate large parcels have changed hands, with other contracts pending. Oats are nominally 3s 3d to 3s (id. Barley—Demand for the export limited : 4s Od to 5s for malting ; .'is to .'is (id for feed. Uams and bacon. Sd : rye-grass, 7s (id ; cocksfoot, 7s. . €> AUCKLAND. March 1. Mr. Binney reports Adelaide flour, Ll7; Dunedin, Ll3; Christchurch, LIS: Oamaru, Ll4; bran. L 5 10s: pollard. L 5 10s': oatmeal, L2O ; oatsj 4s 4d ; maize, 0s ; potatoes, os lid ; bacon and hams in cloth, 8d ; cheese, Od ; butter, Bd. Buyers—National Bank, 72s Cd ; Colonial Bank, 50s ; Union Insurance, 14s 3d ; New Zealand Loan, 35s ; Guthrie and Larnach's, 35s : Auckland Timber, 50s. Sales Alburnia, 71s. Sellers—Moanatairi, 70s : Prince Imperial, 20s : Thames, 355. An accident has occurred on the railway near Hamilton. A train of waggons were being " breaked" down the incline to the gravel pits, when they escaped Loni the control of the breakman and "took charge," the result being that the waggons were more or less injured. 100 lbs. of dynamite were used in one charge in snagging the Thames River, at Te Aroiia, deepening it 4 ft. It threw the water and stones mountains high. —,.„.«s—~ NELSON. March 2. A fire occurred at Stoke last night which resulted in the total destruction of three stacks of wheat and barley—in all 800 bushels—belonging to one Allport, a farmer. It is supposed to have originated in the stack heating. A strong wind was blowing at the time. The stacks are uninsured. * TIMAB.U. March J. This afternoon a full meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held to consider the report of the Committee re the railway tariff betweeu here and Lyttelton.

The report was unanimously adopted, and it was resolved to request the Dunedin and Oamaru Chambers of Commerce and Harbour Boards to co-operate with Timaru in asking the Government to have the tariff placed on an equitable footing at once. ♦ NEW PLYMOUTH. March 1. At Mr. Courtney's cattle sale, fat steers, three years old, brought L 7 ; four years old, L 9 ; cows and heifers at calving, LT 2s Cd to L 8 10s ; store cows, L 5 to L 5 7s 7d ; yearlings. L 3 to LI? 7s (>d ;, calves, well grown, LI 7s fid to LI Bs.