LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Patea Mail, Volume 1, Issue 19, 16 June 1875, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[PKKSS AOENCY.] — — c LOSS OF THE WILLIAM AND MARY. THE CAPTAIN SAVED—CLUNG TO THE HULL FOR SIXTY HOURS. THE CREW HAVE ALL PERISHED. WELLINGTON. June 14. The ketch William and Mary, from Foxton, laden with timber for Patea, appears to have been overtaken by the late terrible gaje and capsized at sea. The captain was in Ids cabin when the ship heeled over, and had to dive to get out. He saw none of the crew, but getting on the aide of the hull as it floated helplessly about, he clung to it for sixty hours, when he was found by Captain Renner and saved. The mate was in the cabin with the captain, but was never seen after the

capsize. O'Shea reports—Flour, £ll 10s to £l2 10s; oats, 2s 6d to 3s 9d per bushel ; maize, 6s to 6s 6d ; bran, Is 3d to Is 4d ; wheat, 4s, 4d ; potatoes, 80s to 90s ; pollard, 8s ; cheese, Is 2d ; ham, Is to Is 2d ; bacon, lOd to lid. NAPIER. June 12. Farley sold fat wethers at £9 to £l2 10a ; cows and caves, inferior, £5 7s 6d to £8 ; white pine and kauri scantling, old timber, 5s 6d per 100 feet; matai posts, lid to Is 6d each. Arrived —John Norman, from Glasgow, with plant for gas works. Provincial Council opened. Ormond reelected Superintendent unopposed. Adean has been elected Speaker. Famin, Clerk. The Superintendent thanked the Council for his re-election, and accepted it on the understanding that he should be at liberty to resign before the expiration of the term for which the Council was elected. The receipts of the Paki Paki railway per month have been larger than those of any other line in the North Island. 2,467 immigrants have been introduced jjjßnto the Province during the past twelve months. The ordinary revenue exceeded the estimate, but the territorial had fallen off. After providing for all the expenditure there will be a balance in hand of £13,000. The abolition of Provinces throughout the Colony would lead to a more efficient and economical administration of local affairs. NELSON. June 12. The Governor arrived at one o’clock and landed in a boat manned by the Naval Brigade. He was met on landing by the Superintendent, the Executive, members of Colonial and Provincial Legislatures, Bishops ami Clergymen, and was escorted to town bCa large procession of volunteers, Fire Briga*, and public. He holds levee at three o’clock. Weather bad and raining heavily. CHRISTCHURCH. June 12. The match for £25 a-side between Collins and young Delaney, of Auckland, was run this afternoon. There were three

events— 100, 150, and 200 yards —the winner oi two out of the three to be winner of match. In the 100 yards race bo I ins was the smartest away, but Delaney caught him at GO yards, and ultimately won by two feet. Time—ll secs. In the ICO yards race Delaney was put back a yard for going over the mark before the pistol was fired, and Collins being again the smartest away obtained the lead by two yards. Delaney, however, caught him at 100 yards, and after a fine .struggle in the last 50 yards, won by afoot. Time 17 sees. The ground was rather heavy from late rains. Delaney having won the first two races won the match without the tniid lace being run. A match was made immediately after, in which young Delaney backed Thomas Skelley, a North Island man, to run ten miles in 58 minutes ; the stakes are £SO a side, and P. Butler, a bookmaker, backed time. The match is to be decided within a month.

June 15. Jhe new Education Ordinance, passed by Council, was sent back by the Superintendent with an amendment, which aims at continuance of the Board of Education instead of Ministerial Education being appointed. The whole Educational question will thus be reopened. The Philadelphia Exhibition Committee resolved that (1) General Government be requested to issue a memorandum showing form of quantity of several exhibits of raw produce what they desire to have forwarded, (2) That committee recommends exhibits of followingproduces and in following quantities : —Wool, not exceeding (iOlbs ; grain, not exceeding half bushel ; coal, not exceeding 40 or 501 bs ; timber, uniform samples ; flax, not exceeding 501bs. AUCKLAND. June 14. The Macgregor lias arrived after a protracted passage of. .eight and a half days, i? or three day's she encountered very severe gales ; and on the 11th there was rain and lightning, with a tremendous sea ; engines going dead slow. She shipped a heavy sea, which washed sheep pens and hen coops overboard. No other damage was done. Latest English Mews. LONDON. May 25. Fronde has returned from his South African tour in Jus official capacity. May 28. _ The Oaks was run to-day'. There were 136 subscribers. Lord Falmouth’s Spinaway, 1 ; Lord Falmouth’s Lady Love, by Blair Athol, 2 ; General Peel’s Western Australia, by Toxopholite, 3. The newly organised Arctic Expedition sails to-morrow. Captain Boynton again crossed the Channel in the dress intended for preservation of life at sea. He loft Calais, crossing the Channel, and reached Dover iu twenty-four hours, but slightly distressed.

Vogel was created- Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George. Commodores Gondenough and Layard have been made Companions of St. Michael and St. George. Messrs Hoi land, Ilackett, and Sergeant Havelock have been appointed members of the Legislative Council of Fiji. The strike of colliers in South Wales has terminated, the men consenting to receive wages reduced to 12£ per cent. Wool sales proceeding briskly. Prices firm.

Dowlais ami Aberdare Iron Company have suspended payment, which involves not only minor failures, but a large linn of discount brokers is anticipated, and is therefore quietly received. President Grant refused to become a candidate for the third time of the Presidency of the United States. June 2. In the House of Lords, Earl Derby, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in reply to an inquiry from Lord llussell, stated that Germany recently declared that she might be compelled to strike the first blow in another war, in consequence of the extensive armaments the French nation were organising. Earl Derby further stated that, through the intervention of England and Russia, all danger of another war would bo averted. A revolt occurred, in Baroda, and the infant son of the Guicowar’s daughter was placed on the throne by an excited populace. The revolt was ultimately suppressed. Cholera is raging in India, people having been attacked and died in railway trains. PARIS. May 28. The Committee of Thirty have entered upon an examination of Constitutional laws. latest Australian News. MELBOURNE.

The Gothenburg relief fund has been divided. The captain’s widow and family get £4OO ; widow and family of chief officer, £480; Mrs Goulder, widow of passenger, having eight children, £535; and the others proportionately. Five thousand Chinese are now on right and left branches of the Palmer, and some of them are getting plenty of gold. Provisions have risen in the field. Horses arc still low in price, but market steadily rising. A notice has been posted at Sandy Creek, stating that any Chinamen found crossing will be hanged. The schooner Sybil arrived at Maryborough, Queensland, from South Sea Islands, with 113 labourers on board. She reports a famine at the Islands, through a hurricane, earthquakes, and tidal waves.